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New Report Contradicts Important Steve Ballmer Claim About Kawhi Leonard No-Show Deal

The Wall Street Journal published a long look at the Kawhi Leonard-Clippers-Aspiration story on Sunday. It was mostly a recap of the alleged cap circumvention story on the eve of the NBA season, but it did contain one nugget which the NBA and everyone paying attention should find interesting buried more than half-way into the story.

In a portion of the article with the subhead "Unusual deal," bylined writers Robert O'Connell and Harriet Ryan reveal what could be an important new detail about the story. Via WSJ:

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