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LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Clippers have had a roller coaster of a season, and it won’t get any easier with not only the postseason coming up, but the free agency decisions of Blake Griffin and Chris Paul if he opts out of the final year of his contract. While multiple previous reports have indicated […]

LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Clippers returned to practice today for the first time in over a month, something they very much needed after a very busy March schedule. Their most recent game, a collapse of a loss to the Sacramento Kings, is still fresh on their minds two days later, and the team knows […]

Despite not selected as an All-Star, Chris Paul is having yet another sensational season. Paul is averaging 17.6 points, 5.1 rebounds, 9.2 assists, and 2.0 steals this season and is helping to lead the Clippers to the playoffs for the sixth straight year. He is also fourth in the league in assists and tied for […]

The outcome of the lopsided game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the L.A. Clippers was no surprise, as the latter came out victorious with a 133-109 final score. Most expected that the Clippers, currently battling for final positioning in the Western Conference playoffs picture, would easily defeat their crosstown rivals who are now on full […]

Despite putting up stellar individual numbers, Carmelo Anthony has not experienced much success during his tenure with the New York Knicks. They’ve had their moments but the Knicks have frankly been a mediocre or simply bad team with Anthony as their No. 1 star. That’s not all on Anthony though. The Knicks have had problems […]

Pop singer Justin Bieber reached out to his Twitter followers last week to get his friend, L.A. Clippers point guard Chris Paul, to the All-Star Game. RT to Send my boy Chris Paul @CP3 to the NBA All-Star Game #NBAVote #retweettovote — Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 6, 2017 The two have been known to have […]

LOS ANGELES – The L.A. Clippers are trying to change their notorious name as the biggest complainers in the NBA. Doc Rivers‘ team is widely known throughout the league and it’s fans as the team that complains about every call. In reality, a lot of teams complain, most notably the Phoenix Suns and the Golden […]

LOS ANGELES – Chris Paul has missed four straight games and seven of the last eight for the L.A. Clippers, a stretch in which they lost six in a row before winning their last two. Paul returned for the Clippers’ meeting with the Pelicans on December 28 following a three-game absence, only to experience soreness […]

L.A. Clippers guard Chris Paul missed his third straight game against the Phoenix Suns Monday night nursing a hamstring strain suffered a week-and-a-half ago against the San Antonio Spurs and is doubtful to play on Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies. In the last seven games the Clippers have played, Paul has played in just […]

The L.A. Clippers have faced a daunting task over the last week-and-a-half: overcome the absences of Blake Griffin as well as Chris Paul while trying to remain afloat in the Western Conference. The results haven’t been pretty with L.A. losing six consecutive games for the first time since Doc Rivers took over as head coach […]

Mike D’Antoni‘s official conversion of James Harden as the Houston Rockets “points guard” could very well be the start of a conversation of his place among the league’s elite at the position. Prior to Friday night’s game between the Rockets and the L.A. Clippers, both coaches chimed in their thoughts about each other’s floor generals. “They […]

Houston Rockets star guard James Harden put up another otherworldly performance Friday night against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Rockets blew out the Clippers 140-116 thanks in large part to the cooking bearded point guard. Harden finished the game scoring 30 points (15 FGA), 13 rebounds, and 10 assists, along with 5 steals doing things […]

After missing three consecutive games as well as being doubtful to play tonight against the New Orleans Pelicans, L.A. Clippers guard Chris Paul is active and playing tonight. While Doc said he won't know for sure until gametime, he did say JJ and CP are "probably doubtful." Has to see how they work out today […]

Toronto Raptors forward Patrick Patterson was a little too quick with the jokes as he went on Twitter to make light of the car accident in which L.A. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan were involved earlier today. Like a good neighbor State Farm is there! Hope everyone is ight tho. #toosoon #yourecovered — Patrick Patterson (@pdpatt) […]

Some of the biggest winners of the newly ratified seven-year collective bargaining agreement are the NBA’s retired players. The new CBA has set up medical benefits for them, as a part of a much larger and improved player retirement package. What spurred this was the shocking deaths of Darryl Dawkins and Moses Malone, both to undiagnosed heart issues. […]

With the Los Angeles Clippers already nursing injuries to key players, fans would hope that they have seen the last of the team’s misfortunes. But it seems that the string of bad luck hasn’t stopped as DeAndre Jordan was reportedly involved in a car mishap. Fortunately, the All-Star center was unharmed. It was initially believed that Chris Paul […]

Despite a brilliant performance in a 111-102 Christmas Day loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, shooting guard J.J. Redick has become the latest to join Chris Paul and Blake Griffin in the L.A. Clippers sideline with a sore left hamstring, according to the Associated Press. Redick tied for a game-high 22 points after playing for only […]

The L.A. Clippers entered Friday night’s matchup against the Dallas Mavericks the same way they entered Games 5 and 6 of last year’s first round playoff series: without Blake Griffin and Chris Paul. Although they were shorthanded, they were taking on a Mavericks squad who entered the night tied with the Phoenix Suns for the […]

The last time a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) came to the table, NBA basketball did not begin until Christmas Day of 2011. A stalemate caused the NBA to lose out on games for approximately 2 months. Fortunately the league and its players did not need another lockout to help through a new agreement, with […]

The L.A. Clippers were dealt a tough blow to their season with the announcement that power forward Blake Griffin would miss anywhere from 4-6 weeks following minor knee surgery. On Thursday night against the San Antonio Spurs, guard Chris Paul left the game with a left hamstring strain and did not return. The Clippers’ reserves […]

It’s the unfortunate truth that frankly no one wants to admit. The L.A. Clippers would love to have a healthy lineup, but playing without Blake Griffin is familiar territory for the team. In their first game since finding out the power forward would undergo the minor surgery, the Clippers went out and manhandled the Denver […]

After months of meetings and brainstorming, it was announced last week that the NBA, together with the NBPA, have come to terms with a new Collective Bargaining Agreement and are one step closer to preventing a work stoppage like what happened before the 2011-2012 season. One of the provisions expected to be altered will be […]

The L.A. Clippers had the league’s best defense in the first 11 games of the season, but have significantly fallen off since mid-November. L.A. averaged 108.8 points per game on 46% shooting from the field while allowing just 92.2 points to their opponents on 40.9% shooting. The Clippers went 10-1 with a 16.6 point differential. […]

The L.A. Clippers announced earlier this afternoon that star power forward Blake Griffin underwent successful surgery to remove loose bodies from his right knee. The team originally called said he would miss 3-6 weeks, but that timetable has now been updated to 4-6 weeks. The 4-6 week timetable would have Griffin return sometime January 17th […]

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Prior to Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside clarifying his comments about L.A. Clippers big man DeAndre Jordan — his point guard, Chris Paul, didn’t need to defend his lob-catching teammate, but instead let the scoreboard speak for him. Jordan had a clutch possession down the stretch, as he ensnared an offensive rebound and put it back […]

With the New York Knicks getting set to take on the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night, Carmelo Anthony‘s team got a practice in on Saturday in L.A. before the game. After practice, Anthony spoke to reporters about the new collective bargaining agreement the NBA Players Association and owners will have to agree upon by […]

L.A. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan couldn’t contain his emotions after finding out his point guard Chris Paul had just notched the first 20-point, 20-assist game of his career following Saturday’s 133-105 shellacking of the Anthony Davis-less New Orleans Pelicans. Jordan surprised the floor general from behind and said to the reporter “My boy just had 20 assists, […]

L.A. Clippers‘ guard Chris Paul had a bigger load to carry on Saturday night as his struggling Clippers were without star forward Blake Griffin and backup point guard Raymond Felton against the New Orleans Pelicans. L.A. needed a big game from Paul, and boy did they get one. Paul turned in possibly the greatest performance […]

Before the start of the shortened 2011 NBA season due to a lockout, former commissioner David Stern made a lot of headlines when he nixed the move that would’ve sent Chris Paul to the Los Angeles Lakers following a trade with the league-owned New Orleans Hornets. Five years after, Stern made a statement to clarify […]

Chris Paul faces a tough decision at the end of this season as he becomes a free agent: to sign an extension with the L.A. Clippers or to find a winning team that could shell out the money for his services. The situation is all the more difficult as he hits free agency at the same […]

The Summer of 2017 provides a huge free agent class full of elite talent like Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Kyle Lowry, and Rudy Gay, just to name a few. But where do these players fall in the ladder of top free agents? That’s for you to decide.

The Los Angeles Clippers fully expect their centerpiece, point guard Chris Paul, to demand a max deal during the offseason, according to ESPN’s Zach Lowe. The nine-time All-Star has made concessions in the past to allow the front office to draw talent to the team. But, with Paul set to be 32 at the beginning of next […]

L.A. Clippers point guard Chris Paul found some time in the fourth quarter of Thursday night’s 113-94 blowout of the Cleveland Cavaliers to take a few selfies with some eager fans at Quicken Loans Arena. He even had some time to chat up some people as the Clippers had blown the game wide open to begin the […]

With L.A. Clippers‘ forward Blake Griffin being rested against the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday, Paul Pierce got the start as the team decided to play small. Up by 10 with only a minute left in the second quarter, Chris Paul made a behind-the-back pass to a streaking Pierce who was wide open. It was a […]

If there is any doubt that something has started to click with the L.A. Clippers this year, the evidence is at its most obvious in the team’s 13-2 start to the regular season — the best record in the NBA. Looking beyond things like points differential, rebounding margin, and real plus/minus, the key to their […]

After a tough loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday, Chris Paul was back to doing Chris Paul things, like this nifty bounce pass in the lane, threading the needle past four Sacramento Kings defenders to find Blake Griffin for the easy lay-in. Just a bounce pass from @cp3. 👀#ItTakesEverything pic.twitter.com/1Bu0h8pYaV — LA Clippers (@LAClippers) […]

L.A. Clippers All-Star point guard Chris Paul thought he had two points in the bag after stealing a lazy pass from Marc Gasol and racing coast-to-coast for a layup finish, but Memphis Grizzlies guard Andrew Harrison came to meet him at the rim with the pin-down block. But that wasn’t the end of Paul, as he […]

The L.A. Clippers have gotten off to the best start in franchise history, winning 10 of their first 11 games decisively. One of the most stunning things about the season, at least from an individual standpoint, is Chris Paul‘s stunningly improved shooting from long range. Paul is averaging 19.2 points, 5.5 rebounds, 8.5 assists, and […]