The Clippers received the most severe punishment in N.B.A. history after the team was found to be circumventing the league’s salary cap. Louisa Thomas considers the strange case.
Unfortunately, LA Clippers fans are the real losers of the Kawhi Leonard saga.
Also: SEC looking into Kawhi’s Daktronics links.
From SMU’s death penalty to the Black Sox scandal, where does the discipline against the Clippers stack up?
What message is the NBA trying to send to other franchises when it comes to the Clippers' punishment? "Don’t even think about trying this.”
The team was fined $30 million and stripped of five first-round picks
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The LA Clippers will likely be one of the busiest teams in the league until the trade deadline.
Following a year-long investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard, the NBA dropped the hammer on the organization. The Clippers were accused o
La NBA impuso numerosas sanciones a los Clippers como resultado de la investigación por la presunta evasión del tope salarial relacionada con Kawhi Leonard.
Steve Ballmer and the Clippers are the obvious losers from the NBA’s investigation. With a punishment this massive, the rest of the league will feel its impact.