# @theshaderoom on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DczUxhuDhtZ
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-02T22:36:31.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Shade Room (@TheShadeRoom) — https://gondola.cc/TheShadeRoom

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TSR STAFF: Jade Ashley Jade_Ashley94 
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#TSRSports: The NBA has announced the consequences for the Los Angeles Clippers after it was determined they violated salary cap circumvention rules when they signed #KawhiLeonard in 2022. 
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According to espn, the organization has been fined $30 million. They also have to forfeit five first-round draft picks in 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033. 
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The owner, Steve Ballmer, is suspended from all league and team activities for one year. Gillian Zucker, the President of business operations, is also suspended for a year without pay. The President of basketball operations, Lawrence Frank, is suspended without pay for six months. And Kawhi Leonard has to pay the league $700,000.
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An investigation was launched after allegations that the team circumvented the league's salary cap by arranging side endorsement deals for Kawhi outside of his standard player contract.
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Kawhi has accepted “full responsibility for lapses in judgment by people within my inner circle and regret the distraction this situation has caused the fans and my family.” Adding, “I entered into my contract with the Clippers as well as the agreements in question in good faith, fully committed to fulfilling my obligations and with no knowledge of any intent on anyone's part to circumvent the salary cap.”
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver said, “The NBA's collectively bargained system for determining player compensation is a fundamental component of the basketball competition that the league oversees for the benefit of the teams and players and ultimately the fans. I am deeply disappointed by the flagrant violations of our rules and by the Clippers' institutional and leadership failures that led to this misconduct.”
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The Clippers and Raptors had agreed to trade Kawhi earlier this summer; however, that was paused until the NBA investigation was completed. (📸: gettyimages) ✍🏾: #TSRStaffJW

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