Isn’t that what quid pro quo means?

I didn’t think of it so much as a crime but as a “violation of the law”

is that not what a quid pro quo is?

“I didn’t think of it so much as a quid pro quo but as a ‘you scratch my back, I scratch yours,’” the person explained. “I know there’s a fine line but it doesn’t seem one was tied to the other.”

This is a cocaine’s a hell of a drug moment

It’s not a quid pro quo. Just another name for a quid pro quo.

Dude is not just laundering money, he’s laundering his excuse.

My gf didn’t cheat on me, she just sought other means.

“I don’t get it. Why are they confessing?”

This gotta be a quote from Anchorman or some shit lmaooo

That’s what what “Quid pro Quo” means lol

That’s funny because Ballmer said publicly he didn’t know anything about Kawhi’s endorsement with Aspiration.

That is, in fact, the exact definition of quid pro quo.

“I didn’t think of it as quid pro quo, I just thought of it as quid pro quo”

I didn’t punch you. I just balled my fingers into my hand and it made contact with your face at a fast pace and noticeable force.

So it’s not an explicit quid pro quo, just a sensual quid pro quo 

Ahh clearly it was quo pro quid, my mistake

See, Ballmer is smart. He knew this “back scratching” allegation would come out and offered proof in advance that his deal with Aspiration execs involved no scratching of backs whatsoever.

Kawhi being valuable as any sort of marketing vehicle is absurd. Dude has 0 personality and just doesn’t play enough.

That’s so nonsensical I honestly don’t even know how to respond

In a sea of really dumb statements made on the internet this one may be the dumbest. This is Donald Trump levels of dumb.

You see the Clippers ownership sent us \(2M on Tuesday and then we paid Kawhi \)1.75M on Friday while our company was in financial turmoil and we were weeks away from bankruptcy, Kawhi was still being paid millions for an endorsement deal which he did no work and provided no benefit.

There may not be a document that says, we are circumventing the salary cap, but you have to be incredibly naive to think that the Aspiration endorsement was not cap circumvention.

I think he’s saying that they wanted Kawhi under the assumption it would lead to more deals with Ballmer, vs having an actual agreement in place that said “pay Kawhi x and x will happen “.

Wouldn’t that be the right thing to say here , given that there is already evidence that links this all together ?

Tf does he think quid pro quo means?

I may have committed some “light” treason

I lost brain cells reading this

Nobody who has ever committed a crime has ever written a document called “my evil plan to commit a crime”

LMAO

I didn’t think of it so much as a homicide but as a ‘murder’

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Im really not trying to attack the source of the quote and the anonymous aspiration employee. But I like to point out Quid Pro Quo quite literally means something for something. AKA you scratch my back, I scratch yours.

Obviously this is speculation and obviously many will come to this assumption. Theres no one denying that. The issue is, is theres any hard evidence that shows the Clippers forced Aspiration to clean the money with Kawhi.

By force I mean any documentation that vaguely states Clippers will pull sponsorship and future funding if they sony endorse kawhi.

Without that you just have a baseless assumption like this.

The way I think it went down was Ballmer said “we only hope you can take a look at endorsing Kawhi.” And Ballmer just left it there.

Theres no crime in hoping even though it was implied here. Its too thin to hold weight.

We have stop with the Latin.  I swear to god people use it to manipulate the news cycle by having people tune out.  People hear quid pro quo and completely shut down and don’t give a shit.

It’s not quid pro quo. More like this for that.

Can we all just agree Leonard needs to be suspended and ballmer needs to sell the team ?? They clearly did this. What else do we need to see. I think silver knows it and just doesn’t know what to do.

They’re saying it was a perfect phone call, no quid pro quo… I want you to do us one favor however

Tell me you don’t understand what “quid pro quo” means without actually saying so. lol

You scratch my balls, and I’ll collect $50 million.

None of this is new information or unusual but cue the 150 comments repeating some variation of ‘its all a coverup / here is more proof they are definitely guilty’

It’s not paying for sex, but I put a wad of cash in your purse and you let me inside you.

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I see we’re making as much synonyms as we can now

Well that’s the wrong thing to say lol

I’m dead lmfao

“I never just did things just to do them. What am I gonna do? Just all of the sudden jump up and start grinding my feet in to somebody’s couch like it’s something to do? C’mon I got a little more sense than that…yeah I remember grinding my feet in Eddie’s couch.”

The funny thing about my back is…

It wasn’t “you do this thing for me, I’ll do this thing for you.” It was “you do a thing for me, I’ll do a thing for you.” This is a very important distinction.

The funny thing about my back is that it’s on my cock

This is obviously a harmless quo pro quid, nothing to see here folks 

Well the funny thing about my back Kawhi… is that it’s located on my-

Oh, do you know Latin?

this is the nba version of Nas x Ginuwine - You Owe Me

but who is the shorty

Aspiration

adam silver

kawhi

uncle dennis

Mr. Stevie B

Name the source

“See, I never just did things just to do them. Come on, what am I gonna do? Just all of a sudden jump up and grind my feet on somebody’s couch like it’s something to do? Come on. I got a little more sense than that… [short pause] Yeah, I remember grinding my feet on Eddie’s couch.”

That’s literally the same thing.  God we’re in the dumbest timeline. 

Yeah my jaw dropped when I read that

Thats a quid pro quo!

but… “pro” means “for” in Latin, which is totally different from a comma!

QED

Someone needs to retake their Latin classes

We live in a world where the idiots have taken control. My god.

It somehow keeps getting more pathetic for Ballmer, like this is hilariously pathetic

There has been nothing to come out that has made me think for even a moment that this was all above board and not breaking rules.

Still so confused how all the talk has been as if the clippers aren’t complicit in this whole thing??? Mentions of kawhi punishment but not them???

There’s no smoking gun.

There’s just highly relevant circumstantial evidence that all points to the gun being fired just right now.

But there’s no evidence of a smoking gun

Who is this fucking clown? Stop with the bullshit. You paid that man 28 million dollars for absolutely nothing other than because Balmer wanted/needed you to. Stop with this semantics bullshit

“I didn’t think of it so much as a quid pro quo but as a ‘you scratch my back, I scratch yours’”

So this “person” is a fucking idiot, got it.

Every day it’s becoming more clear that Idiocracy wasn’t a comedy movie, it was actually a forward looking documentary.

There is a distinction, quid pro quo would be an explicit agreement but ‘you scratch my back, I scratch yours’ is more doing each other favors without necessity but understanding it’s mutually beneficial.