They say all publicity is good publicity, but Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is certainly going to disagree. The former Microsoft CEO has found himself in heaps of controversy following the alleged Kawhi Leonard scandal.
Patrick Beverley went off, recalling 94 basketball courts that LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer had promised him. Upon his signing with the Clippers in 2019, Beverley was allegedly promised 94 charitable courts in his name, built by the Clippers organisation.
Back in 2024, former Los Angeles Clippers point guard Patrick Beverley claimed on his Pat Bev Pod podcast that Clippers owner Steve Ballmer still had not delivered on a promise the two had agreed upon when he signed a three-year contract with LA in 2019.
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The Clippers’ ongoing saga with Kawhi Leonard and the now-bankrupt “green bank” Aspiration has yet another twist. According to legal filings reviewed by The Athletic’s Mike Vorkunov, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer made a second investment into Aspiration — nearly $10 million in March 2023.
Which former NBA players watch today's game and think to themselves, Man, I would have been awesome in today's game? Probably all of them. But how many of them are right?
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer made a second investment in the now-bankrupt “green bank” company Aspiration, according to legal filings.
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has denied allegations of circumventing the NBA salary cap, but another report has surfaced that implicates Ballmer in a new manner.
Things are quickly going from bad to worse for the LA Clippers and their plausible deniability.
The air for the Los Angeles Clippers is thick with more than just smog these days. It’s a fog of suspicion, swirling around the gleaming new Intuit Dome, the billion-dollar palace built by Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer.
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer invested an additional $10 million in Aspiration in March 2023, according to NBA reporter Mike Vorkunov of The Athletic.
NBA teams are out for blood as the Los Angeles Clippers face backlash on the ongoing Kawhi Leonard scandal. Sports journalist Pablo Torre’s explosive exposé on the Clippers’ allegedly paying Leonard money under the table has dominated headlines over the past few weeks.
There is a minority owner whose name is in headlines for the wrong reasons.
Evidence continues to pile up that Kawhi Leonard got a highly suspicious endorsement deal from a company the team heavily invested in. But will the scandal affect Leonard's legacy?
Kendrick Perkins believes the LA Clippers and Steve Ballmer have not done right by Kawhi Leonard in this situation. The NBA world was rocked by a scandal recently that seemingly implicated the LA Clippers and Kawhi Leonard.
A week after a report surfaced alleging Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer tried to circumvent NBA salary-cap rules, commissioner Adam Silver on
Kawhi Leonard's signing with the Clippers in 2019 has come under serious scrutiny in recent weeks. Here's why.
Steve Ballmer is still catching heat over the ongoing Aspiration situation. Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers owner have found themselves in the spotlight for a negative reason.
Steve Ballmer finds himself in hot water over the NBA’s investigation into his alleged financial wrongdoings involving Kawhi Leonard’s salary. Reports
The situation keeps developing.
Given his salary, the cost to acquire him and the possible massive fines related to his lucrative secret endorsement deal, Kawhi Leonard may end up being the most expensive free agent in NBA history.
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is pushing back on the idea that the team had anything to do with Kawhi Leonard’s controversial endorsement contract with Aspiration.
The Kawhi Leonard situation continues to get more bizarre.
The Los Angeles Clippers may already be facing trouble after allegations surfaced that they circumvented the salary cap to sign Kawhi Leonard in 2019. That trouble could get worse if the rest of the NBA’s owners get their hands on further evidence.
In a statement released to ESPN's NBA insider Shams Charania, the Clippers denied any wrongdoing and called the allegations "absurd."
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