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Kawhi Leonard on NBA investigation of Clippers: ‘Nobody swayed my mind’ to sign

LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard was all smiles Wednesday night while being interviewed on Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show. Billy Crystal, a Clippers fan, quizzed the All-Star forward on Crystal’s movies. Leonard told Kimmel why the fictional snow wasset inspired the design of his holiday-themed New Balance sneakers.

One night later, following the Clippers’ 125-105 loss to Utah in their preseason finale, Leonard didn’t flash a grin when describing Johnny Wilkes, however. Wilkes is the man whose lawsuit against the Clippers and team consultant Jerry West has sparked an investigation by the NBA into Leonard’s free-agency recruitment last year.

In the lawsuit, Wilkes alleges that he

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