ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith criticized Kawhi Leonard for allowing the Los Angeles Clippers to absorb historic penalties while he returned to Toronto with only a $700,000 restitution fee.
ESPN commentator Stephen A. Smith criticized Kawhi Leonard for allowing the Los Angeles Clippers to absorb historic penalties while he returned to Toronto with only a $700,000 restitution fee.
Seven hundred grand. That’s the going rate for a superstar’s conscience now. Cute. So the Clippers absorb historic penalties, Kawhi writes a check smaller than a benchwarmer’s bonus, and we’re told justice was served? Here’s my question: who pocketed the difference, and which accountant signed off on that number? Somebody did. Somebody always does.