When Pablo Torre released his findings on Kawhi Leonard signing a $28 million ‘no-show' endorsement deal with Aspiration, the NBA world erupted. Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer invested $50 million in the company, making Leonard's endorsement deal appear to be a circumvention of the NBA salary cap rules.

Ballmer appeared on SportsCenter with ESPN's Ramona Shelburne on Thursday night to reinforce the Clippers' statements that this accusation is ‘provably false.'

“Any speculation would be crazy,” Ballmer said. “These are guys who committed fraud. They conned me. I made an investment in these guys, thinking it was on the up-and-up, and they conned me. At this stage, I have no ability to predict why they did anything they did, let alone the specific contract with Kawhi.”

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