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So you're saying there's a 47.9% chance... https://t.co/10H1jBAdz3
— LA Clippers (@LAClippers) May 5, 2026
Before the start of the 2025-26 NBA season, the league was wrapped up in multiple controversies. For one, Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier and Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups were among those arrested for alleged involvement in gambling schemes. But in September, reporting from "Pablo Torre Finds Out" also revealed another scandal: potential cap circumvention by the Los Angeles Clippers involving Kawhi Leonard. Pablo Torre, a journalist and podcaster also previously known for his time at ESPN, revealed the details of the potential cap circumvention involving the company Aspiration — and now, the team at "Pablo Torre Finds Out" is being rewarded for that story with the most prestigious honor in journalism, a Pulitzer Prize.
Joey Linn: It’s disappointing to see the way some people are talking about Bones Hyland. He’s a very confident player, and probably could have handled a couple situations in his career differently, but he’s also misunderstood. I covered him for two seasons in LA, and he’s one of the hardest working players I’ve seen up-close. Also just a really kind person. Despite being out of the Clippers rotation, he was regularly the last player still working out after practice. Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook were some of the vets who loved Bones and spoke highly of him. Seeing some really misinformed character attacks on a guy who’s generally well-liked around the NBA.
Similar to Durant, the Rockets won’t necessarily pigeonhole or wed themselves to one type of star, but desired additions such as the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard, the Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell, the Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo and the 76ers’ Joel Embiid, among others, will be discussed, sources said, but fit, opportunity cost and price go hand in hand.
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Chris Paul explains his IG story post: "I was playing cards with my family man. We was playing...I won the card game"
Chris Paul explains his IG story post:
— Oh No He Didn't (@ohnohedidnt24) May 1, 2026
"I was playing cards with my family man. We was playing...I won the card game" https://t.co/ARrxgS3K9A pic.twitter.com/gYQTBGsq4l
It is important to note that the Clippers still have an ongoing league investigation hanging over the franchise. The Clippers were accused of circumventing the salary cap to pay Kawhi Leonard. If LA is found guilty of wrongdoing, penalties could include the loss of draft picks, significant fines and suspensions of team executives, including owner Steve Ballmer. -- Bobby Marks
On Monday night, NBC averaged a combined 4.7 million for Hawks-Knicks Game 2, followed by Timberwolves-Nuggets at 4.4 million — up 43 and 27 percent respectively from last year’s equivalent TNT Sports doubleheader of Pistons-Knicks (3.3M) and Clippers-Nuggets (3.5M). The night’s third game, Raptors-Cavaliers, aired on Peacock and NBCSN.
There will be no shortage of fans and media who connect the dots and say Alperen Sengun could follow in Jalen Green’s steps as a young piece that gets sent away because he wasn’t ready to compete for a championship now. Giannis Antetokounmpo will be a name many connect to Houston as a potential superstar who could be acquired in a Şengün trade. Kawhi Leonard or Donovan Mitchell could also be possibilities. If Houston makes Şengün available, along with some of the future draft picks they hold, it would put them squarely among the favorites to acquire any of the disgruntled superstars who may become available.
Steve Ballmer: Five years ago, I invested in Aspiration, a company focused on environmental sustainability, a cause deeply important to me and my family. I also bought carbon credits and trees through the company to reduce the carbon footprint of the Clippers, Intuit Dome, the Kia Forum and all our fans and patrons. Aspiration’s founder, Joe Sanberg, engaged in fraud that injured many, and eventually, took the company down. I was duped and feel silly about that. Everyone who believed in Aspiration, including employees, customers and investors, was also duped. Everyone is still tallying the losses. Here is the letter I submitted to Judge Wilson ahead of Monday’s scheduled sentencing of Joe Sanberg. https://www.flipsnack.com/555AFBC9E8C/victim-impact-statement-for-ballmer
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Connie Ballmer, wife of former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and cofounder of the Ballmer Group, has given $80 million to NPR. That’s roughly seven years’ worth of government funding ($11.2m) after Trump and Congress cut funds for public media, but only a fraction of NPR’s full annual budget of $300 million.
Hawks-Knicks Game 1 topped the charts with a 1.9 rating and 3.97 million viewers — down 4% in viewership from Pistons-Knicks on ESPN last year (4.12M). Timberwolves-Nuggets led in with a 1.6 and 3.49 million, also down 4% from last year’s Clippers-Nuggets opener (3.64M). Raptors-Cavaliers was a far weaker link, as one might expect given the matchup. Cleveland’s easy win drew a 1.0 and 1.95 million, down 22% from Bucks-Pacers a year ago (2.51M).
What’s the name that comes to mind that you feel like your game could be modeled the best if you get to that level? Jordan Smith: Kawhi Leonard. I may not be as tall as him, but I feel like our game is kind of similar.
David Anders, the Wachtell Lipton attorney leading the NBA's investigation into whether the Clippers circumvented the league's salary cap to compensate Kawhi Leonard, said Sanberg sat for two in-person interviews and provided documents and, via his lawyers, "information that was relevant to our investigation," according to an April 17 letter to judge Stephen V. Wilson of the U.S. District Court of the Central District of California.