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Kawhi Leonard had a $28 million endorsement deal with a now bankrupt environmental startup where he did no work, essentially a "no-show job," for a company Clippers owner Steve Ballmer had made a $50 million investment in. That investigation claims the Clippers tried to circumvent the salary cap with this deal.

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/nba-launches-investigation-alleged-kawhi-211323166.html

NBA launches investigation into alleged Kawhi Leonard 'no show' endorsement deal to skirt salary cap

Kawhi Leonard had a $28 million endorsement deal with a now bankrupt environmental startup where he did no work, essentially a "no-show job," for a company Clippers owner Steve Ballmer had made a $50 million investment in. That investigation claims the Clippers tried to circumvent the salary cap with this deal.  https://sports.yahoo.com/article/nba-launches-investigation-alleged-kawhi-211323166.html

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The NBA "vetted and approved" the $300 million sponsorship deal between Aspiration and the Los Angeles Clippers more than eight months before the company struck a separate endorsement agreement with Kawhi Leonard. The NBA is now investigating the latter agreement under claims of salary cap circumvention.

https://sports.yahoo.com/article/report-nba-approved-aspiration-sponsorship-004051388.html

The NBA "vetted and approved" the $300 million sponsorship deal between Aspiration and the Los Angeles Clippers more than eight months before the company struck a separate endorsement agreement with Kawhi Leonard. The NBA is now investigating the latter agreement under claims of salary cap circumvention.  https://sports.yahoo.com/article/report-nba-approved-aspiration-sponsorship-004051388.html

That contract between Aspiration and the Clippers was unrelated to the endorsement deal Kawhi Leonard signed with Aspiration.

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