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Journalist Pablo Torre spurred an law firm's probe that found the Clippers circumented the NBA's salary cap and Torre says, "There is more to come...''
Given how ESPN handled their reporting on the LA Clippers and Kawhi Leonard story, Pablo Torre’s independent work has put a negative spotlight on the sports giant. A few weeks ago, ESPN dropped a story about how the NBA had found no evidence of wrongdoing from the LA Clippers over their 2024 re-signing of Kawhi Leonard.
The NBA season is just over a month from getting underway, but the talk in the basketball world has centered around one team and one player: the Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard. Even with EuroBasket showcasing high-level basketball with the finals ...
The billionaire publicly doubted the podcaster’s reporting, which has been vindicated.
Pablo Torre spent more than a year digging into the Los Angeles Clippers and their dealings involving Kawhi Leonard. The reporting later became part of a much larger controversy after the NBA punished Los Angeles and federal authorities began examining the matter.
Torre spoke to The Athletic the day after the NBA released its report on the Clippers, the culmination of a saga that began on his podcast.
Pablo Torre is feeling vindicated - sort of. Back in July, Variety spoke with the trailblazing sports journalist about "Pablo Torre Finds Out," his engrossing podcast, a mélange of chat show and true-crime docuseries wherein Torre breadcrumbs investigative reporting to his pals,
We vehemently reject the NBA’s findings. ” That was the Clippers organization’s line less than two weeks ago, when the league dropped the hammer on them over the Kawhi Leonard salary-cap mess.