Xiao Ka is suspected of Yin-Yang contract, Ballmer has a long history in this matter

Leonard has been in trouble recently. An investigative reporter revealed that there is suspicion of avoiding the salary cap between him and the Clippers. In layman's terms, he signed a Yin-Yang contract with the Clippers and got extra money outside the NBA salary cap range.

The specific revelations are too long. Simply put, Ballmer invested in a company that purchased $50 million worth of shares at a premium of $11 per share. The company signed a secret endorsement contract with Leonard that is worth $28 million without appearing.

In addition, the company also gave Leonard a secret surcharge agreement worth $20 million, which combined was $48 million. The company is currently bankrupt and still owes Leonard 7 million yuan but has not given it. The whistleblower revealed that a document he received showed that as long as Leonard plays for the Clippers, he will receive $28 million in compensation in the four years from 2022 to 2025.

Balmer invested 50 million in this company, and the company gave Leonard 48 million. Leonard didn't even need to do anything, as long as he played for the Clippers. If this fact is hammered, it is a typical example of a yin and yang contract.

The official Clippers initially denied the caliber, but later Ballmer began to change his tone when he participated in the show. He said: "Frankly, any speculation is crazy. The company committed fraud... They lied to me. I invested in them and thought they were doing good things, but they lied to me."

At least, Ballmer now admitted to investing in the company. Next, as long as the company has confirmed that the company has indeed given Leonard the endorsement contract of "nothing to do", the Clippers and Leonard's behavior of evading the salary cap will almost be a real truth.

This news came out, and the early renewal contract signed by Leonard in January last year seemed to be explained. At that time, Leonard signed a three-year contract of $149.51 million with the Clippers, which was $8.6 million less than the three-year maximum salary contract he could get. He can renew his contract with the Clippers for up to 4 years in advance and sign a maximum salary contract of more than $220 million, but he finally chose a three-year non-maximum salary contract.

The public opinion at that time also believed that Leonard was putting his pockets in advance, after all, his health was there. But now it seems that there are still too many things that are not on the surface. This is just exposed, so there must be many that have not been exposed. As the saying goes, when you find a cockroach, it often means that there may be a large number of cockroaches in your home.

It is worth mentioning that Ballmer had this kind of evasion of the salary cap when he just became the owner of the Clippers. In 2015, he provided Jordan with a third-party endorsement contract from Lexus, where Jordan could earn an additional $200,000 a year.

Perhaps due to the relatively small amount, the NBA fined Ballmer only $250,000 after the investigation. The background of this incident was the famous door blocking incident.

At that time, Jordan and the Mavericks had verbally reached a four-year agreement of 80 million, but Jordan later resigned. The Clippers sent a luxury lobby led by Ballmer, Rivers, Paul, Griffin and Pierce to Jordan's house to block the door. It was not until Jordan signed the contract extension with the Clippers that he "released".

Jordan Jr. In the end, he returned to the Clippers with 4 years of $87.6 million. In addition, Ballmer also negotiated an additional endorsement contract for Jordan Jr., and was eventually punished by the NBA. Jordan Jr.'s annual extra income of 200,000 yuan will not have any impact even if it is added to the salary cap. However, Leonard's total "extra income" of 48 million yuan has a completely different meaning.

The NBA has officially hired a law firm to investigate the matter, which has previously handled the incidents of former Clippers boss Sterling and former Suns boss Savor. The investigation may last for several months and there should be no results in a short period of time. The most famous case of Yin-Yang contract in NBA history is the one-year cheap contract signed by Joe Smith and the Timberwolves in 1998. In the end, the Timberwolves were fined five first rounds, and the NBA finally returned two, but the Timberwolves still lost three first rounds. This directly changed the trajectory of Garnett's early career.

If the final investigation results confirm the Yin-Yang contract, the punishment for the Clippers will definitely not be light. After all, if you acquiesce to the rich boss like Ballmer, then the other teams will not play. The main purpose of the existence of the salary cap is to prevent stars from gathering together and avoid big-name stars being divided up by some giant teams, so that small market teams have no room for survival. Fairness is always the foundation of a league and the soul of competitive sports. If a fair environment is lost, sports loses meaning.