All Ball Sports: Clippers Dilemma, Grateful for Walton
by Paul Teetor Steve Ballmer deserves a refund. The Clippers multi-billionaire owner doesn’t need a refund, and he probably doesn’t want one either. He’s the seventh richest man in the world, with an estimated fortune of $147 billion. But by any normal business standard, he deserves a refund. He has invested more than $700 million in three-star players – Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and James Harden — who were supposed to bring the franchise its first ever NBA title, or at least a trip to the NBA Finals. But all he got for his money was one trip to the Western Conference Finals three years ago and a T-shirt that says “Wait till next year – that’s the year we’ll finally be healthy.” It’s all because Ballmer reluctantly approved one of the worst trades in NBA history. The biggest refund is owed by Kawhi Leonard, the guy who was a genuine superstar as recently as 2019, the year he led the Toronto Raptors to their one and only NBA title. That summer he became a free agent and after weeks of backstage maneuvering signed a $103 million contract with the Clippers. That contract has since been extended twice for a total of more than $400 million. Since then Leonard has been mostly a no-show…
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