{"id":2144334,"date":"2026-09-14T18:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2144334"},"modified":"2026-09-14T18:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T15:59:21","slug":"kawhi-leonard-should-pay-back-sponsorship-money-earned-from-clippers-scheme-says-former-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2144334","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard should pay back sponsorship money earned from Clippers\u2019 scheme, says former player"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A prominent former NBA player is speaking out against Kawhi Leonard\u2019s punishment<\/a> as part of the league\u2019s investigation into cap circumvention by the LA Clippers.<\/p>\n

Danilo Gallinari, a 14-year NBA veteran who played with the Clippers for the two seasons before Leonard\u2019s arrival and was traded as part of the blockbuster deal for Paul George that sealed Leonard\u2019s free-agent decision, said he believes Leonard should have to pay back the money he made in these no-show sponsorship deals, not simply the $700,000 fine issued by the NBA.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn my opinion, considering he altered the trajectory of my career and landed me in a mess by shipping me out of Los Angeles, he deserves to pay the full amount. He needs to pay every single cent of that money he took,\u201d Gallinari said in Italian on the latest episode of his \u201cA Cresta Alta\u201d podcast<\/a>. \u201cHe ought to give it to charity \u2014 since he has to pay it anyway, let it go to a good cause. But first and foremost, he absolutely has to pay it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NBA found that Leonard, through his representative and uncle Dennis Robertson, pressured the Clippers to obtain \u201coff-court income opportunities\u201d and failed to reimburse the Clippers for personal expenses.\u00a0The NBA\u2019s report on the Clippers does not specify how much money Leonard made in those sponsorship deals. Leonard signed a four-year, $28 million sponsorship deal with Aspiration and was granted $20 million worth of equity in the now-bankrupt company. Leonard also signed deals with Boingo, Daktronics and Lockton, according to the NBA\u2019s report.<\/p>\n

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