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Kawhi Leonard’s $28M Fraudulent Deal Leads to 2019 Raptors Ask Surfacing

Kawhi’s $28M “no-show” endorsement deal with a Ballmer-funded shell company has fueled fresh allegations of cap circumvention. Pablo Torre reported it was designed to dodge salary rules. Now, sources say Raptors owner Larry Tanenbaum once bent over backwards, calling three sponsors to meet Kawhi’s $15M demands in 2019, a move Adam Silver flagged but left unpunished.