On Tuesday, The Athletic‘s Sam Amick reported Leonard’s uncle, Dennis Robertson, asked the Lakers and Raptors for partial ownership of the team, a private plane, a house and guaranteed endorsement money — all violations of the collective bargaining agreement if granted. The story presumes the same asks were made of the Clippers, with whom he signed. And Amick reported the NBA investigated those charges to see if the Clippers acquiesced to Robertson’s alleged demands and found no evidence that they had. I asked Leonard about the report at Clippers’ practice on Tuesday. He said, “I don’t know, I didn’t read it, so I don’t know how reliable it is — I don’t have no knowledge of it. I have no knowledge of it. People make up stories every day.” OK. Well, we didn’t make it up. Teams told the league the requests were made. Hence, the investigation. Also, a while back, Canada’s Rogers Sportsnet reported that Leonard made “unrealistic” requests of the Raptors in free agency.
On Tuesday, The Athletic‘s Sam Amick …
