BigCaulkBrock

841 | 6 hours ago

The catch your kid smoking and make him finish a carton method. I like it

ownage516 | Knicks

118 | 5 hours ago

I remember smoking a cigar my first time and smoking 80% of it. I wanted to fucking hurl

ProfessionalActive94

32 | 5 hours ago

You needed to pregame with a pack of cigs

ThunderBobMajerle | Suns

21 | 4 hours ago

Swisher sweets

Charlie_Wax | Warriors

5 | 4 hours ago

Pack some dip beforehand to prepare your mouth for more tobacoo.

Frick_KD | Rockets

4 | 4 hours ago

Did you inhale? Either way I hate cigars too

EntrepreneurTiny9812 | Spurs

5 | 2 hours ago

The first time I smoked a Marlboro red, in 5th grade, everything started spinning and I puked everywhere 🤮

Gavin1453 | Raptors

22 | 5 hours ago

That’ll teach them a valuable lesson in brand loyalty, lol

Blahaj-Blast | Celtics

2 | an hour ago

Thanks Bo

King_Hank_Hill | Supersonics

12 | 5 hours ago

I did that with my son long ago.

tompetres | Thunder

3 | 2 hours ago

Dangit Bobby!

canyounot2026

368 | 6 hours ago

The punishment for Kawhi should be making him play all 82 games…for the Memphis Grizzlies.

FTFY

CazOnReddit | Raptors

84 | 6 hours ago

The Kings are going to be a much worse team

Exact_Math2726

44 | 6 hours ago

Are you familiar with 8th amendment?

CazOnReddit | Raptors

51 | 6 hours ago

I’m Canadian so…

Exact_Math2726

24 | 6 hours ago

Lmao tryina be funny but i missed the flair!

eutectic_h8r | Raptors

14 | 6 hours ago

I’m not either but I did guess it from context

dagreenman18 | MIA

3 | 4 hours ago

Oh so you should be familiar with War Crimes. This is that

NeonPhyzics

9 | 6 hours ago

Yeah but the union might step in if the league went that far

CazOnReddit | Raptors

3 | 6 hours ago

Either go all the way or just let him play in Toronto

Don’t half-ass it

soilentgleem

8 | 6 hours ago

Let’s revive the old meme of “send him to Detroit” but it has to be a minimum deal cuz that’s the only way I want that guy on my favorite team haha

smashketball | Kings

1 | 5 hours ago

I want to fight for my team in this thread, but we really are hamstrung this year with bad team construction and contracts. That said, I hope it’ll be close cause I really don’t want these anti tanking rules to fuck us when even last year the Kings were actually trying to win games.

Hell the season before they won the last game of the season vs the suns to move into a tie with Hawks and lose the pick. Which funnily enough the Hawks traded the 13th 2025 pick to the Pelicans for the best 1st round 2026 pick between NOP and MIL unprotected. The pick right after Acuff Jr.

AleroRatking | Vancouver Grizzlies

16 | 6 hours ago

I hate this sub sometimes.

canyounot2026

3 | 5 hours ago

Vancouver isn’t Memphis. If the Grizzlies were still in Vancouver I wouldn’t have said what I said.

gellybelli | Lakers

7 | 5 hours ago

Being sent to Vancouver as a millionaire is one of the best things that could happen to someone.

Being sent to Memphis is a fate almost as bad as diabetes

JaySayMayday | Spurs

-1 | 3 hours ago

I don’t know man, have you seen Vancouver? It’s pretty boring.

JuliusCeejer | Knicks

7 | 5 hours ago

Make him play 82 games in the G league. Sorry if that includes double headers Kawhi, you made enough money to be worth it

ahbets14

2 | 6 hours ago

And he has to stay at the downtown Hilton

CMYGQZ | Grizzlies

2 | 3 hours ago

I’m down, only if his cap hit is a min.

foo_solo

1 | 3 hours ago

He should be on the Cleveland Browns for 82 games with no pay.

Sadboi395 | Celtics

138 | 6 hours ago

In all seriousness, you kinda have to ban Kawhi and Ballmer for life right? Use them to set precedent for the rest of the league. Ik Silver doesn’t have the balls, so he’ll likely just suspend Kawhi for 5 games and slap the clips with a 100k fine lmao

russfan0987 | Magic

74 | 6 hours ago

The Players Union isn’t going to just allow Kawhi to get banned

Sadboi395 | Celtics

47 | 5 hours ago

Would they be able to do anything to prevent it? Legit asking I’m very uneducated on the NBA CBA. Its not like the league banning someone without cause, they have very good reason to ban him. He violated the rules in such a way, it theoretically impacted 29 other teams. Seems like the league should have the ability to essentially fire someone like any other business.

bta47 | Warriors

29 | 5 hours ago

the only “banned for life” crimes involve players gambling on NBA games. punishments are collectively bargained and can go to an arbitration if any parties want to contest it, and would include a suspension and contract voiding. the team would be more heavily punished than the player in all likelihood

EDIT: the CBA has outlined punishments for the players in cap circumvention cases where they’re culpable (sec 13.3(b))— they can force him to give up the value of the illegal contract (in effect, a massive fine), void his contract, and prevent him from resigning with the Clippers. I don’t think they can even suspend him.

11oydchristmas | Cavaliers

3 | 4 hours ago

“While it appears suspicious, there’s no concrete proof of wrongdoing” they’ll say. Since there is no video of him physically doing wrong or some shit is the bs they’ll use. They’ll suspend kawhi 41 games, ballmer gets a 1 year ban and 1mil fine and that’ll be the end of it.

OG_simple_rhyme_time

1 | 4 hours ago

Ballmer gambled on kawhy so insta ban

JuliusCeejer | Knicks

24 | 5 hours ago

They are obligated to protect Kawhi to an extent but they’re also much more clearly obligated to protect all the guys in the league who could have made buckets more money with under the table deals. Lebron should have been making 300mil a year in the mid 2010s but couldn’t, do you think he’s happy with Kawhi getting all these sweetheart deals while he’s winning a title but only receiving a conventional max from the Lakers? Curry won 4 titles, would he be happy with the PA defending Kawhi if these deals could have been on the table when he was a unanimous MVP? And that’s nothing to say about the rank and file who would never benefit from these kind of deals who make up the majority of the PA, who should feel rightfully pissed that Kawhi still felt entitled to a max contract on the cap sheet so they didn’t even benefit better mid tier contracts that could have given him some support.

In the end, Ballmer might get off light but it wouldn’t be surprising if the PA gives him minimal defense because Kawhi hurt, or outright insulted, every single segment of the playerbase with this behavior

gjaxx | Spurs

-1 | 3 hours ago

300 million a year lmao. People just be saying anything on here.

TCGod | Knicks

1 | an hour ago

Messi was earning 170m euros per year during the same time, and NBA teams usually are able to pay more than European football teams.

SexiestPanda | Supersonics

0 | 4 hours ago

But why? Lmao. Maybe they shouldn’t have allowed kawhi to be illegally paid

SaintDarthVader | Raptors

6 | 5 hours ago

This is what I’ve been saying. I cannot for the life of me understand the uncle Dennis / you have to take the money you’re offered mindset people are adopting. Balmer wont be banned for life but at least a couple years + a devastating amount of picks (a la wolves), but kawhi should 100% be banned for life out of the league.

The only reason balmer won’t be out is because owners wont allow that level of control and they own the whole thing. People forget Sterling was banned for life but only lost the team because he was declared mentally unfit and his wife had control.

thomlelievre

-1 | 5 hours ago

I dont think the player should be that much punish , after all he isnt the one who broke the rule of nba team management the team did , so punish the team heavely and suspend kawhi like 30 games and move on

SaintDarthVader | Raptors

6 | 5 hours ago

The players and agents know the rules - you cant claim you didnt know. Cmon man this is a brain dead take

thomlelievre

-1 | 5 hours ago

Sure but that not on him that on the team that accept it .

jump-back-like-33 | Nuggets

3 | 3 hours ago

Of course it is. This didn’t fall into his lap. He and his uncle were soliciting it from every team trying to sign him after the championship.

Financial_Pay_6687

0 | 5 hours ago

I would be shocked to live in a world where Kawhi receives a worse punishment. What a horrible look for the NBA that would be.

BackPirateClarkRoom

1 | 5 hours ago

Ballmer isn’t getting banned for life. The richest owner getting banned would kill NBA ownership for future deals. Kawhi getting banned for a year or longer is very likely because the only people who care will be NBAPA, it doesn’t hurt the owners checkbooks.

ballmermurland

1 | 4 hours ago

Exactly. If Ballmer were some dipshit like Dundon he’d already have lost the team.

Ballmer could literally buy every other NBA team and have money left over to buy the NHL. He ain’t getting banned.

BackPirateClarkRoom

1 | an hour ago

If it was a partnership where the owner is Dundon or Chisholm where the NBA could say you’re forced to sell if you don’t remove owner and replace him with another person from the firm it would be done. The problem with Ballmer he is the sole owner. You force Ballmer to sell he will be in court for a decade, it will lead to other top billionaires not wanting to buy a NBA franchise, it will decrease the value in expansion teams, and overall it will create a massive precedent to punish owners.

EthicalBballFan | Heat

1 | 3 hours ago

It hurts the owners if they don’t go heavy on Kahwi. Every star will be asking teams for under the table dealings that are better hidden if the punishment when caught is light. Like people are talking about 1 year off, but the dude has made 8 years of extra max salary. You get paid 8x and have a year off? Players will jump at that.

And there are enough desperate franchises that would be willing to take the risk for a ring, so other teams will feel forced to do it too or lose their stars.

bishopbeaniepower | Warriors

1 | 2 hours ago

I don’t think they can ban Kawhi, or really punish him that much outside of voiding his contract. There’s really clear and strict CBA stipulations that lay out what punishments are on the table for cap circumvention.

soilentgleem

106 | 6 hours ago

Kawhi has to get his leg amputated but still goes out to play the last 12 games of the season on a stump cuz that’s the punishment

ImThatVigga | Spurs

23 | 5 hours ago

Just put him in a wheelchair and have him play by paralympics rules

Human_Increase_9712

2 | 2 hours ago

An ASPIRATION stump

The_Captain_Planet22 | Celtics

1 | 5 hours ago

If he can’t play they have to play four on five

soilentgleem

7 | 5 hours ago

No. There is no “can’t play” in this sentencing. He will be on the court, even if the last heartbeat has left his body. He WILL be out there.

BandwagonerSince95 | Warriors

2 | 4 hours ago

It would be like that Carmelo play where he’s laying on the ground LMAO

soilentgleem

4 | 4 hours ago

Except it’s the entire game for half the season lol. Just weekend at Bernie’s style, minus the attempt to make him look alive hahaha

SparkyForce | Warriors

1 | 2 hours ago

Let Paul George amputate it live at halftime

soilentgleem

1 | 2 hours ago

Procedure P

iamthecheesethatsbig | Lakers

27 | 6 hours ago

Roasted

Delicious-Dirt8050

32 | 6 hours ago

His punishment should be a weekly round table with r/NBA top commenters

lostatsea_again

6 | 4 hours ago

Lolol. Send them over to r/soccer as well if you want to add more teenaged delusion.

mrb4 | Suns

18 | 6 hours ago

I think he should be forced to come on this site and read every single post and comment made about this situation.

It would be a life sentence.

CougdIt | POR

11 | 5 hours ago

I was going to say imagine if KD had to do that, but let’s be real, he’s already here.

mrb4 | Suns

5 | 5 hours ago

he does it pro bono, for love of the game.

winterborne1 | San Diego Clippers

2 | 3 hours ago

He posted half the comments.

lostatsea_again

1 | 4 hours ago

…and to read all of the Luka/wife posts and reply to every comment about that.

Grouchy_Function966

-4 | 6 hours ago

oh no words waaaaa waaaa waaaa

Reddit3326

6 | 5 hours ago

You just proved his point about what a terrible punishment this would be.

Forced to read endless comments like this.

fredinNH | Celtics

8 | 6 hours ago

Reverse suspension

drewskimoon | Thunder

4 | 5 hours ago

Voiding his contract when no teams have any cap space is going to be a pretty funny punishment for him and the clippers. Don’t let Balmer get anything back for him. Make him take a MLE or minimum contract.

TyreeTowsend

3 | 6 hours ago

His punishment should be playing for the Kings

Revgr

3 | 6 hours ago

with at least 35 minutes a game, so they don’t try to take him out early

jack_hof | Raptors

3 | 5 hours ago

oh come on OP be reasonable!

GoldJoker15

2 | 6 hours ago

Nah he should have to run full speed on a treadmill right behind the scorers table for every game this season. No stopping from tip-off to the final buzzer.

bassicallyinsane | Trail Blazers

2 | 3 hours ago

He plays all 82 games but switches teams every night so he’s always playing against the clippers

Professional-Play-38

1 | 6 hours ago

Make him play the kings on the vet minimum

TruckThunders00

1 | 6 hours ago

make him play without play and I’m here for it

DasOptions | Heat

1 | 6 hours ago

His knees were 1 week from retirement

johnjohnjohn93

1 | 6 hours ago

Put him in the g league

cchesters

1 | 6 hours ago

And promote Aspiration

EndWish

1 | 6 hours ago

Make him play for free and give him mandatory volunteer hours that are streamed. Im sure some people here will fork over money to watch him plant some trees lol

Oceanbreeze871

1 | 6 hours ago

The the punishment for fun guy is that he should be forced to be a league public spokesman and just do endless commercials and public PR events

No_External3738

1 | 6 hours ago

Kawhi is gonna 100% just retire if this trade falls through.

thy_armageddon | Knicks

1 | 5 hours ago

Smoke up, Johnny!

Nuclearsunburn | Heat

1 | 5 hours ago

For zero pay, Y’know, like they make Dennis Schroeder do every year

thy_armageddon | Knicks

1 | 5 hours ago

I get it, because he’s German.

ibonoyittiking1 | NBA

1 | 5 hours ago

Yes trade him to celtics and make him play 82 games and playoffs too!

Wexyi

1 | 5 hours ago

He gonna get a void contract and finally join Lakers on vet min

Excellent_Bridge_888

1 | 5 hours ago

82 games on the vet minimum or permanent end to his NBA career

Follow-Money-100

1 | 5 hours ago

Thoughts on Punishment for Ballmer?

stayfrosty | Warriors

1 | 5 hours ago

The punishment should be that he actually has to make commercials and appearances for Aspiration

Own_Lawfulness_3292

1 | 5 hours ago

The punishment for Kawhi should be eating dinner every night with Steve Ballmer while Steve serves his one year ownership revenue suspension.

OwlOfFortune | Pistons

1 | 5 hours ago

Make him break Wilts MPG record too

Godsafk

1 | 5 hours ago

He should need to pay for the Moda Center upgrades so we dont get moved.

AVengefulAlpaca | Cavaliers

1 | 5 hours ago

It’s gonna be bad my Leonard

TheManyFacedGawd

1 | 5 hours ago

Even making him play 65 would be a punishment

GavMcKennasBurner

1 | 5 hours ago

Don’t forget the last part of my quote-Dustin Poirier

unpleasantraccoon | Kings

1 | 5 hours ago

Make him play all 82 games but punish the clippers by making him the only player on the court

fuzzywuzzypete

1 | 5 hours ago

Kawhi should be banned from the league. The clippers should be fined & not allowed to trade any more picks then have their next 9 picks stripped.

TheNewKing2022 | Toronto Huskies

1 | 5 hours ago

You’re an animal.

ho-dor | CHI

1 | 4 hours ago

Punishment for the wealthy for the first time ever would be neat. Probably just going to be business as usual though.

GotYoHead

1 | 4 hours ago

He has to fight dustin poirier

lostatsea_again

1 | 4 hours ago

I just gave you your 1,000tg upvote. Congrats, and thanks for the chuckle.

roybringus | Timberwolves

1 | 4 hours ago

Four first round picks or we riot

Sexyturtletime

1 | 3 hours ago

Force Kawhi to do 48 million worth of real marketing for a good cause.

Commercials, meet and greets, speeches… he’ll be begging for mercy before he’s done 1% of it.

Prezofcalendars

1 | 3 hours ago

This is genius!! Also Kawhi would turn on everybody. He would throw everybody on the bus.

DoesitFinally

1 | 3 hours ago

Make him play all regular season games

But suspended for playoffs games and have to be doing drills on the sideline during playoffs games

IgnorantGenius | Clippers

1 | 3 hours ago

Check in before the first freethrow. Check out before the second.

500rockin

1 | 3 hours ago

Playing all 48 minutes of 82 games.

averagebensimmons | 76ers

1 | 3 hours ago

That would be funny. Anything less than a 1 to 2 year suspension without pay is soft and won’t deter other players doing the same backdoor deals. There’s probably other players already doing this too.

Ledenn77

1 | an hour ago

IGBBMN

side_questing024

1 | an hour ago

Don’t forget making him do mandatory press conferences before and after each game, and have him be the player they interview after halftime

KipchogesBurner | Trail Blazers

1 | 35 minutes ago

The man just tried to make money. If Ballmer and Co. offered him a mean of making money off the sheet, then it’s their fault. The punishment should fall on everyone who allowed it.

This is like punishing a drug user instead of the dealers.

ihatedougford | Toronto Huskies

0 | 6 hours ago

Unpaid. He can get his 2/$120M extension after

HamiltonBlack | Knicks

0 | 6 hours ago

Brilliant

Supper_Champion | Raptors

1 | 5 hours ago

Lol all the “ban Kawhi for life” takes are absurd. He didn’t murder anyone, he didn’t break any criminal laws, he broke made up rules by a made up league.

Y’all are fucked if you think Silver will just kick a player out the league for accepting shady deals. You’re also kidding yourself if you think these kind of backroom financial shenanigans don’t happen all the time in these billion dollar industries. I’m not excusing it, but banning Kawhi for life over this is a ridiculous overreaction.

Keep Kawhi on the Clippers, void his contract but keep the money on the books, suspend him for however many games, and give a certain number of LA’s picks to Toronto for the next few years. Or something like that.

Kicking Kawhi out the league is a huge punishment to the Raptors and to Ingram and Dick, if the trade is voided.

Wild-Photo-717 [OP]

-1 | 6 hours ago

Or make him play 82 games as an unpaid intern for a season…

MightyModric10

-2 | 6 hours ago

But they gotta manage his load…pause