Did Steve Balmer pay Kawhi Leonard under the table?

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    Pataphysical
     
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    Yes, but this shell corporation is a tree planting company right?
     
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    Ah, I get it. My bad.
     
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    AND HIS SISTER MURDERED AN OLD WOMAN IN A CASINO BATHROOM FAMS!!!!!
     
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    You posting this again (I know it's serious) made me laugh so hard.

    Important post and hilarious post.
     
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    always about money

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    This is the kind of bullshit that drives me crazy. This is such a small and out of context clip. Typical.



    Take the time to listen to this if you have interest in context and accuracy. I'm not saying that Ballmer is necessarily telling the truth but this is the entire interview. He feels anger about the fraudulent company at the heart of this controversy. According to Balmer, he owned 3% of the company and had no seat on the board and never had any control of who they endorsed. Balmer says he was defrauded by that company.
     
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    The evidence does not support him.
     
    Natebishop3, Sep 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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    Here is a response by Trevor Lane. 4:53 to 5:23 is a commercial, so skip that.

     
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    I don't know either way, I wouldn't be surprised if Ballmer did some underhanded shit.

    I just think that clip that @BigGameDamian posted was completely out of context and that kind of thing is way too common. Nothing against BGD, he's not the one that edited the clip however, the person that did the editing and commentary on Twitter was purposely misleading.

    Ballmer did not say he was angry about what was being reported, he was representing that he was angry at the company that he said defrauded him and the Clippers.
     
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    Under the table, on the table, same same

    Screenshot_20250905_064641_Instagram.jpg
     
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    I hope that they throw the book at Balmer and the Clips. I don't care what other teams may have gotten away with similar kinds of shenanigans. The Blazers are a small market team and, by comparison with a guy like Balmer, are going to have a small market level ownership. The CBA is designed to help to level the playing field a bit between the haves and the have nots around the league. Unless the league punishes teams for end runs around the the salary cap rules, we may as well fold up shop here in Blazersville.
     
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    Left it on the table? I'd say it's more likely she stuffed it in his jockstrap.
     
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    Who in the hell blindly invests $50 million?
     
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