The Brooklyn Nets were willing to spend a lot to acquire Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, James Harden, and Blake Griffin. Executives with the team knew that it wouldn't come cheap. However, is the team flipping the bill for a lot more than just their on-court talent?

Matt Sullivan, author of Can't Knock the Hustle, appeared on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz and revealed that the Nets are in the habit of purchasing just about anything their stars need...including homes for their girlfriends or mistresses. Uh oh.

"A very high-ranking official with the Nets who had a lot to do with the money said basically, there's a blank check as soon as these guys got here – whether that's buying a girlfriend or a girlfriend on the side a house in California for a week, whether that's just putting up money for the boys and the homeboys and equipment for random s***, they're totally cool with that.

Just renting a house on the team dime. These guys don't pay for a lot of personal stuff themselves. And so, the financial team of the Nets would kind of come every week or so, they'd be like, «OK, we thought we had this under control. We've got to redo the budgets every week.» And they were like it was just a new thing every damn time."

That's not all. Sullivan went on to highlight some rules broken during COVID restrictions, including the team coming together to run a "secret camp" at Kobe Bryant's old gym in California, despite the NBA saying that players couldn't be meeting.

"There's a lot of things that the Nets do that aren't kosher. There's a reason they have this kind of kremlin-esque wall around everything they do. During the middle of COVID, they were working out half the team – well, really, Kyrie, KD and their friends on the team – out in Kobe's old gym in California. You weren't allowed to do that during COVID."

It's no secret that many teams skirt around certain rules and regulations put in place by the NBA but these look like pretty blatant violations that could get the team and its top brass into some serious trouble. No one bats an eye when a team purchases a vacation for its players or takes them to fancy dinners but buying homes for girlfriends? Allowing star athletes to break COVID protocols? If true, that's quite hard to defend.

We will see if Sullivan's claims ruffle any feathers in the NBA or if they let it slide. However, don't be shocked if an official investigation is opened into these accusations.