The NBA’s investigation into the Clippers’ cap circumvention for Kawhi Leonard through a backdoor sponsorship deal may have just gotten more complicated.
On Thursday, Pablo Torre reported that the Clippers star also had a previously unknown endorsement deal with Daktronics.
Daktronics is a publicly traded company that manufactures scoreboards and LED signs for arenas and installed the halo board for the Intuit Dome, the Clippers $2 billion arena that opened in 2024. The cost to install the halo board was reportedly $100 million.
Torre reported in the fall that Leonard had a deal with the failed environmental startup Aspiration, allegedly to circumvent the league’s salary cap and additionally compensate him. The Daktronics deal, Torre reported on his podcast Pablo Torre Finds Out in collaboration with Hunterbrook Media, was meant to do the same.
Torre cited multiple sources who told him Leonard was a spokesperson for Daktronics, but didn’t provide specifics for the contract. Torre cited a source who said the contract was for “millions of dollars.”
