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The Los Angeles Clippers are discussing a possible contract extension with Paul George, though it doesn’t sound like the two sides are close to coming to an agreement. Paul George told reporters Wednesday that contract talks between himself and the Clippers are active. “It’s active, but both sides have to be on the same page […]

Los Angeles Clippers guard Terance Mann has played just four seasons in the NBA, but it seems like he’s been around for far longer than he’s actually been. It’s a testament to the way he nails the little things on the court that make it seem as though he’s a seasoned veteran already, but it’s […]

The Los Angeles Clippers roster, as presently constructed, has a glaring hole at the four. None of the options they have at the position look particularly enticing; Kenyon Martin Jr. isn’t a high-level floor spacer, Nicolas Batum has shown signs of aging, especially in the 2023 playoffs, and Robert Covington remains a question mark with […]

For the past four years, the Los Angeles Clippers have placed an inordinate amount of emphasis on getting to the postseason in tip-top shape. As a result, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George have tended to miss a lot of time due to load management. But the 2023 playoffs proved to be a hard lesson for […]

The NBA faced a lot of shakeups after the trade deadline. Rosters already look unrecognizable from what they were just half a season ago. This is just a testament to how much player empowerment has peaked in the league. All of this swept the Los Angeles Clippers’ moves under the rug but they still remained […]

James Harden is still pushing to get traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, but after the Philadelphia 76ers’ initial negotiations failed, it looks like a deal is far from happening. Harden didn’t show up during the Sixers’ media day on Monday, raising questions about his participation in the team’s training camp. He was reportedly “upset” […]

PLAYA VISTA, CA — If the focus is to continue bringing in high-character individuals into the organization, then the Los Angeles Clippers are putting a lot of faith in the hands of 19-year old Josh Primo. Primo, who turns 20 years old on Christmas Eve, signed a two-way contract with the Clippers a few days […]

Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard left the door open to playing for Team USA in the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Leonard notoriously doesn’t care much for the spotlight or any excess media attention. Fans rarely hear from him when he’s not playing for the Clippers. At NBA Media Day, however, Leonard said he actually […]

Are the Clippers NBA championship bound in 2023? That depends on who you ask. The Clippers have a talented superstar trio of Russell Westbrook, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, but luck, and health, have not been on their side. Westbrook’s comments came on a day when Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard fired back at the NBA […]

Over the last few years, Russell Westbrook has been constantly on the move in the NBA. Since parting ways with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2019, the former league Most Valuable Player has played for the Houston Rockets, Washington Wizards, and the Los Angeles Lakers before signing with the Los Angeles Clippers back in February.  […]

Russell Westbrook is no stranger to criticism for his on-court performance – criticism which most would agree has at times been over the top. But a consistent theme throughout the course of his career has been the adulation of his teammates, with glowing reports of what he is like to be on a team with […]

Load management has been in a lot of NBA fans’ vocabulary. It is often done when a star player paces themselves, does not play in a nationally televised game, or when a coach decides to rest multiple stars against a losing team. This devalues some tickets and fan experiences given that they wanted to see […]

James Harden is putting his feet on the ground, refusing to budge on his trade demands three months after initially declaring that he wanted out of the Philadelphia 76ers. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, Harden did not attend the Sixers’ media day on Monday morning, remaining “upset” that the team hasn’t yet given in […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are planning to sign free agent guard Josh Primo to a two-way contract, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The news comes just several hours after the 20-year-old was suspended for four games by the NBA for exposing himself to women. Primo, the No. 12 overall pick of the 2021 NBA draft, […]

The Philadelphia 76ers would probably love to find a way to turn James Harden into Jrue Holiday. Just don’t expect the Sixers to make it happen. Despite speculation of a three-way trade that would put Jrue Holiday on the Sixers and Harden on the Los Angeles Clippers, no such deal appears to be on the […]

After a massive blockbuster trade that saw Damian Lillard head to Milwaukee and Jrue Holiday land in Portland, the Los Angeles Clippers should be blowing up the Blazers’ phones in an effort to land Jrue Holiday in a trade. The Clippers won’t be alone in a pursuit to land Holiday, as he’s the perfect third […]

Philadelphia 76ers’ disgruntled star James Harden is left with few options at the moment. While he’s been adamant about his desire to be traded, the Los Angeles Clippers have walked away from negotiations with the Sixers. No other team has shown serious interest in acquiring him, which means the guard is essentially a rock in […]

The trade of Damian Lillard to the Milwaukee Bucks took the NBA world by storm on Wednesday, but when it was revealed that Jrue Holiday was heading to the Portland Trail Blazers in the deal and would be flipped to another contender, that created another story to watch before the start of the season, and […]

The Milwaukee Bucks made things a whole lot more interesting heading into NBA training camp by landing Damian Lillard. This is bad, bad news for the Philadelphia 76ers, who now see one of their superior conference adversaries get even better. There is a way the Sixers can salvage the situation, though: bringing back Jrue Holiday. […]

With the 2023-24 NBA season rapidly approaching, teams are in the process of filling out their training camp roster. With the biggest domino left falling into place this week, the rest of the league can breathe and finish any roster questions they still have left. The Los Angeles Clippers were involved in trade discussions this […]

Blockbuster deals are the best type of trades, especially when they come out of left field. That’s what happed Wednesday afternoon when the Milwaukee Bucks swooped in out of nowhere to swing a massive trade with the Portland Trail Blazers for seven-time All-Star and All-NBA player Damian Lillard. Shams Charania of The Athletic laid out […]

The NBA didn’t single out any team or player specifically when announcing new rest rules for the upcoming season. It doesn’t take much deduction or critical thinking for even the most casual NBA fan to know exactly which franchise is bound to be most affected by the player participation policy. Unsurprisingly, betting markets have taken […]

Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers never had the chance to realize their championship dreams in 2022-23. Not only was George sidelined in late March by a nagging right knee sprain that caused him to miss the postseason’s entirety, but Kawhi Leonard—dealing with his own sprained right knee, suffered in Game 2 of the […]

More than 50 years after they entered the NBA as the Buffalo Braves in 1970, the Los Angeles Clippers are still yet to achieve the ultimate success. They’ve never even made it out of the Western Conference, and up until 2010 were wildly unsuccessful, making the postseason just seven times in 40 years. But despite […]

Over two months have passed since James Harden opted into his contract with the Philadelphia 76ers for the 2023-24 season with the intention of receiving a trade to his intended destination — the Los Angeles Clippers. Alas, things haven’t exactly gone according to plan for The Beard. With only a little over a month to […]

This might be the first season since Kawhi Leonard and Paul George joined the Los Angeles Clippers that they don’t have any preseason hype. Injuries have dashed their championship aspirations the past couple of years and it seems like fans and pundits alike have jumped off the Clippers championship bandwagon. The fact remains that if […]

Patrick Beverley made it abundantly clear that he doesn’t like the fact that Los Angeles Clippers stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are being used as the poster boys of load management. In his own words, the new Philadelphia 76ers guard said it’s “f**ked up” that Leonard, George and the Clippers are always being associated […]

When Steve Ballmer bought the Los Angeles Clippers in 2014, he envisioned the organization becoming a championship contender, something they have never been known to be. Living in the shadow of the Los Angeles Lakers in the same arena, the Clippers have never truly been viewed as a real force in the Western Conference. The […]

With the Philadelphia 76ers set to officially begin their training camp on October 3, the time to reach a peaceful resolution with James Harden is running out. Many fans expect the 10-time All-Star to strong-arm the Sixers into a trade, but it seems that his preferred destination of the Los Angeles Clippers is no longer […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are one of the most exciting teams in the NBA. They have a talented roster that has the potential to compete for a championship. However, as the team prepares for the 2023-24 NBA season, there is one player who may be in danger of losing his starting job during training camp. […]

In late June, the Celtics were hours away from sending Malcolm Brogdon across the country. The 2023 Sixth Man of the Year was going to be involved in a three-team deal that’d trade him to the Los Angeles Clippers and bring Kristaps Porzingis to Boston. However, Brogdon’s recent injury to his shooting arm halted the […]

As training camp fast approaches, it seems increasingly unlikely James Harden will get his wish of a trade to the LA Clippers. Daryl Morey and the Philadelphia 76ers’ refusal to accept a mediocre return for the future Hall-of-Famer, though, isn’t the only obstacle that could prevent Harden from playing the 2023-24 season in his native […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are hoping that superstars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are able to make it through the 2023-24 season injury-free. Both Leonard and George have dealt with various injuries during their tenures that have kept the Clippers short of their ultimate goal of a championship. However, the duo got an optimistic update […]

It felt like eons ago when Damian Lillard’s trade request from the Portland Trail Blazers went public back on July 1st. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski has reported that the Miami Heat are Lillard’s preferred landing spot. But it’s been 2.5 months and there has been zero movement on that trade front whatsoever. There hasn’t been much […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are a franchise seemingly forever in the shadow of the rival Los Angeles Lakers. Owner Steve Ballmer has made it has mission to change all of that, and it could start with changing the way fans interact with his product in the near future. Ballmer’s epic plan to modernize the NBA […]

They are not. That’s right. They are not affected by it. The amount of notable social media accounts using photos of LA Clippers stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George as the poster children for the load management debates and news about the NBA’s new Player Participation Policy is staggering and hilarious. If anything because it’s […]

Time might be running out on the LA Clippers. Just over four years after Kawhi Leonard and Paul George rocked the NBA world by combining forces in their native Southern California, both superstars have the option to hit free agency next summer. Leonard and George are currently eligible for contract extensions, too, but there have […]

Is time running out on the Los Angeles Clippers’ championship chances? Perhaps not, for as long as Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are on the roster, they will always have a puncher’s chance of giving arguably the most inept franchise in NBA history its first-ever championship. However, given where they stand on the league’s totem […]

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is always looking for ways to put his franchise on the cutting edge of the fan experience. While Ballmer’s team hasn’t yet gotten over the championship hump during his tenure, the charismatic owner is still hoping to find a way to optimize the home environment for Los Angeles. Recently, […]