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LA Clippers fined $30m over Leonard pay scandal
The LA Clippers are fined $30m by the NBA for violating salary rules in order to funnel millions of dollars to star player Kawhi Leonard.
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Will the Clippers’ $30m fine tame the NBA’s billionaire class? We’re about to find out
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NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer, fines team $30M, Kawhi Leonard $700K in cap circumvention case
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Will the Clippers’ $30m fine tame the NBA’s billionaire class? We’re about to find out
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LA Clippers fined $30m over Leonard pay scandal
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NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer, fines team $30M, Kawhi Leonard $700K in cap circumvention case
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SEC investigating Daktronics in Kawhi Leonard case
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Will the Clippers’ $30m fine tame the NBA’s billionaire class? We’re about to find out
The league is awash with ultra-wealthy owners. Adam Silver is hoping a hefty punishment for the Clippers will send them a message about who is in chargeWhen Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers for $2bn in 2014, it was widely regarded as a coup for the NBA.Not only is Ballmer one of the richest men in the world – worth an estimated $152.7bn – but…
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LA Clippers fined $30m over Leonard pay scandal
The LA Clippers are fined $30m by the NBA for violating salary rules in order to funnel millions of dollars to star player Kawhi Leonard.
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SEC investigating Daktronics in Kawhi Leonard case
The federal government and the NBA are investigating video display and scoreboard manufacturer Daktronics in connection with a scandal involving the Los Angeles Clippers in which the club allegedly circumvented the league’s salary cap to sign star player Kawhi Leonard. During Daktronics’s first-quarter earnings call, chief financial officer Howard Atkins…
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NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer, fines team $30M, Kawhi Leonard $700K in cap circumvention case
The NBA suspends Steve Ballmer, fines the Clippers $30 million and takes five first-round picks in a salary cap circumvention case.