As the Clippers became the center of the basketball universe on Wednesday over allegations that they circumvented the salary cap, one former NBA majority owner is standing behind the team.

Hours after Pablo Torre reported on his podcast that Clippers owner Steve Ballmer allegedly worked around the cap with a $28 million no-show marketing agreement for Kawhi Leonard, former Mavericks head Mark Cuban not only backed Ballmer, but said he did nothing wrong.

“I’m on Team Ballmer,” Cuban wrote on X. “As much as I wish they circumvented the salary cap, First Steve isn’t that dumb. If he did try to feed KL money, knowing what was at stake for him personally, and his team, do you think he would let the company go bankrupt ? Knowing all creditors would be visible to the world ? They got scammed

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