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TORONTO — With Toronto Raptors training camp less than three weeks away, Kawhi Leonard is still officially a member of the Los Angeles Clippers, Sportsnet’s Michael Grange reported Friday. “But the concern level is … not that high, is what I’m hearing,” Grange wrote. The trade is still expected to...

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer are considering a lawsuit against the NBA that would ask a judge to issue a restraining order over the penalties the league handed down in the Kawhi Leonard salary cap case, The New York Times reported Thursday. The Clippers...

NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn have opened a criminal investigation into allegations that the Los Angeles Clippers helped arrange secret sponsorship contracts for Kawhi Leonard that circumvented the NBA salary cap, The New York Times reported Thursday. The investigation is in its earliest stages and is being handled...

NEW YORK — Kawhi Leonard released a statement Wednesday through agent Harrison Gaines, hours after the NBA penalized him and the Los Angeles Clippers in its salary cap circumvention case. Leonard said he accepts full responsibility for lapses in judgment by people in his inner circle. Leonard said that through...

NEW YORK — The NBA announced Wednesday that the Los Angeles Clippers will lose five first-round draft picks and pay a $30 million fine for violating the salary cap circumvention rules in its collective bargaining agreement with the National Basketball Players Association. The penalties were released with a summary report...

DALLAS — The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking information from Daktronics concerning Kawhi Leonard, acting chief financial officer Howard Atkins said Wednesday on the company's fiscal 2027 first-quarter earnings call. Daktronics is the South Dakota manufacturer that designed the Halo Board inside Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers arena...

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer has maintained a firm stance against trading Kawhi Leonard, according to Anthony Slater of ESPN. Leonard has one year left on his contract. He will make $50.3 million next season. The Golden State Warriors tried to acquire Leonard this season, but Ballmer didn't want...

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer may not want to trade Kawhi Leonard this offseason, according to Hunter Patterson and Sam Amick of The Athletic. Leonard has one year left on his contract. He will make $50.3 million next season. "What’s more, as one rival executive from another team that...

Pablo Torre of Pablo Torre Finds Out is back with new information about Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and Aspiration. Ballmer donated $1.875 million to Aspiration 1.5 years after the Clippers deal ended. Leonard was also personally guaranteed another $20 million in Aspiration equity. Ballmer invested $10...

Pablo Torre of Pablo Torre Finds Out is back with new information about Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and Aspiration. Ballmer donated $1.875 million to Aspiration 1.5 years after the Clippers deal ended. Leonard was also personally guaranteed another $20 million in Aspiration equity. Ballmer invested $10...