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Aspiration Partners Inc., the company that, according to the reports, entered a legal agreement of $ 28 million with the Los Angeles Clippers star, Kawhi Leonard, for a “no show work”, was running out of money in December 2022, but still paid Leonard.
The Environmental Company based in San Francisco said goodbye to employees, including some executives, since it ran out of money. Sports journalist Pablo Torre said that the owner of the Clippers minority, Dennis J. Wong, made an investment of almost $ 2 million in aspiration, while the company had problems in a recent episode of its podcast.
The aspiration then paid Leonard $ 1.75 million of Wong’s investment, fulfilling the required amount agreed in its approval contract with the company while the company was saying goodbye to employees.
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Los Angeles Clippers striker, Kawhi Leonard, on the right, looks towards the score during the second half of a NBA basketball game in Inglewood, California, on May 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, Archive)
The NBA announced last week that it is investigating the backup contract of $ 28 million from Leonard to determine if it eludes the salary capitalization rules of the League.
The aspiration was declared in bankruptcy this year. He listed several creditors at that time, including the clippers, who were owed around $ 30 million, and a company called KL2 aspire LLC, to which $ 7 million was owed.
Leonard appears as the manager of that company in the presentations of California. KL is his initials, and 2 is his shirt number.
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The Clippers striker, Kawhi Leonard (2), controls the ball in the first quarter against the Denver Nuggets during game seven of the first round of the NBA playoffs of 2025 in Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, on May 3, 2025. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn images)
The owner of the Clippers, Steve Ballmer, made an investment of $ 50 million in aspiration, and the company and the team announced an association of $ 300 million in September 2021. That was approximately one month after Leonard signed an extension of four years and $ 176 million with the clippers.
Ballmer vehemently denied any irregularity and welcomed the investigation of the League.
“We did things for the book,” Ballmer told ESPN last week.
The Clippers striker, Kawhi Leonard (2), plays in the third quarter against the Denver Nuggets during game seven of the first round of the NBA playoffs of 2025 in Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, on May 3, 2025. (Ron Chenoy/Imagn images)
The NBA Commissioner, Adam Silver, spoke after a meeting of the Board of Governors in New York, one to which the owner of the Clippers Steve Ballmer attended, and said that the league will wait to see the report of the external firm he has hired to carry out his investigation before taking the next steps.
“We are constantly learning in the League office and again, I am reserving the trial because I do not know the facts here,” said Silver. “I don’t know what Kawhi was paid. I don’t know what he did or did. We’ll leave all that for the investigation.”
Pak Gazette Digital contacted the Clippers and Leonard for a comment on the latest report, but did not receive an answer immediately.
