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

[hyper316]

What was the amount that Raptors could pay more than Clippers for the extra year? Was it $48M?

Then the $28M sponsorship plus $20M stock makes sense

The deal happened in 2021/2022 right? Probably there's something that happened in 2019 at the time of signing that hasn't be uncovered yey

[kalel123]

What was the amount that Raptors could pay more than Clippers for the extra year? Was it $48M?

Then the $28M sponsorship plus $20M stock makes sense

The deal happened in 2021/2022 right? Probably there's something that happened in 2019 at the time of signing that hasn't be uncovered yey

A lot of people (especially naysayers) are so hung up on the year the deal supposedly happened but they could've easily agreed to this happening in 2019 verbally (with or without Aspiration) for it to take several years later provided that he's still with the team. That probably allows them to avoid the scrutiny in 2019 when a lot of eyes were actually on what was going on. This is essentially what took place in Joe Smith fiasco where they agreed to pay him through his second contract, except they were stupid enough to leave it in writing.

With this one, not something as obvious but it's just way too much money with a lot of too-convenient coincidences and circumstancial evidences for powers-that-be to just brush aside without controversy even though it's obvious they want to.

[kalel123]

cuban needs to stfu and check himself. why he is playing the role of rudy guliani is beyond me.

The way he idiotically inserted himself into this controversy and the way he sold Mavs and unceremoniously got washed out of power after telling everyone he's still gonna be in charge of the team's basketball decisions tells me he's lost his marbles in his old age. Not much going on up there in terms of logic or critical thinking except the mouth's still gotta talk. A lot.

[inonba]

What was the amount that Raptors could pay more than Clippers for the extra year? Was it $48M?

Then the $28M sponsorship plus $20M stock makes sense

The deal happened in 2021/2022 right? Probably there's something that happened in 2019 at the time of signing that hasn't be uncovered yey

The numbers don't have to add up exactly. There's money to compensate the monetary loss in losing your bird rights, compensation for signing with the new team (signing bonus) to entice the player to leave, compensation for the money taken under the table. The number just has to be large enough, as we don't know the validity of how much Kawhi really wants to go home vs how greedy he actually is. I'm in the camp of he's greedy as ****, judging by the total number.

[TGM]

NBA should create a bounty program to reward whistle blowers for tampering accusations like these. I'm sure you would start getting some juicy text messages etc...

Ballmer however, is probably too powerful and connected that he has gotten his inner circle to protect him from any wrong-doing.