Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer claimed he had no knowledge of the deal between Kawhi Leonard and Aspiration and would “want the league to investigate” if another team were accused of circumventing the NBA’s salary cap.

“I’d want the league to investigate, take it seriously,” Ballmer told ESPN on Thursday in his first interview since the story broke following an extensive report by podcaster Pablo Torre.

The Clippers are being accused of trying to get around NBA salary cap rules by feeding $28 million to Leonard in the form of a “no-show” endorsement deal with the now-bankrupt company partially funded by Ballmer.

Aspiration has faced accusations of fraud and one of its co-founders, Joseph Sanberg, agreed to plead guilty in August to defrauding multiple investors.

“We are aware

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