Call from Clippers owner offending Lakers to try to sign Kawhi Leonard revealed

One of the leaders of the team of Clippers, Jerry West sent a strong message to the Lakers after investigation of the NBA in the signature of Kawhi Leonard.

The NBA is investigating Los Angeles Clippers y Jerry West in the firma Kawhi Leonard last summer after a man named Johnny Wilkes claimed he was promised $ 2.5 million to help attract the forward to Los Angeles.

Wilkes told a source close to the NBA, who received a voicemail from West in July 2019 in which the Hall of Famer claims that Leonard would not be a good fit with the city’s rivals, the Lakers, and more. The alleged voicemail appeared on Twitter Friday morning.

The Jerry West “voicemail”

Sounds like him, yes? pic.twitter.com/cst7cyok4M

— John Ledesma (@JohnnyNBA) December 18, 2020

TMZ also transcribed the voicemail, including comments on the Clippers:

Hi, this is Jerry calling. I really want to thank you very much for trying to help. I heard this morning that everyone in the Lakers management believes they will sign it. I can’t believe he wants to go to that shitty show where he wouldn’t even get his name in the paper and he wouldn’t be the face of the franchise he’s for. Of course.

The Los Angeles Clippers issued a statement Thursday, saying Wilkes’s lawsuit is “riddled with inaccuracies” and calling it “unfounded.” The Clippers they are cooperating fully with league investigators. Leonard also denounced Wilkes’ lawsuit, saying Wilkes “had nothing” to do with his decision to sign with the Clippers and said “no one influenced my mind.” Were the words of Jerry west In the call.