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“Guilty as Bleep”: Lakers Analysts Mock Steve Ballmer as He Accepts NBA’s Punishment Over Kawhi Leonard Scandal

Just 10 days before Steve Ballmer accepted the NBA’s punishment, his lawyer was calling the league’s investigation a ‘witch hunt. ’ The Clippers had vowed to fight the league’s findings “through every avenue available,” with the team publicly branding the probe “a heavily biased investigation.
“Guilty as Bleep”: Lakers Analysts Mock Steve Ballmer as He Accepts NBA’s Punishment Over Kawhi Leonard Scandal

“Guilty as Bleep”: Lakers Analysts Mock Steve Ballmer as He Accepts NBA’s Punishment Over Kawhi Leonard Scandal

121029 — SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 29, 2012 Xinhua — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at a special media event to announce the next generation Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8, at the Bill Graham Auditorium in San Francisco, the United States, on Oct. 29, 2012 Xinhua/Li Mi US-MICROSOFT-WINDOWS-PHONE 8 PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN ©Credits: via Imago/Xinhua

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