TA: The punishment plan for termination of Leonard s contract is extremely unlikely to be the final outcome

TA reporter John Hollinger said that announcing Kawhi Leonard's contract invalid will be "very tricky" for the NBA, and the solution to both invalidate the contract and allow the Clippers to bear the salary cap penalty is "very unlikely to be the final outcome".

"This leads to the most important, tricky and confusing part of the incident: the possibility of invalidating Leonard's contract. Given the fact that this is indeed the most direct punishment, but unfortunately, it will have the worst chain effect on other teams in the league. Can the league declare the contract invalid while allowing the Clippers to bear the $50 million salary cap space? Surprisingly, although the labor-cap agreement is as thick as the code, there are no clear terms on the specific operation process - the term "invoked contract" is not included in the definition entry of Chapter 1 of the CBA. Although other teams are happy with this punishment, it seems almost impossible to become the final solution in my opinion: it is equivalent to a double punishment, which will allow the Clippers to lose both players and bear the pressure of the salary cap.