The NBA mashed its hammer down on the Clippers with the harshest punishment in league history following an investigation into the team for salary cap circumvention surrounding Kawhi Leonard.
Los Angeles was stripped of five first-round draft picks. Team owner Steve Ballmer, who refuted the allegations from the jump, was hit with a one-year suspension along with president of business operations Gillian Zucker. President of basketball operations Lawrence Frank got a six-month suspension. Additionally, the team was fined $30 million and Leonard was fined $700,000 for his role in the situation.
