Torre is apparently pretty decent at this investigative sports journalism thing, I've gathered that much.
NBA: Did the Clippers FA and now will FO?
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This isn’t the NCAA. The NBA hasn’t been neutered by the courts and actually has a CBA that explicitly prohibits salary cap circumvention.
If this proves to be true, I think the Clippers will be in serious trouble. The other owners won’t sit idly by and let this happen with no repercussions. It could cost them too much money. Not to mention, the precedent has been set by the NBA as well for punishment in this type of situation. That is a big deal.
Adam Silver will probably give them a short but firm talking to.
If the same punishment that got levied against the wolves gets levied here it will bury the Clippers until damn near 2040. The deal being voided would tie up 100 million in cap over the next 2 years (plus whatever cap penalties get levied). Taking 5 first round picks means the Clippers wouldn't have a first round pick again until 2033.
I mean, they knew what the precedent was. Maybe don’t try and circumvent the cap. I don’t feel bad at all for these owners who try and skirt the rules, when they get caught, and have to pay the price.
I would say either sell the team, or those are the penalties.
Sell the team and a rather significant fine comes out of the proceeds. I'm talking millions here.
They could fund the WNBA for decades...
Watch the 60 Minutes episode with Balmer. He’s still very intense and…different. I think if the NBA said let’s replace the athletes with robots that can be programmed and optimized with AI algorithms, he’d be all over it.
OU had this going on in the mid 2000's. Stoops had to boot a couple of kids.
The contract with the only clause is that he has to be a member of the Clippers seems like it’s pretty strong evidence that he is not. I’d put the odds that Cuban has done the same thing and doesn’t want this to get traction so people start looking deeper into all NBA deals.
Balmer does probably skate on this because it would be hard to prove the actual agreement. But the circumstantial evidence is lead anyone to believe this did happen. Question is what the burden of proof is for the NBA to take action.
A former employee of the company was told it was to circumvent the salary cap and not to ask about the Kawhi deal. That's not really circumstantial is it? We don't know who the person is and if it is truly a reliable source, but if it is that is direct implication of violating NBA rules.
