The former chief executive officer of Aspiration, the company that LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is accused of using to circumvent the salary cap, said Friday that claims that Kawhi Leonard signed a no-show contract with his former company are false.
"The contract contained three pages of extensive obligations that Leonard had to perform," Andrei Cherny, who left the company in 2022, wrote in a statement posted on X. "And the contract clearly said that if Leonard did not meet those obligations, Aspiration could terminate the contract."
Last week the "Pablo Torre Finds Out" podcast reported that Aspiration reportedly agreed to a four-year, $28 million endorsement deal with Leonard in 2022.