{"id":160939,"date":"2025-09-29T20:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=160939"},"modified":"2025-09-29T20:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T00:37:16","slug":"kawhi-leonard-takes-stand-during-clippers-media-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/09\/29\/kawhi-leonard-takes-stand-during-clippers-media-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard Takes The Stand During Clippers Media Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The talk of the town in the City of Angels might not be the Los Angeles Lakers for once. Even with the Lakers having the larger-than-life superstar duo of LeBron James<\/a> and Luka Doncic<\/a>, the news surrounding the Los Angeles Clippers has overshadowed what’s actually a critical season in both of their franchise histories.<\/p>\n

Kawhi Leonard Takes The Stand During Clippers Media Day<\/h2>\n

On the surface, the Clippers being investigated for salary cap circumvention may not be all that riveting.<\/p>\n

Yet, the scandalous investigation into the Clippers’ obscure sponsorship deal with a now bankrupt company<\/a> called Aspiration has already swept up majority owner Steve Ballmer, minority owner Dennis Wong<\/a> and franchise star Kawhi Leonard<\/a>. The constant back-and-forth between whistleblower Pablo Torre and former Dallas Mavericks majority owner Mark Cuban has only added to the media sensationalism. On top of that, there are certain NBA executives that genuinely would take exception to a glorified backroom deal<\/a> that helped L.A. sign Leonard.<\/p>\n

Not only is this no laughing matter, it’s one that could have serious ramifications<\/a>. Honestly, when Leonard went to the podium at the Clippers Media Day, he might as well have been taking the stand. With that being said, once the topic was broached, Leonard said exactly what was expected:<\/p>\n

“To me, it’s easy (not to get distracted by the investigation,” he tells reporters (h\/t The Athletic’s Law Murray).”<\/p>\n

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Kawhi Leonard says the NBA will do their job, and that nobody did any wrongdoing pic.twitter.com\/8QdGBVSbey<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Law Murray \u2753 (@LawMurrayTheNU) September 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n