This just took an insane twist...

This Kawhi Leonard story has taken another insane twist as Adam Silver and the NBA have directly Come out and fought against all the reporting all the updates that have come out today Regarding this Kawhi Leonard situation, which has put Raptors fans in a bit of a tizzy We don't really know what the heck is going on The NBA is trying to confuse the stories trying to confuse the narratives in terms of what to believe But we've had the NBA and their spokespeople Come out and shoot down the idea that this trade is immediately going through and then Steve Ballmer's getting off all hunky-dory ESPN has come back and clapped back at the NBA and these new updates and these new reports and now we have to sift through It all's Toronto Raptors fans to figure out what the heck is about to happen So I'm gonna break down all of the latest updates what it means to the Toronto Raptors going forward and most importantly whether or not Kawhi Leonard will be a Toronto Raptor because new reports came out today from ESPN from Ramona Shelburne from Shams Charania that Confirmed Kawhi Leonard made it official that that deal is going to be going through assuming that reporting was correct because this deal is Happening assuming there's no crazy contract getting voided. That's what we've heard this entire summer Kawhi Leonard expects to be a Toronto Raptor and The new reports the reports came out today the headlines We broke it down everyone's seen it the NBA has found no evidence showing Steve Ballmer funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kawhi Leonard to circumvent the NBA salary cap So when this came out, it was doubled down. We gave the full context We gave everything that we you broke down we saw and this is the logical step to this deal Happening getting confirmed getting locked in and getting sent on its way and we can take a look at the full context We'll relook at it based off of what the NBA had said But after you know Raptors fans are getting hyped. I'm getting hyped out here on these videos, even though I I said Kawhi Leonard definitely circumvented the salary cap. Some people are disagreeing with it Nonetheless, it's a very very good for the Toronto Raptors if this deal ends up getting pushed through some people aren't happy with the Kawhi Leonard trade in the first place, but you know getting a guy in Kawhi Leonard It's the top five potentially basketball player out there in the NBA still at this point is such a value-add to your team It's a good thing Adam Silver wasn't letting Raptors fans stay hyped for long as this Post came out from NBA spokesman basically ESPN's article regarding the LA Clippers investigation for which the NBA declined to cooperate contains numerous and significant inaccuracies the results on this matter will be made clear once the Investigation is concluded so Mike Bass a spokesperson for the NBA Came out and essentially tried to undermine the credibility of this report that came not just from you know Random ESPN in turn that dropped something some weird AI article this report came from the big dogs It came from the top dogs and chomps. It's probably having his most rough day as a reporter He also talked about how the bus family is gonna be selling off their shares But then genie bus is going to be fighting it. So he was kind of wrong out there on that one as well However, while chomps gave some updates gave some you know developments that Lakers report ESPN has doubled down on this situation and this is the wrong report But Josh Bloomberg did say I'll jump on this later But basically news came out from ESPN that they are doubling down on this reporting Here's the correct the correct slide that we got to bring up in order to break this down The NBA is pushing back on ESPN's reporting about its Kauai Leonard Investigation the league says ESPN story contains numerous and significant inaccuracies while ESPN Tells front office sports that it stands by its reporting So sometimes when there's pushback as we saw, you know, the chomps was a bit wrong on the LA Lakers stuff this morning They will come out and make some corrections Especially when the league themselves the teams themselves that they're covering end up contradicting the specific report that's happened We've seen that as early as today from chomps ESPN decided to double down and Basically what they said with the full context right the full context of the quote It's worth being brought up as they found no evidence showing LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer Funneled money through team sponsors to pay Kauai Leonard That was a direct quote from their article But they also said that instead the NBA is focused on whether the team's introduction of Leonard to tea teams to the team Sponsor is a violation of the team's rules of leagues rules prohibiting salary cap circumvention Two of the sources said the league is examining whether the Clippers are guilty of failure to server supervise the employees Though it is unclear what specific rule the team would have violated and what the penalties will be two sources have Set and then later in the article They basically brought up the fact that you know two sources familiar with the NBA PA's Thinking and arbitration process said the argument that a sponsor Introduction counts as salary cap circumvention would not survive one source said that that is dead on arrival, so confirming any theory confirming any Thought process that Kauai Leonard is going well It confirms why learn will be a raptor it dismisses anything the NBA is going to be able to hammer The you know hammered out on the situation I'm not sure what the heck happened, but regardless either ESPN messed up very very badly or the NBA is trying to figure out a way figure out a route to Not get killed on this situation and public Tories coming out again the guy that uncovered dug up a lot of this stuff You know said Steve Ballmer's backstage Negotiation first team's own punishment is essential to understanding this mess now spilling out into the public view talking about how all this could be Impacted and how all this can you know have an impact of what's going on? I'm probably also double down saying that we stand by our ongoing reporting on Kauai Leonard and Steve Ballmer's whippers. So Everyone's doubling down on what's happening. Everyone's doubling down on what's going on, but regardless nonetheless ESPN is standing on the fact that there's you know The NBA the investigation is still stating that they haven't undercovered evidence They brought up all the new reports, you know public Tori again last week brought up the Daktronics investigation and basically how you know There were some emails there were some stuff proven that the folks at Daktronics passed along your email and said that you know There's back-and-forth jargon from the Daktronics of public Tori all these things basically I think this is the quote I wanted to bring up but I don't know what the company wants to say or can say You know some sketchy stuff out there from that law firm. Not the best context. They're bringing up the wrong quotes I've been rusty. I missed a few days out there but folks, but basically Public Tori is doubling down on all of his reporting regarding Kauai Leonard ESPN's doubling down saying the NBA is gonna do nothing about it And then Adam Silver and the league are coming out and basically saying no one knows We're not sure what the heck is gonna happen Well, all that we know is training camp is just weeks away here now at this point and I touched on this earlier I brought this up earlier, but it's important to remember the Raptors aren't waiting on a final resolution to seemingly endless Investigation and legal process. They just need to be certain that Kauai Leonard isn't getting hit with the max penalty with his contract getting Avoided to sign off on the trade those assurances should be coming soon or could be coming soon according to Josh Lindbergh so it's not like we have to wait for this absolute mess of Situation to be finished to be completely dealt with to be you know concluded The Toronto Raptors just need an assurance that Kauai Leonard if they end up trading for him will not have his contract They get that assurance. They should be good as Michael Grange brought up. There shouldn't be in a suspension out there for Kauai You know being brought up. There's nowhere in you know, they're their stuff It's something that certainly won't come to pass a matter that has been unreported and you know, not previously discussed So I'll pose the question I'll pose it. Do you believe the ESPN report even after the NBA stuff? It's coming out. I'd still tend to lean on Yes, I don't think Ramona Shelburne. I don't think Shams Farhani. I don't think that's I don't think all these folks all these big names at ESPN would put sign off on all this reporting if it wasn't True, like if they didn't have their sources or if they are being lied to so I'd stand on. Yes, even though I do think Circumvented the cap, but let me know what you guys think about all this in the comment section down below Yes, the best thing is far subscribe the channel if you guys haven't already. Anyways, I'm signing out