00:00This is from Baxter, who does some, like, real reporting
00:07that says the Kawhi Leonard investigation could drag into 2027.
00:14The quote reads,
00:16The NBA investigation into whether the LA Clippers circumvented the salary cap
00:21to pay Kawhi Leonard could drag into 2027
00:23if the parties don't agree on the findings or any proposed settlement.
00:27That involves punishing the team.
00:30There's no way you're telling me.
00:34So what does that mean, Gabe?
00:36If we don't, if they're not going to agree on the punishment,
00:41are the Raptors then just going to be like, fine, we'll do the deal and run the risk
00:45because we're going to get them for the season at least?
00:48But I don't believe the Kawhi Leonard will be part of the punishment.
00:50The Clippers will be on the hook for the punishment.
00:54Right?
00:54So that's why I don't understand here, like, what they're...
00:57What's the holdup?
00:58Yeah, like, so what are you going to...
01:00You know, what, Kawhi can't play for...
01:02You're going to tell him, oh, you're not allowed to play?
01:03Because, like, whatever.
01:05He didn't...
01:06He's not the one that negotiated the contract.
01:08Like, he has plausible deniability.
01:10No, I have an agent that represents.
01:12I don't...
01:13I'm not the one that did this.
01:14Steve Ballmer is.
01:15Like, I don't...
01:16Like, players don't know about their contracts.
01:19Yeah, like, exactly.
01:20I signed with the team.
01:21I signed the contract.
01:23I have no idea what you're talking about.
01:25And there was nothing illegal done.
01:26There's no criminal case.
01:27So he doesn't have to cooperate.
01:28He'd be like, dude, like, I don't know anything.
01:30I'll talk to you then, Gabe.
01:31Do you think the reason the Raptors haven't pushed through with this is not because they're worried,
01:35but because they're thinking, hold on a minute.
01:38I think the Raptors think we can get him for nothing.
01:41We're going to get him for nothing.
01:42We can get him for free.
01:42All our picks are back.
01:44Kawhi is going to Toronto.
01:45He's not...
01:46He's not going to settle.
01:48And like you said...
01:48Like I said, they can't punish Kawhi.
01:51Like, it's not part of the agreement.
01:52Like, they can come after Ballmer and blah, blah, blah.
01:54But they can't...
01:55The NBA's union is strong.
01:58Like you said, he signed a contract.
02:00I don't know what Uncle Dennis did.
02:01And my agent's crooked.
02:02I don't know.
02:02And they banned his uncle already.
02:05So, I don't know.
02:06I had a bad agent.
02:07He's out.
02:07Sort of like Otani.
02:08I don't know.
02:09My agent was bad.
02:09I don't know.
02:10Like, you know what I mean?
02:11Like I'm saying.
02:13Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:13It's not me.
02:14Like, it wasn't me.
02:15Like, you don't have me doing anything.
02:17You don't have me.
02:18Like, you have a tape of me saying, yeah, pay me $30 million under the table for a fake landscaping
02:23company?
02:23No.
02:24Right?
02:25I think Kawhi got played a little bit, too.
02:27I'm sure people made money without his knowledge.
02:29I'm sure.
02:30Like, Uncle Dennis, like, asked the Raptors for a private plane.
02:33And the Raptors were actually, like, smart.
02:36Yeah, and the Raptors were knowingly new at the time.
02:38Told them, we're not allowed giving you things.
02:41So, like, I wasn't shocked when this came up.
02:43I'm not going to be naive.
02:44Like, Uncle Dennis asked for things.
02:46Like, listen, every team is offering this.
02:48What more can you give us?
02:50He wanted a piece of the Raptors ownership group.
02:53Yeah.
02:54Right?
02:54And the Raptors, like, Masai Ujiri smartly realized and told, like, the board, well, it's over.
03:01Like, we can't.
03:02Like, no.
03:03Like, don't even, like, we can't negotiate with them.
03:05Let them go.
03:06Like, it's like they're insane type thing.
03:08And then, you know, Gabe, when this all broke, no one's, the surprise wasn't, what did they do?
03:16It was, ooh, they got caught.
03:18It was, ooh, they got caught.
03:19Yes.
03:19Uncle Dennis is, like.
03:21It was no secret about what Uncle Dennis was like.
03:25Like, he's not Rich Paul famous, but he's not.
03:28Like, my dad, if I said Uncle Dennis, he's like, yeah, Kawhi's guy.
03:31Like, you know what I mean?
03:32Like, people know who that is.
03:34Like, he's like a gangster, like, hustler from the streets that negotiates, like, on the street.
03:41Like, yeah, yeah, yeah, so that contract for $250 million, whatever, but what else are you going to do for
03:46me?
03:47Like, you know what I mean?
03:48Like, you know, like, basically, like, yeah, you're going to give me a free house?
03:52You got a helicopter?
03:53Like, well, what else you got?
03:54Like, and Balmer was so rich, they just figured, all right, whatever, dude, we'll spin off into this company.
04:01And, you know, Balmer, whatever, dude, I saw a thing that they're taking so long because they're scared of Balmer
04:07and his money.
04:10I mean, if you're Balmer, like, if you want to go hard after Balmer, Balmer could just say, all right,
04:15I'm going to start leaking things that other teams do.
04:18You like that, Adam?
04:20You know what, Gabe?
04:21You think I'm the only one in NBA history out of these owners?
04:25Mark Cuban himself said this is no big deal.
04:27It happens all the time.
04:29I think this is the other.
04:31I said this to you in real time.
04:34Let's be real, guys.
04:35What did the Clippers get out of Kawhi?
04:37Ultimately, a failed run.
04:40Okay.
04:41A headache.
04:42An investigation.
04:44The thing that people might be angry about is the trade they did with the Thunder to help the Thunder
04:52reset their franchise.
04:52Yeah, you're right, but it's like, yeah, you want to punish a team.
04:55They didn't win, Kevin.
04:56They didn't win.
04:58Gabe, I am telling you, nobody cared.
05:00They made the trade with the Raptors and people went, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
05:03They are not getting two picks.
05:05There's no way.
05:06They're not getting two picks on the way out.
05:08This is crazy.
05:08You called it.
05:09You're exactly right.
05:10It's not about Kawhi being punished.
05:12It's about the Clippers can't walk away with this with a bunch of draft picks.
05:18Yeah, yeah.
05:18Because they know.
05:20Yeah, people are speaking positive about the Clippers.
05:22Balmer doesn't care if you fine him $100 million.
05:25He will not care.
05:27He'll be like, here's the check.
05:29What are they going to do?
05:30Money will not bother him.
05:35It's true.
05:35It's true.
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