Adam Silver on Clippers-Aspiration investigation: 'We need to wrap this up'
SAN ANTONIO — NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that it was “close to the point now where I think we need to wrap this up,” regarding the league’s investigation into whether the LA Clippers circumvented the salary cap.
“You … need finality,” Silver said during his annual news conference at the outset of the NBA Finals.
The league, through white-shoe law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, has been investigating since September whether the Clippers arranged a no-work, multi-million dollar endorsement deal for star player Kawhi Leonard through a team sponsor.
In May, journalist Pablo Torre was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for uncovering the links between the Clippers, Leonard, and now-bankrupt environmental company Aspiration, while earlier this week, Aspiration co-founder Joseph Sanberg was sentenced to 14 years in prison for defrauding investors, including Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and his team.
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