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Documents have been released and bombshell text messages have been revealed in the Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumvention scandal involving billionaire Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. The Clippers were fined $30 million, Ballmer was suspended for one year and the team was docked five first-round draft picks in a poison-pill punishment for what the league believes proves the team’s guilt. Advertisement …

The Los Angeles Lakers entered their post-LeBron James era this summer after the four-time NBA champion informed the team he wouldn’t be returning for the 2026-27 season. There are contrasting opinions on how the Lakers will perform without the 41-year-old superstar, who spent eight consecutive seasons with LA. Advertisement But former Lakers star Derek Fisher doesn’t believe the team is …

The Los Angeles Clippers have entered its lowest point in franchise history. The NBA’s year-long investigation resulted in confirmation that the team violated the league’s salary cap circumvention rules, which resulted in the loss of five first-round picks and being fined $30 million. Advertisement Pablo Torre, the podcaster and journalist who began investigating the scandal in 2025, believes Clippers owner …

Kristian The saga is finally over. My immediate reaction, like many jaded Raptors fans, was one fuelled by the feeling I had when watching Steve Ballmer laugh it up during the press conference announcing he had poached Kawhi Leonard from Toronto. Advertisement I felt vindicated, like justice had been served. Never in my wildest dreams would I have guessed that …

The NBA dog days of summer are slowly coming to an end as training camp kicks off in less than a month and preseason games are a little over a month away. The Houston Rockets will most likely start training camp on September 29th, though it hasn’t been confirmed yet. Normally, there isn’t much NBA news this time of year, …

The decision by NBA commissioner Adam Silver to take five future first-round draft picks from the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing the salary cap to help funnel additional income to Kawhi Leonard was obviously the most damaging element of the punishment doled out by the league. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer can stomach a $30 million fine. Teams also rountinely weather …

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Let me get this right: The Los Angeles Clippers got busted by the NBA for offering improper benefits to a player it was trying to sign, apologized and promised not to do it again, and then … did? These folks aren’t just shady, they’re reckless. Or lazy. Or stupid. Or some combination of the three. That alone makes them deserving …

It’s another edition of Knicks Mailbag, with SNY NBA Insider Ian Begley ready to answer your questions surrounding the team. Let’s get started… Does the Knicks front office not see any concern with the lack of frontcourt depth off the bench? Bench seems guard-heavy, little to no wings or bigs – @Jblackwing Hey JBlackwing, great question. Before I answer, I …

Alabama men’s basketball announced the addition of two staff members, and one of them is coach Nate Oats’ wife. The Crimson Tide announced on Thursday, Sept. 3 Alex Accetta is rejoining the team as its director of program relations. Advertisement Accetta returns after she worked with the men’s basketball program from 2015 to 2022, starting as a student assistant before …

A few years ago, I came on this site to write about Nickeil Alexander-Walker and how he was worth believing in for the Minnesota Timberwolves. That piece eventually got back to Nickeil and he thanked a Canis staffer at his introductory press conference, saying it meant the world to him. Now I am decidedly not as bullish on today’s topic …

The Los Angeles Clippers vehemently refute the NBA’s findings in the Kawhi Leonard salary-cap circumvention investigation, but converting that opposition into legal action will be challenging. That’s mainly because of the finality of league decisions and judicial deference to decisions of private associations. Advertisement The NBA on Wednesday concluded that the Clippers and several team officials, including owner Steve Ballmer, …

What is a Clipper? Have you ever asked yourself that question? Well, my unnautically aware friend, it’s a ship. More specifically, a 19th-century merchant ship. And seeing as the Los Angeles Clippers originated in San Diego after moving from Buffalo in 1978, it makes sense that a team in one of the greatest port cities on Earth would be named …

Tyrese Haliburton is one highly paid professional athlete who has turned down the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Indiana Pacers star had been invited by both the Dodgers and Chicago Cubs to throw out a ceremonial first pitch this season and the Wisconsin native opted to accept the pregame honor from the team closer to his Midwestern roots. Advertisement Haliburton, a …

As the NBA calendar churns, and as teams look ahead to next season, some of the more interesting storylines extend beyond that. But, as always in the NBA, player movement and free agency are big draws, so it’s never too early to look ahead to the free agent class of players who may be available during the 2027 offseason. The …

The initial headlines were shocking: Five first-round picks taken away, Steve Ballmer suspended for a year, head of basketball operations Lawrence Frank suspended for six months, a $30 million fine. The loss of all those first-round picks is as close to an organizational death sentence as the NBA can hand out. How the league got to the point Commissioner Adam …

Media reports of Bob Iger’s future “ownership” of the Los Angeles Lakers appear to have been greatly exaggerated, On The Money has learned. Three weeks ago, a flurry of headlines from major outlets – the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, you name it – reported that “Bob Iger and Josh Kushner,” in that order, will …

After completing a nearly year-long investigation into the relationship between the Los Angeles Clippers, their owner and governor Steve Ballmer, star forward Kawhi Leonard and various business partners, the NBA handed down the most damaging punishment for a team in league history. A 35-page report from the investigatory law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz revealed a lot about …

In the early 2000s, the Minnesota Timberwolves committed one of the biggest scandals in NBA contract history. The confusion first started when forward Joe Smith, a former first overall pick, signed a small deal with the Timberwolves. WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 25: Joe Smith #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves warms up before the game against the Washington Wizards on January …

Welcome to our Lakers Season Preview Series! For the next several weeks, we’ll be writing columns every weekday breaking down the biggest questions we have about every player the Lakers added this offseason. Today, we start with a look at the team’s three two-way players, Chris Mañon, Arthur Kaluma and AK Okereke. Throughout his brief tenure with the Lakers, head …

The NBA brought the hammer down on the Clippers for circumventing the league’s salary cap rules by “initiating off-court income opportunities” for star forward Kawhi Leonard. And the impact of the harsh penalties after the yearlong investigation will be felt for years to come.  Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers in action against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, Dec. …

Amen Thompson’s rise in the NBA will continue with the Houston Rockets. The Rockets and Thompson have come to terms on a new lucrative contract extension that will make the 23-year-old a franchise cornerstone for the foreseeable future, according to multiple reports on Thursday, September 3. Advertisement Thompson has agreed to sign a 5-year, $208-million contract extension with the Rockets, …

Subscribe to The Kevin O’Connor Show Kevin O’Connor is joined by Sam Amick to continue his NBA Entertainment Rankings, diving deep into offseason moves, title expectations and chaos potential for the Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder and New York Knicks. They break down Houston’s all-or-nothing gamble on veterans like Kevin Durant, OKC’s roster flexibility and subtle strategy shift and the …

The Kawhi Leonard saga came to a head on Wednesday, Sept. 2, when the NBA released the results of an 11-month investigation that concluded the Los Angeles Clippers knowingly circumvented the league’s salary cap through “no-show” endorsement deals for their former star forward. The Clippers are being fined $30 million, and the team will forfeit five first-round picks in the …

Amen Thompson is poised for a breakout year. Already one of the league’s best perimeter defenders whose offensive game keeps improving each season, the 23-year-old is on the verge of becoming one of the league’s brightest young stars. The Houston Rockets are paying him like one. Thompson and the Rockets have agreed to a five-year, $208 million contract extension, a …