The LA Clippers and team owner Steve Ballmer reportedly have been accused of circumventing the NBA's salary cap by paying $28 million to Kawhi Leonard for a "no-show job."

Pablo Torre, a podcaster and former ESPN contributor, reported Wednesday that the Clippers paid Leonard through a now-bankrupt company in which Ballmer invested.

NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement later Wednesday that the league was "aware of this morning's media report regarding the LA Clippers and [is] commencing an investigation."

In the latest episode of his "Pablo Torre Finds Out" podcast, Torre cited a trove of internal documents from the company Aspiration, which Ballmer partially funded with a $50 million investment through his personal LLC on Sept. 14, 2021.

Later that month, on Sept. 27, 2021

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