BREAKING: 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.
Rui Hachimura came back HOT. HOT. HOT. 🔥
29 PTS on 84.7% FG, 4 REB, 2 STL and 1 BLK over Saudi Arabia to help Akatsuki Japan to a 106-78 win 😳
#FIBAWC | #StepItUp
Rui Hachimura was on FIRE, as he knocked down his first 8 shots in today's FIBA World Cup Qualifier win for Japan 🔥
🇯🇵 29 PTS
🇯🇵 11-14 FGM
🇯🇵 3 3PM
🇯🇵 2 STL
(via @FIBAWC)
独立リーグからの「叩き上げ」は、やがて「先駆者」となった。
20年のプロ生活。二度の首位打者。
前例のない道を、そのバット1本で切り拓いてきた。
どんなボールにも泥臭く喰らいつき、
誰にも真似できない技と執念で、見る者すべてを魅了し続けた姿。
その背中は、すべての夢を追う者へ勇気を与え、
積み重ねた前人未到のキャリアは、プロ野球史に永遠に刻まれる。
「唯一無二」の、誇り高き、漢。
THE ONE AND ONLY
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I remember asking assistant coach Mo Cheeks, what’s harder to do? Workout after practice or before?? I only asked cuz by time I would get to the gym, Russ was already done in the morning and I usually got mine in after practice. Mo like, “coming in before practice is probably harder”…since then, it’s been my routine….a lot of people looked at the emotions on the court and thought Russ was loud, nah to me, he was quiet and methodical. He lead by example and once the lights were bright, he let everything out and experienced pure freedom. It was inspiring as his teammate and everywhere I went, I seen it inspire people from all walks of life, crazy thing is, he didn’t say much, he just showed up. For 18 years. This basketball life is sacred to us as professionals, what we put into that court means everything. Some of us wish we could go back and do things with a little more intent and some can just wipe their hands and be satisfied with the time spent. Who u gonna be? We know what zero was on…keep inspiring in the next phase of life champ. I don’t care what happens, can’t erase what it was…The first YNs, finals run in our early 20s, all star games, seeing each other get injured and bounce back, the bus rides, plane rides, card games, jokes and arguments, the whole thing, memorable!! …to the whole Westbrook family, Nina, the kids, mama Westbrook, big Russ, Ray, Donnell, everybody from luezinger high and ucla and many more that I’m forgettin, much love and Congratulations on a iconic career.