The NBA is challenging assertions presented in an ESPN report regarding the examination of Steve Ballmer, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers. According to ESPN sources cited in a story released on Monday, the NBA has not discovered any proof indicating that Ballmer used team sponsors to compensate Kawhi Leonard covertly and breach the salary cap regulations.
The ESPN article suggested that the NBA is concentrating on whether the Clippers’ presentation of Leonard to team sponsors breaches the league’s regulations against circumventing the salary cap. In response, NBA representative Mike Bass made a statement on Monday afternoon denouncing the ESPN article as containing various inaccuracies of significance. Bass affirmed that the outcomes of the NBA’s inquiry will be disclosed upon its conclusion.
The trade deal involving Leonard between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Toronto Raptors has been postponed pending the league’s determination of potential sanctions.
