Recently, the Clippers are deeply involved in the Yin-Yang contract incident, and the Mavericks' small shareholder Cuban supports Ballmer.
Cuban said in an interview: "Yes, I'm happy to give my opinion. I'm not selfish on this issue, right? From the Mavericks' point of view, I hope they're cheating, right? I mean, I have no reason to defend Steve Ballmer unless I think that's right.
" The reason I support Ballmer is that when I look back on the deal in 2021, that's before their new stadium opens. Leonard signed a new contract of $300 million at the time. When a deal of this size is reached with a new sponsor, the NBA must approve it. First of all, the NBA must have investigated this matter. But that's not the most critical issue. Later they breached the contract and stopped fulfilling the contract, and Ballmer announced at some point that the deal would not continue, which was a few years ago. But this is not the fuse for Ballmer's team. The real trigger was in January 2024, when the Securities and Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission said they were under investigation.
"Once Aspiration is under investigation, I believe the NBA will take it seriously. And if Ballmer did something illegal and tried to bypass the salary cap, he would definitely be very nervous. Because then he would be the stupidest person in the world because he believed these scammers to do things that violate NBA rules. First, I don't think this would happen; second, the NBA can easily spot this behavior; third, I don't think Ballmer could be that stupid. I've been cheated, and everyone has the potential to be cheated, but in this case, he has to trust the entire company. Although he trusts them to some extent and invests, I can't see that he will trust the company to keep the biggest secret of being an NBA boss."
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