Two jobs that don t have to go to work? Kawaii privately wants a plane, a house, and an additional endorsement contract

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September 4, 2025 07:39

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Even in the evening, we said that some media revealed that there is a yin and yang contract between Leonard and Ballmer to evade the salary cap. It is understood that Aspiration received $50 million in funding from Ballmer in September 2021. A few weeks later, the Clippers and Aspiration reached a 23-year sponsorship agreement totaling $300 million. Half a year later, in April 2022, Leonard signed a US$28 million endorsement contract with Company A.

NBA can't think that nothing happened, just a reporter said that the official will launch an investigation. The Clippers also responded, and a brief summary is: There is nothing.

At the same time, the document also shows that Leonard must stay with the Clippers to take away the entire $28 million, and the contract will be terminated early if the team changes or retires. Do you think this is more suspicious? The document even stipulates that the company cannot use promotional materials related to Leonard in any way unless the two parties reach a new written agreement in person.

After reading the complete document, a reporter joked that Leonard found two contracts that did not need to work, and the endorsement contract did not require an appearance, while a serious job was to take a turn for two days.

It is worth mentioning that in 2021, Leonard could have signed a 2-year, $82 million 1+1 contract with the Clippers. By the next summer, the Clippers will have his bird rights. By then, he can seek to renew a 5-year, $242 million super contract, but Leonard chose a more secure and team-friendly plan and directly signed a 4-year, $175 million contract, which not only allows the Clippers to maintain the flexibility of their cap space, but also ensures that Leonard will play for the Clippers for many years to come.

Suns reporter John Gambadoro also talked about the summer of 2019: "After Kawai joined the Clippers, Raptors boss Larry Tannenbaum was very disappointed. He felt that he had done the best for Leonard. He even personally contacted three sponsors to try to meet his request for an additional $15 million in endorsement income."

In addition to the suspected Yin-Yang contract with the Clippers, journalist Sam Amick also reiterated the old story, saying that this is not the first time Leonard's team has been accused of asking for improper salary compensation.

When Leonard became a free agent in 2019, his uncle Dennis Robertson asked several teams for compensation for overcapacity violations of the labor-capacity agreement. The things requested include but are not limited to: team equity, private jets, real estate, off-site endorsement fees, etc. There was no news about this at that time, but the alliance finally found no evidence.

Everything is not groundless. The Clippers have a criminal record. In 2015, they recruited Jordan Jr. to provide a third-party endorsement agreement with Lexus, which will provide Jordan Jr. with an endorsement fee of $200,000 per year. He was eventually fined $250,000 by the league. There were so many reporters here on Leonard who revealed what happened back then, and there were reports on these things at that time, but they were not taken seriously.

PS: It is already three o'clock in the morning, and the Türkiye vs. Serbia game is also halfway. In order to let everyone see this article earlier, I will publish it regularly until after 7 o'clock. I hope there is no new news when I sleep.