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PLAYA VISTA – The LA Clippers will open up their season on Thursday night against the Golden State Warriors. It’ll mark Game 1 of what’s expected to be tens of games without Kawhi Leonard as the star recovers from offseason ACL surgery. In his stead, big things are expected of Paul George. Without Leonard, George […]

Playa Vista, CA – Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers tip off their season on Thursday by visiting the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco. The NBA season, however, is already in full swing after the Tuesday nightcap featured Stephen Curry and the Warriors taking on LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. Despite […]

PLAYA VISTA – When the LA Clippers traded away guard Patrick Beverley, they didn’t just lose another role player. Beverley’s roles as lockdown defender, knock-down shooter, and number one hype man are all facets that could be found in other players, to a lesser extent. The toughest part about Beverley’s game and personality to replace […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are gearing for the start of the regular season, and they’ve done that by bringing a familiar face to join LeBron James and Anthony Davis. Avery Bradley is headed back to the Lakers, the team has announced in a release. Lakers announce successful Avery Bradley waiver claim pic.twitter.com/wpVav3SM7C — Michael Corvo […]

Fresh off a surprising NBA Finals appearance, the Phoenix Suns are in the final stages of gearing up for another run. Unfortunately, it appears they’ll have a big distraction with Deandre Ayton on their hands as they try to repeat as Western Conference Champions. Ayton and the Suns reportedly could not agree on a contract […]

The Indiana Pacers are fully committing to their core, at least for now. Ahead of the 11:59PM EST deadline, the Pacers and Malcolm Brogdon have agreed to a contract extension, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. Indiana Pacers guard Malcolm Brogdon has agreed to an additional two-year, $45 million extension – guaranteeing him $89.3 million over the […]

After a spectacular 2021 postseason, Paul George and Tyronn Lue will lead the LA Clippers into the 2021-22 campaign without the services of Kawhi Leonard. The two-time NBA Finals MVP is expected to miss a significant portion of the season as he works his way back from offseason ACL surgery. The Clippers, however, can’t be […]

The LA Clippers were hopeful to have Serge Ibaka ready for the start of the 2021-22 NBA season, but that appears to be out the window. Ahead of Wednesday’s practice, Ibaka told ClutchPoints he doesn’t expect to be ready to play when the Clippers open up their season on October 21st against the Golden State […]

The Baltimore Ravens enter their week 6 showdown against the Los Angeles Chargers with a 4-1 record. Since dropping their first game of the season, an overtime loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, the Ravens have strung together four straight wins. The latest victory came thanks to some incredible heroics by Lamar Jackson. Jackson completed […]

The LA Clippers retained their core this summer when they re-signed Kawhi Leonard, Reggie Jackson, and Nicolas Batum. Just days prior to the start of the season, they went a step further in securing Terance Mann as a part of their future. On Tuesday, the Clippers announced the signing of Mann to a contract extension. […]

Coming into the 2021-22 season, the LA Clippers were hopeful to get their rookies meaningful playing time. Whether in the G-League or sparingly in the NBA, Keon Johnson, Jason Preston, and Brandon Boston all showed flashes of potential in college as well as Summer League. Unfortunately, they’ll be down a man for the next few […]

The Los Angeles Clippers selected Terance Mann with the 48th pick in the 2019 NBA Draft. It was the team’s second pick of the night behind 27th overall pick Mfiondu Kabengele, who was Mann’s teammate at Florida State. When selecting late in the draft, teams are mostly banking on the strength of their player development […]

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council voted to mandate anyone entering indoor businesses such as bars, restaurants, gyms, and sports venues to be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. That means in order to attend a Clippers, Lakers, Rams, or Chargers game, a negative COVID-19 result will no longer be acceptable unless given a religious […]

The LA Clippers won’t be whole while Kawhi Leonard rehabs his knee, but they sure seem to be getting a lot closer to that mark with the latest news regarding Serge Ibaka. Ibaka has spent the last several weeks, including all of training camp, going through non-contact drills and workouts. The 12-year NBA veteran underwent […]

Social media has become ingrained in our day-to-day lives. It’s a point where most of us can’t imagine what we’d do with all the extra time we’d have if some social media platforms went down or are taken away. Everybody has been getting a taste of it so far on this Monday, October 4th, as […]

Kawhi Leonard has spend the last few months rehabbing his right knee following ACL surgery. The LA Clippers star currently has no timetable to return, but a report from Farbod Esnaashari of Sports Illustrated claims that Leonard is currently ahead of schedule in his recovery. If Kawhi Leonard is indeed ahead of schedule, that would […]

SAN DIEGO – When Kawhi Leonard suffered the ACL injury in the playoffs, the expectation was that he’d miss the entirety of the playoffs due to the fragility and seriousness of the injury. Leonard going down immediately opened the door for more playing opportunities for LA Clippers players like Terance Mann and Luke Kennard, and […]

Marcus Morris has been very vocal that his Los Angeles Clippers would’ve reached the NBA Finals last year if they were healthy. Kawhi Leonard suffered the partially torn ACL, Ivica Zubac suffered a sprained MCL, and Morris dealt with flare-ups from his knee tendinitis. The Clippers fell to the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference […]

Media Day and the first few days of training camp have been some of the more explosive days around the NBA. While the Kawhi Leonard was affirming his decision to stay with the LA Clippers and coach Tyronn Lue was expressing his excitement to be back, players around the league were making all the headlines. […]

Tyronn Lue and LA Clippers started training camp in San Diego, California on Tuesday afternoon. The team made the two hour trip to San Diego State University, Kawhi Leonard‘s alma mater. Lue is entering his second season as the head coach of the Clippers, and is entering camp with the same core to the one […]

The LA Clippers held their Media Day, marking the start of the 2021-22 season. Star forward Kawhi Leonard is not expected to participate in most of camp as he’s recovering from surgery on his partially torn ACL. Leonard was a free agent entering this past offseason with an opportunity to explore his options. Although most […]

After the best season in franchise history, the LA Clippers are set to begin their 2021-22 season on Tuesday for the first day of training camp. Kawhi Leonard will be joining the team in San Diego for their training camp, but will not be able to work out with the rest of his teammates. Leonard […]

Paul George and his struggles from the 2020 bubble postseason were very-well documented, but the Los Angeles Clippers star bounced back in spectacular fashion during the 2021 playoffs. Without Kawhi Leonard for half of the postseason, George was able to lead his team to the Western Conference Finals and nearly to the NBA Finals. The […]

The Los Angeles Clippers officially held the groundbreaking for their new arena, the Intuit Dome, last week. The event allowed fans, players, and media an inside look at what Steve Ballmer and the organization have up their sleeves for the world-class stadium scheduled to open in time for the 2024-25 season. Here’s a look at […]

The Los Angeles Clippers and legend Jerry West broke ground on their new arena, which is scheduled to open in time for the 2024-25 season. Intuit Dome, which will be the arena’s name, will have a number of state of the art features by the time it opens. None, however, will be bigger than the […]

The LA Clippers will break ground on their brand new stadium today. The Inglewood-based arena is expected to be ready for the 2024-25 season, and will be named the Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers and Intuit Inc. announced today. Intuit, a global technology platform that makes TurboTax, QuickBooks, Credit Karma, and Mint, will be […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant left his imprint wherever he went. As his stellar basketball career started winding down, he started widening his interests on the off-court ventures. His presence was felt at all times, and no one could attest to that better than Jamal Crawford. Crawford enjoyed an eventful, 20-year NBA career, getting […]

The LA Clippers wrapped up their offseason quicker and quieter than most teams did, electing for a handful of minor moves to improve their roster on the margins as opposed to adding a superstar. Within a week, the organization re-signed Kawhi Leonard, Reggie Jackson, and Nicolas Batum while also agreeing to a deal with Justise […]

The LA Clippers are in the best era their franchise has ever seen to date. Superstars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are Clippers leading the pursuit of the team’s first NBA Championship. None of this would be possible, however, without the shift the organization made with Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Jamal Crawford, and the rest […]

The LA Clippers have an exciting season ahead of them despite the absence of Kawhi Leonard to start the 2021-22 NBA season. Paul George is set to have an MVP-caliber season with all their free agents re-signed and roster re-tooled around him. Still, the Clippers do have some concerns heading into the new campaign. Here […]

With a number of stars changing teams this past offseason, there’s a newfound excitement ahead of the 2021-22 NBA season. Most notably, Russell Westbrook joined the Los Angeles Lakers, Kyle Lowry joined the Miami Heat and DeMar DeRozan joined the Chicago Bulls, but Kawhi Leonard elected to remain with Paul George and the Los Angeles […]

The Los Angeles Clippers moved on from Rajon Rondo rather quickly this offseason. After just 18 regular season appearances and 13 playoff appearances, Tyronn Lue‘s Clippers traded Rondo along with Patrick Beverley and Daniel Oturu to the Memphis Grizzlies for Eric Bledsoe. Rondo, in turn, agreed to a buyout with Memphis and joined the Los […]

The LA Clippers have reportedly expressed interest in free agent forward Paul Millsap. The addition of Millsap would cap off an offseason that included signing Kawhi Leonard, Reggie Jackson, Nicolas Batum, and Justise Winslow, as well as trading for Eric Bledsoe. Teams like the Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers […]

Before Kawhi Leonard even chose the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency, then-head coach Doc Rivers called the Toronto Raptors star the “closest thing we’ve seen to Michael Jordan.” The Clippers were fined $50,000 by the NBA for the comments Rivers made as a guest on ESPN’s NBA Finals special. The thing about his comments, […]

Kawhi Leonard has had an illustrious NBA career that’s taken twists and turns no one saw coming. The two-time NBA Champion, now currently with the Los Angeles Clippers, came into the league as a strong, lanky defender with an offensive game that needed developing. Now, he’s easily one of the best two-way players the league […]

Entering the 2021 offseason, the LA Clippers were very limited in what they could do. They were already very cap-strapped, and their means to improve the team relied solely on re-signing their free agents and trading for players under contract. Well, it was that, and the mid-level exception, which many thought would be spent on […]

The LA Clippers will be without Kawhi Leonard to start the 2021-22 regular season, and there’s really no timetable for the star’s return. Leonard underwent surgery to repair a partially torn ACL on July 12th, and if his operation was a complete reconstruction of the ligament as if it was a partial tear, he would […]

The LA Clippers are scheduled to start the 2021-22 season without Kawhi Leonard. Unfortunately, there’s no timetable for his return following offseason surgery on a partially torn ACL. The team signed Leonard, Reggie Jackson, Nicolas Batum, and Justise Winslow while trading for Eric Bledsoe, setting themselves up for an immediate future without their two-time NBA […]

The LA Clippers have turned their franchise around over the last decade, ousting their longtime racist owner and transforming into a legitimate, respectable organization. While they’ve had a lot of things going for them, they still face obstacles because of who they are and where they play. One of the cons for the LA Clippers […]