Uncle Dennis, Ballmer's $50 Million Sprint and the Side Deal That Wouldn't Die: Kawhi-Gate, Part VIII
Pablo Torre Finds Out
Pablo Torre
4.7 • 2.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 81 minutes
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Summary
As the Clippers host NBA All-Star Weekend, Pablo's "thorough due diligence" leads down a trail of LLCs and lawsuits that Kawhi Leonard and the richest owner in sports probably don't want you to know about. David Samson and Amin Elhassan return with a new prescription and — if the Aspiration whistle blows again — judgment day.
Previously on PTFO:
• Part I: The Silent Superstar and the Rotten Apple Tree
• Part II: An Argument with Mark Cuban
• Part III: The Mystery Investor, the No-Show Payday and the "Smoking Gun"
• Part IV: Steve Ballmer, the Other Cuban and the $118 Million Infusion
• Part V: Steve Ballmer's "Inconceivable" Donation, the $20 Million Guarantee and a Head on a Spike
• Part VI: An IRL Showdown with Mark Cuban
• Part VII: The Briefcase, Ballmer's Social Network and Aspiration's House of Cards
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• Subscribe to "Nothing Personal with David Samson"
• Subscribe to "Basketball Illuminati" with Amin Elhassan
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Pablo Torre finds out. |
| 0:02.1 | I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is. |
| 0:07.1 | I find that hard to believe that he would want to go to that show |
| 0:11.1 | where he would not even be, wouldn't get his name in the paper, |
| 0:15.5 | and he wouldn't be the face of the franchise, that's for sure. |
| 0:18.6 | Right after this ad. |
| 0:29.9 | David has his glasses at top of thick folder, which I do not want you to touch, David. |
| 0:33.7 | Amin, we have so much to get to. I just want to jump into it. |
| 0:37.4 | What is happening this weekend? Explain for the people what is going on finally. We are descending upon the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. Excuse me, Inglewood, California, the home of the Los Angeles Clippers for All-Star Weekend. I'll be there. Inglewood and Miami Gardens. It's L.A. and it's Miami. Crazy because Inglewood is closer to L.A to LAX than the rest of the L.A.S. |
| 0:54.2 | We didn't come here to talk about the geographic distinctions between suburbs of what. Why are you taking out your glasses right now? Because I want to tell you what happened to me is I had to go to 2.0, and I was asked by the doctor, are you reading more? Like, is anything going on that is causing your eyes to disintegrate? And I said, |
| 1:11.3 | I do this thing with Pablo where he has me reading documents on the spot, and I have to be clear, |
| 1:16.8 | he's like 2.0. So these are brand new. Part 8 of this series has required yet even more |
| 1:24.5 | medically necessary bifocals for David Sampson, I mean El-Hasson, the party that you're going to, okay? |
| 1:31.1 | I've been waiting for this party for like a year now. |
| 1:33.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:33.9 | And I'm not exaggerating. |
| 1:35.0 | I started reporting the story of aspiration in February 2025, a year ago this month. |
| 1:39.7 | It's the party that, first off, Adam Silver, I am told, never seriously considered relocating, |
| 1:45.3 | even though it turns everyone's focus to the host, to the emcee of this event, Steve Ballmer, |
| 1:51.2 | the richest owner in sports, who will personally welcome everybody in to his gleaming arena. |
| 1:57.6 | Because an all-star game, David, as someone who's hosted an all-star game before, |
| 2:01.4 | is also what? |
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