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Now that Kyrie Irving has made it publicly known that he has no plans of getting vaccinated and abiding by the state of New York’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, the Brooklyn Nets may have no other choice left but to trade the All-Star guard. In their quest to capture their first NBA title in franchise history, […]

In the first season of Buddy Hield, he was traded right away to the Sacramento Kings where has spent majority of his career. It has been a tumultuous ride for Hield as there are games where he would convert over six three-point shots, then there are instances wherein head coach Luke Walton would limit his […]

Following a couple of poor outings, Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard bounced back on Friday night in a big win over the Los Angeles Clippers. Dame dropped 25 points and dished out six assists while draining 5 of 7 attempts from downtown. Lillard had the perfect reaction to his performance post-game. Via Sean Highkin: […]

If the LA Clippers are going to make a push for a playoff spot, with or without Kawhi Leonard, Paul George is going to need some help. The Clippers dropped their fourth game in five contests on Friday night to the Portland Trail Blazers, 111-92. The game featured another spectacular performance by George, who finished […]

The Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers will play in a Western Conference matchup on Friday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Clippers-Blazers prediction and pick. The Clippers and Blazers have both had interesting starts to their season. The Clippers have one win compared to three losses, but […]

The Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers have had heated encounters over the past few seasons. It has been an entertaining sight to see these two franchises face off with each other, but the Clippers started their first matchup this season with a 30-point victory last Monday night. That win of the Clippers is […]

LOS ANGELES — Fresh off their first victory of the season, Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers wrapped up their three-game home stand on Wednesday night with a matchup against the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cavs, winners of two in a row against the Atlanta Hawks and Denver Nuggets, marched into Staples Center with […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are off to a 1-3 start without Kawhi Leonard. The two-time NBA Finals MVP is still nursing a minor ACL injury and there’s no specific date for his return. While a ton of Clippers fans are playing the blame game once again, there’s no reason to panic this early on. Yes, […]

Strangely enough, the Phoenix Suns, the defending Western Conference champions, are flying under the radar to start the season. With the more star-studded squads beefing up their rosters, Chris Paul and company have been left quite unnoticed. But perhaps that’s exactly what they want. Since the arrival of Paul and coach Monty Williams, the Suns […]

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers blew out the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night, 116-86. The final score somehow didn’t even truly indicate just how dominant Tyronn Lue’s club was in what was their seventh consecutive win over Damian Lillard’s Blazers. Portland turned the ball over 30 times on the night. They also shot […]

LOS ANGELES — Paul George has gotten off to a hot start for the Los Angeles Clippers. Through two games, that hadn’t resulted in any wins, and it had head coach Tyronn Lue emphasizing defense. LA entered Monday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers as one of the four teams remaining in the NBA that hadn’t […]

Forty-eight hours after reaching their peak, the Portland Trail Blazers hit rock bottom. Chauncey Billups’ new team was embarrassed by his old one on Monday night at Staples Center, falling 116-86 to the LA Clippers. Here are three takeaways from the Blazers’ 30-point drubbing, one every bit as ugly as the final score indicates—if not […]

The Portland Trail Blazers will take on a winless LA Clippers squad at Staples Center on Monday night, but don’t blame Paul George. Picking up right where he left off from last year’s playoffs, George has thrived as the Clippers’ alpha dog without Kawhi Leonard over the first two games of the regular season, averaging […]

The NBA season is back and has been full of action. The Portland Trail Blazers are hitting the road to take on the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Blazers-Clippers prediction and pick. The Blazers and Clippers have had somewhat different starts to the […]

Despite another valiant effort, Paul George and the LA Clippers dropped their second game of the season to Ja Morant and the Memphis Grizzlies, 120-114. The game featured double-digit leads for both teams, but a third quarter scoring drought for the Clippers allowed the Grizzlies to build a 16-point lead they would never relinquish. Paul […]

Saturday night will showcase two playoff teams from last season. The Memphis Grizzlies will travel west to face the Los Angeles Clippers. It’s time to continue our NBA Odds series with a Grizzlies-Clippers prediction based on Grizzlies Clippers odds. The Memphis Grizzlies are fresh off a fantastic first game of the season in the win […]

The Los Angeles Clippers nearly left Chase Center with a win against the Golden State Warriors, but ultimately fell short by a score of 115-113 on Thursday night. Paul George and Steph Curry had their back-and-forth moments throughout the game with Curry’s team ultimately coming out on top. George poured in 29 points to go […]

The LA Clippers finally opened up their season Thursday night, the last team in the NBA to do so. Following a nine day stretch between their final preseason game and their first regular season game, the Clippers fell short against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco. Paul George and Stephen Curry, however, put on […]

As Jack Nicholson memorably said in A Few Good Men: You can’t handle the truth! That’s probably what Paul Pierce is thinking right now after he was named to the NBA’s Top 75 Greatest Players. Pierce was absolutely a beast during his prime years with the Boston Celtics, leading them to the title in 2008 […]

Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is evidently keeping busy while he rehabs from knee surgery. The two-time NBA champion is trying to unite hip hop and basketball by releasing Culture Jam Vol. 1: Part 1 in collaboration with Virgin Music. The album features seven songs, with “Everything different” by NBA Youngboy and Rod Wave […]

The NBA is back! The first games of the season have been giving fans everything they’ve wanted. Upsets, close games, competition at the highest level, basketball has returned. The Los Angeles Clippers will hit the road and take on the Golden State Warriors. This highly anticipated West Coast battle is one you won’t want to […]

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 […]

Four months after the Utah Jazz flamed out in six games to the Los Angeles Clippers in the Western Conference semifinals, Rudy Gobert says he battled severe back pain towards the end of the series. In fact, Gobert said, had the Jazz won Game 6 and extended the second series to seven games, he probably […]

Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George will be relied upon heavily to carry his team for most of this season given Kawhi Leonard’s absence due to knee surgery. As we all know, PG has been the victim of no shortage of criticism in his career, most specifically in the 2020 Orlando Bubble, where he was […]

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 L.A. Clippers will be without Kawhi Leonard for an undetermined period of time, but his involvement with the team won’t be limited on the court. Leonard leads by example, letting his actions do the talking for himself. However, his recent injury has forced him to become more vocal as he tries to help his […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are coming off their best season yet, at least based on how far they got in the playoffs. They finally made it to the Western Conference finals and could have arguably even won the championship had it not been for Kawhi Leonard’s ACL injury. But now that Leonard is expected to […]

Los Angeles Clippers fans everywhere were taken by surprise when the team decided to send Blake Griffin packing back in 2018. This happened barely six months after he signed a massive extension with the team, so not many expected such a sudden and drastic change of heart from the front office. As it turns out, […]

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 big question looming over the Los Angeles Clippers season is how soon, if at all, will they get Kawhi Leonard back? The answer to that question remains shrouded in mystery. And while a lot of it depends on how well the Clippers star’s body responds to the recovery process, we’ve been through this ordeal […]

The Los Angeles Clippers had their best season yet, but unfortunately, it didn’t end up working for them after Kawhi Leonard tore his ACL. Nevertheless, it’s fair for fans to argue that they could have won it all if Leonard did not suffer from injury. While that is something the Clippers will never get an […]

After overcoming the odds and fighting their way through to their first-ever Western Conference Finals appearance in franchise history, the Los Angeles Clippers are looking to keep the momentum going heading into the 2021-22 NBA season. This, however, may prove to be difficult as they’ll be without franchise superstar Kawhi Leonard for the majority of […]

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. […]

It’s a safe bet that Luka Doncic is sick of the Los Angeles Clippers. The Dallas Mavericks star has been knocked out of the first round in back-to-back seasons by said Clippers, which is enough to get anyone steamed. That’s why even in a preseason, Doncic managed to get quite heated at Clippers guard Terance […]

The Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks will square off in a Western Conference preseason matchup on Friday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Clippers-Mavericks prediction and pick. The Clippers and Mavericks will battle Friday night in what will be a rematch of a Western Conference first round series […]

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 […]