The NBPA source told ESPN that "there is nothing in that contract that is inconsistent with the regular course of business. The only thing that stands out is that language that says 'consistent with his beliefs, which is too broad and too vague. And that is really just a question of good negotiation. If a lawyer said, 'Look, we want to have this language as broad as possible because we can't sit here today and envision all the promotional activities you may be asking Kawhi to do,' and if the lawyer for Aspiration is stupid enough to say, OK, we'll allow that,' then that's just good negotiation by Kawhi's team. But there's nothing on the face of that contract that suggests that this was all orchestrated." The NBPA source then said that while the language in the "beliefs" provision is certainly favorable to Leonard, the source also pointed out that Aspiration wasn't a well-managed company and that it ultimately went bankrupt.
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