Kawhi’s Agent Pushed Aspiration to Pay Up. The Feds Closed In. Ballmer Made a Quiet Donation. | PTFO

Clippers Media Day 2025 will force Kawhi Leonard to respond to the salary-cap scandal, but not before Pablo Torre returns with Part Five of his Kawhi-Gate investigation: Texts show Leonard’s agent pushed for a $28 million "no-show" payday, while sources say Aspiration co-founder Joe Sanberg guaranteed another $20 million in equity. So why did Steve Ballmer still donate $1.875 million to Sanberg’s charity — 10 months after a federal investigation was made public — if he didn’t know about the overdue $1.75 million payments to his superstar? Amin Elhassan joins as an increasingly sweaty one-man cast of experts on "sports-washing" by another name.

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