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.
@domluszczyszyn@politicstcan Enjoyed reading the dialogue. One thing I’d add is it’s not as if numbers guys in front offices don’t talk their own book, too. Models may converge more sharply than scouting did, but there’s risk in that, too.
It’s been a good summer for Cale Makar.
And as @travisyost writes, it might have been a better one for the Montreal Canadiens’ front office: https://t.co/A176X17Keo
Trump: "Kristen Welker, the Unpopular 'Hostess' of the once great Meet the Press, now considered Meet the Fake Press, just stated that Donald Trump has 'mixed results' on his Endorsements of Candidates ... Because of this purposeful inaccuracy, she will be reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment ... The Press is a Disgrace to our Nation, and I hope that Chairman Brendan Carr, and the fine people of his Commission, will take this Threat to our Country very seriously. Thank you for your attention to this very important matter of Fake Polls and Commentary! President DONALD J. TRUMP"
Connor Hellebuyck's been one of the best goalies of the 2000s. But trading for him means acquiring the 33Y old version of him. For five more seasons.
What's the risk? What's the reward?
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