How a Billionaire Superfan Destroyed the Clippers

Nobody loves the Clippers more than Steve Ballmer — and nobody has done more damage to them. The man who screams courtside spent a decade and a fortune building what was supposed to be the greatest super team the franchise had ever seen, a roster that looked completely unstoppable, and it ended with a $30 million fine, five first-round picks stripped from 2029 to 2033, and Ballmer himself suspended from his own team for a full year. This is the entire Kawhi Leonard and Aspiration salary cap scandal, from the podcast episode that cracked it open to the harshest punishment Adam Silver has ever handed a franchise.