Mark Cuban lashed out at Pablo Torre after the two got into a heated debate regarding Torre’s reporting on the alleged Kawhi Leonard scandal .

Torre alleged that owner Steve Ballmer and the Clippers circumvented the NBA’s salary cap rules by giving Leonard a $28 million no-show marketing deal with environmental start-up Aspiration .

Cuban took to X to defend Ballmer, saying he “isn’t dumb” and supporting Ballmer’s claim that he was scammed by Aspiration.

Pablo , come on. You only pushed your side in the promos. NOTHING you said made your point. You took lots of information provided by scammers , who negotiated with someone not connected with Ballmer, and took them at face value. Just to be clear. Still Team Ballmer https://t.co/yHboLkrNad — Mark Cuban (@mcuban) September 5, 2025

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