Lakers VS Slippers Discussion

I think no one wants to resolve, it's not only Silver.
I'm pretty sure these type of deals happen all the time, maybe not so big but they do. They're all business man with a lot of business ventures, players more and more are doing more than playing basketball, even during their careers.
The business world works a lot through connections and be it advertising deals, shoe deals, media, real estate, etc, I believe players, especially the big names, use their leverage when negotiation and signing big contracts to try and get additional sources of revenue (either fake ones or overvalued ones) , especially if they agree at lower salary values to fit the cap mechanics.
So from players to owners and the league, no one really wants to solve this because it sets a precedent that will be hard to manage moving forward as more cases could come to light.
Don't take me wrong, this is absolutely illegal and shouldn't happen, but I think it's naive to think this is the first time it happens.

It's a really tough one and I don't think there will be harsh penalties for either Kawhi or the Clippers

 

But there has to be some freaking logical pretense and follow through for the money handed out, and Leonard as a spokesperson making 5x the money of legit (media) stars when he's been an absolute zero in that regard with his personality can't even sniff the "logical" bar.

 

If Stern still would be commissioner Clippers would be banned from playing street basketball in Van Nuys lol

 

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other gms have basically said (off the record) that stuff happens, but not stuff like this.

i think the gary trent stuff happens all the time, but again--that requires trust in a nonbinding arrangement. these were binding arrangements clearly outside the league's rules. in the past, that's drawn the hammer.

 

Was unaware of that. Only thing I recall is them that off season when he was set to leave in free agency …. locking him in his hotel room with like five teammates and handcuffing him to the bed with his ankles tied up over its end with the sledge hammer clearly visible and threatening to go Kathy Bates with it if he didn’t re-sign with them.

What was the situation? Did he get paid by Lexus allegedly to perform some service he never did or intended to do? I mean I would assume especially in big markets like LA or NY it would be totally OK to introduce your player and his agent to outside companies for legit commercial making purposes such as the waay too many “Cliff” Paul State Farm commercials.

https://youtube.com/shorts/K-e_vJl3v-U?is=6gqv60WlcIcP6-7E

 

What was the specifics or differing semantics of "offering" him that Lexus deal vs truthfully saying like this is LA and there's endorsement deals galore to be made. Maybe even the FO knowing someone locally in the corporate Lexus organization and telling Jordan and his agent "go and talk to so and so and see if there's anything there for you. Honest question. Because clearly the Chris Paul State Farm commercials there's no issue. (whichever team he was on for those).

 

Five year ban from the playoffs is in order.

 

Got it .... thanks!