{"id":2126136,"date":"2026-09-03T10:00:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126136"},"modified":"2026-09-03T10:00:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T07:00:32","slug":"mark-cuban-congratulates-pablo-torre-after-nba-punishes-steve-ballmer-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2126136","title":{"rendered":"Mark Cuban congratulates Pablo Torre after NBA punishes Steve Ballmer, Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In less than a year, Mark Cuban went from declaring himself on \u201cTeam Ballmer\u201d to congratulating journalist Pablo Torre.<\/p>\n

Torre spent the last year investigating the LA Clippers for salary-cap circumvention, and on Wednesday, the NBA handed the franchise and owner Steve Ballmer the largest punishment in league history<\/a> for funneling millions of dollars to Kawhi Leonard.<\/p>\n

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Shortly after the news broke, Cuban, the former Dallas Mavericks owner, took to social media to commend Torre.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongrats Pablo<\/a>,\u201d Cuban wrote above an embedded post detailing the penalties for the Clippers, Ballmer and Leonard.<\/p>\n

The NBA suspended Ballmer for one year, fined the Clippers $30 million, revoked the franchise\u2019s first-round picks from 2029 through 2033 and ordered Leonard to pay the league back $700,000.<\/p>\n

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