Los Angeles Clippers and Steve Ballmer continue to receive attention to team relationships with aspiration, which reportedly paid Clippers star Kawhi Leonard $ 28 million. On Thursday, Pablo Torre, a journalist who said payments without an exhibition seem like a way to bypass the CLIPPERS to bypass the top bounds, refused more suspicious evidence to link three entities that doubt Ballmer’s claims that he was deceived as a goal.
Torre’s reports are again deepening the situation. He presents new legal contracts, speaks with anonymous sources, and even includes the court hearing of the founder of Aspring. While the whole video is worth watching to fully understand those connections, the two main topics are distinguished by the latest Torre report.
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The first of them is related to Clippers and Ballmer I am looking for money and time of investment. The Ballmer or Clippers in 18 months reportedly invested $ 118 million. USD to aspirations. Many of these payments came with the company in anxious or painful financial situation.
Many of these payments also occurred just before Leonard to receive payment from aspiration. Torre provided some significant dates in his reports:
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2021 September 14: Ballmer LLC invests $ 50 million. USD to aspiration
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2021 September 27: Clippers reports the aspiration
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2022 April 1: Clippers sends $ 3 million
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2022 April 4: Clippers sends 32 million
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2022 April 4: Leonard signs its $ 28 million. USD agreement with aspiration
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2022 June 17: Clippers sends 21 million
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2022 July 6: Aspiration pays Leonard $ 1.75 million. USD
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2022 December 6: Clippers co -owner Dennis Wong invests $ 2 million. USD to aspiration
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2022 December 15: Aspiration pays Leonard $ 1.75 million. USD
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2023 March 9: Ballmer LLC invests $ 10 million. USD to aspiration
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2023 End of March: The Government begins to investigate aspiration
Time painted a photo of Clippers invested a lot of money in the pursuit of about a time when Leonard signed his transaction, or the payment had to be paid. It also shows the permanent investment of Wong and Ballmer for a long time after the pursuit of many financial problems.
The second main theme from the Torre reports is related to carbon credits. Carbon credit is purchased by the company as a way to compensate for carbon dioxide emissions. If the company is worried about its carbon traces, it can buy carbon credits that can be planted with new trees as a way to compensate for a company’s carbon footprint.
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Aspiration sold carbon credits by increasing. If wood planting only cost 10-20 cents, the pursuit of $ 1 would take a moment to create a profit.
This is where the former owner of Dallas Mavericks, Marc Cuban, has entered the story. Cuban, who supported the Ballmer X, sent a tweet asking why Torre did not think about the money invested by Ballmer and Clippers into carbon credits.
According to Cuba, if Ballmer and Clippers would like to bypass the top limit of salary, they will buy carbon credits as a way to instantly make a profit to pay Leonard.
Torre’s reports revealed the evidence that seems to indicate that this is exactly what happened.
This is the third straight week when Torre’s performance focused on Clippers, Ballmer, Asprion and Leonard. Following the first episode of Torre, the NBA said he would start the investigation again whether Leonard received an unauthorized benefit through his free agent.
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Initially, the league looked at this situation in 2019, but found no violations.
In the last few weeks, Torre has continued to develop evidence, emphasizing the suspicious actions of all related countries. The Thursday’s report shows a photo of Clippers and Ballmer worse, but there is still no smoking gun that directly confirms the command or Ballmer’s ambition to pay Leonard as a way to bypass the NBA salary cover.
When the NBA opened his investigation again, Commissioner Adam Silver suggested that the league would require tremendous evidence to impose punishments on Clippers, Ballmer or Leonard.
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Clippers and Ballmer’s actions, although suspicious, can still be explained by a team partnership with aspiration. It is unclear whether the links between Torre reports will be sufficient to take action in the NBA.