A $28 million endorsement contract between NBA star Kawhi Leonard, a San Diego State alum, and a California-based sustainability services company, is at the center of a league salary cap controversy.

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said in an interview with ESPN that he welcomes the NBA’s investigation into an alleged circumvention of salary cap rules, denying any involvement in the contract.

Ballmer said he’d want the NBA to probe another club if it were accused of the same violation.

“Salary cap circumvention rules are important to the league, and I’d want the league to investigate,” Ballmer told ESPN.

The former Microsoft CEO also said in the interview that he introduced the six-time All-Star Leonard to the now-bankrupt green banking business, Aspiration Fund Adviser LLC. B

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