Sam Amick says that Kawhi Leonard's contract could be voided, and all team executives could receive a one-year ban.
Kawhi Leonard saga has caught widespread attention of the NBA.
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard
Position: SF, SG
Age: 34
Height: 201 cm
Weight: 102 kg
Birth place: Riverside, United States of America
Whilst the investigations are ongoing, Sam Amick of The Athletic listed potential penalties for people involved in the process:
"The player contract could be voided. Executives could be suspended for up to one year. And it says all team personnel," Amick explained on Sactown Sports 1140.
"I had one person sarcastically say to me, 'Man, Steve’s going to win here because, you’re going to void Kawhi’s contract, get all kinds of salary cap room."
"The guy has barely played the last couple of years. Any fine you give Steve Ballmer is irrelevant because he’s such a wealthy man," Amick said.
Amick stressed out the importance of solving this situation in a correct manner, and praised Pablo Torre for breaking this story:
"This situation is exactly what Adam Silver needs to cut out of the league right now," he said.
"You cannot have a second-apron luxury tax system and then potentially allow deals like this that, if proven, are putting money in the pockets of star players on the side as a way to keep them in town."
"Pablo filing through Chapter 11 bankruptcy documents, and connecting dots between Kawhi’s arrangement with the team sponsor and Steve Ballmer’s relationship. That’s old-school sleuthing," he concluded.
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