vkewalra

23 | 3 hours ago

If they let this go, some other team will do the same thing, do it smarter, and win titles.

Under the new cap rules there will have to be less max contracts, but every contract will be questioned no matter how clean it is.

The reputation and integrity of the league between this and gambling will decline.

CazOnReddit | Raptors

8 | 3 hours ago

People were already questioning the Knicks-Brunson signing back when it happened, same with the James Harden signing in Philly. There’s definitely some room to believe another “Aspiration” may have already happened but more sophisticated.

Like we don’t talk enough about how easily one could search and find “KL2 Aspire” as if that isn’t the most on the nose company name you could give a shady LLC to circumvent the salary cap.

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

-4 | 3 hours ago

In fairness other teams do this like you pointed out. Clippers are egregious bc they did it on steroids with the amount given, but tbh, it kinda makes me laugh when I see peeps here calling for a grand executions like the clippers haven’t already fucked themselves up enough with the Kawhi contract and SGA trade 😂😂😂

prophesit

2 | 2 hours ago

Best players to come out of those picks were JDub and Jaime Jaquez. If given the chance, the Clippers would do that trade again and they were a contender for maybe 5 out of 7 years with terrible injury luck.

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

-2 | an hour ago

Love how we ignoring the (soon to be) 2 time mvp 😂😂😂😂

prophesit

1 | an hour ago

For 2019 Top 3 MVP/DPOY Paul George and reigning Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard yeah sign me up.

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

2 | 44 minutes ago

You too ashamed to Even wear da flair

fisheggsoup | Jazz

1 | 15 minutes ago

So, you want the players’ accolades not the team’s success?

Whoareyoutho9

1 | an hour ago

Other executives are already saying this. Its a huge issue for the league and pablo just called them out for half assing the investigation and potentially pinning it on kawhi. This is such an intersting story with no clear end in sight to satisfy everybody.

Rude_Molasses_3976 | Raptors

9 | 3 hours ago

Take away all the clippers championships and finals appearances

Primary-Tea-3715

3 | 3 hours ago

And give Missouri the death penalty

Deathstroke317 | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

Brady suspended four games.

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

0 | 3 hours ago

Does dat mean the Celtics lose every ring since the 80s 😂😂😂

CycloneofSparta | Thunder

8 | 2 hours ago

It’s crazy how many people are dismissing this. And no, I’m not bothered because it is the Clippers or Kawhi or anything.

But this story MATTERS because if this story doesn’t lead to penalties, then NO example of cap circumvention ever will. This is as close to an open-and-shut case as you can get, and these agreements and bank statements are only available because Aspiration went bust.

I like the NFL, but Stan Kroenke is so fabulously rich that the Rams could assemble a super team if he could spend freely. I enjoy MLB, but there seems to be plenty of hand-wringing over the Dodgers contracts and special TV deal.

I want Ballmer and the Clippers punished not because of some vendetta. But because I want this sport to thrive with new champions and innovative roster constructions. They wrote off the record checks to Kawhi to circumvent the salary cap, and that should matter to everyone.

BrownBadBunny069

1 | 4 minutes ago

Best we can do is another publicly financed arena.

Deathstroke317 | Knicks

8 | 3 hours ago

This should be a huge story, but no one cares because the Clippers didn’t win anything lol.

RedtheGamer100 | Hornets

-11 | 3 hours ago

Facts thatz why I don’t understand all the pearl clutching. It’s like if someone stole an industrial flamethrower and set themselves on fire. Sure you should punish them for the theft but how you gonna punish em worse than they punished themselves 😂😂😂

Duster_beattle | Timberwolves

3 | 2 hours ago

“Pearl clutching”

Jesus Christ I hate nephews.

SusanBliss | Lakers

2 | an hour ago

Bam’s 83 points is the Iranian war

butidktho_ | NBA

1 | 7 minutes ago

that was the Magic City wings

captmorgan50 | Thunder

1 | an hour ago

Yea, his part 9 of the series where he did the show live showed the original SEC complaint.

Utah gave Adam covered to start taking about tanking though. It is obvious they are trying to deflect

fisheggsoup | Jazz

1 | 13 minutes ago

That’s basically like Dallas bestowing Luka upon the Lakers; I expect Silver to reward us the top pick this draft.

Loose_Clock4873

1 | 5 minutes ago

Apparently he has all this evidence about all these things he keeps talking about.

rcktlwyr

-4 | 3 hours ago

Pablo’s big talking point “under penalty of perjury” really isn’t significant because no one attempts to prosecute whistleblowers who are lying. The penalty of perjury doesn’t add any measure of validity to their statements.

AlThorntonTruther | San Diego Clippers

5 | 3 hours ago

Perjury is also knowingly lying under oath. If you think something is true, but it turns out to be false, that isn’t perjury

rcktlwyr

-1 | 2 hours ago

Yes, but that’s also a reason why penalty of perjury is not a persuasive factor here. Torre keeps repeating the phrase to mislead readers. They could be knowingly lying for personal or professional reasons without penalty, or they could be unknowingly making statements they believe to be true and aren’t and just as unlikely to face any penalty.

AlThorntonTruther | San Diego Clippers

2 | 2 hours ago

I’m agreeing with you. The whistle blower complaint isn’t proof of anything. It’s just a formal accusation.

Successful-Let4361

1 | 2 hours ago

I’m sorry, but why is it not relevant? The stakes are much higher when submitting a federal complaint in this manner, especially considering there is literally zero incentive for an Aspiration employee to lie about this when the company was committing actually illegal fraud

AlThorntonTruther | San Diego Clippers

2 | an hour ago

The whistle blower doesn’t have to be lying to be wrong about the cap circumvention. From Pablos 1st podcast, it’s pretty clear that the accounting department thought that the Kawhi deal was cap circumvention but didn’t have any proof. The whistle blower making that accusation isn’t at any risk of perjury unless they knew what they were saying was false

Crafty-Pair2356

-5 | 3 hours ago

anyone else not care about the aspiration files lmao

Suspicious-Gur6127

1 | 2 hours ago

Bum

Don’t Let This Distract You From The Aspiration Files