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Uh oh. Clippers are screwed.

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[–] cannon_annon88@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I was trying to think if any other teams have tried this since the Wolves got busted for it. Stern was the commish back then though, I kind of have a feeling Adam Silver might go easy on them. Which as a Wolves fan myself would make me slightly upset.

[–] TrippyFocus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There’s 2 reasons I think he won’t go easy

  1. The other owners have seemed to be annoyed with Balmers spending ability to the point they put actual team building penalties like the 2nd apron into the last CBA so think there will be pressure from other owners to throw the book at him especially with it being a star player.

  2. With gambling legalized and the league promoting it, there’s an expectation the league should enforce fairness even more than before. The league is already dealing with questions of legitimacy with the gambling investigation on some players, they really don’t want teams skirting cap rules on top of that. They’ll likely get pressure from the sportsbook partners since if people think it’s rigged they won’t bet.