Leonard was suddenly exposed by a Yin-Yang contract, and the details became clearer and clearer. Many team reporters gave their attitudes to this

A reporter from the American media The Athletic revealed on a podcast that there is a yin-yang contract between Leonard and his boss Ballmer to evade the salary cap.

The sudden revelation instantly attracted the attention of many parties in the league. The Suns immediately forwarded the podcast content and added a past detail related to Leonard.

According to the team record, when Leonard chose to sign the Clippers, Raptors owner Tannybaum was very disappointed because he thought he had done the best to keep Leonard. In order to meet the additional $15 million endorsement revenue request made by Leonard when signing the contract, Tannybaum personally contacted three sponsors in an attempt to facilitate the additional compensation.

This matter was also reported to the league's top management at that time, on the grounds that this behavior is likely to cause hidden dangers such as "cheating out of control". However, the relevant parties believed that Tannybaum did not really understand the alliance rules at that time and put the matter on hold. Tannybaum himself promised to take such salary cap issues more seriously in the future.

Although the Clippers' official excuses the Clippers and Ballmer in an emergency statement, he said that Mr. Ballmer and the Clippers have never evaded the salary cap or engaged in any misconduct through Aspiration, any objection can be proved to be false.

However, the media also revealed that the company and Leonard had previously interacted with the company. The Clippers official push had a link with the company on June 30, 2023 to congratulate Leonard on a happy birthday, but after clicking on the company's official push, it was found that the account did not even have an avatar, only 47 fans, and only one tweet since 2011.

It is worth noting that the agreement document stated in the leak that Leonard must stay in the Clippers to get the entire $28 million and cannot change teams or retire. Leonard designated as a legal representative in the agreement is his uncle Dennis Robertson.

Lakers expressed their views on the matter on the show: I really think the league should force Ballmer to sell the Clippers. No punishment really works for him, and he obviously doesn't care about the salary cap rules at all.