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The LA Clippers have been rolling over the last few weeks, climbing as high as the fourth seed in the West. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to get star Kawhi Leonard into the 2023 NBA All-Star Game. All-Star Reserves were announced on Thursday night, in a special TNT pre-game show. Head coaches in the NBA voted […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are set to face Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum on Thursday night. The Clippers got superstar forward Kawhi Leonard back this season after he missed the entire 2021-22 season rehabbing his torn right ACL. As the injury-riddled 2022-23 season continues and Leonard is closely monitored, it leads […]

Kawhi Leonard and Paul George suited up for the LA Clippers once again on Tuesday, and it resulted in another win. The Clippers defeated the Chicago Bulls, 108-103, giving them their sixth win in the last seven games. All six wins have come when Leonard and George were active. Slowly but surely, it appears the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have been highly aggressive in their pursuit of point guard help and star forward Kawhi Leonard has plenty to do with that. “Leonard has made it clear to the Clippers front office that he would welcome a point guard addition,” Action Network’s Matt Moore relays. “It’s no surprise that two of […]

Los Angeles Clippers forwards Kawhi Leonard and Paul George were ruled as “out” before the Clippers face the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday, according to ESPN Cleveland Cavs reporter Danny Cunningham. George is averaging 23.5 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game in 36 games played with the Clippers this season. The former Pacers and […]

LOS ANGELES – After a rough stretch with no end in sight, the LA Clippers have won four in a row entering their most important stretch of the season to date. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George will play their fifth consecutive game together on Saturday against the Atlanta Hawks, where LA will try to win […]

LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard and Los Angeles Clippers have won three games in a row, the latest over the Los Angeles Lakers. Around the league, however, much of the noise is around LeBron James, who is expected to become the NBA’s all-time scoring leader sometime in the next few weeks. James, who scored 46 […]

The Los Angeles Clippers’ trade outlook has grown uncertain amid their mediocre 2022-2023 season. With that being said, LA is reportedly “not considering” a Kawhi Leonard trade, per The Athletic’s Law Murray. The Paul George-Kawhi Leonard star-studded duo hasn’t led to the results Los Angeles was originally looking for. But injuries have obviously played a […]

Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers marched into San Antonio on Friday and took care of the rebuilding Spurs by a score of 131-126, with fans getting another glimpse of one of the greatest players in franchise history who helped them win a title in 2014. By no surprise, Leonard also shared a special […]

Atlanta Hawks guard Dejounte Murray is one of the best two-way players in the league and truly takes pride in his ability to shut down opponents. While playing for the San Antonio Spurs under Gregg Popovich helped shape him into a defensive menace, it was actually Kawhi Leonard who urged Murray to take pride in […]

Kawhi Leonard and Paul George have been on the floor together just once in the Los Angeles Clippers‘ last seven games. Both players have been dealing with respective injuries but it now looks like both stars are now on the mend. Kawhi Leonard, Paul George injury status vs. Spurs The Clippers are slated to take […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are in Salt Lake City Wednesday to face the Utah Jazz as they look to avoid falling below .500 for the first time since November. However, Ty Lue’s squad will have their work cut out for them. Per Law Murray of The Athletic, both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are sidelined […]

LOS ANGELES – If the Los Angeles Clippers are to have any hope of making a championship run this season, they’ll need everyone to pick up their play. Kawhi Leonard has picked up right where he left off before his ACL injury, and Sixers star Joel Embiid believes the best is yet to come. Leonard […]

It’s not a secret at this point that the Los Angeles Lakers openly wanted Kawhi Leonard. The ex-San Antonio Spurs star was one of the hottest names on the market, aside from LeBron James, of course. It’s no surprise, then, that former Lakers GM Magic Johnson used the appeal of Kawhi Leonard in LA to […]

It has not been the easiest season for Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers. Despite entering the 2022-23 campaign, with plenty of high hopes with the impending return of Leonard from an ACL injury that kept him out for the entirety of last season, the Clippers have had bouts with inconsistencies. Moreover, both Leonard […]

LOS ANGELES — After weeks and months of trials and experiments, Tyronn Lue finally rolled out what Los Angeles Clippers fans have been begging for. Tuesday night’s win over the Dallas Mavericks featured the highly anticipated “Wingstop” lineup. Even without Paul George, the Kawhi Leonard-led Clippers finally looked like what many people thought they would. […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are slated for a marquee matchup on Tuesday night against one of the top teams in the Western Conference in the Dallas Mavericks. Unfortunately for the Clippers, they will be entering that contest shorthanded with Paul George popping up on the injury report yet again. The Clippers have officially tagged George […]

LOS ANGELES — Despite a season-high 38 minutes from Kawhi Leonard, the Los Angeles Clippers dropped their sixth straight game on Sunday night to the Atlanta Hawks, 112-108. The game featured a new, surprising starting lineup by head coach Tyronn Lue, who inserted Terance Mann and Nicolas Batum in place of the healthy Reggie Jackson […]

Tyronn Lue didn’t waste any time in waving the white flag as the Los Angeles Clippers got walloped by the Denver Nuggets on Thursday. Kawhi Leonard’s beliefs, at least in that instance, didn’t align with his coach’s. The Clippers were down a whopping 34 points at halftime in Denver and would have needed a Herculean […]

Kawhi Leonard’s body hasn’t been the same since Zaza Pachulia undercut his landing spot during the 2017 NBA playoffs. Since then, Leonard has had to sit out games due to injury, particularly on one leg of a back-to-back set, to remain healthy for when it truly matters: the postseason. However, with the Los Angeles Clippers […]

Veteran sports commentator Stephen A Smith didn’t hide his disappointment on the Los Angeles Clippers after the team got obliterated by the Denver Nuggets on Thursday. Nikola Jokic and co. made easy work of the star-studded Clippers lineup featuring Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, dismantling the team by way of a 31-point drubbing at Peps […]

After winning a title with the Toronto Raptors in 2019, Kawhi Leonard decided to jump ship to become a free agent. Naturally, he was the biggest prize in the market at that point in time, with more than a few teams in the league wanting a piece of the Kawhi action. Leonard eventually picked the […]

Los Angeles Clippers’ stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are both listed as questionable for their clash vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday night, per Tomer Azarly. Azarly also reports that Nicholas Batum will remain out for LA. The Clippers feature no shortage of talent and potential. But injury concerns have been a factor for […]

From the get-go, the Los Angeles Clippers just didn’t have it against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets on Thursday night. They played uninspired basketball, settling for one contested jumpshot after another as they scuffled to a 34-point halftime deficit. Simply put, that was not a performance befitting of a team led by two bonafide […]

With only John Wall and Nicolas Batum on the injury report, many expected the Thursday night contest between the Los Angeles Clippers and Denver Nuggets to be a nip-and-tuck, superstar-laden affair. Both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George were healthy, which meant that at the very least, they could give Nikola Jokic and the Western Conference-leading […]

The Los Angeles Clippers dodged a major bullet when Paul George suited up for their Thursday night matchup against the Denver Nuggets despite his hamstring tweak. Moreover, the Clippers would also have Kawhi Leonard back in action following his absence during their previous game due to a non-COVID illness. The Clippers may have lost three […]

PLAYA VISTA, CA – The Los Angeles Clippers are hoping to have Kawhi Leonard and Paul George for at least one of their upcoming two-game road trip. The injury update on the star duo is that they’ll travel on the two-game trip, but will be listed as ‘Questionable.’ The team will face the Denver Nuggets […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will be looking to end a two-game losing skid on Monday at home against the Miami Heat, but they could be without a key figure. Kawhi Leonard, who appears to be finally injury-free, is dealing with a non-COVID illness and is listed as questionable here, as reported by Tomer Azarly. Leonard […]

Kawhi Leonard and Norman Powell won an NBA Championship together with the Toronto Raptors in 2019, and were reunited in 2022 after Powell was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers back in February. Leonard and Powell made their return to Toronto for the first time in three years in a 124-113 win over the Raps […]

Kawhi Leonard will forever be linked to the Toronto Raptors in a way nobody else who spent just one season with a franchise will ever be. The Los Angeles Clippers forward validated that after LA’s 124-113 win over the Canadian side on Tuesday. Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue gave Leonard, who has not played in […]

Kawhi Leonard’s lone season calling north of the US border home was the stuff of Toronto Raptors fans’ dreams. Leonard led the Raptors to their first-ever championship in franchise history, endearing himself to their fans for life despite fleeing for the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency not too long after. And as evidenced by […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are set to face Pascal Siakam and the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday night. The Clippers got superstar forward Kawhi Leonard back this season after he missed the entire 2021-22 season rehabbing his torn right ACL. As the injury-riddled 2022-23 season continues and Leonard is closely monitored, it leads […]

‘Tis the season to be jolly. The always-entertaining Kawhi Leonard seemed to have gotten the memo as the Los Angeles Clippers superstar was spotted partying it up during teammate Paul George’s recent Christmas party. Kawhi was photographed having the time of his life during the holiday shindig. Don’t hurt yourself, Mr. Leonard! Paul George and Kawhi […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are set to face Bradley Beal and the Washington Wizards at Crypto Dot Com Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Clippers got superstar forward Kawhi Leonard back this season after he missed the entire 2021-22 season rehabbing his torn right ACL. As the injury-riddled 2022-23 season continues and Leonard is closely monitored, […]

LOS ANGELES, CA — Thirty-one games through the 2022-23 NBA season, the Los Angeles Clippers still have more questions than answers. And now, frustration is mounting on the team as they continue to play shorthanded without Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Thursday night’s game between the Clippers and Phoenix Suns marked the ninth game this […]

Just like several other NBA and Los Angeles Clippers fans, Kendrick Perkins is tired of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George sitting out games just to rest, aka the popular load management. Leonard and George missed the Clippers’ showdown with the Phoenix Suns on Thursday due to various reasons. The team cited “right knee injury management” […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will be shorthanded when they take on the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night. After defeating the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Clippers will be without Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Reggie Jackson against Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns. Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Reggie Jackson are all OUT vs. the Suns. Norman […]

Kawhi Leonard looked like he was in mid-season form already on Tuesday in a huge win over the Boston Celtics. Apparently, it wasn’t just his game that was in prime form at this point in the season, with his trolling also looking like it was at an equally elite level already. Kawhi was his usually […]

Finally. After more than a third of the season has already gone by, Los Angeles Clippers fans were treated to a vintage Kawhi Leonard performance. It came at a great time too, with LA taking down the league-best Boston Celtics on Monday, 113-93, thanks to Kawhi’s heroics. After the game, Leonard was asked by reporters […]