LAS VEGAS — There might finally be a resolution in sight for the LA Clippers, Kawhi Leonard and the NBA’s investigation into whether the team circumvented the cap through the star’s $28 million endorsement deal with Aspiration. NBA commissioner Adam Silver said he is hopeful the league will provide a resolution by the end of the summer.Silver said Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the law firm the league hired to conduct the investigation, has finished that portion of the process and is sifting through the information it has gathered and making its conclusions. The league hired Wachtell Lipton in September, and the investigation is in its 11th month. The investigation has grown in scope since it began, according to multiple sources who spoke to The Athletic on the condition of anonymity in order to speak freely. Wachtell Lipton has also looked into whether the Clippers improperly covered expenses for Leonard but were not reimbursed for them and has examined whether Leonard had a previously unreported endorsement deal with another company, those sources said.The NBA must still present its conclusions to the Clippers, and the collective bargaining agreement spells out that the league must present its findings to an arbitrator who will rule on any punishment the league might want to impose, if the NBA decides one is warranted. Still, Silver is confident everything will be wrapped up by the start of the 2026-27 season.“Yes, I would say this can be wrapped up — and needs to be wrapped up — before next season,” he said at a news conference Tuesday night on the concourse of the Thomas & Mack Center.Why the Clippers took a chance on Keaton WaglerLaw Murray and Jeshua KiddThe Toronto Raptors are waiting for the league to announce its findings as well. They agreed to trade for Leonard in June, but that put that deal on ice until the NBA makes a ruling.The teams agreed to the deal June 30, but the Clippers said in a statement they “have since been informed (by the NBA) that the trade can only be finalized if the Raptors’ ownership group assumes the risk of penalties related to Kawhi’s contract that could theoretically result from the ongoing investigation.” The Raptors said in a statement they remain “eager” to make the trade.The Clippers have consistently denied they circumvented the cap, and team owner Steve Ballmer has said he was the victim of fraud by Aspiration co-founder Joe Sanberg. If the NBA finds there was a violation of the CBA, it can fine the Clippers millions of dollars, strip them of first-round picks, penalize Ballmer and even void Leonard’s contract.