Sep 30, 2026 · 1h 2m
Boingo payments widen the Clippers’ Kawhi investigation
The Moment of Troops, the Power Couple and the Clippers' Everything Connection: Kawhi-Gate, Part XVII
The episode examines whether sponsor payments tied to Kawhi Leonard and the Clippers could raise securities-disclosure concerns beyond the NBA’s salary-cap findings.
- 1A 2022 Camp Pendleton appearance links Boingo to a previously unclear Leonard sponsorship arrangement.
- 2Documents identify separate $672,000 Leonard and $1.2 million Clippers agreements signed on the same day.
- 3Former SEC officials frame the deals as possible related-party disclosure issues within a broader pattern.
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The episode reveals documents for a $672,000 Leonard sponsorship and a separate $1.2 million Clippers agreement tied to the same date.
The brief
Pablo Torre, David Samson and Amin Elhassan revisit the Clippers’ secret sponsor arrangements after the NBA’s punishment, asking whether the story extends beyond salary-cap circumvention.
The investigation centers on Boingo, whose relationship with the Clippers and payments to Leonard raise questions about securities disclosures, related parties and what the NBA report left unresolved.
FOIA emails and event documents place Leonard, Uncle Dennis and Jeremy Castleberry at a 2022 Camp Pendleton appearance arranged with Boingo, despite the event’s limited public profile.
Two same-day documents list a $672,000 Leonard sponsorship and a separate $1.2 million Clippers agreement, sharpening questions about the purpose and business rationale of both payments.
The episode’s broader theory is that investigators could examine Boingo alongside the Daktronics and Lockton arrangements, focusing on patterns, disclosure duties and what Leonard knew.
Featuring
Amin Elhassan
Kawhi Leonard
Boingo WirelessListen to the full episode and explore every guest, topic, and moment on PodLume.