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LeBron James signs $15M-a-year ad deal with Polymarket

  • James's annual compensation is $15M, contract term undisclosed
  • James promotes Polymarket as an advertising face, not as an investor
  • The NBA fined the Clippers $30M on September 2 and stripped 5 first-round picks
  • Kawhi Leonard fined $700K for outside income circumventing the cap
Why it matters: The case sets a precedent: large advertising deals between players and crypto or prediction platforms could come under NBA scrutiny for salary cap circumvention.
Source: TokenPost