NBA finds Los Angeles Clippers, Kawhi Leonard guilty of salary cap circumvention and punishes them
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What happened
The Aspiration scandal came to light a year ago, but the NBA has now announced punishments for the Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard after finding them guilty. Pablo Torre shocked the NBA world in September of 2025, revealing that the Los Angeles Clippers had used a ‘no-show’ sponsorship deal with Aspiration to circumvent the salary cap and pay Kawhi Leonard.
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