Page S2From§Eachthe milkman edition — 11 September 2026
“The NBA fined a guy worth more than some countries thirty million dollars and gave him a year off — that's not punishment, that's a bonus with a cooldown period. Now the actual Justice Department is looking at the same paperwork, because apparently it takes federal prosecutors to find out if "off-court income opportunities" is a fancy way of saying we cooked the books. Watch how fast the league's version of justice stops mattering once somebody can actually go to prison.”
“Look, the NBA handled this internally, thoroughly — thirty-six pages, outside counsel, real penalties, that's accountability, that's the system working. The federal investigation? That's a separate matter, early stages, could be nothing, could be routine, teams get looked at all the time. Did I say "nothing to see here"? Because that's not — that's not what I meant.”
The receipts
The DOJ disbanded its crypto enforcement team in April 2025 and ordered inconsistent investigations closed - while the president's family runs a crypto business CNBC, 8 April 2025 (Blanche memo)
Clippers under federal investigation for Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumvention, per reportFederal prosecutors in Brooklyn have opened a criminal investigation one week after the NBA punished the Clippers
The investigation, by the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn, is in its earliest stages, leaving it unclear whether criminal charges will ensue.
· Who’s Clippers executive at center of Kawhi Leonard scandal? from the morgue, 8 Sep 2026
· Clippers rat turns over 6-year notes of ‘illicit deals’ in Kawhi Leonard investigation from the morgue, 3 Sep 2026
· In basketball, the NBA announces the results of its investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers' signing of star player Kawhi Leonard in 2022. The league determines that the Clippers violated the leag from the morgue, 2 Sep 2026
· Kawhi Leonard-Clippers scandal takes serious turn with federal investigation update from the morgue, 2 Sep 2026
· In basketball, the NBA announces that the Los Angeles Clippers had violated the league salary cap by signing Kawhi Leonard in 2022 via a series of external dealings. Penalties include fines of US$30 m from the morgue, 1 Sep 2026
· Inside the ‘ruse’ of the Clippers’, Kawhi Leonard business deals from the morgue, 3 Sep 2026
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