NEW YORK -- It will be up to the NBA to prove wrongdoing during its investigation of potential salary cap circumvention by the LA Clippers , owner Steve Ballmer and star Kawhi Leonard , league commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday.

"The burden is on the league if we're going to discipline a team, an owner, a player or any constituent members of the league," Silver said during his annual news conference at the conclusion of the league's Board of Governors meetings in midtown Manhattan. "I think as with any process that requires a fundamental sense of fairness, the burden should be on the party that is, in essence, bringing those charges."

Silver said the league needs to look "at the totality of the evidence" rather than just "mere appearance."

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