A Franchise in Limbo: The Los Angeles Clippers Face Life After a Steve Ballmer Ban and 5 Lost Picks
The NBA imposed its harshest team penalties after a year-long probe found salary-cap circumvention tied to Kawhi Leonard.
- The NBA fined the Los Angeles Clippers $30 million, stripped five first-round draft picks, and banned owner Steve Ballmer for one year following a probe into salary cap violations involving former star Kawhi Leonard.
- A year-long investigation revealed the organization induced corporate sponsors to pay Leonard and his representatives while failing to report improper income opportunities when he signed in 2022.
- On Monday, interim head of basketball operations Trent Redden apologized at media day in Inglewood, Calif., saying the team's silence "took a little longer than we had hoped" and warned the "penalties we are facing are significant."
- Coach Tyronn Lue and a revamped roster of veterans face significant on-court obstacles, with Brandon Ingram sidelined by Achilles surgery and Bradley Beal missing training camp due to a knee injury.
- The team opens training camp in Hawaii on Tuesday, returning to the islands for the first time in two years, before the regular season begins October 21 against the Sacramento Kings.
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A franchise in limbo: The Los Angeles Clippers face life after a Steve Ballmer ban and 5 lost picks – WTOP News
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers publicly mourned their losses while committing to move forward on Monday, nearly a month after the NBA slapped
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A franchise in limbo: The Los Angeles Clippers face life after a Steve Ballmer ban and 5 lost picks
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Clippers publicly mourned their losses while committing to move forward on Monday, nearly a month after the NBA slapped the franchise with the
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