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Steve Ballmer (Image Credits: Imagn)<\/p>\n
The NBA has already launched an investigation into Kawhi Leonard\u2019s reported endorsement deal<\/a>. The situation not only placed the Clippers star under scrutiny but also drew attention to team owner Steve Ballmer\u2019s potential involvement.<\/p>\n According to a Forbes report, Ballmer ranks eighth among the world\u2019s wealthiest individuals with a net worth of $146.5 billion. NBA insider Marc Stein noted that how rival teams respond to the allegations could heavily influence Ballmer\u2019s future with the Clippers.<\/p>\n \u201cSteve Ballmer is already known as the richest owner in the NBA, who has resources that no one else has\u2026 I really think how the other teams react to this is going to drive it,\u201d Stein reported.<\/p>\n Journalist Pablo Torre broke the shocking story, alleging that Leonard signed a $28 million \u201cno-show job\u201d endorsement deal<\/a> with a fraudulent tree-planting company. It\u2019s the same company that Ballmer had secretly funded with $50 million.<\/p>\n However, Ballmer has rejected these claims. Rather, the Clippers owner insisted that he had no knowledge of Leonard\u2019s deal with the company.<\/p>\n Steve Ballmer\u2019s Quick Dismissal Backfires As Torre Cites Seven Sources Pablo Torre appeared on the Dan Patrick Show after his bombshell report. During his appearance, Torre revealed how the Clippers and Ballmer immediately denied the allegations without realizing the depth of his evidence.<\/p>\n \u201cSteve Ballmer and the Clippers, when we asked them for comment, they said that this was provably false\u2026they did not know at the time that we had over 3,000 pages of documents and seven sources,\u201d Torre said.<\/p>\n The controversy has placed both Ballmer and Leonard in an unfavorable spotlight. Kawhi recently made a public appearance at a men\u2019s tennis semifinal, but fans online showed little mercy in criticizing him<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ballmer now faces the same public pressure. The situation appears unlikely to cool down until the allegations are either disproven or confirmed.<\/p>\n The post Insider Warns NBA Rivals\u2019 Reactions Could Decide Steve Ballmer\u2019s Fate In Kawhi Leonard Allegations<\/a> originally published on Total Pro Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steve Ballmer (Image Credits: Imagn) The NBA has already launched an investigation into Kawhi Leonard\u2019s reported endorsement deal.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[4,87793,983,355,15134,99,68904],"class_list":{"0":"post-140977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-insider-warns-nba-rivals-reactions-could-decide-steve-ballmers-fate-in-kawhi-leonard-allegations","10":"tag-local-news","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-newsbreak","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-total-pro-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Steve Ballmer and Kawhi Leonard (Photo By Imagn Images) <\/p>\n