
This article originally appeared inOpen Floor, Sports Illustrated’s new NBA newsletter. Hello from Los Angeles, and welcome to the first issue of Open Floor, SI’s shiny new NBA newsletter. I’m fresh off a less-than-enlightening Clippers media day, where Kawhi Leonard kinda, sorta answered questions about allegations that he and the team circumvented the salary cap, allegations that, if true, could result in a crippling punishment for Steve Ballmer’s bunch.
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