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🗓️ 5 September 2025
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Chris Mannix dissects Steve Ballmer breaking his silence on Sportscenter in an interview with Ramona Shelburne where he emphatically denied his involvement in the Kawhi Leonard endorsement scandal and why his many reasons were less than convincing
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| 0:59.8 | All right, happy Friday, everyone. |
| 1:02.2 | Hope everyone is getting ready for a great weekend. |
| 1:06.1 | I am back in Boston, getting ready to make the drive down to Mohegan Sun, Connecticut for the |
| 1:13.8 | NBA or basketball Hall of Fame festivities, which kick off on Friday night at Mohegan's |
| 1:20.1 | Sun. A lot of great names going into Hall of Fame. I'm going down to support my guy, |
| 1:25.1 | Adrian Worgianowski, who's getting the Kurt Gowdy Award. |
| 1:28.1 | Also, Jeff Twiss, long-time Celtics PR man. |
| 1:31.6 | He is headed into the hall after a decorated career, decades-long career in PR for the Boston Celtics. |
| 1:39.0 | So looking forward to that. |
| 1:40.2 | But I did want to jump back on here for just a few minutes to talk a little bit more about the story that has completely gripped the NBA this week. |
| 1:51.1 | And that is the reporting by Metterlock Media and my former SI colleague, Pablo Tori, that reported and suggested that the Los Angeles Clippers circumvented the NBA |
| 2:04.8 | salary cap by arranging for a no-show job for Kawhi Leonard that paid Leonard $7 million |
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