{"id":2482127,"date":"2025-09-03T19:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T23:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-la-clippers-allegedly-skirted-nba-salary-cap-with-help-from-fraudulent-tree-planting-company\/"},"modified":"2025-09-03T19:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T23:30:35","slug":"report-la-clippers-allegedly-skirted-nba-salary-cap-with-help-from-fraudulent-tree-planting-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-la-clippers-allegedly-skirted-nba-salary-cap-with-help-from-fraudulent-tree-planting-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: LA Clippers Allegedly Skirted NBA Salary Cap with Help from &#8216;Fraudulent Tree-Planting Company&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-la-clippers-allegedly-skirted-nba-salary-cap-with-help-from-fraudulent-tree-planting-company%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2482127&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Reports have emerged accusing the LA Clippers and their owner, Steve Ballmer, of bypassing the NBA&#8217;s salary cap by channeling $28 million to star player Kawhi Leonard through a so-called &#8220;no-show&#8221; endorsement deal with Aspiration, a now<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >-defunct eco-amiable banking firm<\/a> under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-attorney-generals-wife-angela-paxton-will-not-recuse-from-husbands-impeachment-proceedings\/\" title=\"Angela Paxton, wife of Texas attorney general, won&#039;t step aside in husband&#039;s impeachment case.\">federal fraud investigation<\/a>. Ballmer, the Clippers owner and former Microsoft CEO, invested $50 million in Aspiration in September 2021. Shortly thereafter, the Clippers announced a $300 million partnership with the company.<\/p>\n<p>Aspiration, co-founded by Democrats Andrei Cherny and Joe Sanberg, billed itself as a socially conscious company focused on climate initiatives and counted celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Downey Jr. as investors. However, DOJ investigations revealed that Sanberg orchestrated a scheme that inflated company revenues through sham agreements hiding the true source of payments.Sanberg recently pled guilty to wire fraud,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-affront-to-every-individual-who-plays-by-the-rules-illegal-alien-charged-with-voter-fraud-and-welfare-fraud\/\" title=\"&#039;An Affront to Every Individual Who Plays by the Rules&#039;: Illegal Alien Charged with Voter Fraud and Welfare Fraud\">facing significant prison time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kawhi Leonard signed a $28 million endorsement contract with Aspiration in 2022, in addition to his maximum NBA salary contract, with internal documents suggesting the deal was designed to circumvent salary cap restrictions.The Clippers have denied any wrongdoing and stated they severed ties with Aspiration during the 2022-23 season after Aspiration defaulted on obligations. The NBA has not yet commented on the allegations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The LA Clippers and owner Steve Ballmer have been accused of circumventing the NBA&rsquo;s salary cap through a $28 million &ldquo;no-show job&rdquo; for star player Kawhi Leonard through a &ldquo;fraudulent tree-lanting company,&rdquo; according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Pablo Torre, a podcaster and former ESPN contributor, reported Wednesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nba-teams-drop-term-owner-claiming-racially-insensitive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballmer<\/a> allegedly funneled money to Leonard through Aspiration, a now-defunct socially conscious banking and investment firm once valued at $2.3 billion that is now under fraud investigation by the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>Ballmer, one of the wealthiest men in the world and a former Microsoft CEO, invested $50 million in Aspiration on Sept. 14, 2021, Torre said on his &ldquo;Pablo Torre Finds Out&rdquo; podcast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive: Kawhi Leonard signed a $28M endorsement deal for a &#8220;no-show job&#8221; with a fraudulent tree-planting company funded by $50M from Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, according to documents obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PabloTorre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PabloTorre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was to circumvent the salary cap,&#8221; an inside source says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F6z5pNEkI1\">pic.twitter.com\/F6z5pNEkI1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pablo Torre Finds Out (@pablofindsout) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pablofindsout\/status\/1963180670810767577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our full episode, btw, is a full-length documentary about how two Democratic politicians from Harvard are behind a $2.3B scheme centered around climate change.<\/p>\n<p>They had a key donor: the richest owner in sports.<\/p>\n<p>They hired Drake, Leo DiCaprio, Robert Downey Jr&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>And, secretly: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Id6K9z10FS\">https:\/\/t.co\/Id6K9z10FS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pablo Torre &#128371;&#65039; (@PabloTorre) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PabloTorre\/status\/1963231125871940031?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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He invested in an &#8216;eco-friendly bank&#8217; called Aspiration started&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matthewstoller\/status\/1963253155031835002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The firm billed itself as an &ldquo;eco-friendly bank&rdquo; and sought to profit from climate initiatives. The company had several celebrities among its investors, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/08\/22\/aspiration-co-founder-to-plead-guilty-to-248m-fraud-scheme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including<\/a> Orlando Bloom, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Robert Downey Jr., according to TechCrunch.<\/p>\n<p>A Department of Justice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/aspiration-partners-co-founder-charged-and-agrees-plead-guilty-248m-scheme-defraud-investors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> said Sanberg &ldquo;personally recruited companies and individuals to sign letters of intent with Aspiration in which they committed to pay tens of thousands of dollars per month for tree planting services. Sanberg used legal entities under his control to conceal that these payments came from Sanberg rather than from the customers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Aspiration booked revenue from these customers between March 2021 and November 2022, but Sanberg did not disclose that he was the source of the payments. As a result, Aspiration&rsquo;s financial statements were inaccurate and reflected much higher revenue than the company in fact received,&rdquo; according to the DOJ release.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 27, 2021, less than two weeks after Ballmer&rsquo;s investment in Aspiration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/latest-reports-indicate-new-superteam-forming-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Clippers<\/a> announced a $300 million partnership with the company in a deal that included sponsorships.<\/p>\n<p>According to Torre, Leonard signed a four-year, $28 million endorsement contract with Aspiration in April 2022 through his LLC, KL2 Aspire.<\/p>\n<p>That agreement came just nine months after Leonard inked a four-year, $176.3 million deal to remain with the Clippers, ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/46146871\/report-clippers-skirted-nba-salary-cap-kawhi-leonard-payment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That deal was the maximum allowed at the time under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-former-nba-star-shawn-kemp-gets-30-days-home-monitoring-washington-parking-lot-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the NBA&rsquo;s<\/a> collective bargaining agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Internal documents obtained by Torre stated Leonard&rsquo;s Aspiration contract would be voided if he left the Clippers.<\/p>\n<p>The documents also said Leonard could &ldquo;decline to proceed with any action desired&rdquo; by Aspiration and still be paid.<\/p>\n<p>One unnamed Aspiration employee told Torre the arrangement &ldquo;was to circumvent the salary cap.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A statement by the Clippers to ESPN flatly denied the allegations. &ldquo;Neither Mr. Ballmer nor the Clippers circumvented the salary-cap or engaged in any misconduct related to Aspiration,&rdquo; the statement proclaimed.<\/p>\n<p>The team said Torre&rsquo;s reporting was false and that the Clippers ended their relationship with Aspiration during the 2022-23 season, &ldquo;when Aspiration defaulted on its obligations.&rdquo; Aspiration filed for bankruptcy in March.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Neither the Clippers nor Mr. Ballmer was aware of any improper activity by Aspiration or its co-founder until after the government instituted its investigation,&rdquo; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA did not immediately respond to an ESPN request for comment on Torre&rsquo;s allegations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kawhi Leonard Signed a Secret $28M Deal. 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He left Aspiration in 2022 and is now organizing &ldquo;Project 2029&rdquo; with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dnc-insider-spills-beans-jill-biden-absolutely-elder-abuse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neera Tanden<\/a>, who served as senior adviser to former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-terrorist-taliban-celebrate-anniversary-joe-biden-handing-afghanistan-grand-helicopter-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> from 2021 to 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard signed a three-year, $153 million extension in January to remain with the Clippers through 2027.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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