NBA Punishes Clippers in Salary-Cap Investigation

The NBA stripped the Clippers of five future first-round picks from 2029 through 2033, fined the franchise $30 million, suspended Steve Ballmer and Gillian Zucker for one year, disciplined other figures, ordered Kawhi Leonard to pay $700,000 and imposed five-year monitoring. The Clippers reject the findings and have no internal appeal or arbitration route; Leonard expects a Toronto trade, but no transaction is official.