Steve Ballmer’s One Move May Save Clippers Amid Surprise Jalen Duren Opportunity, Per Insider

Steve Ballmer’s One Move May Save Clippers Amid Surprise Jalen Duren Opportunity, Per Insider

In 2000, when David Stern stripped the Minnesota Timberwolves of five first-round picks for cap circumvention, the franchise had no answer. Minnesota’s front office was thin, under-resourced, and spent the next decade cycling through executives who couldn’t overcome the deficit. The Clippers were handed a harsher version of that exact penalty this month. The difference […]

Should the Pacers Get Their Pick Back After Kawhi's Clippers Scandal?

ex Golden and Mike Facci are back, and there is A LOT to discuss after the NBA dropped the hammer on the Los Angeles Clippers. The Clippers were found to have violated the NBA's salary-cap circumvention rules involving Kawhi Leonard, resulting in massive penalties—including the loss of five future first-round picks. And somehow, the Indiana Pacers are directly involved in the fallout. One of the selections Los Angeles is losing is the Pacers' un…

Report: 76ers keep 2029 pick swap rights with Clippers after NBA's cap circumvention punishment

The 76ers are holding onto their 2029 first-round pick swap right with the Clippers, even after the NBA came down hard on Los Angeles this week for salary cap circumvention. The league confirmed that the 76ers’ top-three protected swap right with the Clippers in 2029 is unaffected by the punishment. That’s the last remaining piece…

NBA penalties won’t affect 76ers’ pick

The Philadelphia 76ers will retain their remaining draft capital from the 2023 James Harden trade with the Los Angeles Clippers despite the NBA’s sweeping punishment of the Clippers, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The NBA announced that Los Angeles will forfeit five first-round picks in 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032 and 2033 after an independent investigation […] The post NBA penalties won’t affect 76ers’ pick appeared first on TalkBasket.net.