Kawhi Leonard said the allegation that he signed up for a no-show job with a now-bankrupt company to help the Los Angeles Clippers circumvent the salary cap is nothing but a conspiracy theory.

At the team's preseason media day Monday, Leonard spoke publicly for the first time since reporting by the podcast "Pablo Torre Finds Out" linked an endorsement deal Leonard had with sustainability services company Aspiration to Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funneling him an extra $28 million.

"It's easy for me (not to be distracted)," Leonard said. "I don't read headlines or do conspiracy theories or anything like that. It's about the season and what we've got ahead of us right now. Tomorrow we'll start camp, and see what we got."

The NBA is now probing the deal, which Ballmer has claimed he had n

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