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Turns out there’s more: https://www.bostonsportsjournal.com/2025/09/04/exclusive-kawhi-leonard-endorsement-deal-that-triggered-nba-investigation-actually-worth-48-million

That part of it is the part that makes the most sense. I think it would be fairly common in legitimate deals for a team's biggest star to have deals with some of the team's sponsor and for those deals to void if they aren't on the team anymore. I also think these types of deals...

I guess the other thing to point out is that Ballmer's investment was a de facto "loan" since Aspiration turned around and signed a 22 year/$300 million dollar jersey sponsorship with the Clippers. It sort of strains credulity to think Aspiration just decided to give Khawi this contract given...

It's a real company in that they offer a real banking product (still do under the name GreenFi now) that real customers are using. The original CEO was cooking the books to get an IPO (he is convicted of fraud) and then enrich himself and got an investment from Ballmer in the process. What is...

It's the stupidity of how this was structured more than anything.

The only way you deal a guy like Luka is if he isn't making $7 million under that table since he's more likely to spill the beans if he's pissed off.

I guess we know Luka didn't have an under the table deal with the Mavs :shrug:

Granted I haven't been following this a ton, but it also reads like a "I want to leave off all the guys moving clubs, fighting for playing time, or hurt off" and let them stay in the good graces of the clubs. The other sort of noteworthy thing is that apparently he was not unhappy with the...

The cynic in me says that very quaint. ESPN managed to thread the needle and protect itself since the leagues don't have critical mass on any distribution. All the other Peacock or Paramount or Amazon packages are just window dressing at this point to keep ESPN honest, but all the major...

Except their stupid App (or whatever the new, even more expensive App is going to be :kicksrock:)is going to end up being the distribution platform for (at a minimum) a whole bunch of NFL, NHL, and MLB games. ESPN basically saved itself the past couple of months.

The only dog that should be at the park is the hot dog. I'll see myself out....

Was the Dodger game sold out? The cheapest ticket Sat was over $100. Lakers are definitely expensive. Kings I find are hit and miss in terms of price based on the size of the fanbase they are playing and the day of the week. There are lots of fan (or were) that use coming to LA (or Anaheim)...

I went to Sat nights game and it was a big letdown. Cease just couldn't throw a strike, they ran themselves out of the first and second, and Merrill drops the ball. It was my first game at Dodger stadium which was sort of a bucket list thing to do with my son while he still wants to be...

Even on the West Coast, that timing makes no sense to me.

The whole Diamond/Bally's thing was bad for a bunch of teams/leagues (for instance MLB runs PadresTV down here which only has Padres games on it...literally a "we'll be back at 6:10 for the next game when they aren't playing). On the National level, the deal is now so huge, that to make up for...