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Hypebeast reports that the NBA has delivered one of the harshest penalties in league history to the Los Angeles Clippers, hitting the franchise with a $30 million fine, stripping five first-round draft picks, and handing down suspensions to owner Steve Ballmer and front-office leaders Lawrence Frank and Gillian Zucker. The league found that the Clippers orchestrated off-court income agreements for Kawhi Leonard as part of his recruitment, a clear case of salary cap circumvention. Meanwhile, a previously agreed trade sending Leonard to the Toronto Raptors apparently remains in place, leaving the franchise in a state of institutional chaos even as player movement continues.
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