Journalist Pablo Torre "exposed" Leonard in September last year, alleging that he and the Clippers skirted salary cap through a sketchy contract back in 2021. He reportedly accepted a "no show job" to get rewarded $28 million.

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While the NBA still has not issued a verdict on its investigation into potentially illicit benefits given to Kawhi Leonard by a Los Angeles Clippers team sponsor, ESPN’s Brian Windhorst reported this week that Leonard may have already received a punishment for the situation.

The Los Angeles Clippers’ mid-season resurgence seemingly was not enough for anyone from the team to make the All-Star Game. Kawhi Leonard’s omission, in particular, was hard to ignore, although there may have been non-basketball-related reasons behind it,

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard was snubbed from the NBA All-Star Game despite having a career-best scoring season. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst believes the league’s investigation into alleged contract violations may be why.

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Windy: "The reaction within the league has been kind of universal between the executives that I've talked to which is Kawhi Leonard doesn't make the team. The game is obviously at Intuit Dome. And the wonder is did he not make this team because the coaches didn't vote for him… pic.twitter.com/qdVepF27gV