The NBA won’t take into account transferring the All-Star Sport from the Los Angeles Clippers’ Intuit Dome amid their investigation into alleged cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard. Leonard had a $28 million endorsement contract with Aspiration, an organization with ties to Steve Ballmer and Dennis Wong.
“There is no contemplation of transferring the All-Star Sport,” Silver mentioned, “and planning for the All-Star Sport and the encircling actions are working utterly independently of the continued investigation.”
The NBA awarded the 2026 All-Star Sport to Intuit Dome in January 2024 earlier than the world even opened forward of the 2024-25 season.
Ballmer made a $50 million funding in Aspiration that’s being investigated.