Conduct Detrimental: THE Sports Law Podcast
Jul 10, 2026 · 1 hr 5 min · 12 segments
On this episode of Conduct Detrimental: THE Sports Law Podcast, **Dan Lust** (@SportsLawLust) and **Mike…
Dan LustHost
Mike KravchenkoHost
I remember being, we talked about on the podcast, I remember telling my law students about this really interesting case with Aspiration.

And it was this kind of weird company that Steve Ballmer, the Clippers owner, had some connections to.

And it was really an allegation of what we would refer to, like in the Joe Smith days.

There were some reports that around NBA All-Star Weekend, they were going to come out with their findings.

The allegations essentially were that the Los Angeles Clippers, in courting Kawhi Leonard, gave him a max contract, which is undisputed.

And that was by way of a no-show marketing deal through this company, Aspire, Aspiration.
Okay.

So they started doing, and this is a Pablo Torre, probably is one of his first things that got him on the map post-ESPN.

I remember being, we talked about on the podcast, I remember telling my law students about this really interesting case with Aspiration.

And it was this kind of weird company that Steve Ballmer, the Clippers owner, had some connections to.

And it was really an allegation of what we would refer to, like in the Joe Smith days.

There were some reports that around NBA All-Star Weekend, they were going to come out with their findings.

The allegations essentially were that the Los Angeles Clippers, in courting Kawhi Leonard, gave him a max contract, which is undisputed.

And that was by way of a no-show marketing deal through this company, Aspire, Aspiration.
Okay.

So they started doing, and this is a Pablo Torre, probably is one of his first things that got him on the map post-ESPN.
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