Steve Ballmer backs down on NBA punishment, apologizes as Clippers accept $30 million fine
- Los Angeles Clippers governor Steve Ballmer announced on Sunday the Team will comply with NBA penalties, abandoning his legal challenge to the league's salary cap circumvention findings.
- An NBA investigation by law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz found the Team helped Kawhi Leonard secure a $28 million no-show contract with Aspiration, which previously sponsored the team.
- The league imposed a $30 million fine and yearlong suspension for Ballmer, suspended team president Gillian Zucker for one year without pay, and stripped the Team of five first-round picks.
- Commissioner Adam Silver will address the situation at the NBA Board of Governors meeting in New York on Monday and Tuesday, marking the league's first official comments on the penalties.
- The Team must now appoint interim leadership and execute a trade sending Leonard to the Toronto Raptors for Brandon Ingram and Gradey Dick to restructure the roster.
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Steve Ballmer changes tune, accepts NBA's punishment in cap circumvention case
Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is accepting the punishment the NBA levied against him and his team after the league concluded its investigation into alleged cap circumvention. The Clippers posted a statement from Ballmer at 11 p.m. ET on Sunday, saying he was looking to move past the incident and put the focus back…
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Steve Ballmer is done fighting the NBA—and now he's Saying Sorry. The Clippers owner issued a lengthy statement late Sunday accepting League penalties for salty-cap violations tied to improper payments blessing star Kawhi Leonard, reports the Los Angeles Times: "This has been a very difficult time for everyone associated...
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