NBA Strips Clippers of 5 First-Round Picks, Fines Ballmer $30M and Suspends Executives Over Kawhi Leonard Cap Circumvention; Leonard Pays $7

The @TheHoopCentral post relays Shams Charania’s breaking report on the NBA’s year-long investigation into salary-cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard. Penalties hit the franchise and ownership hard while Leonard faces only restitution and his uncle is banned from NBA business. It is trending due to the historic scale of the draft-pick forfeiture and the contrast with Leonard’s light personal penalty.