Kawhi "no-show job" that paid $28M

[PushDaRock]

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lol wasn't too busy to go on another podcast to dispute everything though

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[notagenius]

ridiculous to see these guys shill and bend over for these billionaires.

[Brinbe]

the fallout won't be egregious just based on who's involved. but the important thing in pablo shining a light is showing us that billionaires can pretty much operate with impunity in anything they do. they fly so far above even the nba. but that's the world that this society has cultivated.

cuban trying his best to superman for his boy ballmer is embarrassing as well. but the billionaires gotta stick together.

[Maddogfromto]

I remember when Antonio Davis was turned down asking for TSN to give Kendra a job as a sportscaster during contract negotiations, seems like small potatoes now.

[earthtone]

Utter disgrace

What are people expecting Silver to say here?

They've already hired a firm and the investigation is underway. All he's saying is that he won't act until all of the evidence is collected and examined, I'm not sure what else he'd be expected to say under the circumstances

The regulations state that circumstantial evidence is enough to punish. Meaning he only needs the appearance of cap circumvention behavior to drop the hammer. Based on the NBA's rules, the Clippers should be in a position where THEY need to prove their innocence given the optics/results/evidence of the situation. It's pretty simple. Ballmer gave them 50million. They gave 48 million to Kawhi (cash+stocks) to exclusively stay on Clippers. Other franchises have reported Kawhi's team requested such offers. That's more than enough circumstantial evidence to punish.

His comments are clearly him establishing that he WANTS TO WALK THAT ALL BACK. He is shifting the dynamics as to where the NBA needs to prove guilt and circumstantial evidence isn't enough. He's changing the policy or stating the policy is open enough that he can use his discretion.

First he blatantly fixes the draft to facilitate a Luka to Lakers move.....for the good of the league.
Now he's going to allow clear cap circumvention to protect the other LA franchise.

Punishing the Clippers is bad for league revenue. Big Money Market. Biggest Money Owner. Him building pimped out arenas raises the value of the whole league. Silver will not seriously hurt the ability of the Clippers to build a contender. He desperately wants them to be elite and in the mix.

I definitely agree that from the reporting so far the only reasonable conclusion is that the Clippers circumvented the cap, but I didn't read as much into Silver's comments as you did.

He said the burden of proof is on the league to prove the allegations. It clearly looks bad (and almost certainly is IMO), but they can't make moves based off appearances. They'll do their investigation, contact sources, and confirm details before making any moves. I'm hearing 'we'll wait until we have all of the details before levying any penalty against the Clippers', and it seems you're hearing 'we're going to undermine our entire CBA to let the Clippers avoid penalties'.

The success of the NBA has literally never been tied to the success of the Clippers. I think Ballmer is too valuable of a presence and investor to remove him from ownership, but I'd be shocked if the picks + fines + penalties weren't record-setting.

[LoveMyRaps]

Silver ruined the NBA.

[DelAbbot]

Silver ruined the NBA.

First with the midseason tournament

Then with the Luka to LAL, then kicking back Cooper Flagg

[WuTang_CMB]

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[DelAbbot]

Do any oldhead remember how David Stern did that crackdown of Joe Smith & Timberwolves? Was David Stern similarly slow and deliberate as Adam Silver today?

[ATLTimekeeper]

The Timberwolves had it in writing.

[NinjaBro]

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Cuban needs to shut his mouth. He sounds more dumb every time he talks.

Better to remain quiet and let the world think you're a bozo than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

[brownbobcat]

Cuban needs to shut his mouth. He sounds more dumb every time he talks.

Better to remain quiet and let the world think you're a bozo than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

The only explanation that would even remotely make sense is if they were trying to scam Kawhi in the long term too by trying to convince him to invest money, e.g. your $28M in stock is doing great, here's a special opportunity to buy more, etc. However, that's entirely speculation and zero evidence of that so far.

[WuTang_CMB]

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Cuban needs to shut his mouth. He sounds more dumb every time he talks.

Better to remain quiet and let the world think you're a bozo than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Hes an idiot

[PushDaRock]

Cuban needs to shut his mouth. He sounds more dumb every time he talks.

Better to remain quiet and let the world think you're a bozo than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

The only explanation that would even remotely make sense is if they were trying to scam Kawhi in the long term too by trying to convince him to invest money, e.g. your $28M in stock is doing great, here's a special opportunity to buy more, etc. However, that's entirely speculation and zero evidence of that so far.

lol I don't think that's even remotely possible. If they ran something like this, what are the odds that Kawhi would be the only one who got this "special" deal? Why would they specifically target Kawhi to pay out this much money and not the other A-List celebs?

[causal_fan]

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Cuban needs to shut his mouth. He sounds more dumb every time he talks.

Better to remain quiet and let the world think you're a bozo than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Hes an idiot

I'm not surprised - Billionaires tend to stick together and if Cuban runs for President in 28 he will hope to have the likes of Ballmer raising money for him.

[DelAbbot]

Cuban needs to shut his mouth. He sounds more dumb every time he talks.

Better to remain quiet and let the world think you're a bozo than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

Hes an idiot

I'm not surprised - Billionaires tend to stick together and if Cuban runs for President in 28 he will hope to have the likes of Ballmer raising money for him.

He knows when the guillotine comes for one, it will come for him soon as well.

[JB7]

the fallout won't be egregious just based on who's involved. but the important thing in pablo shining a light is showing us that billionaires can pretty much operate with impunity in anything they do. they fly so far above even the nba. but that's the world that this society has cultivated.

cuban trying his best to superman for his boy ballmer is embarrassing as well. but the billionaires gotta stick together.

Maybe Zohran Mamdani is right. There shouldn't be billionaires.

[brownbobcat]

Cuban needs to shut his mouth. He sounds more dumb every time he talks.

Better to remain quiet and let the world think you're a bozo than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

The only explanation that would even remotely make sense is if they were trying to scam Kawhi in the long term too by trying to convince him to invest money, e.g. your $28M in stock is doing great, here's a special opportunity to buy more, etc. However, that's entirely speculation and zero evidence of that so far.

lol I don't think that's even remotely possible. If they ran something like this, what are the odds that Kawhi would be the only one who got this "special" deal? Why would they specifically target Kawhi to pay out this much money and not the other A-List celebs?

It would obviously be to make Ballmer happy and perhaps finagle more money out of him/LA as well. i.e. Ballmer would somehow be aware that Kawhi is happy with Aspiration but not actually be in the know about the particulars.

To be clear, I don't believe that's the case at all.

[causal_fan]

the fallout won't be egregious just based on who's involved. but the important thing in pablo shining a light is showing us that billionaires can pretty much operate with impunity in anything they do. they fly so far above even the nba. but that's the world that this society has cultivated.

cuban trying his best to superman for his boy ballmer is embarrassing as well. but the billionaires gotta stick together.

Maybe Zohran Mamdani is right. There shouldn't be billionaires.

I have no problems with billionaires if they paid their fair share of taxes which no billionaire does.

[Senbonzakura]

Clippers should lose their franchise.