Kawhi Skates as Ballmer and Clippers Caught in RICO

The NBA has ruled on the Los Angeles Clippers in for salary cap circumvention investigations on Kawhi Leonard after yearlong probe -- stripping the franchise of 5 first-round picks, issuing a $30 million fine to owner Steve Ballmer and suspensions for Ballmer, Lawrence Frank and Gillian Zucker, sources tell ESPN.

Kawhi Leonard will have to pay $700,000 in restitution for improper benefits by the Clippers for his uncle and former business rep, Dennis Robertson. No contract void or suspension for Leonard. And Robertson -- who was fired by Leonard in June -- is being banned by the NBA from all business dealings.

00:00 — Kawhi skates with a $700K bill while Uncle Dennis eats a five-year ban 01:34 — The Five Guys theory of cap circumvention: all the toppings free, none of it paid back 03:40 — The league didn't put the blame on Kawhi, so why did the media? 04:10 — The Lakers said no to Uncle Dennis, and that's the only reason Kawhi is a Clipper 05:58 — Ballmer's devil wasn't Kawhi and it wasn't Uncle Dennis, it was greed 08:00 — The penalty sheet: $30 million, a year, six months, five picks 10:43 — Peel back the layers and every one of these penalties is performative 14:12 — Pablo Torre did the work the four-letter network wouldn't do 17:00 — Uncle Dennis asked, the Clippers said yes, and only the asker gets banned 20:30 — Shams' reporting, four companies, and why Kawhi has plausible deniability 30:48 — The worst day in Clippers history was the inside-out warm-ups, not Sterling 34:55 — Kaepernick didn't blow off that workout, he refused to sign away his right to sue 38:41 — Stephen A. heard Howard Bryant explain the waiver on his own show in 2019 49:33 — Sports media is wrestling and Stephen A. is playing the heel 54:33 — Black capitalism doesn't trickle down any better than Reaganomics did 1:00:56 — Four jobs to be number two while McAfee does one show