Pablo Torre’s latest reporting has pushed the Kawhi Leonard-Clippers story into even messier territory.
The investigative journalist, who first broke the Aspiration scandal involving Leonard and Los Angeles in the summer of 2025, says he has uncovered another hidden arrangement tied to the Clippers star. This time, the focus is on Daktronics, the company behind the team’s giant Halo Board inside the Intuit Dome.
The Clippers moved into their new arena in August 2024, and the building’s signature feature is the massive circular jumbotron known as the Halo Board. Daktronics built the double-sided 4K halo-shaped video screen, and Torre says that company is now part of a new controversy.
According to Torre’s sources, Leonard had a hidden multimillion-dollar “sponsorship” with Daktronics. That revelation raises the same kind of salary-cap alarm that surrounded the Aspiration situation, because it suggests additional money layered on top of Leonard’s contract and the alleged deal with Aspiration.
“This Kawhi deal was not just talked about by higher-ups with the Clippers to circumvent the salary cap... This second source was also told that Kawhi's Daktronics sponsorship was a multimillion-dollar deal,” Torre revealed on his Pablo Torre Finds Out show.
The new report leaves Leonard and the Clippers facing another serious problem, and it also drags the Raptors back into the conversation because they never got the player they wanted. But the biggest pressure is on Leonard and Los Angeles, where a second salary-cap circumvention allegation could bring major fallout if Torre’s reporting holds up.
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