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Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer suggested he would welcome the NBA taking a closer look if another franchise was accused of attempting to circumvent the league’s strict salary-cap parameters.

“I’d want the league to investigate, take it seriously,” Ballmer told ESPN on Thursday. “The salary cap circumvention rules are important to the league, and I’d want the league to investigate.”

On Wednesday, the NBA confirmed that a probe was underway. The league is “aware of this morning’s media report regarding the LA Clippers and [is] commencing an investigation,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement.

Ballmer said he was “embarrassed” and experienced “sadness” amid the fallout from sports media personality and podcaster Pablo Torre’s r

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