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Clippers docked five first-round draft picks and fined $30m over Kawhi Leonard scandal

Kawhi Leonard signed for the Clippers in 2019
Kawhi Leonard signed for the Clippers in 2019. Photograph: Matt Slocum/AP

The NBA has handed down one of the biggest punishments in the history of the league to the Los Angeles Clippers after finding that the franchise circumvented salary cap rules when it courted Kawhi Leonard as a free agent.

The league has stripped the team of five first-round draft picks, giving the team no natural pick in the draft from 2029 through 2033.

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