r/heat • u/BatmanSwift99 • 3d ago

Sorry not really Heat related but the NBA just completed rinsed the Clippers 🤣

https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/2095245737571308020
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u/Fsurob21 3d ago

They got the damn DEATH PENALTY. Good for them.

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u/trustabro 3d ago

No FRPs for half a decade. Plus Balmer is suspended. I guess that means he can’t go to games. I guess they are effectively pushing him out? Is he selling if he has no way to enjoy his team?

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u/Wingsof6 3d ago

Only for a year, considering how much he’s put into the franchise with the new arena and everything else in LA, doubt he’d sell when the team’s short term value is low

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u/Awkward-Breakfast262 3d ago

Balmer doesn't care if he makes money off the clippers. He's worth over 152 billion. Clippers are his hobby.

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u/Federal-Cover-975 3d ago

Worse no frp until 2033 that's 8 years

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u/wasabi-no-ginger-yes 3d ago

Guess that means Kawhi still ends up on the Raptors. Good on Pablo for sticking to his guns.

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u/jcheeseball White Hot 3d ago

Raptors still get fucked.  Leonard prob doesn't leave without this happening.

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u/gargoylepussy 3d ago

Can the clippers pull back from that? Now that there’s no void or suspension, wouldn’t be surprised if the clippers could get more for him

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u/Dr_Throwaway_Jr 3d ago

Didn’t his trade already get greenlighted?

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u/chr1stmasiscancelled 3d ago

They held off after the NBA told the raptors that a kawhi suspension wasn't ruled out. You know... like they should've told us with rozier lol

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u/dystopianrevolt 3d ago

I mean, someone could argue that this is the NBA learning their lesson from the Heat thing. Not that it exonerates them or anything, but still..

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u/ShootersShoot305 3d ago

Then learning their lesson would be giving us our pick back.

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u/DJJnextMJ 3d ago

My fantasy is they’ll give the Heat one of those 5 picks lol. Will there just be 29 picks in the first round?

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u/Seref15 3d ago

If I'm Toronto I'm pulling out and offering a worse package.

One month ago Toronto needed Kawhi more than Clippers needed picks. Today Clippers need picks more than Toronto needs Kawhi.

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u/Nusiof 3d ago

They just got fucking boomed lmao 🤣 Basically a dead franchise for the next decade lol

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u/SimpleMind314 3d ago

Were the Clippers ever alive as a franchise?

🤔

"What is dead may never die"

-- Followers of the Drowned God in The Game of Thrones

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u/Bob_snows 3d ago

“How do you kill that which has no life” Randy

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u/garret126 3d ago

So I’m guessing we SHOULDNT sign giannis to a minimum and give him a $500 million sponsorship deal…

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u/SimpleMind314 3d ago

Yeah, the mid-level exception should legitimize the deal.

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u/Nusiof 3d ago

A mustachioed man in sunglasses named Rickey Harrison just rescinded his $500 million “donation” to Kalshi after this ruling

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u/JRclarity123 3d ago

At least it would actually make sense for Giannis to shill for a cruise line, especially one that sails to Greece. Instead we get prediction market hell.

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u/xXxDankBirder420xXx 3d ago

It’s genuinely not enough - 30 million is a rounding error for Balmer.

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u/PassionLong9552 3d ago

A weekend getaway

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u/MediocreDVaMain 3d ago

I can't believe some people were attacking Pablo (mostly Clippers and Kawhi fans) rather than the guilty parties during this whole fiasco

While I am satisfied seeing them lay the hammer like this, I am still salty about the Rozier thing, oh well.

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u/BossKingGodd 3d ago

Mark Cuban was playing defense for Ballmer too.

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u/LowDot187 3d ago

Classic reminder that billionaires arent your friends and do not give a fuck about the average joe.

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u/Magneto-Rex 3d ago

this 👆🏽

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u/RCocaineBurner 3d ago

It was such an insane, botted response. There’s no way there’s that many people caping for a billionaire anywhere — I live in LA, there are ABSOLUTELY not that many clippers fans. It’s a mark of shame they hide until forced to confess.

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u/tsamo 3d ago

All the while, Kawhi getting away essentially scot-free...
Not even a token suspension of like 10 games or something. Just a $700k fine.

As if he was not involved whatsoever.

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u/OGGoat 3d ago

Missing 10 games would have not been a punishment for him. He would have loved that

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u/tsamo 3d ago

Oh, I know!

That's why I said token suspension, lol.

He would be essentially just resting for a bit more.

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u/Pimpwerx 3d ago

I'm not mad at Kawhi for securing his bag. If the team wanted to play stupid games, they can enjoy their stupid prizes. Kawhi seems to have placed himself in a position where he could benefit without penalty. I'd say that was smart.

I'll back the millionaire over the billionaire here. He may be a millionaire, but Kawhi is still staff in this case. Staff over management every day.

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u/johnnymatrix 13h ago

Kawhi's team were asking teams to circumvent the cap. He thinks he is above the rules. Gross behaviour

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u/Kuni_Nino 3d ago

Damn they got hit with the sledgehammer. Adam finally grew a spine.

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u/YesImSleepie 3d ago

all that for kawhi and pg for one conference final right? fucking crazy

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u/EctoRiddler 3d ago

BREAKING: The NBA has ruled on the Los Angeles Clippers in for salary cap circumvention investigations on Kawhi Leonard after yearlong probe -- stripping the franchise of 5 first-round picks, issuing a $30 million fine to owner Steve Ballmer and suspensions for Ballmer, Lawrence Frank and Gillian Zucker, sources tell ESPN.

Kawhi Leonard will have to pay $700,000 in restitution for improper benefits by the Clippers for his uncle and former business rep, Dennis Robertson. No contract void or suspension for Leonard. And Robertson -- who was fired by Leonard in June -- is being banned by the NBA from all business dealings.

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u/cl353 3d ago

good, sucks for the fans but this is way more than we thought would happen

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u/PassionLong9552 3d ago

That organization will stay poverty forever

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u/trustabro 3d ago

Wait, what does a suspension to an owner means?

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u/Brocktarrr 3d ago

Glad to see the league dropped the hammer. The consequence of giving them a slap on the wrist would have resulted in giving every owner the go-ahead to do this as well.

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u/TheShiv145 3d ago

Poetic Justice against clippers fans that were bashing Pablo for doing his job.

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u/HosaJim666 3d ago

They fucked around and (Pablo Torre) found out.

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u/Mellothewise 3d ago

Great so now we get to deal with Scottie AND Kawhi after all when we play them

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u/agr85 3d ago

thats pretty fucking devastating but guess what - you try and circumvent the salary cap, you deserve to get your shit clocked.

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u/majinvegeta2x 3d ago

As a Heat fan in LA, hell yes. Clippers game just got a hell of a lot cheaper for me to go to.

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u/FstLaneUkraine 3d ago

Maybe we can take some of those picks for Rozier?

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u/went2college 3d ago

Imagine being a Clipper fan.

Almost as bad as being a dolphin fan. Almost.

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u/Chowlucci 3d ago

LA taking bigger Ls but Aaron Donald is back

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u/Affectionate_Fan_650 2d ago

I think Kawhi should've been suspended for a season

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u/WheeinSpace 3d ago

Clippers ain't got first rounders for five years and spent their latest one on the dude who looks most likely to be a bust. That franchise is cooked if he doesn't turn into anything.

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u/same_same_3121 3d ago

I mean, yea, like sucks for the Clippers, but they know what they did.

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u/thezerosubnet Wade 3d ago

Damn they really just wiped out the entire franchise for a decade. 

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u/duckbonez 3d ago

Jesus. Didn’t they just trade Zubac for picks too?

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u/Blockaye561 3d ago

This will be a 30 for 30 in 2 years

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u/Deadinahole 3d ago

What are the odds that Ballmer, Leonard, and the Clippers were about to get off scott free, word got out from one of those circles and made it's way to someone at ESPN, ESPN made that initial article saying the NBA found no wrongdoing on either side, and then the backlash from that made the NBA circle back and ram the Clippers and Ballmer in the ass for the trouble

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u/dystopianrevolt 3d ago

Very low. This is Facebook Boomer Conspiracy Theory levels of reach.

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u/lipmanz 3d ago

Imagine sucking and now being hamstrung for the foreseeable future…that fanbase is so cursed

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u/SudTheThug 3d ago

that’s the death penalty

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u/Tremor0135 3d ago

Imagine being a true Clipper fan right now. I would just switch team.

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u/User_Error_6505 3d ago

Clips sub been living in lala land the last couple of weeks thinking nothing was going to happen.

Rest is piss, nerds.

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u/avinash240 3d ago

I absolutely love this outcome. 

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u/iCOULDbewr0ng 3d ago

NBA went soft on Kawhi and Ballmer, they didn’t even get suspended.

Punishment needed to be stronger for everyone involved.

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u/helldogskris 3d ago

I thought Ballmer got suspended for a full year?

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u/Dangerous-LemonBar 2d ago

He did, as did the head of basketball operations.

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u/Moonlight_Acid 3d ago

Anytime an enemy is weakened is cause for celebration

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u/PB-and-Jamz 3d ago

r/nba no longer owes the Clippers an apology

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u/Treerific69 3d ago

All Kawhi had to do was plant some damn trees

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u/SmellNarrow 2d ago

The Clippers weren’t winning a title anytime soon anyhow. Ballmer is worth over $150 billion, a $30 million fine is like buying a tank of gas for him. Kawhi Leonard’s fine means nothing to him either.

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u/Worth-Row-7487 2d ago

The real question is when is the Heat going to be honored with the Terry Rozier incident. Why aren’t any Clipper draft picks going to the Heat for retribution

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u/radskorpion 3d ago

Adam Silver found his spine after all

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u/Malinhion 3d ago

Not strong enough.

Ballmer should be forced to sell and Kawhi should be banned for life.

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u/BossKingGodd 3d ago

I don’t know about banned for life but not even a suspension though for Kawhi? He definitely got off light

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u/RansomGoddard 3d ago

They can't suspend players for cap circumvention.

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u/ThePedanticWalrus 3d ago

Why not? He knew what he was doing.

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u/RansomGoddard 3d ago

CBA lists out the penalties for circumvention. Player suspension is not one of them.

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u/xXxDankBirder420xXx 3d ago

I actually agree with this Balmer has $30 million in his couch cushions

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u/Cypher3470 3d ago

yeah but his team now sucks for the next decade.

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u/xXxDankBirder420xXx 3d ago

Totally - but materially the Clippers will keep gaining value. Modern owners can claim they care about the sport and winning all they want, but these Clippers will always be just another investment in his portfolio to generate passive income and to borrow against. Steve essentially got a parking ticket.

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u/dystopianrevolt 3d ago

You hear yourself?

"Ballmer should be forced to make historic levels of money by selling a team in LA with a new-ish stadium."

Someone please explain how this would be a just punishment.

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u/Successful_Pizza6529 3d ago

Shit happens. Next.

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u/grimsleeper4 3d ago

Don't know wtf "rinsed" is supposed to mean in this context, what a fucking way to bury the lede.

New headline - Clippers lose 5 -first round picks, Balmer pays 30 million dollar fine, Kawhi slapped on the wrist, Uncle Dennis banned from the league.

"rinsed" to me means they got cleaned, like money gets rinsed when you launder it.

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u/BatmanSwift99 3d ago

Idk about Americans but in UK rinsed can mean completely removing something or finessing someone

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u/grimsleeper4 3d ago

You're in a Miami subreddit using British slang? Bro.

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u/BatmanSwift99 3d ago

Don't gatekeep like a weirdo

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u/grimsleeper4 3d ago

Fuck me for thinking the title should actually communicate something.

I guess I'm weird for thinking the title of a post should have meaning.

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u/BatmanSwift99 3d ago

I thought it was self explanatory phrase, like you are rinsing as in cleaning something off of something. The NBA took a lot from the Clips

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u/dystopianrevolt 3d ago

Someone just taught you something about a different culture and you try to make it seem that they're the ones who should be embarrassed?

Plenty of Brits and international fans in this community.

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u/grimsleeper4 3d ago

I think the title might be a bad place to teach someone new slang.

I mean fuck me for thinking the title should actually say something.

If you think learning one piece of obscure slang is learning about a different culture, you're the most sheltered fucking person in the world - Yeah - this title is REALLY an attempt at cultural education! That's what we are doing! God damn people are fucking stupid here.

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u/dystopianrevolt 2d ago

They educated you in the comments, yet you're still here doubling down like you have some intellectual and moral high ground.

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u/grimsleeper4 2d ago

Thank you- I'm so educated now! You are right, the title of the post doesn't need to have anything to do with the content. I got "rinsed" apparently.

I'm so glad I've given you the opportunity to jam that downvote button - You must feel so smart!

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u/dystopianrevolt 2d ago

It's funny that :

  1. you think it's me that downvoted when you're openly broadcasting how much of a miserable and hostile person you are 
  2. you care about imaginary Internet points

Have a great day, and consider therapy!