0:00 So, the NBA just basically destroyed the LA Clippers. >> The NBA did? >> Yes. There was a nearly a year-long investigation that just wrapped up. The NBA announced the harshest punishment in its history for salary cap circumvention tied to Cowi Leonard. Nailed it. >> Kawhi Leonard. >> Oh, the guy that goes [laughter] that guy, >> wait, what? >> He has like a funny laugh, right? >> Does he? >> I've not seen this clip >> in interviews. He has a weird laugh, >> dude. I think a lot of them have weird laughs. But what what is the salary cap circumvention? >> Okay, so >> way to bring it back. >> Basically, there was a pattern of misconduct by the Clippers because they facilitated offc court endorsement deals for him with four companies that did business with the team. Aspiration Partners, Boingo Wireless, Dacttronics, and Lock Tonur. >> Boingo Wireless Boing, >> the airport Wi-Fi.
0:50 >> The team initiated these opportunities and used team Business as leverage to get the companies to pay him to pay Leonard. So, is it kind of like I know you're worth a hundred million, so let me just give you 50 million and I'll bring it I'll cover the rest in sponsors. >> Bingo. >> Oh, >> and hide it by way of like you planting a tree and participating in this company's like blah blah blah service. >> You're not supposed to do that, huh? >> Yeah, I see. >> And so he made $28 million, I believe, during all this and he's only been asked to pay 700K >> cuz he didn't know though, right? >> Well, >> 700k in taxes. >> He didn't know, but he signed the documents. >> He didn't know. Was it his his uncle? No. >> No. He signed the documents. >> So that's >> But what does that admit? That he knew that that money was >> he knew he he was he knew he was partnered with these businesses and he was getting money from them. >> Oh. >> Like you think he just didn't have any idea of what was going on with it?
1:40 >> I feel like it's just a more gray area because it like he wasn't the one in control of it and it was like for his deal, his salary. I don't know. Maybe maybe it's cuz I like him. I'm a player and I'm buying. You're >> going to ride. You're right. I get it. >> Yeah. >> Are you a Clippers fan? I've been a Clippers fan since LA be and it's been hard. So, no. But I've always been a Lakers fan. >> Here's why they destroyed the the Clippers, right? They just took five first round picks from them. >> Oh ████ >> 29 2030 2031 203 32 and 2033. >> So, they don't get to have first round picks for any of those years >> for five years in a row. >> That's a massive penalty, right? >> Huge, huge hit. >> That's like a s█████ thing. >> And they find him $30 million. >> 30 mil. And Steve Balmer, the owner who used to, I believe he used to run Microsoft. He is suspended from all league and team activities for one year. Can't go to games. Can't even enter team
2:30 offices. >> Can't go to games. >> He's banned. >> Clippers are ████ >> Yeah, >> dude. >> They already they already were smoking it with with by just doing terrible decisions. >> Is this is this realistic to think they won't survive? >> No, it's not about won't survive, but >> it's a huge hit to the fan base hope. You know what I'm saying? >> That's what I mean. like more people stop giving a ████ about him. >> And does that mean they like he the only move is to sell? Like they would have to sell >> No, no, no. >> It's already done. >> At the end of the day, at the end of the day, it's still an LA franchise, which means there just unnecessary amounts of money for like no reason. >> Uh it's just more like if you're a Clippers fan, this is like the hardest thing because you know for the next 10 years, you just you really just got to this is like a Luna crash. >> You got to suck it up and just take it. It's going to be one of those. You remember back in the day, Clipper tickets would be like five bucks. It'd
3:20 probably go down to like that where they just still in it dome and it's still, like I said, it's still LA. >> So, it's still better than before, but it's just no hope right now >> for a sports fan. I'm not talking about the business. I'm talking which the business will tank because there going to have a bunch of money out of, you know, cuz the guy just got fined 30 million, too. Like where are you gonna have money to sign top players? You know that every nobody's gonna want to be super associated if you don't have a stack team. That's why LeBron went to like Philadelphia, you know. >> Kawi just came back from his injury >> and barely played while he made like 28 million. So it's >> So even if you're trying to play play the free agent game because you can't get rookies for like 5 years, nobody's going to want to go there cuz they're like, "Well, you guys are really limited." >> ████ So how do they not implode then? Like who who is going to go play? >> I don't know. I I mean, but that that's sort of like, you know, the Browns or
4:11 whatever. It's like somebody's got to go somewhere. >> And it's also like magic happens in the most random places, right? It's like the for the Lakers, one of our top players is Austin Reeves. He wasn't even drafted. Got him from like the D-League or whatever. And it's like that could happen. That's possible. >> Yeah. Somebody on the second round draft pick that they pull suddenly becomes an MVP 3 years later. You never know. Tom Brady, >> they had SGA >> who who became a twotime MVP and a champion. It's like, >> but if I'm the fan and I'm already not believing in this franchise because ████ like that where they gave up SGA, >> I'm really losing hope because of this. >> They're not exactly known as a smart franchise right now. >> Yeah. >> I always thought most my cuz a friend of mine is a hardcore Clippers fan. For the longest time, I thought he was doing that to be different. >> That's what it seems. >> You kind of are. You kind of are, you know, like cuz cuz you know, growing up in LA, everybody's a Lakers fan. >> It's like, yeah, why would you pick? >> I thought he was just trying to be a hipster. It kind of has been that for a
5:02 long time. It's like, you know, cool to be anti and just have the other team and like not not root for the Lakers cuz everybody does and it's annoying sometimes. I get that. >> It must be so cool when you're hearing all the fireworks going off outside and people flipping cars cuz the Lakers just won another ship and you got you're a Clippers fan. >> Suben used to uh be a Clippers dancer. >> Really? >> Oh, that break. They had they had a they had a Clippers fast break which was like a like a performance team that went on with when the cheerleaders go, but it's all B boys. >> Oh, cool. Yeah. Twinjas was on that too from uh from >> two of his Kinjas were on there. Do they always get booed cuz they're like, "Where's the girls?" [laughter] Football is finally back and Price Picks is bringing out the best offer yet. New users who sign up will get $150 in lineups. If you win your first $5 lineup, that's right, if you win your first $5 lineup, you'll get $150 in
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7:37 team in the entire thing, but like it's the only ████ basketball team that you have in that ████ city of yours, so everybody supports anyway. It's cool, >> you know? But out here, you're like, it's ████ California. We have a choice you're making. >> We have four franchises in our state. >> Yeah. That's silly. That's insane, you know. >> Oh, he's in the Lakers shadow. Yeah. So, so when you're in LA, then you get hope. You get you get things like the in it dome. >> Way better than the crypto center now. You know what I'm saying? Like it's you get such cool then you get like Kawai, you got PG, you got you got you had CP3. Like we there's moments where you're given real freaking hope. >> Yeah. It's not like the Hornets >> and then something. Just always something. >> Yeah. >> That's too bad. >> Kawhi Leonard's still there. >> Uh yeah. Yeah, he's still there. >> And but when when the Clippers needed him most, he got injured. Uh, >> and so now he's back, but now they have also traded a bunch of guys at CB3
8:28 ████ retire. >> Oh, he retired. You know, >> he can't carry it on his own. >> Yeah. A bunch of things just happened where you're like, "Okay, and now you lost five future round picks." So Kawhi's probably going to be like, "Hey, when my contract's over, >> how about I jump to a team and get a ring?" >> I mean, duh. >> Like, you know what I'm saying? Like everybody knows, like, duh. Why don't I go to a team that has money that's going to pay me right and I don't get fined? How about that? This sounds like a really good setup for a film where they go scout some like basketball players all over LA and the ghetto and then they bring them together. >> This is where and then that's the hope. That's the hope for Clippers fans. A little bit of hope and then they don't win ████ [laughter] >> But they get a movie that they didn't profit off of. >> Yeah. >> Or they win they win like one game and then that becomes like the hope. >> The movie is that is that they just won that one game and gave the fans hope. >> Lose game seven. >> And I love that money ball by the way which we're kind of referencing a little
9:18 bit >> kind of. It was the Oakland Athletics, which is now just gonna be the Vegas Athletics anyway. So that's ti >> the Oakland A's. >> Dude, the Clippers just come to Vegas because they're just so tanked. >> Hell yeah. Clippers. >> Hell yeah. >> That'll be crazy. >> We'll take care of them. >> We're getting a team though, which is so sick. >> Hell yeah. >> It's just who's going to buy the >> We're getting a whole center. NBA center. >> I didn't like the names, man. Did you >> What do you mean? >> The I mean the the the top ones. It was like the Las Vegas. It was not like Stars or some ████ >> High rollers. No. No. There was some. No, I remember >> like Las Vegas Jokers. Las Vegas. >> I like the Joker. >> The mafia died. >> I like the I like the no license plate. [laughter and gasps] >> ████ The drunk drivers. >> Yeah. I don't know. I've heard a couple of decent ones, but yeah, nothing's really kicked my ass yet. >> I don't care. Just bring them over. Let's get some good players and let's
10:09 go. Matter of fact, don't have too many good players right away. Keep the season tickets really cheap and low. Let let us go in there and just watch good players come play with us. Everybody wants to come have fun. Every >> Did you used to go to Clippers games? >> Absolutely. >> Did you enjoy Did you enjoy it? >> It was It was never quite the same as Lakers games. I'll throw that out there. >> I've been to Clippers games. >> Yeah. You know what though? There's You know why? You know why the Lakers is also really fun to watch live though or in general cuz everybody goes championship mode against the Lakers. The Lakers are also most hated team out there. >> Yeah. Yeah. So they all try really hard. >> Yeah. So it's always a different version of entertainment anyway. >> Clippers just felt like I was watching them practice. Oh, >> I'd rather watch Space Jam than watch Clipper Game. Space Jam 2. >> So, I used to work at this printer toner place downtown LA. Shout out. And uh this very nice black lady that used to work there. She was like, "Hey, Steve, do you want to go to a Clippers game?" And I was like, "Absolutely." And she's
11:00 like, "Okay, cool." She's like, "So, you just got to go down there and go to this ticket office and then you just give them uh your name and then they'll and then they'll have your tickets for you so you can pick them up from from there." And I was like, "Cool." So, I was going to the Clippers game with my with my buddy Andy who's like white guy, like with totally shaved head. That's important for this. So, we both walk up. I'm whiter than anybody in the world. He is whiter than me. And I go up to the counter and I open this envelope that she gave me to tell them who I am and what I got to say. And I was like, "Hi, I'm I'm Steve Green. I'm here with the United Negro College Fund." [laughter] And they're like, "Oh." >> So, she hooked you up with her nonprofit thing. >> Yeah. Exactly. But I picked up the tickets with my white buddy and it's like I'm here for the United Negro College Fund. Like I didn't know that. I didn't. >> And he looks like American History X. >> Yeah, exactly. And then they gave me the
11:50 tickets. It was super awkward, but it worked out. And I got to watch Clippers. >> And you were like ambassadors for this like nonprofit. >> They're all the jumbotrons here with United Eagle. >> We're going to go to the seats and see who's there today. Oh, interesting. It was one of those moments. >> Say hello to our donors. [laughter] >> Yeah. >> Damn, she set you up. >> Yeah. I mean, she was so nice. I don't even think she thought about it. >> Wow, that's really nice. Can you just for fun look up Kawhi Leonard laugh cuz [laughter] I don't I want I want you guys to know that I wasn't being crazy. >> I don't know anything about his laugh. >> Laugh or laugh? >> Laugh. >> Oh, >> the way he laughs is so weird. >> Really? Wow. Okay, >> here's a laughing compilation. >> Oh, was a full compilation. [laughter] >> That means it's a good laugh. >> More famous than he was about him. You know what I mean? But that's why I can
12:42 do it cuz I got long. [laughter] >> I'm a fun guy. I just can't give you a whole spill. I don't even know where you sitting at. Like, >> but he does it with like no expression. It's like Eddie Murphy. >> I see. I see. [laughter] Oh, wow. I didn't know that about him. Now you can like him even more. >> He doesn't He doesn't smile. [laughter] >> By the way, I guess the Clippers are going to try to fight this a little bit cuz why not? They issued a statement appeal >> saying that it's a heavily biased witch hunt and uh they're going to vigorously challenge their findings through every available avenue, including likely federal court. So, it might not be completely over. >> Dude, when you got a $30 million fine,
13:33 Yeah. Yeah. It's worth the fight.
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