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NBA fines Clippers $30 million, suspends Ballmer and strips draft picks in salary cap scandal

NBA fined Clippers $30M and Kawhi Leonard $700k for salary cap violations, also stripping five first-round picks.

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The NBA fined Kawhi Leonard, a star forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, $700,000 for violating the same salary cap evasion rules. [1] The NBA fined two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard $700,000, suspended the team's president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank for six months, and suspended team president of business operations Gillian Zucker for one year as part of the same sanctions. [2] The NBA stated that Steve Ballmer was suspended because he knowingly attempted to help Kawhi Leonard obtain off-court income opportunities. [3] Kawhi Leonard said he accepted full responsibility for the misjudgments of people in his inner circle and regretted the distraction, but also said he celebrated his contract and the agreements in good faith without knowledge of any intention to circumvent the salary cap. [4] The Los Angeles Clippers rejected the NBA's findings in a statement, calling the investigation biased and saying the league's private statements differed from its public announcement, and said the team would challenge the sanctions through arbitration. [5]
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  1. The NBA fined Kawhi Leonard, a star forward for the Los Angeles Clippers, $700,000 for violating the same salary cap evasion rules. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico
  2. The NBA fined two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard $700,000, suspended the team's president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank for six months, and suspended team president of business operations Gillian Zucker for one year as part of the same sanctions. · Hoy Digital
  3. The NBA stated that Steve Ballmer was suspended because he knowingly attempted to help Kawhi Leonard obtain off-court income opportunities. · El Nuevo DíaPuerto Rico
  4. Kawhi Leonard said he accepted full responsibility for the misjudgments of people in his inner circle and regretted the distraction, but also said he celebrated his contract and the agreements in good faith without knowledge of any intention to circumvent the salary cap. · Hoy Digital
  5. The Los Angeles Clippers rejected the NBA's findings in a statement, calling the investigation biased and saying the league's private statements differed from its public announcement, and said the team would challenge the sanctions through arbitration. · Hoy Digital
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