The NBA on Wednesday announced severe punishments for the LA Clippers-- including the loss of five future first-round draft picks, a fine of $30 million and a yearlong suspension of owner Steve Ballmer – for violating salary cap circumvention rules in a case involving star Kawhi Leonard.
NBA announces punishments for LA Clippers after Kawhi probe
Submitted 58 minutes ago by silberblueaxt@feddit.org to nba@lemmy.world
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/49806356/nba-announces-punishments-clippers-kawhi-probe
edcasting@lemmy.world 56 minutes ago
Oh wow…guess they figured this scandal was too big to hide, even for the richest owner.
474D@lemmy.world 2 minutes ago
They did it the smart way. By giving Kawhi only a slap on the wrist, the player’s union accepted the punishment and now Ballmer can’t take it to arbitration without them.