Clippers Fans Frustrated Over Silence After NBA Sanctions
A week after the NBA stripped the Clippers of five first-round picks and suspended Steve Ballmer, fans say the club has yet to address its own supporters.
Clippers fans are growing frustrated with the club's silence a week after the NBA handed down its punishment over the Kawhi Leonard contract affair, ClutchPoints reports.
The league stripped the franchise of five first-round picks and suspended owner Steve Ballmer for a year. The club moved quickly to hit back at the NBA itself, calling the investigation a "witch hunt" and accusing the league of bias. It has not, however, put out a statement or open letter addressed to its own supporters, including season-ticket holders who say they feel abandoned at what the report describes as the organisation's lowest point.
One fan's reaction, quoted by the outlet, sums up the mood:
The sanctions followed the league's finding that the Clippers circumvented the salary cap in structuring Leonard's 2019 deal, a case this desk covered when the penalties were announced on 4 September. Ballmer's suspension and the loss of picks leave the club facing a rebuild without the draft capital to fund it, which is the gap fans say the ownership has yet to address in public.
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