[Pablo Torre] Per multiple NBA executives, they see Lawrence Frank’s recent 4 year extension with the Clippers in the midst of playoff disappointments and a difficult start to the season as “Ballmer hush money”
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The Clippers are the ninth seed in the West this season. Frank has been their GM throughout the period in which they brought in Kawhi as a reigning finals MVP and aspired to keep him through a series of payments.