Clipper Darrell — arguably the biggest L.A. Clippers fan in the world — hinted to his followers that he might make the switch to the Lakers. To complete the transformation, Lakers rising star Kyle Kuzma told him to change his Twitter handle. Clipper Darrell responded — proclaiming his life-long dedication to the Clippers.

A few days after LeBron James confirmed his move to the Lakers, Clipper Darrell tweeted a photo of him donning the purple and gold:

His followers told him to change his name. Such requests were ignored. But when Kuzma himself suggested this, Clipper Darrell responded:

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One can only marvel at his dedication. The Clippers are in limbo right now. Over the past two seasons or so, they lost point god Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, and most recently, DeAndre Jordan.

The upcoming season is looking bleak for the Clippers. Without the three stars, they are likely to enter rebuild mode and start all over again.

However, a rumor involving Kawhi Leonard might just bring some life back to the Clippers. ESPN’s Michael C. Wright made a guest appearance on the Back to Back podcast, saying that Los Angeles (C) seems to be Leonard's favored destination after the LeBron-to-Lakers news. The defensive stalwart is reportedly not keen on being the second star in the Lakers:

Well, contrary to, and I don’t know if it’s changed. I think that’s what happened. Things have changed. But the Lakers are not Kawhi’s preferred destination anymore. He wants to go to the Clippers. He doesn’t want to go and be second fiddle to LeBron. That’s what I was told. And it was by somebody that would know. And so right now, the Clippers are where he wants to go. But I’m also told, like you know, I talked to people within the Spurs organization and they’re like, ‘well yeah he wants to go to the Clippers, but their assets are shit at this point.’ That’s what I was told.