They were a sponsor of the Clippers, IIRC they were actually the jersey sponsor for the Clippers. So if Kawhi is on the Clippers (and thus the team is better w/more attention), the value the scam tree company gets from their sponsorship is greater.
Kawhi being on the Lakers is worth $27Million extra to the sponsors?
If the sponsors were really fraudulent, wouldn't they want to make as much money as possible? Not give it away?
I know this is the super fishy part, but I just don't know how Ballmer/Clippers can get away with this explanation, unless I'm missing something.