“Flat-out wrong” – Clippers shut down claims accusing Steve Ballmer of orchestrating $28M deal with Kawhi Leonard

The NBA community is abuzz with the allegations that LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard signed a $28 million deal for a “no-show job,” supposedly circumventing the league’s salary cap. Now, Leonard’s team has released a statement on these claims.

On Wednesday, NBA insider Shams Charania posted a screenshot of the Clippers’ official statement, which came to the defense of Leonard and team owner Steve Ballmer.

“Neither Steve nor the Clippers organization had any oversight of Kawhi’s independent endorsement agreement with Aspiration,” the statement read. “To say otherwise is flat-out wrong.”