Source: The NBA has hired the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rose and Katz to investigate the Clippers-Kawhi Leonard situation. This is the same firm that investigated Donald Sterling and Robert Sarver.
Source: The NBA has hired the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rose and Katz to investigate the Clippers-Kawhi Leonard situation. This is the same firm that investigated Donald Sterling and Robert Sarver.
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Spicy
damn means its kind of serious right? have they hired outside investigation in other things since sterling?
I cannot fathom them actually banning a player or voiding a contract but wow Pablo really broke some ground
> Revenue Per Lawyer and Profit Metrics
> Revenue per lawyer (RPL) across the Am Law 100 averaged $1.28 million, marking a 5.2% increase. Wachtell led the pack with the highest RPL at $4.47 million, while Dentons (verein) came in lowest at $464,000.
https://www.legal.io/articles/5609720/The-2025-Am-Law-100-By-the-Numbers
The NBA ain’t messing around
With Balmer’s infinite resources, he could just hire the Supreme Court.
This offseason is turning very spicy!
This will result in 1) a fine, which will be insignificant as far as Ballmer is concerned because he is one of the richest men on earth, and 2) the loss of multiple first round draft picks, which will handicap the franchise for multiple years.
Have them looking into the Doncic trade.
Things are getting too spicy for the pepper
I don’t think Kawhi going to the club this weekend
For anyone who doesn’t know, WLRK is the elite of the elite. Famous for their associate bonuses being equivalent to the starting salary at other BigLaw firms, but they have expectations of 3k+ billable hours a year.
omg, our flairs better be faded
Billable hours called out of retirement again
Things are getting extra spicy
A 4 partner firm with a guy called Katz. They mean business
“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in”
Imagine if Ballmer is forced to sell the Clippers.
Shouldn’t they just move the team at that point?
Kawhi about to hire Saul Goodman.
Dude should have just stayed with the Raptors. Everyone would have been more happy. Clippers still have SGA. Raptors have atleast one more real shot a title. Sigh
So it looks like the NBA is going to make an example of Steve Ballmer and Kawhi. How ironic if he’s forced to sell the team a decade later.
[Clippers Haters Feasting](https://youtu.be/xSLlZh9yelk?si=tU8r2d4mG_yndLUc)
Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is hired by Ballmer
My guess will be picks and money and ban.
$100 million which means nothing to Ballmer
But
2 firsts which will actually hurt any future rebuild.
Uncle Dennis gets lifetime ban.
They’re assembling the Scheme Team
you know it’s a serious law firm when they gotta put four separate names in their title that don’t even sound good together lol
Kinda pathetic the NBA relies on independent journalists to police the league and surface malfeasance, and only then do they bother to hire a law firm to investigate.
Why do I feel like the NBA already knew about these back room deals?
Wachtell, Lipton, and Rose can’t win with these Katz
Wachtell is the best law firm in the country for what its worth.
Can we get some Wachtell Lipton flair?
“Sagman, Bennett, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft
Sagman, Bennett, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft
Sagman, Bennett, Robbins, Oppenheim and Taft”