Kawhi Leonard Signed a Secret $28M Deal. Steve Ballmer Funded a Fraud. We Followed the Money. | PTFO

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  5. Haven’t watched yet, but I have this strong, unshakable feeling that Uncle Dennis is heavily involved.

    Edit:

    > Kawhi Leonard signed a $28M endorsement deal for a “no-show job” with a fraudulent tree-planting company funded by $50M from Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, according to documents obtained by @PabloTorre.

    >”It was to circumvent the salary cap,” an inside source says.

    If true, holy cow.

    Also, of course Uncle Dennis was involved lol.

  9. I recall rumors about something like this years ago after the Clippers seemingly upsetted the Raptors and Lakers in signing him.

  12. I will never forget Uncle Dennis saying Kawhi was leaving Toronto in an Instagram live. This combined with the rampant tampering that Lawrence Frank was doing makes me so glad the Clippers did nothing with Kawhi, and traded away Shai.

  13. I’m not saying this is going to be a big scandal or anything, but it’s funny that the response here is exactly the same as r/nfl had when Pablo came out with the nflpa stuff lol

  14. All this shady shit (along with an MVP, an all NBA player, and a gajillion draft picks) for three playoff series wins and one fraudulent Reggie Jackson all star (Btw worse than any bubble hot streak) run to the conference finals is making me laugh my ass off.

  17. Wont watch the video since I’m on Reddit. I’ll just read and believe the title

    In that case, we’re fucked.

  22. Deriving from the 29.46 year period of Saturn’s revolution around the Sun, the 28-year cycle as well as its subdivisions by 14 and 7 are supposed in astrology to mark significant turning points or sections in the course of a person’s development in life. Thus, the number 28 has special significance in the culture of religious sects such as the Kadiri and the Mevlevi dervishes. The 28-beat metric pattern often used in the music compositions accompanying the main part of the Mevlevi sema ritual is called the “Devri kebir”, meaning the “Big Circle” and is a reference to above astronomical facts about the year and the Saturn year. Big if true.

  25. Man that secret source is fucked. They hid his voice and face, but included so many identifiable traits and mannerisms.

  26. TLDW: The Clippers were paying Kawhi and his uncle tens of millions of dollars through a no-show endorsement job via a 3rd company. The sole provision of this endorsement contract was that he had to be a Clipper. That’s it. Literally didn’t have to (and didn’t) do anything else. Big middle finger to the salary cap

  31. Leonard? Oh wow this is so much worse than Joe Smith. But Silver is no Stern. Voiding his contact and taking five first round picks simply would not fly in 2025. And I’d imagine not alienating Ballmer has to be one of his biggest priorities here.

  33. This podcast is getting shut down within a year if they keep actually doing investigative journalism

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