Windhorst:Kawhi合約疑雲未獲實質澄清

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Brian Windhorst with an update about the Kawhi Leonard situation:

“This situation is not hard to understand. I don’t need FBI training to

understand what a kickback is. The thing that comes along with this is, some other outlets as well as the athletic have reported that the league was

looking at a 2nd deal involving Kawhi. And the trade to Toronto was slowed down. The other thing that’s interesting to me is Daktronics didn’t come out with a statement that completely denied this whatsoever. They had a

crisis PR man say something like Kawhi is not under contract right now. It was not a full denial. This to me is extraordinarily troubling. The lack of response for days on end. Maybe something changed in the next 12 hours, but this does not look like a full denial to me.”

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@WindhorstESPN Things are getting crazy.

Brian Windhorst:I completely get. Let me say this situation is not hard to understand. At least the concept. Because what Pablo is laying out is the appearance of a kickback. I can figure out a kickback very easily. I do not have to have FBI training or be an Assistant US Attorney to understand the concept of a kickback. That is not directly what Pablo is alleging here, but that is the scenario that he has laid out.

我完全明白。我想說這種情況並不難理解，至少在概念上是如此。因為 Pablo 所鋪陳出的是一種利益回扣的現象。我可以非常輕易地理解什麼是利益回扣，不需要接受過 FBI的訓練，或是擔任過美國助理檢察官，才能理解利益回扣的概念。這雖然不完全是Pablo 在這裡直接指控的事，但這確實是他所描繪出的情境。

And the thing that comes along with this is that some other outlets,

including The Athletic, have reported that the league was looking at a second deal with involving Kawhi, and the trade to Toronto was slowed down.

而隨之而來的是，其他一些媒體（包括《The Athletic》）報導稱，聯盟正在調查涉及Kawhi 的第二份協議，且前往 Toronto 的交易也因此被拖延了。

And the other thing that I think is very interesting to me is Daktronics did not come out with a statement on Thursday, or Friday, or Saturday, or Sunday. We'll see what the new week brings, that completely denied this whatsoever. They had a crisis PR, an outside public relations specialist say something like, "Well, Kawhi is under contract with Daktronics right now." It was not a full-throated denial.

而另一件我認為非常有趣的事是，Daktronics 在週四、週五、週六或週日都沒有發表完全否認此事的聲明。我們再看看新的一週會帶來什麼。他們讓公關危機處理人員，也就是一位外部的公關專家說，類似像「嗯，Kawhi 目前與 Daktronics 還有合約」這樣的話。這根本不是斬釘截鐵的否認。

And so lots of haze here. The Clippers didn't comment, but Slater, this to me is extraordinarily troubling. And is now, the lack of response for days on end here, because remember, the Clippers, when the Aspiration thing came out, within a day or two, Steve Ballmer was in Bristol, Connecticut talking to and denying to Ramona, Ramona Shelburne, our colleague.

所以這裡面有許多疑雲。Clippers 沒有回應，但 Slater，這在我看來是非常令人不安的。而現在好幾天過去了卻完全沒有正面回應，因為別忘了，Clippers 當初在

Aspiration 的事情爆出時，不出一兩天，Steve Ballmer 就到了康乃狄克州的 Bristol，向我們的同事 Ramona Shelburne 進行澄清與否認。

And look, maybe we're in the summer, people are away, the story may change in the next 12 hours. I'm not seeing full-throated denials. This one looks a little different to me.

你看，也許現在是夏天，大家都在休假，這件事可能在未來 12 小時內有所轉變。但我目前沒看到任何立場堅定的否認聲明，這次的情況在我看來有點不太一樣。

Tim MacMahon:Yeah, look, salary cap circumvention theoretically has 29

victims, right? 29 teams. It's, but if we look back, you know, when a lot of this stuff is perceived...

是的，你看，規避薪資上限理論上有 29 個受害者，對吧？也就是其他 29 支球隊。但是，如果我們回頭看，你知道，當很多這類事情被察覺時……

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