If the Yin-Yang contract is confirmed, Xiaoka will be fined as a free agent! The Clippers will pay a fine +1 first round

At a report earlier today, TA reporter Pablo Torre broke the news on a podcast show that Clippers star Leonard and boss Ballmer are suspected of having an yin-yang contract that evades the salary cap.

My cousin checked the latest version of the NBA's labor-capital agreement. He will be punished as follows for evading the salary cap:

1. The team can be fined up to $4.5 million for the first offender;

2. Each re-offending and multiple violations can be fined up to $5.5 million for each;

3. Confiscated one first round pick;

4. The relevant contracts of the relevant players will be invalidated;

5. Related transactions and agreements will be invalidated.

Leonard signed a contract with the Clippers as a free agent in July 2019, and renewed his contract with the Clippers in August 2021. In the same year, he signed an endorsement contract with Aspiration. In January 2024, he renewed his contract with the Clippers in advance;

Return to the Clippers and Leonard as a case, if the Yin-Yang contract is finally confirmed, the Clippers will be fined, confiscated one first-round pick, and Leonard will become a free agent (that is, his related contracts with the Clippers will be invalidated). One thing to emphasize is that there is also an vague clause in the labor and capital agreement called "favorable events", that is, the league may reduce penalties on relevant teams and players based on the interests of the entire league.