Swanson: In a tanking world, NBA investigating Clippers for trying too hard

INGLEWOOD — A third of the NBA has called tank, but the Clippers are accused of calling the bank – alleged to have circumvented the salary cap to overpay in their recruiting and re-signing of star Kawhi Leonard.

That’s all being looked into offstage by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, the NBA’s go-to investigative law firm, as the Clippers and Leonard host All-Star weekend in the Intuit Dome, the bold $2 billion basketball arena planted down the street from SoFi Stadium.

Before...