{"id":513304,"date":"2026-09-02T22:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=513304"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:38:20","slug":"kawhi-leonard-case-nba-hands-down-major-punishment-to-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kawhi-leonard-case-nba-hands-down-major-punishment-to-clippers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard case, NBA hands down major punishment to Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The NBA has issued its ruling in the salary-cap circumvention case involving Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers. The franchise has been stripped of five future first-round picks, while owner Steve Ballmer has been fined $30 million and suspended from all NBA and team activities for one year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The league found Ballmer guilty of knowingly seeking to help Leonard obtain off-court income opportunities and approving a business deal that he knew was a precondition for Aspiration to enter into an endorsement agreement with the star.<\/p>\n<p>General manager Lawrence Frank has also been suspended, while Leonard has been fined $700,000. 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