What Adam Silver said about the Kawhi Leonard investigation will be eye-opening

Consequences investigation into Clippers veteran Kawhi Leonard continues. As the NBA season begins, the commissioner will not be bypassed Adam Silver understand that.

Given the details of the investigation that have come out, Silver continues to maintain a wait-and-see approach, according to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated/Hoops Hype

“Someone asked me if circumstantial evidence is enough, and just like in court, sometimes there’s direct evidence and sometimes there’s circumstantial evidence,” Silver said. “And certainly, circumstantial evidence by itself does not preclude findings for a particular party. But then, even in circumstantial evidence, you’re looking at the totality of the circumstances. So it’s not a formula. We’re going to look at everything that’s presented to us, and that includes the inferences that come from the evidence.”

When asked if the investigation it will dragSilver says he doesn’t know.

“I really don’t know. I can say it’s going to take time, just based on past experience. From the reporting so far, a lot of the sources are anonymous, but there are a few. And you have a separate court case here. We have a guilty plea (by Aspiration co-founder Joe Sanberg for wire fraud). So there’s a pretty large amount of evidence for us. We want to look at a very large amount of evidence for us. carefully and make sure that not only to be fair to the Clippers and Steve Ballmer, but also to have a true understanding of what happened here.

How will this affect the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard?

An investigation into whether it is The Clippers and Leonard bypassed the salary cap with the now defunct company Aspiration will overshadow this year and potentially beyond. If the NBA concludes that it did so to give Leonard additional compensation through a no-show authorization, then the Clippers could be fined.

They would be hit with huge fines and lose the draft. Furthermore, the Clippers would have to be subject to greater scrutiny when it comes to player endorsement deals.

Additionally, both the Clippers and Leonard will gain a bad reputation throughout the league. Leonard has denied the allegations.