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Pablo dropped another pod this morning. It’s…..not good for the Clippers. Probably going under the radar with everything that’s going down in this crazy world.

 

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Was kawai underpaid by market value? 3-4 years ago was 30-35 million market for the top nba players? I don’t remember because we’re now in the 60-70M per year. Should he have been earning in the 40s, near 50?

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Pablo dropped another pod this morning. It’s…..not good for the Clippers. Probably going under the radar with everything that’s going down in this crazy world.
 

Holy shit. Balmer got scammed.
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This latest pod blows it fucking through the wall. It was all orchestrated.

Take the all-star game away
Void Kahwi's contract
Suspend Kahwi 1-2 years
Suspend Balmer and Wong for 1-2 years
Strip all draft picks for 8-10 years
Take league control of the team

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Kawhi was owed 1.75 million. Uncle Dennis was constantly calling asking for it. The company was broke and couldn't pay.

On Dec 6th, Clipper minority owner Dennis Wong (guy who build the Intuit Dome and Balmer's college roommate) wrote a check to Aspiration for 1.99m. On Dec 15th, they paid Kahwi 1.75m.

On Dec 15th, Aspiration also laid off 10% of workforce.

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Yeah, I think I’m gonna have to rethink my opinion on this and start to side with @ztejas. Pablo is baiting these idiots, dripping out damning info, and trapping them in a morass of their own making. Ballmer going on ESPN was just a huge mistake. The first rule of breaking the rules is to shut the fuck up. The more they talk, the tighter the screws. God, it’s refreshing seeing real journalism at work, even if it is just a stupid sports story.

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Kawhi was owed 1.75 million. Uncle Dennis was constantly calling asking for it. The company was broke and couldn't pay.

On Dec 6th, Clipper minority owner Dennis Wong (guy who build the Intuit Dome and Balmer's college roommate) wrote a check to Aspiration for 1.99m. On Dec 15th, they paid Kahwi 1.75m.

On Dec 15th, Aspiration also laid off 10% of workforce.

Pablo had the bank statements and had a new witness from the fiance department.

Cake Icing: Wong's daughter worked for Aspiration.
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Not that there was ever any real doubt, but Pablo's excellent reporting/sourcing proves that his North Carolina story was dead on as well. That Carolina brass banned Hoodie's arm candy from the program but then went back on it when Pablo's story came out. What a glorious shit show.

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Zero chance that Ballmer wasn’t fully aware of what was happening if not orchestrating it himself. Not the first time that a player got extra perks but this isn’t using the owner’s yacht for a week.

the only question is whether the NBA will have the balls to do anything and can they get Ballmer to accept it. Most likely Ballmer needs to find a fall guy like his buddy, to reduce his personal penalty.  I don’t think Ballmer will care if there is a money penalty.

finally the funniest part is that this could have mostly been ignored if Kawhi had just been willing to perform the most basic work for the $48m. A few appearances and social media posts. Possibly as a little as one day of total work over a couple of years.

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3 hours ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:

Was kawai underpaid by market value? 3-4 years ago was 30-35 million market for the top nba players? I don’t remember because we’re now in the 60-70M per year. Should he have been earning in the 40s, near 50?

It was still a max deal at the time but he was switching teams so the Clips (or any other team) couldnt give him as much as the Raptors.   

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