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The Los Angeles Clippers may have defeated the New York Knicks on Sunday, but young guns RJ Barrett and Immanuel Quickley got the attention of two-way stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Leonard finished with 28 points in the Clippers’ 129-115 victory. However, this did not hinder him from noticing Barrett’s aggressiveness and eagerness to […]

Kawhi Leonard and Paul George returned to the LA Clippers lineup in blistering fashion Friday night. After missing the last two games and being away from the team for more than four days due to the NBA’s COVID-19 health and safety protocols, both Leonard and George re-joined the team Friday morning and were made available […]

The return of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard is great news for the Los Angeles Clippers, and they wasted no time adding highlight-reel plays on Friday night against the Orlando Magic. 💥 Paul George is BACK 💥pic.twitter.com/yH5UDj2DtY — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) January 30, 2021 George came out ready after the pair missed the previous two games […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are getting both of their superstars back for Friday night’s matchup with the Orlando Magic. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are eligible to play after exiting health and safety protocols, per ESPN’s Ohm Youngmisuk. Leonard and George both missed each of the team’s last two games due to contact tracing. The […]

Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard has come a long way since his performance in the 2014 NBA Finals that netted him the MVP of the series. Then a member Gregg Popovich’s San Antonio Spurs, Leonard led the takedown of Erik Spoelstra’s Miami Heat, ending their attempt at a dynasty. Although Leonard was a much […]

The LA Clippers have won seven games in a row and have remained relatively healthy to start the new season, but they face a new test at the start of a six game road trip. Both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George have been ruled out of Tuesday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks due to […]

LOS ANGELES — With Paul George struggling for the first time all season, Kawhi Leonard stepped up to the plate and led the Los Angeles Clippers to a win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday. Tyronn Lue’s club, however, had someone noticeably absent in crunch time. Leonard scored 34 points in the contest while […]

The L.A. Clippers‘ dynamic duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George has been playing at a high level this season, elevating the team to the top seed in the Western Conference. After a very disappointing end to last season inside the Disney World bubble, the Clippers are looking to redeem themselves this year and dethrone […]

The Los Angeles Clippers witnessed Kawhi Leonard and Paul George lead them to a victory over the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night. With the Clippers hitting their stride recently, Leonard spoke about the improved playmaking that he and George have had to begin the season, via Andrew Greif of the Los Angeles Times. Kawhi Leonard […]

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard is known to be one of the more reserved players in the NBA. As a result of that, there isn’t much that people know about him. That’s why in this post we’re going to look at some Kawhi Leonard facts. Heck, some Kawhi Leonard stats, too. Some pieces of […]

LOS ANGELES — Kawhi Leonard added another accomplishment to his already incredible NBA career, eclipsing the 10,000 career points mark. The Los Angeles Clippers needed all 35 of Leonard’s points Sunday afternoon as they narrowly escaped with a 130-127 win over the visiting Chicago Bulls. Leonard reached the milestone during his flamethrower of a third quarter, […]

NBA fans saw an all-out scoring fest late in the game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, thanks to Kawhi Leonard and Zach LaVine. While it was a two-team affair at first, the outing has quickly turned into a battle between Leonard and Lavine–both of whom combined for 36 third-quarter […]

The Los Angeles Clippers were outplayed by the Golden State Warriors on Friday, leading to a 115-105 defeat for L.A. After the game, Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard had some blunt criticism of his squad following yet another late-game collapse. According to Leonard, the Clippers just can’t keep on playing this way: “We just have to […]

Stephen Curry had been in a good groove for the Golden State Warriors heading into Wednesday’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers, fresh off a 62-point explosion and a near-30-point triple-double. However, Curry struggled against LA, posting a season-low 13 points in a 108-101 Clippers victory. While it’s no secret that the Clippers have a […]

LOS ANGELES – While Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and the LA Clippers won an important game against Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night, the focus could never fully be about basketball. Many, especially those in the NBA community, were disturbed by the rioters who marched to Capitol Hill to wreak havoc […]

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard is not a big fan of Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green right now. In just his fourth game back from injury, the notoriously physical Green figured in a violent commotion with The Klaw in their game at Chase Center on Wednesday. Around the five-minute mark of the final […]

LOS ANGELES – The LA Clippers are preparing for the second half of their back-to-back set against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night. For the first time since he’s joined the Clippers, however, Kawhi Leonard is expected to play in the second half of a back-to-back set. Leonard, who isn’t listed on the Clippers […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are hoping for a lot of greatness, especially when Kawhi Leonard is leading the team. On Tuesday night against the San Antonio Spurs, late in the game, it appeared as all was lost. The Clippers, however, had a chance to tie the game and force overtime. Sadly, Kawhi Leonard missed a […]

LOS ANGELES — As Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers prepared to face the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night, news came down from Kenosha, Wisconsin. The Kenosha County District Attorney announced that there would be no charges filed against officer Rusten Sheskey for shooting Jacob Blake in the back seven times on Aug. […]

Devin Vassell had his best game in a San Antonio Spurs jersey on Tuesday, as he helped his squad to a 116-113 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers. The 20-year-old rookie has emerged as one of San Antonio’s most prized youngsters. So much so, that some comparisons have been made to former Spurs superstar Kawhi […]

Almost two weeks after suffering the mouth laceration at the hands of LA Clippers teammate Serge Ibaka, Kawhi Leonard is still wearing the protective mask on his face. Head coach Tyronn Lue says he sees Leonard wearing it for the foreseeable future. Since returning from the injury, Leonard’s struggled shooting at just 36.8 percent from […]

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard matched his career-high in rebounds with an astounding 16 in Friday night’s game against the Utah Jazz. The effort equaled the one he gave against the Dallas Mavericks in April of 2014 when he was still a member of the San Antonio Spurs. Per Clippers PR, Kawhi Leonard has […]

Tyronn Lue coached LeBron James to his third NBA championship in 2016 with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now, as head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, he’s hoping to lead the duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to the same heights and bring the Clippers to the franchise’s long-awaited Finals debut. Early into his first […]

Paul George, Serge Ibaka, and the Los Angeles Clippers got their two-time NBA Finals MVP back in action on Wednesday night. Kawhi Leonard returned from a two-game absence due to a mouth laceration and led the Clippers to a home win over the visiting Portland Trail Blazers. Leonard scored 28 points on an efficient 9-of-17 […]

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers got superstar forward Kawhi Leonard back for Wednesday night’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers. However, Leonard says they team may also lose starting big man Serge Ibaka after recent events. In his first media availability since suffering the nasty mouth laceration that resulted in eight stitches to […]

Kawhi Leonard of the Los Angeles Clippers is known around the league—and by all NBA fans—as being a stoic, solemn presence on and off the court. That makes him ripe for parody by legions of NBA fans on Twitter. Seeing as Leonard was forced to wear a full face mask in his team’s Wednesday night […]

If Kevin Durant suddenly walked away from the NBA right now and called it a career, what would be his lasting legacy? What’s the first thing people would think of when his name gets mentioned? If you run a survey with those questions, chances are that it would yield a variety of answers. Some would […]

Kawhi Leonard sustained a laceration to his mouth during the LA Clippers’ Christmas day matchup with the Denver Nuggets. According to Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints, Leonard will miss Sunday’s contest versus the Dallas Mavericks due to his mouth laceration. Kawhi Leonard will not play today, per Tyronn Lue. Luke Kennard will start in his place.#Clippers […]

LOS ANGELES – The LA Clippers dodged a bullet after Kawhi Leonard went down bloodied late in their Christmas Day matchup with the Denver Nuggets. With 6:10 remaining in the fourth quarter and the Clippers leading the Nuggets 108-97, Leonard went for an offensive rebound, but met his face with Serge Ibaka’s elbow in the […]

Kawhi Leonard is down. The Klaw was rendered immobile after taking a huge elbow to the face from his Los Angeles Clippers teammate Serge Ibaka. Leonard got gashed pretty badly by the errant elbow, leading to a particularly messy ordeal in Denver. Here’s the brutal scene that forced Kawhi to return to the locker room: […]

Since the Los Angeles Clippers blew a 3-1 lead in the second round to the Denver Nuggets, there has been no shortage of finger-pointing as to who was to blame for the debacle in the NBA bubble. Paul George took the brunt of the blame, considering his poor performance in Walt Disney World. George averaged […]

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers decided to hang back inside their locker room and avoid watching LeBron James, Anthony Davis and the Los Angeles Lakers celebrate their 2020 NBA championship. Then, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and the Clippers sent a message to their crosstown rival. The Clippers defeated the Lakers 116-109 to open […]

One of the biggest headlines to come out of the Los Angeles Clippers camp last offseason was how seemingly unhappy some of the members of the team were with how their other teammates had some sort of ‘preferential treatment‘ during the 2019-20 NBA season. Unsurprisingly, it was first-year team members Paul George and Kawhi Leonard […]

It has been a topic of discussion recently on whether or not the Los Angeles Clippers tampered with Kawhi Leonard before signing him ahead of the 2019-2020 season. Despite launching an investigation into the matter, Adam Silver doesn’t seem to believe he’ll find anything that shows the Clips committed any wrongdoing. “All I can say […]

LOS ANGELES – LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard is focused on the 2020-21 season and the team’s pursuit of an NBA Championship, not his impending free agency. His co-star in Paul George committed to the franchise longterm last week when he signed a four-year extension, but that’s because he was eligible for one. Leonard isn’t. […]

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers plan to use Kawhi Leonard in the same ways the Chicago Bulls used legend Michael Jordan and the Los Angeles Lakers used legend Kobe Bryant. Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue spoke with members of the media prior to Sunday’s practice, where he said he has been implementing more […]

The NBA is investigating the Los Angeles Clippers and Jerry West in the team’s pursuit of Kawhi Leonard last summer after a man named Johnny Wilkes claimed he was promised $2.5 million to help lure “The Claw” to L.A. Wilkes told TMZ he received a voicemail from West in July of 2019 in which the […]

On Thursday afternoon, the NBA opened an investigation into Jerry West, the LA Clippers, and the manner in which they acquired free agent superstar Kawhi Leonard during their epic summer of 2019 that also landed them Paul George. This comes after TMZ reported a lawsuit from one Johnny Wilkes, who was a high school teammate […]

Earlier this week, TMZ Sports reported that the Los Angeles Clippers and NBA legend Jerry West, who is currently serving as a front office consultant for the Western Conference franchise, are being investigated by the league regarding potentially illegal activity surrounding the acquisition of former San Antonio Spurs and Toronto Raptors swingman Kawhi Leonard. As […]