The NBA world was thrown for a loop on Wednesday morning when journalist Pablo Torre alleged that, in 2022, Clippers star Kawhi Leonard signed a $28 million endorsement deal with a now-defunct, fraudulent tree-planting company partially funded by team owner Steve Ballmer. The setup, a source told Torre, was meant to circumvent the league's salary cap.
But things got potentially worse a few hours later, when an old Kawhi birthday tweet mentioning the tree company in question—Aspiration—resurfaced on X (formerly Twitter). Naturally, fans began trolling the team immediately.
