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NBA Hits Clippers With Historic Penalties
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The NBA fined the Los Angeles Clippers $30 million and stripped the franchise of five first-round draft picks after an independent investigation found the team circumvented salary-cap rules by facilitating off-court income opportunities for Kawhi Leonard. Bloomberg News Senior Sports Reporter Randall Williams joins Christina Ruffini and Jeff Mason on Bloomberg This Weekend and explains that owner Steve Ballmer was also suspended for a year, while Leonard was fined $700,000 in one of the...
The NBA fined the Los Angeles Clippers $30 million and stripped the franchise of five first-round draft picks after an independent investigation found the team circumvented salary-cap rules by facilitating off-court income opportunities for Kawhi Leonard. Bloomberg News Senior Sports Reporter Randall Williams joins Christina Ruffini and Jeff Mason on Bloomberg This Weekend and explains that owner Steve Ballmer was also suspended for a year, while Leonard was fined $700,000 in one of the league’s most severe disciplinary actions. (Source: Bloomberg)