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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 […]

The NBA has opened an investigation into the Los Angeles Clippers’ pursuit of Kawhi Leonard in the summer of 2019, after a man who says he is a friend of Leonard filed a lawsuit against Jerry West. TMZ first reported the story, and Marc Stein of The New York Times reported the league’s probe. TMZ […]

Kawhi Leonard’s first year with the Los Angeles Clippers was full of drama. But Leonard has no regrets about his decision to sign with LA in the summer of 2019. Leonard was a guest on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday night, and he talked about a host of different topics: .@KawhiLeonard on choosing the @LAClippers, […]

LA Clippers‘ star Kawhi Leonard usually keeps to himself, and with no social media, not a lot is known about his every day life. On Wednesday night, however, Fun Guy let everyone enjoy his lighter side when he joined Jimmy Kimmel Live. It was the first appearance on late night television, and if there was […]

Apparently, the Los Angeles Clippers‘ brain trust and longtime NBA executive Jerry West are not responsible for bringing Kawhi Leonard to Hollywood. Or so says one Johnny Wilkes. Wilkes is suing West for $2.5 million on the grounds he was the most significant influencer in helping the Clippers sign Leonard in the summer of 2019, […]

LOS ANGELES — With eight days remaining before the start of the 2020-21 NBA season, the Los Angeles Clippers have a lot of work left to do. After two preseason games against the Los Angeles Lakers, who were without LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Clippers are 0-2 despite Kawhi Leonard and Paul George playing […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have made some revisions to their roster coming into the 2020-21 season. After the first trial of the Kawhi Leonard-Paul George experiment went haywire, the front office knew that changes were imminent to be successful, which primarily was about complementing the team’s superstar tandem in hopes of winning the franchise’s first […]

The NBA is back and the opening night of the preseason featured the Los Angeles Clippers against the Los Angeles Lakers, and Montrezl Harrell’s first meeting against his former team did not disappoint early. Harrell was facing up on Kawhi Leonard in the second quarter. When he decided to take a jump shot, Leonard quickly […]

LOS ANGELES – When the LA Clippers traded for Paul George back in their epic summer of 2019 that also landed them Kawhi Leonard, it was with the understanding that the goal of winning a championship wouldn’t be accomplished overnight and that this was a long term partnership. On Thursday morning, George put pen to […]

On the latest episode of “All The Smoke” with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, Paul George went into great detail on how he and Kawhi Leonard teamed up on the Los Angeles Clippers in the summer of 2019. Leonard was a free agent in 2019, while George was under contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder. […]

On social medial, the running joke is that LA Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard is a robot, or at least acts like one at times. His emotionless style of play and press conferences led people to joke that he’s a cyborg or the Terminator. The joke was fully embraced by Leonard when he and Paul George […]

The LA Clippers landed free agent big man Serge Ibaka this offseason, bolstering their backcourt with a stretch five. The former Toronto Raptors big man played the 2018-19 campaign with Kawhi Leonard, and together, the duo won an NBA Championship. A few years later, the duo is reunited in Los Angeles in pursuit of another […]

The LA Clippers still aren’t over their loss to the Denver Nuggets in the 2020 Western Conference semifinals. After building a commanding 3-1 lead, LA dropped three games in a row and were eliminated from contention. The loss stung the organization enough to make significant changes at the top starting with head coach Doc Rivers, […]

LOS ANGELES — Like most teams around the NBA, the Los Angeles Clippers kicked off individual workouts inside their training facility on Tuesday morning. For new Clippers guard Luke Kennard, it was his first day in the facility he’ll hope to call home for a long time alongside stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Kennard was […]

The arrival of two veteran stars in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George last season was always going to change the team dynamics of the Los Angeles Clippers. It was just a matter of whether the change was for better or worse. The different vibe affected three of their most prominent holdovers in Lou Williams, Patrick […]

Much has been made about the unsavory culture within the Los Angeles Clippers locker room throughout the 2019-20 season. For their part, the Clippers organization seem adamant to resolve this major problem, and one of the most significant steps they have taken to address the issue is by bringing in new head coach Tyronn Lue. […]

Los Angeles Clippers swingman Kawhi Leonard’s star treatment was an open secret by the team last season. It appears that his running mate in Paul George also demanded those privileges but didn’t get the same amount of respect that the players gave to Leonard. According to Jovan Buha of The Athletic, a question that marred […]

After a successful championship run with the Toronto Raptors in the 2018-2019 NBA season,  Kawhi Leonard eventually jumped ship and relocated to the Los Angeles Clippers. Things didn’t turn out the way many people expected for the Clippers in Leonard’s first year with the team. Perhaps even more surprising is the latest reports on Leonard’s […]

The 2019-20 season ultimately came to a disappointing end for the Los Angeles Clippers, who were once considered to be heavy favorites for the title. More and more details have surfaced with regards to how the team pretty much imploded into what turned out to be a memorable campaign for all the wrong reasons. Apparently, […]

The Los Angeles Clippers recently unveiled their new City Edition jerseys that they will be using for the upcoming 2020-2021 NBA season. No other player would be perfect for a reaction video as star swingman Kawhi Leonard stayed on-brand and only uttered a few words in response to seeing the team’s new threads, via Clippers […]

Los Angeles Clippers small forward Kawhi Leonard and his old boss, Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri, stayed at the same hotel at Walt Disney World in the NBA bubble. The Clippers and Raptors were at the Gran Destino hotel, where all the top-seeded NBA teams were living. Ujiri, who woke up at 5 a.m. every […]

When the Los Angeles Clippers signed Kawhi Leonard in free agency and acquired Paul George from the Oklahoma City Thunder in the summer of 2019, Patrick Beverley went crazy in Las Vegas. According to a report from ESPN, Beverley jumped on a Las Vegas dinner table and yelled, “I just won the fu**ing championship” right after […]