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Kawhi Leonard saga intensifies after reported $10m investment

Steve Ballmer invested additional $10m into Aspiration company as a part of a fundraising round made up of mostly previous Aspiration investors.

NBA is still brewing after reports about Los Angeles Clippers potentially circumventing salary cap rules after signing Kawhi Leonard in 2019.

Kawhi Leonard

Kawhi Leonard

Position: SF, SG

Age: 34

Height: 201 cm

Weight: 102 kg

Birth place: Riverside, United States of America

New reports about the case that is under investigation are coming every single day.

Latest update is arriving from The Athletic, about an additional payment by Clippers' owner Steve Ballmer.

As the report of Mike Vorkunov says, Ballmer made an additional payment of $10 million to Aspiration, company sponsoring Kawhi Leonard in March 2023.

Los Angeles-based company was hemorrhaging cash, laying off employees and struggling to raise funds, and Ballmer's investments came just three months after Ballmer's college roommate and Clippers vice chairman Dennis Wong invested $1.99 million.

Wong's payment was firstly reported on Pablo Torre Finds Out Podcast, where they noted that Wong's investment was promptly followed with a $1.75 million payment by Aspiration to Kawhi Leonard.

Ballmer's 2023 investment was part of a fundraising round, almost exclusively including previous investors in Aspiration, with the addition of Dennis Wong.

Company tried to raise around $75 million, but ultimately came up short for nearly $9 million.

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