September 3Sep 3 49 minutes ago, Dutchrudder said: Ballmer pledged $315 million to this company in 2021 for it to merge with another company and go to IPO, but that also happens to be about the time Kawhi signed his first extension with the Clips. There's no way Ballmer would not know about the Kawhi side of it, it's mostly his investment propping up the company. More likely is that he already had a relationship with Aspiration and used this company as an avenue to provide cash to his team's player for a modest donation of a few million bucks a year. I think Cuban is jumping to conclusions to defend a guy he likes, but here's the tweet for context. In a later tweet he agreed to go on Pablos show to discuss the situation, which may be interesting if he can bring receipts.
September 3Sep 3 5 minutes ago, d2o said: Mark might want to sit this one out. He’s not going to, but he should think about it strenuously.
September 3Sep 3 Listening to The Athletic’s NBA Daily show right now. Torre appears to have them dead to rights. 7 sources at Aspiration, thousands of pages of evidence.
September 4Sep 4 On 9/3/2025 at 7:39 AM, MNLonghornFUKM said: Joe smith scandal 2.0. Idiots all around if this comes to fruition. Also this was the nicest KL post you’ve ever made @Kermit I’m turning over a new leaf. Or at least I was until last Saturday.
September 5Sep 5 57 minutes ago, Message Board User said: There are plenty of ways around that. He's being obtuse. I mean just fucking suspend him. Who cares about his money. He already got away with it. It wasn't Kawhi pulling the strings on those deals - he was just asking for them. Bring the hammer down on the Clips and make Kawhi sit half the season. Edited September 5Sep 5 by ztejas
September 5Sep 5 2 minutes ago, Message Board User said: He's scared... Ramona is a shill, usually for the Lakers though.
September 5Sep 5 2 minutes ago, Kermit said: Ramona is a shill, usually for the Lakers though. This is gonna be Ramona doing the deep fellation of a Fox News interview of Trump
September 5Sep 5 6 minutes ago, Js1 said: This is gonna be Ramona doing the deep fellation of a Fox News interview of Trump I had a dream where Ramona and Holly Rowe scissored. I’m not proud of this.
September 5Sep 5 30 minutes ago, Message Board User said: He's scared... He's taking his talents to South Beach?
September 5Sep 5 3 hours ago, Kermit said: I had a dream where Ramona and Holly Rowe scissored. I’m not proud of this.
September 5Sep 5 15 hours ago, Message Board User said: No way would they just let him walk away and become a FA. Even if they (he, his agent, any other rep) didnt ask for the deals, they knew about them, accepted them, and knew they were illegal. He was at fault too and would face punishment. I'd guess a min of a full season suspension. Edited September 5Sep 5 by d2o
September 5Sep 5 I’ll be the one to say it. Espn is already covering for Ballmer, the NBA will investigate and find no wrong doing, Silver will threaten Dolan by saying “we know you did the same shit with Brunson” and use that to get backing for USA expansion which Dolan is blocking, everyone knows how to circumvent the cap without repercussions, the poors get poorer, Ballmer laughs at every one at the next governors meeting and whips out his peen which in a weird way looks exactly like his head, same hairstyle and everything and it’s also sweaty and loud. It’s either that or they punish him and for revenge he and the Saudi’s fund a rival league and completely decimate the NBA.
September 5Sep 5 42 minutes ago, Kermit said: I’ll be the one to say it. Espn is already covering for Ballmer, the NBA will investigate and find no wrong doing, Silver will threaten Dolan by saying “we know you did the same shit with Brunson” and use that to get backing for USA expansion which Dolan is blocking, everyone knows how to circumvent the cap without repercussions, the poors get poorer, Ballmer laughs at every one at the next governors meeting and whips out his peen which in a weird way looks exactly like his head, same hairstyle and everything and it’s also sweaty and loud. It’s either that or they punish him and for revenge he and the Saudi’s fund a rival league and completely decimate the NBA. No way. They're going to get hit with something. The other owners and execs are pissed. The question is is it some slap on the wrist bullshit or something pretty punitive.
September 5Sep 5 16 minutes ago, ztejas said: No way. They're going to get hit with something. The other owners and execs are pissed. The question is is it some slap on the wrist bullshit or something pretty punitive. If Silver doesn't hit them hard, it's gonna be bad for the league going forward. Lots more of these things will happen.
September 5Sep 5 26 minutes ago, ztejas said: No way. They're going to get hit with something. The other owners and execs are pissed. The question is is it some slap on the wrist bullshit or something pretty punitive. I think its all or nothing. If the league confirms that it happened they have to hammer the team and Kawhi. I have serious doubts that the league will admit it happened publicly though. I think it goes away pretty quietly and relatively quickly. What they cannot do is confirm it happened and then give them a small penalty.
September 5Sep 5 I don’t know, guys. The way the world works now is that the extremely wealthy make their own rules. Ballmer is worth more than the evaluation of the entire league. He’s probably worth more than all the owners put together. How do you punish someone who can litigate their way out of anything? Who probably knows where the bodies are buried? If anything, it’s a slap on the wrist. You literally have to get caught on tape being racist to have repercussions these days and even that isn’t a sure thing for punishment any more.
September 5Sep 5 23 minutes ago, Kermit said: I don’t know, guys. The way the world works now is that the extremely wealthy make their own rules. Ballmer is worth more than the evaluation of the entire league. He’s probably worth more than all the owners put together. How do you punish someone who can litigate their way out of anything? Who probably knows where the bodies are buried? If anything, it’s a slap on the wrist. You literally have to get caught on tape being racist to have repercussions these days and even that isn’t a sure thing for punishment any more. Take their picks away? Oh no, they already suck at drafting and traded away their first rounders for the next couple of years. Fines? Dude has more money than almost anyone ever. Suspend KL? Dude never plays anyway. I think voiding the contract but still having it count against their cap would be a decent idea, while suspending KL and Ballmer for a year.
September 6Sep 6 On 9/5/2025 at 1:03 PM, Pam Cummings said: Take their picks away? Oh no, they already suck at drafting and traded away their first rounders for the next couple of years. Fines? Dude has more money than almost anyone ever. Suspend KL? Dude never plays anyway. I think voiding the contract but still having it count against their cap would be a decent idea, while suspending KL and Ballmer for a year. Force KL to play all 82 games
September 11Sep 11 His approval of the Luka trade makes far more sense if this is how he sees the league.
September 11Sep 11 Interesting take. The NBA YouTube channel has really upped their game when it comes to compiling extended highlights. Enough to chase out most of the unaffiliated channels who were getting big views in the past. If I'm being honest, at least 80% of my regular season NBA viewing is in the form of YouTube highlights. They must be monetizing that side of the house pretty well for him to just come out and say, "just watch the highlights, peasants."
September 11Sep 11 "Just watch the highlights, so you can skip over the foul-baiting, 15-minute-long final two minutes of the 4th Q and the ref show when (insert star player) got an unwarranted tech/ejection"
September 11Sep 11 5 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said: His approval of the Luka trade makes far more sense if this is how he sees the league. Calling your sport a highlight sport is a crazy ass take from the fucking commissioner
September 11Sep 11 6 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said: His approval of the Luka trade makes far more sense if this is how he sees the league. What a weird take with more games available over the antenna this season.
September 11Sep 11 1 hour ago, d2o said: Calling your sport a highlight sport is a crazy ass take from the fucking commissioner He’s saying it’s okay to only watch the last 5 minutes of a game. So I’m in tune.
September 12Sep 12 22 minutes ago, TonyTexas said: He’s saying it’s okay to only watch the last 5 minutes of a game. So I’m in tune. Advertisers who pay for commercials that air early in a game would tend to disagree. Not exactly the best way to endear yourself to them
September 12Sep 12 2 minutes ago, d2o said: Advertisers who pay for commercials that air early in a game would tend to disagree. Not exactly the best way to endear yourself to them The highlights will have multiple ads then! Unskippable too
September 13Sep 13 The Game Theory guys are incredibly butthurt over Silver’s “highlight league” remarks. Nice 30 minute rant about it during their latest podcast.
September 13Sep 13 6 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said: The Game Theory guys are incredibly butthurt over Silver’s “highlight league” remarks. Nice 30 minute rant about it during their latest podcast. To be fair, it was a really dumb thing for an NBA Commissioner to say. It's demeaning to the players and fans that enjoy the games.
September 13Sep 13 Just now, Dutchrudder said: To be fair, it was a really dumb thing for an NBA Commissioner to say. It's demeaning to the players and fans that enjoy the games. Agreed, but 30 minutes about how Silver’s comments challenge their livelihood is a bit much.
September 15Sep 15 On 9/11/2025 at 12:41 PM, d2o said: Calling your sport a highlight sport is a crazy ass take from the fucking commissioner He’s not wrong. Probably not the words your broadcast partners want to hear, but whatever. I mostly see highlights from non-Laker games. Not a big deal to hear him speak like that.
September 15Sep 15 Dennis Schroeder has one of the more interesting basketball careers I have seen. He has been a solid NBA player, but his international career for Germany has been wildly successful. Knowing that the Basketball Hall of Fame isn’t just for what you did in the NBA makes his candidacy a real one. Leading Germany to the World Championship, being selected to the all tournament team for the Olympics and now winning the European title (While going 9-0) is pretty impressive. When you see some of the players that got in you can see why he has a really good shot at getting there himself for his international accomplishments.
September 15Sep 15 4 hours ago, UpperWestside said: Dennis Schroeder has one of the more interesting basketball careers I have seen. He has been a solid NBA player, but his international career for Germany has been wildly successful. Knowing that the Basketball Hall of Fame isn’t just for what you did in the NBA makes his candidacy a real one. Leading Germany to the World Championship, being selected to the all tournament team for the Olympics and now winning the European title (While going 9-0) is pretty impressive. When you see some of the players that got in you can see why he has a really good shot at getting there himself for his international accomplishments. Schroeder is an interesting candidate for sure.
September 22Sep 22 On 9/18/2025 at 1:33 PM, TonyTexas said: We might get some stripper titties in the Harden segments Damn if they didn't get lucky with both SGA and Haliburton. I'm curious to see what they did with it.
September 23Sep 23 Author 3 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said: Whoa: Not sure what Houston's realistic options are at this point. Maybe a trade for Derrick White but Boston is not going to give him up for anything less than a king's ransom. Amen and Sheppard are not PGs (I'm not sure if Sheppard is ever going to be a rotation player on a good team) so I guess that leaves Aaron Holiday and whoever they can pick on the cheap.
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