洛杉矶NBA周三对洛杉矶剪辑人实施了全面的处罚，因为他违反了工资帽规避规则，将老板史蒂夫·鲍尔默禁赛一年，并迫使球队放弃五个选秀权。
此外，两届NBA总决赛MVPKawhi Leonardwas被罚款70万美元，篮球运营总裁劳伦斯·弗兰克被禁赛6个月，球队商业运营总裁吉利恩·祖克被禁赛一年。
在由外部律师事务所领导的近一年的调查之后，联盟对该组织进行了严厉的批评。
快船已经多次表示，他们没有做错任何事情，并期望被无罪释放。
在联盟宣布后，该队保持了这一立场。
“我们强烈反对NBA的调查结果，这是一项严重偏见的调查的结果，旨在证明预先确定的叙述，而不是事实和证据，”该团队在一份声明中说。“联盟私下告诉我们的与今天公开宣布的不同，他们没有接近调查开始时制定的标准专员（亚当）西尔弗，以确保其公平性和准确性。”
快船表示，他们将“努力证明我们的清白”。我们打算通过一切可用的途径对这些调查结果和处罚提出强烈质疑，并期待一个道德和公正的仲裁程序。”
联盟表示，它和球员工会同意确认处罚是最终的，对各方都有约束力。它说，外部律师事务所继续收到涉及调查的信息，联盟“将酌情考虑进一步的行动。”
“我对公然违反我们的规则以及快船的制度和领导失误导致这种不当行为深感失望，”西尔弗在一份声明中说处罚的严厉程度反映了违法行为的严重性。＂
在记者巴勃罗·托雷（Pablo Torre）报道后，NBA于2025年9月开始调查伦纳德与去年申请破产的愿望基金顾问有限责任公司（Aspiration Fund Adviser LLC）之间的2800万美元代言合同是否违反了联盟规则。今年早些时候，Aspiration联合创始人约瑟夫·桑伯格（Joseph Sanberg）在承认欺诈投资者和贷款人至少2．48亿美元后，被判处14年联邦监禁。
联盟表示，鲍尔默故意寻求帮助伦纳德获得场外收入交易，批准了一项商业交易，他知道这是渴望与伦纳德签订代言合同的先决条件，也是因为未能创造条件让他的团队遵守联盟规则。
伦纳德在通过他的新经纪人哈里森·盖恩斯发表的一份声明中说：“我为我的核心圈子里的人的判断失误承担全部责任，并对这种情况给粉丝和我的家人造成的干扰感到抱歉。”
NBA表示，伦纳德通过他的前业务经理和叔叔丹尼斯·罗伯逊，“违反了规避规则，向快船施压，要求其协助他获得场外收入机会，成功获得这些机会，并且未能报销快船支付的个人费用。”
伦纳德在声明中说：“我真诚地与快船签订了合同以及相关协议，完全致力于履行我的义务，并且不知道任何人有任何规避工资帽的意图。”。
该联盟表示，鲍尔默因“故意寻求帮助伦纳德先生获得场外收入机会”等问题而被停职。
伦纳德与多伦多猛龙队的交易已经暂停，等待调查结果。猛龙队曾表示，他们仍然想要伦纳德，他显然也渴望回到他赢得NBA总冠军并在2019年成为总决赛MVP的球队。
伦纳德在他的声明中说：“当我回到多伦多时，我专注于我能控制的事情，结束这一章，并以一张白纸向前迈进。”
快船及其人员将在五年内接受联盟的合规和监控计划，罗伯逊被禁止在五年内与NBA球队做生意。
联盟处罚了弗兰克，因为他参与了不允许的代言安排，并批准了伦纳德和他的家人发生的不允许的费用。扎克被禁赛是因为他对非法代言安排和对调查人员撒谎负有主要和直接的责任。两人在禁赛期间都将失去薪水。
在鲍尔默的领导下，快船已经不是第一次违反NBA规则了，鲍尔默在2014年8月以20亿美元的价格收购了这支球队。
一年后，他们被罚款25万美元，因为他们违反了在追求自由球员迪安卓·乔丹期间向球员提供未经授权的商业或投资机会的规定。给他的一份简报不恰当地包括了与豪华汽车制造商雷克萨斯每年20万美元的交易。
70岁的鲍尔默在2000年至2014年期间担任微软首席执行官。
NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer， fines team $30M in cap circumvention case
LOS ANGELES --The NBA imposed a sweeping punishment against theLos Angeles Clipperson Wednesday for violating salary cap circumvention rules， suspending ownerSteve Ballmerfor one year and forcing the team to forfeit five draft picks．
Also， two-time NBA Finals MVPKawhi Leonardwas hit with a $700，000 penalty， president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank was banned for six months and team president of business operations Gillian Zucker was suspended for one year．
The league came down hard on the organization after a nearly yearlong investigation led by an outside law firm．
The Clippers had said multiple times that they had done nothing wrong and expected to be exonerated．
The team maintained that stance after the league＇s announcement．
“We vehemently reject the NBA’s findings， which are the result of a heavily biased investigation seeking to justify a predetermined narrative rather than facts and evidence，” the team said in a statement． “What the league told us privately differs from what it announced today publicly， and they have not held themselves close to the standard Commissioner （Adam） Silver set at the start of this investigation to ensure its fairness and accuracy．”
The Clippers said they will “now fight just as hard to demonstrate our innocence． We intend to vigorously challenge these findings and penalties through every avenue available to us and look forward to an ethical and impartial arbitration process．”
The league said it and the players＇ union agreed to confirm the penalties as final and binding on all parties． It said the outside law firm continues to receive information involving the investigation， and the league “will consider further action as appropriate．”
“I am deeply disappointed by the flagrant violations of our rules and by the Clippers＇ institutional and leadership failures that led to this misconduct，” Silver said in a statement． “The severity of the penalties reflects the seriousness of the violations．”
The NBA began investigating in September 2025 whether a $28 million endorsement contract between Leonard and Aspiration Fund Adviser LLC — a company that filed for bankruptcy last year — broke league rules， following a report byjournalist Pablo Torre． Earlier this year， Aspiration co-founder Joseph Sanberg was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to defrauding investors and lenders of at least $248 million．
The league said Ballmer knowingly sought to help Leonard obtain off-court income deals， approved a business deal that he knew was a precondition for Aspiration to enter into an endorsement contract with Leonard， and for failing to create conditions under which his team followed league rules．
“I accept full responsibility for lapses in judgment by people within my inner circle and regret the distraction this situation has caused the fans and my family，” Leonard said in a statement issued through his new agent， Harrison Gaines．
The NBA said Leonard， through his former business manager and uncle Dennis Robertson， “violated the circumvention rules by pressuring the Clippers to assist him in obtaining off-court income opportunities， successfully obtaining those opportunities， and failing to reimburse payments by the Clippers for personal expenses．”
“I entered into my contract with the Clippers as well as the agreements in question in good faith， fully committed to fulfilling my obligations and with no knowledge of any intent on anyone’s part to circumvent the salary cap，” Leonard said in his statement．
The league said Ballmer was suspended for “knowingly seeking to help Mr． Leonard obtain off-court income opportunities，” among other issues．
Leonard＇s tradeto the Toronto Raptors has been on hold pending the outcome of the investigation． The Raptors had said they still want Leonard， and he apparently is just as eager to return to the team where he won an NBA title and was Finals MVP in 2019．
“As I return to Toronto， I am focused on what I can control， closing this chapter， and moving forward with a clean slate，” Leonard said in his statement．
The Clippers and their personnel will be under a compliance and monitoring program by the league for five years and Robertson was banned from doing business with NBA teams for five years．
The league penalized Frank for his involvement with the impermissible endorsement arrangements and for approving impermissible expenses incurred by Leonard and his family． Zucker was banned for being primarily and directly culpable for the illegal endorsement arrangements and for lying to investigators． Both will lose their salaries during their bans．
It＇s not the first time the Clippers have run afoul of NBA rules under Ballmer， who bought the team for $2 billion in August 2014．
They were fined $250，000 a year later for violating rules against offering unauthorized business or investment opportunities to players during their courting of free agent DeAndre Jordan． A presentation to him improperly included a $200，000-per-year deal with luxury carmaker Lexus．
Ballmer， 70， was CEO of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014．
