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Ramona Shellburn
English, California – Qui leonard He said that “it does not think it is accurate” that he did not do any service for aspiration, now-bank Green Banking Company and La clippers The team sponsor with which he signed an attractive support contract.
Leonard said in his first public comments about scandal on Monday, “I understand the full contract and services I had to do.
Especially asked by ESPN whether the report he had ever reported was four years old, a $ 28 million contract, Leonard said, “I don’t think it’s accurate. But it is old. It is all new to you. The company was new to you.”
The NBA has launched an investigation as to whether the owner of the clippers Steve Balmer and the team have violated the league rules or sidelined the salary cap of the league as both Balmer and minority owner Dennis Wong were investors in the company.
earlier this month, Balmer told ESPN He introduced Leonard and Akanksha in November 2021, when the clippers agreed to expand $ 173 million with Leonard, who torn the knee ligament during the team’s first Western conference final.
Two months ago, in September 2021, the clippers announced a $ 300 million partnership with aspiration, which included sponsorship on the team’s new area and its jersey patches.
The NBA rules do not ban teams by introducing teams to team sponsors or companies for players. But teams cannot be included in later conversations.
Balmer told ESPN that he did not know the details of the endorsement contract that Leonard agreed with Akanksha. Boston Sports Journal and Torre later reported that Leonard was also honored at $ 20 million in the company’s stock.
Leonard was listed in bankruptcy documents in Akanksha’s largest creditors. In Clippers Media Day on Monday, ESPN asked Leonard how much a contract was actually a contract, as he was listed as being outstanding $ 7 million.
“I am not sure, I got to look back in books. It was more than that to make sure,” Lyonard said. Asked if he was gathered what he was outstanding from Akanksha, Leonard said, “No, but the company went stomach. It was fraud, as everyone knows. If you want to know more information about that company, you need to ask the company or the owner or whoever is involved.”
In his interview with ESPN, Balmer also said that he could not explain why Akanksha would pay such attractive support deal to Leonard.
“These were the people who cheated,” Balmer said. “Look, they understood me. They introduced me. I made an investment in these people, thinking that they were up and up, and they understood me. I have no ability to guess that they may have done anything, what they did, let them do a specific contract with Kavi alone.”
Leonard said on Monday that he welcomes the NBA investigation and is confident that his conclusions would be excluded to him.
“NBA is going to do his work,” said Leonard. “None of us did the wrong thing. This is the case. We invite the investigation. This is not a distraction for me or the rest of the team.”
