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    Read the NBA’s Report on the Clippers, Kawhi Leonard, and Aspiration

    The NBA released a 35-page summary of investigators’ findings Wednesday afternoon.

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    Sep 02, 2026 | 05:06 pm
    UPDATED Sep 02, 2026 | 05:27 pm
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    On Wednesday, the NBA suspended Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for a year, saying he had been involved in an effort to pay Kawhi Leonard millions of dollars over what was allowed by the league’s salary cap.

    New York law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz had investigated the matter for nearly a year, and the league released a 35-page summary of the investigators’ findings. You can read that below.

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