The Los Angeles Clippers responded to a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by their former strength and conditioning coach, Shelton, who accused the team of mishandling Kawhi Leonard's injuries and engaging in tampering. The Clippers denied these allegations, stating that Shelton's claims are frivolous and seeking arbitration to resolve the dispute.
A former strength and conditioning coach for the Los Angeles Clippers, Shelton, filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in October, alleging that he was punished for raising concerns about the management of Kawhi Leonard's injuries. Shelton claimed in the lawsuit that the Clippers' president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank pressured him into providing misleading information about Leonard's health.
He also accused the team of tampering with Leonard by offering him millions of dollars before he officially signed with the Clippers. The Clippers have denied these allegations and are seeking to have the dispute settled through arbitration. They argue that Shelton's claims are frivolous and that they paid him his full salary through the end of his contract. The team asserts that Shelton is trying to extort them after receiving the final payment of his contract.
NBA CLIPPERS KAWHI LEONARD LAWSUIT WRONGFUL TERMINATION
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