Mark Cuban stands with Steve Ballmer amid allegations that the Los Angeles Clippers circumvented salary cap to aign Kawhi Leonard.
Blockbuster news arrived in the NBA regarding the Los Angeles Clippers.
After breaking discoveries of Pablo Torre, NBA launched an investigation against the Clippers for alleged circumventing of salary cap to sign Kawhi Leonard.
As Torre claims, Leonard signed a $28 million endorsement deal for a "no-show" job with a fraudulent tree-planting company funded by $50m from Clippers' owner Steve Ballmer.
Clippers released multiple statements regarding the matter, and NBA also confirmed that an investigation is ongoing.
Mark Cuban stands with Steve Ballmer in this case, trying to explain his stance on his X account:
"I’m on Team Ballmer. As much as I wish they circumvented the salary cap, First Steve isn’t that dumb," Cuban started.
"If he did try to feed Kawhi Leonard money, knowing what was at stake for him personally, and his team, do you think he would let the company go bankrupt? Knowing all creditors would be visible to the world?"
"They got scammed by Aspiration, along with many others. Crimes for which they pleaded guilty last week. Scammers do scammy things. They did a $300m sponsorship deal with the Clippers in 2021. That’s a huge deal," Cuban claims.
"The better the team does, the more value the sponsorship has. It actually makes perfect sense that if they stole money from investors and want the Clippers to succeed, why not give stolen money to help keep their best player?"
"It’s sad that Pablo Torre didn’t take the time to find out how these scammers pulled off their scam. The idea that the default is Ballmer is the bad guy is going to back fire on him," Cuban concluded.
Like what we are doing? Support us by becoming BN+ member.