Yeah, I think Cuban is way off here

I can understand @mcuban's point that keeping Kawhi in LA would benefit a major sponsor, but Kawhi had just spent multiple years forcing his way to LA and making them sell the farm for his buddy PG13. It isn't like he was wanting to move home like he did in SA - he was home. 2/2.

— Tom Campbell (@thomasgcampbell) September 5, 2025

Scammers scam ... But they scam to enrich themselves. In this case, Ballmer and Cuban want us to believe that they took in $50MM from Ballmer and turned around and have Kawhi $48MM in cash and stock and what does Aspiration get other than the $2MM left over?

Kawhi was getting over double what New Balance was paying him as their #1 featured athlete and Aspiration didn't even get a retweet.

So if they are scamming... What's the angle of giving Kawhi money for nothing? Kawhi wasn't threatening to leave LA. In 2018, if Kawhi was paid $48MM by HEB to do nothing as long as he stayed playing for the Spurs... That would make more sense. But this no show deal made no sense at all in any way.

Mavs legend JaVale didn't like Shaqtin a Fool.

JaVale McGee says the media and Shaqtin’ a fool clips were pushing the misconception that he was dumb and changed how fans viewed him as a player pic.twitter.com/3f5nLTcgxU

— Hoops Alerts (@TheHoopsAlerts) September 6, 2025

Oh yeah, just had that missed layup because someone undercut you.

Guitarsoup said:

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Yeah, I think Cuban is way off here

I can understand @mcuban's point that keeping Kawhi in LA would benefit a major sponsor, but Kawhi had just spent multiple years forcing his way to LA and making them sell the farm for his buddy PG13. It isn't like he was wanting to move home like he did in SA - he was home. 2/2.

— Tom Campbell (@thomasgcampbell) September 5, 2025

Scammers scam ... But they scam to enrich themselves. In this case, Ballmer and Cuban want us to believe that they took in $50MM from Ballmer and turned around and have Kawhi $48MM in cash and stock and what does Aspiration get other than the $2MM left over?

Kawhi was getting over double what New Balance was paying him as their #1 featured athlete and Aspiration didn't even get a retweet.

So if they are scamming... What's the angle of giving Kawhi money for nothing? Kawhi wasn't threatening to leave LA. In 2018, if Kawhi was paid $48MM by HEB to do nothing as long as he stayed playing for the Spurs... That would make more sense. But this no show deal made no sense at all in any way.

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Yep, I agree with everything you and MC are saying. Cuban has become a bumbling buffoon at this point. When his initial tweet came out, I texted friends and said something to the effect of "Cuban is an idiot or thinks everyone else is. His story is that Bsllmer got scammed but instead of keeping the money the scammers then gave it to kawhi???" It makes no sense on any level.

And completely agree with MC. No clue why Cuban wants to become a part of this, other than to find a way to get in the headlines.

Guitarsoup said:

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Yeah, I think Cuban is way off here

I can understand @mcuban's point that keeping Kawhi in LA would benefit a major sponsor, but Kawhi had just spent multiple years forcing his way to LA and making them sell the farm for his buddy PG13. It isn't like he was wanting to move home like he did in SA - he was home. 2/2.

— Tom Campbell (@thomasgcampbell) September 5, 2025

Scammers scam ... But they scam to enrich themselves. In this case, Ballmer and Cuban want us to believe that they took in $50MM from Ballmer and turned around and have Kawhi $48MM in cash and stock and what does Aspiration get other than the $2MM left over?

Kawhi was getting over double what New Balance was paying him as their #1 featured athlete and Aspiration didn't even get a retweet.

So if they are scamming... What's the angle of giving Kawhi money for nothing? Kawhi wasn't threatening to leave LA. In 2018, if Kawhi was paid $48MM by HEB to do nothing as long as he stayed playing for the Spurs... That would make more sense. But this no show deal made no sense at all in any way.

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I think this has been the most interesting story of any offseason for a long time. That no show makes no sense except to benefit Kawhi as a member of the Clippers. It's not even like there was a jock loving CEO that gets a few pics and some handshakes out of this.


I think the Clippers should be punished. I think KL should be fined and suspended.

I don't know what kind of punishment fits the Clippers. I don't want OKC just continuing to benefit even more from this since they have a couple of their future picks as do the Sixers (or pick swaps).



And I do expect Silver to punish Kawhi. If Silver is going to fine and suspend players because of non-illegal off court issues that have nothing to do with the integrity of the game, he needs to act with more than just a finger shake and threat to the players that it should not happen again.

A player and an associate had been warned about this type of stuff before, but they do it anyway.