NBA suspends Clippers owner Ballmer for one year in Kawhi Leonard salary cap probe

* NBA suspends Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for one year over salary cap violations. * Team fined $30M, forfeits five first-round picks for Kawhi Leonard-related misconduct. * Clippers executives also suspended; Leonard fined $700K for rule violations. The NBA suspended Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer for one year and fined the team $30 million for violating salary cap rules related to Kawhi Leonard. The team must forfeit five first-round draft picks (2029-2033). Leonard was fined $700,000. President Gillian Zucker was suspended without pay for one year, and President Lawrence Frank for six months. The league will monitor the team for five years.