Los Angeles, California – Chai! Na serious gbege wey dey happen for NBA as dem don hire big-time law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz to dive into matter wey involve LA Clippers star, Kawhi Leonard. Dis one na after some heavy allegations wey don show say him contract with now-bankrupt company, Aspiration, fit be ploy to jolly-jolly bypass salary cap wey NBA don put for ground.
Abeg, wetin dey happen? E be like say dis wahala don start when Aspiration co-founder talk am on podcast say di $28 million endorsement deal wey Leonard collect no be but wahala for di salary cap. Dis deal, plus second contract wey dey worth $20 million in stock, dey raise eyebrows everywhere. You sabi how e be, when billionaire owner Steve Ballmer dey involved, things fit dey dicey like wetin we dey see for Nigerian movie.
Aspyration wey dey run like ghost now, don declare say dem dey owe Leonard $7 million. But the guy no gree appear for any promo, na only paper work dey show say him go dey collect money. Talk about intro money wey Ballmer do – he don chop $50 million with them. E be like palm wine wey plenty for inside pot, but who dey drink am?
The allegations don come after similar gbege wey dem face before, as the league don already show dem selves for Sterling case back in 2014 and Sarver for 2022. So, you fit see say di NBA no dey joke with this matter; dem fit no let Kawhi enjoy di money or Ballmer carry pocket di wahala if dem find say dem do anything wrong.
NBA don set up own investigator wey go dey follow Wachtell Lipton for this matter, just in case dem need extra hand. But make we dey careful, cause di last time dem involve Wachtell, di owners of di teams wey dey do plenty bad things no gree ever hold dem bags again. Dem just dey find how to strip owners of di teams like naked chicken!
No forget say, for 2019, as Leonard sign with Clippers, e come with plenty back and forth with im uncle wey dem dey call Dennis, request plenty off-court goodies. NBA follow this matter closely, but like bad belle wey dem no find anything, so e be like all dis na just gist.
So wetin e mean for us? If di NBA determine say Ballmer and di Clippers don use this endorsement as proper way to cheat di system, na wahala go land for di team, Leonard, and di owner. Dem fit slap dem with big punishment wey fit carry dem go back to square one. But as e be now, everybody dey watch and wait. No be small wahala oh! Na this kind story dey keep NBA fans like us glued to di screen.
Ballmer don talk say di report wey dey fly around no be true, and him no get anything to do with di arrangement wey leonard make with Aspiration. But we dey watch di show as e dey unfold. Just like Nollywood movies, e no dey end until dem show di last scene!
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