Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard was reportedly paid $28 million by a company funded by team owner Steve Ballmer that helped the Clippers evade the NBA salary cap, according to a report by Pablo Torre in 2025.
Nearly a full year after the NBA launched a formal investigation into the matter, it issued its findings Wednesday, docking the Clippers five first-round picks, fining Ballmer $30 million and fining Leonard $700,000, among other penalties.
On his show, “Pablo Torre Finds Out,” Torre detailed a now-bankrupt company named Aspiration, which paid $28 million to KL2 Aspire LLC, a company owned by Leonard. Clauses in the contract…
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