​Darren Yamashita-Imagn ImagesClippers rumors: Kawhi Leonard had lucrative sponsorship with LA scoreboard sponsor appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Things continue to be extremely complicated for Kawhi Leonard. First, Leonard was under investigation for his Aspiration sponsorship. Now, he is under suspicion for a second sponsorship.According to Pablo Torre of Pablo Torre Finds Out, Leonard was involved in a sponsorship with the LA-based crisis firm Daktronics’ Ballmer. An NBA insider told Torre that it was a case of history repeating itself. In other words, Leonard and company were trying to defy the rules of the NBA salary cap.“It was 1,000% a way to circumvent the salary cap,” the insider said.Watch sports LIVE with fuboTV (free trial)BREAKING: Kawhi Leonard had a hidden, multimillion-dollar “sponsorship” with Clippers’ scoreboard-maker, sources tell @PabloTorre.”It was 1,000% a way to circumvent the salary cap,” insider says.In our investigation, Daktronics’ Ballmer-linked crisis firm raises NBA probe ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/LU1AeBAF44— Pablo Torre Finds Out (@pablofindsout) August 7, 2026All this comes at a time when Leonard is transitioning from the Clippers to the Raptors, the team he won a championship with in 2019. But given the state of the NBA investigation, the trade has not fully gone through.As of now, the investigation is still ongoing. The NBA salary cap rules state that circumventing involves a team and player orchestrating efforts to provide unauthorized compensation outside of their contracts. Daktronics, a company that manufactures Intuit Dome’s Halo Board, is the manufacturer of the Clippers’ arena in Inglewood, California.Ironically, it was Torre who broke the story about Leonard’s sponsorship deals. His work on the Aspiration sponsorship won him a Pulitzer Prize for Audio Reporting.Leonard has been in the NBA for 15 seasons. Along the way, he has fortified himself as one of the most effective two-way players in the NBA. He is also a two-time champion and two-time Finals MVP.However, his career will forever be marred by scandal.Related: Rumor: Nuggets in Peyton Watson trade talks with Bucks, Cavs, ClippersRelated: Rui Hachimura reveals why he left Lakers for crosstown rival Clippers