No matter how deep down the Kawhi Leonard hole investigative journalist Pablo Torre seems to dig, we're only at the beginning of the NBA's investigation into the Clippers star's now-infamous endorsement deal with Aspiration. Think of a standard tampering investigation, the sort we might see once or twice in an offseason.

When the New York Knicks were investigated for tampering on Jalen Brunson , for instance, that investigation opened on Aug. 6, 2022 and closed on Dec. 21, 2022. For the 76ers with P.J. Tucker and Danuel House, the investigation opened on Jul 29, 2022 and closed on Oct. 31, 2022. Essentially, even a tampering investigation typically takes four or five months. A cap circumvention investigation, especially one featuring a bankrupt company and criminal proceedings

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