Former NBA player Patrick Beverley recalled the time LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer gave him false hope. Back when Beverley agreed to sign a three-year deal worth $40 million with the Clippers, Ballmer offered the tenacious guard an opportunity to build 94 basketball courts around Los Angeles.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said clear evidence must be found that the Clippers violated salary cap rules for owner Steve Ballmer to be punished.

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his NBA team, the Los Angeles Clippers, are disputing a report alleging the team funneled $28 million to star player Kawhi Leonard through an endorsement designed to circumvent the NBA salary cap.

As the fire from the controversy involving the Los Angeles Clippers, owner Steve Ballmer, the team's superstar Kawhi Leonard and embattled environmental firm Aspiration rages on, Mark Cuban doubled down on his assertion that Ballmer was nothing more than just a victim of a scam perpetuated by the company in question.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver reaffirmed his broad authority to discipline Steve Ballmer and the Clippers over the Kawhi Leonard scandal, but urged owners to withhold judgment until the investigation concludes.

With everyone talking about it, many former players and team executives have opened up about this scandal and what could really happen if any of the accusations against either the Clippers or their owner, Steve Ballmer, can be proved. And similarly ...