NBA sanctions hit Clippers as Kawhi Leonard saga unfolds
A Los Angeles Times opinion piece argues Kawhi Leonard engineered salary-cap circumvention by his inner circle, prompting a year-long NBA investigation that resulted in sweeping penalties: the league fined the organization about $30 million, imposed five first-round draft picks on the Clippers, and suspended owner Steve Ballmer, team president Gillian Zucker, and basketball chief Lawrence Frank; Leonard faces a personal $700,000 fine and has pledged to move forward after blaming lapses by people in his inner circle. The column urges Clippers fans to boo Leonard, paints him as greedy and manipulative, and notes past injuries and playoff disappointments as context for the franchise’s struggles.
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