LA Clippers fined $30m over Leonard pay scandal

Kawhi Leonard joined the LA Clippers in 2019 [Getty Images]The LA Clippers have been fined $30m (£22.2m) by the NBA for violating salary rules in order to funnel millions of dollars to star player Kawhi Leonard.The fine - the largest in the league's history - comes after the NBA report said Leonard pressured the Clippers into "obtaining off-court income opportunities [and] successfully obtaining those opportunities".The investigation was opened in September 2025 when podcast journalist Pab