Los Angeles Clippers Articles - Page 42

On Tuesday night, during an NBA In-Season Tournament clash against the Denver Nuggets, Paul George was doing everything he can to give the Los Angeles Clippers their first win since finalizing their trade for James Harden. George was the Clippers’ most reliable offensive weapon all night long, shedding Kentavious Caldwell-Pope repeatedly off the dribble. But […]

LOS ANGELES, CA – Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Clippers entered this season with a renewed focus and urgency that had folks thinking, “Hey, maybe this is the year.” With one trade for James Harden, however, the team appears to have abandoned that urgency, falling back into last year’s mindset […]

Get ready for an epic Tuesday night NBA showdown as the new-look Los Angeles Clippers take on the Denver Nuggets in the Mile High City. Join us for our NBA odds series where our Clippers-Nuggets prediction and pick will be revealed. Uh oh. After storming out to wins in three of their first four games, the […]

Former NBA player Gilbert Arenas speaks openly about the Los Angeles Clippers after they suffered another loss with star James Harden on the team. On his show “Gil’s Arena,” Arenas said blatantly that Los Angeles “sucks” as the team is going through some struggles as of recent. “Clippers suck, man… They were sorry before [James […]

The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is located in  Springfield, Massachusetts. Entry into the Hall of Fame is usually reserved for superstar, multiple-time All-Stars and Top 75 all-time caliber players, but Lou Williams fits a different prototype. Lou Williams began his career with the Philadelphia 76ers and moved on to the Los Angeles Clippers […]

Paul George didn’t tell Lou Williams and Patrick Beverly about his trade to the Los Angeles Clippers when they hung out in 2019. The Clippers superstar made the startling revelation when he hosted Lou Williams in Wave Sports + Entertainment’s  “Podcast P With Paul George” on Monday. “Funny enough, because I think you and Pat […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are struggling after the franchise’s trade for James Harden, with Paul George and co. on a five-game losing streak. However, this is not the first time LA has struggled. Namely, the Clippers collapsed during the 2020 NBA Bubble Playoffs after starting the postseason hot. Now, fans are up in arms after […]

Things seem to be falling apart for the Los Angeles Clippers. After trading significant depth to the Philadelphia 76ers for James Harden, the star guard has struggled to perform with his new team. The Clippers have lost five straight games, the last four with Harden active. So is Harden the problem, or did he just […]

Philadelphia 76ers guard Patrick Beverley gave his thoughts on the Los Angeles Clippers and how they’ll perform in the regular season compared to the playoffs. On FanDuel’s show “Run It Back,” the 35-year old said that the team who just made the trade for James Harden will be “awful” now, but will be “dangerous” in […]

Anyone who said that the NBA In-Season Tournament would be a flop was completely wrong. So far, these games have been competitive, they’ve been fun to watch, and the players have seemed to really buy into the idea of competing for something early on in the year. Every one of these games has had a […]

The Los Angeles Clippers’ five-game losing streak has prompted Paul George to speak up on behalf of his teammates. Paul George said the Clippers must figure out how to break their recent five-game slide, per ClutchPoints’ Tomer Azarly. Paul George on Clippers frustrations: “We should be frustrated. We're not winning games & we're trying to […]

A lot of fans are now blasting the Los Angeles Clippers after trading for James Harden. At face value, it looks like their decision to stack up by adding him to the squad with Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, and Russell Westbrook led to a losing streak. They feasted once again after losing to Desmond Bane’s […]

On Sunday afternoon, the Los Angeles Clippers dropped to 0-4 since trading for James Harden with a brutal home loss at the hands of the previously one-win Memphis Grizzlies. The Clippers were largely dominated in this contest, and although Memphis let them back into the game late and gave them a chance to make things […]

The Los Angeles Clippers acquired guard James Harden in a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers last month, and things haven’t gone well. The Clippers have lost four in a row, with Harden playing the last three of those losses. While Harden told reporters that he needs time to acclimate to the team after not playing […]

The Los Angeles Clippers lost their fourth game in a row to Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. It was the third consecutive loss where Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook all suited up to play, with the Mavs loss being the biggest loss of the year. The In-Season […]

James Harden hasn’t gotten off to the best start with the Los Angeles Clippers. After acquiring the disgruntled guard in a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers last month, the Clippers have lost four in a row, with Harden playing the last three of those losses. Following the Clippers’ 144-126 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, Harden […]

Los Angeles Clippers fans’ worst nightmares are coming true through the first few games of the James Harden experiment. They fell 144-128 to the Dallas Mavericks Friday night in what was their first NBA In-Season Tournament game. The Clippers are still looking for their first win since trading for the mercurial guard at the top […]

The Dallas Mavericks defeated the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night by a final score of 144-126. The NBA In-Season Tournament victory against LA was a tremendous rebound performance for Dallas after their recent loss at the hands of the Toronto Raptors. It was also a nice response after Kyrie Irving said head coach Jason […]

On Friday night, the Los Angeles Clippers looked to get back on track in a difficult matchup against Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. And for a while, it seemed as though the Clippers were beginning to figure it out. However, Kyrie Irving led the Mavs back from a 12-point first quarter deficit and the […]

Luka Doncic continued his personal domination of the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday, dropping 44 points, six rebounds and six assists  in the Dallas Mavericks’ blowout 144-126 in-season tournament victory. Making his epic night even more impressive? Doncic shot a ridiculous 17-of-21 from the field against Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, James Harden and company, and […]

The Los Angeles Clippers, once again, are left scrambling for answers after yet another miserable game on Friday night in a 144-126 loss to the Dallas Mavericks to mark their NBA In-Season Tournament debut in ignominious fashion. There are plenty of factors to blame for the Clippers’ blowout defeat. One, the Clips still seem to […]

The Dallas Mavericks did not get off to strong start during their Friday night battle against old rival Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA In-Season Tournament. They went down by as many as 12 points in the first quarter, with the Clippers looking like they’re putting it together. The Mavs, however, came roaring back in […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have been preaching patience after losing their first two games following their bombshell trade for James Harden. But on Friday night, things went from bad to worse for the veteran Clippers team. Despite running out to an early 12-point lead, the Clippers, plagued by familiar offensive woes, simply could not buy […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have certainly been struggling since making the long-anticipated James Harden trade. They lost their first two games with Harden in the lineup in disappointing fashion and as of publication, they were facing a huge deficit against the Dallas Mavericks at the half. For a team that started the season with a […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have gotten off to a slow start to the James Harden era. The franchise traded for Harden a couple of weeks ago in the hopes of providing playmaking and stability to a team led by Kawhi Leonard and Paul George; however, the Clippers lost their first two games with The Beard […]

Head coach Ty Lue and the Los Angeles Clippers are currently preparing to take part in the NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament. The Clippers will get their first taste of tournament action on Friday evening when they travel to face the Dallas Mavericks, and Lue for his part has plenty of motivation to try to help […]

The NBA season is officially underway and the third-week slate carries on with an in-season tournament matchup between the Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks. Our NBA odds series continues with a Clippers-Mavericks prediction and pick. Just over a week after acquiring James Harden, the Los Angeles Clippers have had a tough time developing chemistry. They […]

The season is still incredibly young for the Los Angeles Clippers, who will be in the feeling out process with new addition James Harden for quite some time. Introducing a star into your system (who also might think of himself as a system) is going to be a worthy challenge for Ty Lue, who will […]

Los Angeles Clippers center Mason Plumlee suffered a left knee MCL sprain on Monday night against the New York Knicks. Upon heading back to Los Angeles to undergo further testing, Plumlee is now expected to miss multiple months with his MCL sprain, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The good news for Plumlee and Los […]

New Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden is already feeling the heat after just two games with his new team, as ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins made it clear how things have changed since Harden’s latest trade saga drama on First Take. Molly Qerim: "Will Harden ever be a hero again?" Kendrick Perkins: "Absolutely not. I don't […]

The Los Angeles Clippers haven’t exactly found integrating James Harden into a team with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to be an easy task. Harden was supposed to elevate the Clippers’ offense into unstoppable mode, but instead, the Clippers’ scoring attack has devolved into a turnover party and an overall lack of cohesion, marked by […]

The James Harden era for the Los Angeles Clippers have started with a 0-2 record. After beginning the 2023-24 season 3-1, the Clippers have dropped three straight games, going from the top of the Western Conference standings to the bottom portion of the standings. While it’s still early in the season, Los Angeles has already […]

James Harden, over the years, has gotten accustomed to being the lead guy on his own team. And in the process of being the guy for the Houston Rockets from 2013 to 2020, Harden has built some habits that he’ll be having difficulties getting out of his system now that he’s a member of the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers, in one last-ditch effort to bolster the team’s championship hopes in the Kawhi Leonard and Paul George era, swung for the fences, trading away their few remaining draft assets, along with four versatile forwards, in exchange for James Harden. Harden, for all his shortcomings as a player, remains an All-Star caliber […]

The Brooklyn Nets were in danger of falling to 3-5 to open the year while down three starters in Nic Claxton, Cam Johnson and Ben Simmons Wednesday vs. the Los Angeles Clippers. That fate looked likely when Cam Thomas, Brooklyn’s top scorer to start the season, exited with an ankle sprain in the third quarter. […]

The James Harden gamble has yet to translate into success for the Los Angeles Clippers. The Brooklyn Nets made sure that the new-look Clippers will stay winless since the trade of the former league MVP from the Philadelphia 76ers to Los Angeles, as they brought down Harden and company at Barclays Center Wednesday night, 100-93. […]

The National Basketball Association banned former Clippers owner Donald Sterling on April 29, 2014 amid a racism related scandal that sent shockwaves across the country. Sterling was caught on tape making racist remarks. The Clippers franchise is now owned by Steve Ballmer, who revealed his ambitious plan to change the in-game NBA experience recently. The […]

Brooklyn Nets fans have no chill. Early in the first quarter of the game between Brooklyn and the visiting Los Angeles Clippers at Barclays Center Wednesday night, Nets fans chanted “Daryl Morey” in unison while James Harden was taking his free throws. Of course, Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers executive did not see eye to […]

It’s been more than a decade since the infamous veto by David Stern on the Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers trade in 2011. What’s now known as one of the biggest what-ifs in NBA history for refusing to pair Kobe Bryant with Paul, let’s take a look at the trade that did happen […]