On Monday, Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard publicly discussed for the first time allegations that the team and owner Steve Ballmer attempted to circumvent the NBA’s salary cap rules with a no-show endorsement deal with the now-bankrupt company Aspiration.
“I understand the full contract and the services I had to do,” he told reporters. “I don’t deal with conspiracies or the clickbait analyst or journalism that’s going on.”
He also said, “I don’t think it’s accurate” that he didn’t perform any services for Aspiration and added that he was never paid the full amount he was owed through the contract.
“The NBA’s going to do their job,” he said of the league’s ongoing investigation into the situation. “None of us did no wrongdoing. That’s it. We invite the investigations. It’s not going to be a distraction for me or the rest of the team.”
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