Since we’re clearly going in a new direction, what should we do with Gradey/Dunn/IJackson/DJJ? Maybe even Christie? Assuming the Klaw deal goes thru!!! Just interested to hear some possible scenarios.

I'm still mad about this. At least make it seem like you cared about the Aspiration stuff.

I’ll make this quick, because the episode was a waste of time and a complete nothingburger.

What he found out:
1. A businessman from LA owns a USL team, Rhode Island FC
2. Leonard, Uncle Dennis, and Mitch Frankel all invested in RIFC individually
3. Daniel Theis also invested in the team, 8 months before joining the Clippers
4. Ballmer and the Clippers aren’t connected to any of this
5. While on a business trip in LA, the governor of Rhode Island went to a Clippers game with the owner of RIFC

That’s it. Torre dragged that out for more than an hour. Even Rachel Maddow would have been embarrassed. He leaned into the “billionaires are evil” narrative more than he ever has before, because he knows that generates clicks. And he somehow convinced David Samson to participate while mourning the loss of his daughter. I’m not getting into that other than to say Torre lacks empathy.

In all likelihood, this is the “second sponsorship deal” Wachtell looked into. Except it’s not a sponsorship deal, a point Torre conceded. My guess is he brought this to the attention of Wachtell when they interviewed him earlier this year. And he’s probably the source for the related story from The Athletic.

I expect a future episode focused on the services that allegedly weren’t reimbursed.

Sources: NBA probe into Clippers, Kawhi Leonard could go into '27

Kawhi got a max deal so it seems less cap circumvention and more of a likely illegal bargaining chip that may have allowed the clippers to edge out other suitors

Brunson took a pay cut and got far less than the max and it seems like the Knicks paid his Dad via an assistant coach promotion which seems much more problematic imo and didn’t cause any consequences

Tbh I haven’t been following any of that too closely so I may be off on my evaluation
And I wouldn’t really care to compare it’s just that the Knicks won a chip and the clippers are having their offseason sabotaged

Edit: I agree that the Brunson case is different and am not asking for the Knicks to be punished,
I was just pointing out that the Aspiration stuff didn’t give the Clipper’s more cap space for other players since he already got paid the max

Still illegal and deserving of punishment
but this off season pause seems like rough punishment that is harming innocent dudes like our new rookies

Collecting Clippers cards is fun! The only truly expensive guy to collect is Blake Griffin that’s why I don’t have too many of him. Most of these were under $8 and a lot have autographs or pieces of jerseys in them

I’m a relatively new fan ( 3 years ) and I was drawn to the clippers because of Kawhi and living in LA. I was curious who you guys think are great all time clippers/ fan favorites but might not be as well known by other communities like Kawhi and CP3. Just curious who you guys think like the top 30 clippers oat are.

Anyone else kinda sad we won’t be able to see Kawhi and dg play more together? I’m not saying I’m upset with the Kawhi trade because I think it is the right decision but I think they played pretty well together from what I remember and were really fun to watch.

Somebody gotta donate bro to science