After a year-long investigation by Pulitzer winner Pablo Torre, the NBA’s personal investigation confirmed that Los Angeles Clippers proprietor Steve Ballmer circumvented the wage cap to pay Kawhi Leonard.
The Clippers used a number of enterprise companions to funnel cash to Leonard and his then-representative, his uncle Dennis Robertson.
Because of this, the league stripped them of 5 first-round picks, fined them $30 million and suspended Ballmer for a 12 months. A number of different front-office members acquired suspensions as effectively.
Whereas that punishment may sound steep, particularly contemplating Leonard was solely fined $700,000 for his wrongdoings, Stephen Curry truly agrees with commissioner Adam Silver.
In an look on CNBC, the long run Corridor of Famer shared his ideas on the decision.
Stephen Curry agrees with Adam Silver over Clippers punishment
“I wasn’t stunned,” Curry stated (h/t ClutchPoints). “I feel the rationale the investigation took so long as it did and the concept Steve Ballmer, who I’ve gotten to know and I do know he’s an excellent man, is standing by the punishment – there’s a motive that it’s occurred all the way in which it has. And on the finish of the day, Adam Silver had a job to do, and I feel the punishment is sensible, and all of us transfer ahead.”
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