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$800,000 per game! Leonard only played 301 games for the Clippers in 6 years, with a total salary of 240 million yuan.

The offseason this summer is coming to an end, and the scandal about Leonard's Yin-Yang contract has been aroused and has attracted a lot of attention. According to relevant reports, Leonard is suspected of signing a four-year fake endorsement contract with a company worth $28 million. The agreement stipulates that Leonard must stay with the Clippers to get the full $28 million. The reason why Leonard and the Clippers did this is obviously to avoid the salary cap. If this Yin-Yang calendar is finally proven to be true, both the Clippers and Leonard will be severely punished, and the contract signed by both parties will be directly invalidated, and Leonard will become a free agent.

In fact, Leonard's salary in the Clippers is already very high. Since joining the Clippers in 2019, Leonard has earned $241.7 million in the Clippers, and will receive a salary of more than $100 million in the next two seasons. However, Leonard was a little greedy and wanted to obtain greater benefits through the Yin-Yang Combination Calendar.

Leonard took a huge salary from the Clippers, but his attendance rate was also low. In the six seasons with the Clippers, Leonard played only 266 of the 472 regular season games, with an attendance rate of only 56%, and one season will be directly reimbursed. In the playoffs, Leonard also missed many times due to injury, playing only 35 games, and the Clippers have been in the first round for three consecutive years. Including the playoffs, Leonard only played 301 games in his career, but he earned more than $240 million, which is equivalent to $800,000 in each game. This is indeed very amazing. I am afraid that only Leonard has reached this level. Of course, if Leonard can maintain a relatively high attendance rate, his income per game will be about $500,000, which is also the normal level of a maximum-paid player.

Although Leonard's attendance rate in his Clippers was so low due to injury, no matter what, the fact is that Leonard took a lot of salary from the Clippers and missed many games. Not only that, Leonard is also suspected of obtaining more income through a yin-yang contract. As the core of the Clippers, Leonard took the most money but did the least work, which naturally caused great controversy, including the doubts of many internal staff of the Clippers.

The Clippers won Leonard and George in 2019, becoming a strong team in the Western Conference. I thought the Clippers would make a difference from now on and even win the first championship in team history. However, the Clippers' performance in recent years has been very disappointing, and they only reached the Western Conference Finals once. Leonard also has a great responsibility for the reason why the Clippers' performance is not good enough.