The Los Angeles Clippers circumvented NBA salary cap rules by paying superstar Kawhi Leonard $28 million for a job that didn’t exist, according to allegations in the Pablo Finds Out podcast on Wednesday.

Journalist Pablo Torre cited legal documents in reporting that Leonard was paid through a now-bankrupt tree-planting company called Aspiration in which Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was a key investor.

Torre reported that Leonard signed a contract worth $28 million over four years to market and endorse Aspiration but never did so.

An unnamed employee who purportedly worked for Aspiration told Torre that the payment to Leonard “was to circumvent the salary cap”.

The Clippers responded to Torre with a statement denying the allegations.

“Neither Mr. Ballmer nor the Clippers circumvented t

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