The report was enough to provoke Stephen A. Smith to call for significant punishments for Leonard, the team, and owner Steve Ballmer. And this week, fellow ESPNer Brian Windhorst laid out why he believes the most recent news spells trouble for the Clippers. “This to me is extraordinarily troubling … and the lack of response for days on end here,” Windhorst said on his podcast, The Hoop Collective. In this case, Windhorst said the Daktronics deal has “the appearance of a kickback.” And in contrast to the Aspiration story, Windhorst said, the Clippers have been far less forceful in their denial this time around.