00:00Damn it.
00:02Hit the sound or let the man do his business.
00:05So we finally have a decision from the NBA on the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard.
00:10According to Sham Sharanya and every other NBA reporter, the NBA has ruled.
00:19They are stripping the franchise of five first round picks, issuing a $30 million fine to owner Steve Ballmer.
00:26Suspensions for Ballmer, Lawrence Frank and Gillian Zucker.
00:30Kawhi Leonard will have to pay $700,000 in restitution for improper benefits.
00:36His representative, Dennis Robertson, is banned by the NBA from all business dealings.
00:44The contract, though, is not voided and there's no suspension for Leonard.
00:49And Paul has more.
00:51Yeah, so Steve Ballmer has been suspended from all league and team activities for one year.
00:58Clippers president of business operations, Gillian Zucker, has been suspended without pay for one year.
01:05Clippers president of basketball operations, Lawrence Frank, has been suspended for six months without pay.
01:10And the Clippers organization and personnel are subject to a compliance and monitoring program overseen by the league office for
01:17a period of five years.
01:18And the Clippers will forfeit five first round picks starting in 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033.
01:28Okay, that's a lot of stuff.
01:31That's fine.
01:33Here's your problem.
01:34Steve Ballmer is one of the 10 richest people on planet Earth.
01:38He has an estimated net worth of $175 billion.
01:43So the $30 million won't matter.
01:46That's a rounding error.
01:47So he just bought a box of Girl Scout cookies.
01:49No, I was just talking to Powers about this.
01:51And Powers had a good idea.
01:52He's right.
01:53Like, this is where the team immediately should be forced to operate with a lower payroll.
01:58Or he should be forced to sell the team.
02:00I mean, if you think about we're going to take five first round picks, all your executives are scumbags who
02:05are going to be suspended without pay.
02:06You owe us $30 million.
02:08Like, no, how about this?
02:10You, it is a privilege to own a team in this league.
02:13You are now gone.
02:15That's the problem.
02:16But you know why they won't do that?
02:18Because Ballmer knows where the bodies are buried.
02:20All these owners are scumbags.
02:23So then, what would...
02:24Does this mean that the Suns are up for sale, too?
02:27Uh, never mind.
02:29But that's my only issue.
02:31It's like, okay, I'm happy the Clippers got nailed.
02:34Now, Toronto can still acquire Kawhi.
02:37Yes, they can.
02:39Okay, so, fine.
02:40The deal gets done.
02:41What's the true cost to the Clippers?
02:44The deal gets done.
02:45The money doesn't mean anything to the owner.
02:47Front office executives being suspended.
02:49Really?
02:50Well, what are they going to do?
02:52They're just going to go into a bunker and have no idea what's going on?
02:55I mean, I don't believe that for a second.
02:57Well, here's the other thing, and this is just me spitballing.
03:00I don't know the full thing.
03:01But, David, if they make the trade and Toronto sends over first-round picks,
03:08then they can use the Toronto picks.
03:11As far as I understand, I hear what you're saying.
03:14They can't use their own.
03:15So, if Toronto says, we'll send you four first-round picks for him,
03:20you really only lost one because the other ones balance out.
03:27I think in this scenario, to punish the Clippers, Toronto should get him for free.
03:33That's all on a minute.
03:34The Clippers don't get anything back for Kawhi.
03:36He just gets to go to Toronto.
03:38I can't co-sign that.
03:39Come on, Paul.
03:41Come on.
03:42This isn't like an extra avocado in the grocery cart.
03:45Here, take it.
03:47You keep free grapes while you're walking through.
03:49This is a power balance in the East here.
03:51Well, if that's the case, Paul, then just have a lottery for him.
03:54And all the other teams are eligible to get Kawhi.
03:59David, you have got a hell of a collection of drops over here.
04:02I just went to your page instead of mine.
04:04There's a lot of good stuff here.
04:06It's fascinating.
04:08He's got like an entire vault of auto drops.
04:12Remarkable.
04:12I do.
04:14What's this one?
04:16Oh, you got that one, too.
04:20All right.
04:22There's a whole new world over here.
04:24David, what do the techs have to say?
04:26And again, I'm glad the league did something that at least on surface you feel like there's teeth to it.
04:32The absurdity is when you step back from it and go, okay, well, what's Ballmer worth?
04:37$175 billion.
04:39He made $30 million while taking a doo-doo this morning.
04:42So that doesn't mean anything.
04:44Oh, he's got to go away for a year.
04:47And what's he going to do?
04:49He probably made $30 million while he was on the phone call finding out how he was going to lose
04:54$30 million.
04:55Like, okay, how do you want that?
04:57Cash?
04:57How do you want this?
04:58Check.
04:59Cash your check.
04:59What do you want me to do?
05:00I can pay it right now.
05:01Do you realize that this is incredible?
05:06So the vast majority of his net worth of $175 billion is just his 4% ownership stake.
05:14Four in Microsoft.
05:17Wow.
05:19Wow.
05:20I thought it would be $40 or something.
05:22Four.
05:23Wow.
05:24Everybody uses it.
05:25So, yeah.
05:26All right.
05:27Hold on.
05:27Let's check David's board.
05:29No, I'm only kidding.
05:29God, there's so many things on here.
05:34Text coming through on.
05:40Oh, boy.
05:41He lost him.
05:47David's got a hell of a collection.
05:49Go ahead.
05:52All right.
05:53Go ahead.
05:53Text coming in on Brad Holmes.
05:56Someone says, we love our guys.
05:58We'll be written on this team's tombstone.
06:00That is Dan in Detroit.
06:02I think the problem is we like this team, too.
06:05But his refusal to just hit the gas pedal all the way down, not worry about five years from now,
06:14four years from now, and just go all in for a year, two, three years.
06:18I think that's where people's misgiving is.
06:20Can the Lions win the Super Bowl?
06:22Of course.
06:23It's the NFL.
06:24But do I believe he puts you in the best position to succeed?
06:27No.
06:27No, he did not.
06:29Brad Holmes likes our group.
06:31The whole cornerback room is a bunch of backups.
06:34If DJ Reed gets hurt, our number one corner would be Rakia Sin.
06:39This is a bottom five position group of the NFL.
06:42Rake Straw doesn't exist to me.
06:44I think that's why Dave asked the question he asked, which is.
06:47You had to know early on T.A. was not going to be here.
06:53That's the problem in all of this, and maybe that's why he got upset, and maybe Rico's right.
06:57But, like, Taron Arnold lied to you, and you were dumb enough to believe him.
07:03It's like saying, I asked Al Capone, did you do it?
07:05No, it wasn't me.
07:06Some other Italian guy.
07:08What, they're not going to say.
07:09It's ridiculous.
07:10The day this report came out, you knew this guy was toast.
07:14Anyone who covered the league agreed.
07:16Oh, but Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes are up here going, no, he's a good kid.
07:20He told us he didn't do it.
07:21Right.
07:22And if you use NFL securities, hey, guys, can you dig a little deeper into this?
07:26I don't know.
07:26Let me know.
07:27The bottom line is they didn't do anything in free agency or in the draft to help or trade to
07:32help that perimeter corner position.
07:35Like, Roger McCreary was a nice add to replace Amik.
07:38Fine.
07:39The other thing is they didn't do anything at the safety spot.
07:42It sure feels like Kirby Joseph ain't going to play ball this year.
07:45It does.
07:46Cartilage doesn't regenerate.
07:48Even though he's saying, no, bet on me.
07:50Don't bet against me.
07:50We did, and we all got rich.
07:52I won't be on the pup list.
07:53You are.
07:54You're not even in camp.
07:56So unless he's in, like, the country of Laos getting some experimental cartilage shot into his knee from a rattlesnake's
08:04ass, I don't know what to say.
08:05Apparently he's walking around the facility, so no.
08:09Cool.
08:12We good?
08:14All right.
08:14David, this board is electric.
