Exclusive: Kawhi Leonard signed a $28M endorsement deal for a "no-show job" with a fraudulent tree-planting company funded by $50M from Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, according to documents obtained by @PabloTorre. "It was to circumvent the salary cap," an inside source says. pic.twitter.com/F6z5pNEkI1

Journalist Pablo Torre says the alleged scheme stems from fraudulent tree-planting company Aspiration, which Clippers owner Steve Ballmer funded.

A former employee in the financial department of the Ballmer-backed Aspiration — which has since gone bankrupt — told Pablo Torre that employees were told not to ask questions about