The Los Angeles Clippers are pushing back against a report accusing them of engaging in salary cap circumvention with star forward Kawhi Leonard . The accusation stems from a March 2025 court filing from Aspiration, a now-bankrupt sustainability company that had received $50 million in funding from Clippers owner Steve Ballmer.

According to investigative journalist Pablo Torre, Aspiration was going to pay Leonard $28 million in cash between 2022-25 as long as he was playing for the Clippers. A former Aspiration employee in the finance department said on Torre's podcast that Leonard's deal "was to circumvent the salary cap."

The Clippers, in a statement released Wednesday night, strongly denied the claims.

"Neither the Clippers nor Steve Ballmer circumvented the salary cap," the

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