{
  "id": 5170477,
  "title": "NBA fines the Clippers $30M, penalizes Kawhi Leonard $700,000 in cap circumvention case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/nba-fines-the-clippers-30m-penalizes-kawhi-leonard-700-000-in-cap",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-02T20:47:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nba-fines-clippers-30m-penalizes-204716261.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Los Angeles Clippers were fined $30 million and star player Kawhi Leonard was hit with a $700,000 penalty by the NBA on Wednesday for violating salary cap circumvention rules. Owner Steve Ballmer has been suspended for one year, president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank has been suspended without pay for six months and president of business operations Gillian Zucker was suspended for…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "What Kawhi Leonard said after NBA investigation ends with penalties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/what-kawhi-leonard-said-after-nba-investigation-ends-with-penalties",
        "published": "2026-09-02T20:47:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CNBC World",
        "title": "NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer for one year in Kawhi Leonard salary cap probe",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/02/nba-suspends-clippers-owner-ballmer-for-one-year-in-kawhi-leonard",
        "published": "2026-09-02T21:02:26.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}