Kawhi Leonard Articles - Page 31

Now more than ever, the NBA has placed an increased emphasis on being able to play defense. Through analytics and video breakdown technology, players are now under a microscope with very little wiggle room to excuse them from being below average defenders. Regardless of how skilled the players are on the offensive end, without solid […]

After Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers blew their 3-1 lead to the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the 2020 playoffs, rapper Snoop Dogg was one of the many Los Angeles Lakers fans who trolled the Clips on social media. However, that didn’t stop Leonard from hooking Snoop Dogg up with his […]

Despite not knowing when free agency will officially begin for this offseason, teams and players are already gearing up for what’s expected to be one of the quickest free agencies ever. Free agent point guard Rajon Rondo will have multiple suitors this winter, including the LA Clippers. According to Marc Stein of the New York […]

Until today, former NBA center Zaza Pachulia could still be public enemy no. 1 of San Antonio Spurs fans because of the Kawhi Leonard incident. Spurs fans will never forget the infamous play that involved Pachulia and Kawhi in Game 1 of the 2017 NBA Western Conference Finals. The Spurs were up by 25 points […]

Newly-appointed Los Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue is not buying into the rumors of a supposed discord within his own team, specifically involving his two superstars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. So much so, that Lue has flat out disregarded the notions that the underachieving Clippers will blow-up its core next season. As far […]

Kawhi Leonard will likely spend out the rest of his contract, if not his career, with the Los Angeles Clippers. After spending some discombobulated time with the San Antonio Spurs and becoming a one-time hero with the Toronto Raptors, he’s possibly begun to plant his final roots in LA as he continues to try and […]

Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal is one of the latest names jumping off the Paul George bandwagon. The Los Angeles Lakers legend won three titles in Hollywood, and he recently stated on his podcast that the Clippers must trade George in order to finally win their own title. Via TMZ: “You gotta use [George] to get […]

Every day since Tuesday, September 15th has been a grueling one for the LA Clippers franchise and its fanbase. After dropping Game 7 and blowing a 3-1 lead in the Conference Semifinals in what was supposed to be a title year, the organization has taken a step back to review what changes needed to be […]

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard appears to be on his way out of the team in the coming offseason, with the front office looking to blow up the entire squad following what turned out to be a highly disappointing campaign. That is if you believe one out of the 20 unnamed sports agents that […]

The Los Angeles Clippers desperately need a starting point guard, and Kawhi Leonard knows it. According to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, Leonard has “privately clamored” for the Clippers to address their point guard position. The team started Patrick Beverley at the point guard spot for much of the 2019-20 season. However, the Chicago native is […]

Just three weeks after parting ways with Doc Rivers, the Los Angeles Clippers officially found their new head coach in Tyronn Lue. Lue, who spent last season as an assistant under Rivers, recently agreed to a five-year deal to become the next head coach of the Clippers. According to The Athletic, the Clippers had a […]

According to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, Kawhi Leonard has “privately clamored” for the Los Angeles Clippers to address their point guard position. The Clippers started Patrick Beverley at the point guard spot in 2019-20, but he’s not a traditional floor general who can score, run a team’s offense and get others involved with elite passing […]

Montrezl Harrell has joined teammate Lou Williams in firing back at the report of Los Angeles Clippers players being upset that Kawhi Leonard was able to control his load management. A report from The Athletic said that Harrell, Williams and Patrick Beverley “bristled” when Leonard was allowed to sit out games for the team during […]

Los Angeles Clippers guard Lou Williams had a rather amusing response to the recent report that he and his teammates were rubbed the wrong way with how Kawhi Leonard was coddled by the franchise. According to Jovan Buha and Joe Vardon of The Athletic, players such as Patrick Beverley, Montrezl Harrell and Williams “bristled” when Leonard […]

The dust has barely settled on the Los Angeles Clippers recently announcing the team’s new head coach in Tyronn Lue, and already, his plans for the upcoming season are coming into view. This Kawhi Leonard and Paul George-led roster will be in store for a number of significant changes with a new man at the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers made headlines on Thursday when they hired Tyronn Lue to be their next head coach. Unsurprisingly, Clippers superstars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George reportedly played a key role in Lue’s hiring. This report comes via Jovan Buha and Joe Vardon of The Athletic: From that perspective, Lue had a leg up […]

The Los Angeles Clippers had to move heaven and earth just to land superstar Kawhi Leonard prior to last season. The arrival of the two-time NBA Finals MVP — as well as the addition of swingman Paul George — almost automatically put the Clippers’s chances of bringing home the crown at an all-time high. So […]

Jimmy Butler has been an enigma for the last five years as he jumped from team to team trying to find the right fit. He clearly found that in Miami and proved he can be the culture-setter that a title team needs. On the daily Locked On Heat podcast, host David Ramil is joined by […]

Two factoids about the upcoming NBA Finals matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat that you’ve : The Heat are the first no. 5 seed or lower since the 1999 New York Knicks to reach the Finals LeBron James has now made more Finals appearances (10) than 27 of 30 franchises The […]

Kendrick Perkins is the latest NBA personality to speak out in defense of the embattled Doc Rivers. According to Perk, the Los Angeles Clippers’ front office used Rivers as their scapegoat after both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George failed to show up during their second-round series against the Denver Nuggets. Perk took to Twitter to […]

Doc Rivers has been on the receiving end of criticisms after the Los Angeles Clippers blew a 3-1 series lead to the Denver Nuggets. But according to former NBA player Tony Allen, the team’s shortcomings shouldn’t be blamed on the coach alone. Allen appeared on SiriusXM NBA Radio where he shared with Frank Isola and […]

Los Angeles Clippers star small forward Kawhi Leonard’s trainer, Clint Parks, ripped big man Montrezl Harrell on Twitter by calling the 2020 Sixth Man of the Year a “double agent.” Parks, who has never been shy to voice his opinions on Twitter, said the Clippers would have been better off with Dwight Howard on the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers made headlines on Monday by deciding to part ways with veteran head coach Doc Rivers. However, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer did not make the final decision before consulting with his top stars. Ramona Shelburne and Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN say Ballmer reached out to both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George before informing […]

Details are now quickly emerging as to what really led to the Los Angeles Clippers’ shocking decision to part ways with long-time head coach Doc Rivers on Monday. As it turns out, one of the most significant factors that led to Rivers’ departure was his failure to properly sort out L.A.’s Kawhi Leonard and Paul […]

The Los Angeles Clippers‘ 2019-20 season came to a stunning end before it truly began. With many anticipating and anxiously awaiting the Battle for LA between the Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, Doc Rivers, Kawhi Leonard, and Paul George’s team failed to even reach the Western Conference Finals despite holding a commanding 3-1 series lead […]

The first domino has fallen. The Los Angeles Clippers have officially kicked off what is going to be an offseason characterized by significant changes. As it turns out, the first major step came in the form of L.A. parting ways with Doc Rivers, who himself spent the last seven seasons as the team’s head coach. […]

The ongoing 2020 NBA playoffs have truly given us some quality basketball action, but the entire thing could have been shelved following the shooting of Jacob Blake last month. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver recalled the time he sat down with two of the league’s premier players, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kawhi […]

The Los Angeles Clippers were sent back to the drawing board by the Denver Nuggets following an epic seven-game series in the second round, which saw LA somehow blowing a seemingly insurmountable 3-1 series lead. It’s going to be a very interesting offseason for the Clippers, with several key decisions that need to be addressed […]

The season for the Los Angeles Clippers recently ended in catastrophic fashion after they gave up a 3-1 series lead in the second round. An underdog Denver Nuggets squad won three straight elimination games, only to take the series against a hapless LA side in Game 7. Clearly, this is not how the Clippers envisioned […]

The Los Angeles Lakers are preparing for the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. Despite being two days removed from Game 7 of Clippers-Nuggets, fans and members of the media are still wondering what could’ve been if LeBron James and Kawhi Leonard faced off. From the moment Leonard and Paul George agreed to join […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are going home earlier than anyone anticipated, and now everyone is looking for who to blame, primarily focused on Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. On the Locked On NBA Podcast, hosts Ben Golliver and David Locke (Locked On Jazz) debate who is more to blame between their two star players in […]

Kawhi Leonard was heavily pursued by the Los Angeles Lakers in the summer of 2019 after winning the 2019 championship with the Toronto Raptors over the Golden State Warriors in six games. The two-time Finals MVP was recruited by LeBron James, Anthony Davis and general manager Rob Pelinka, but he chose to spurn the Lakers […]

After Kawhi Leonard was unable to recruit Jimmy Butler and Kevin Durant to the Los Angeles Clippers in the summer of 2019, the two-time Finals MVP reached out to Paul George and basically asked him to request a trade from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Clippers. The Thunder, who lost to the Portland Trail […]

For NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins, Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard shouldn’t have left the Toronto Raptors. And he laid out some pretty solid arguments to defend his case. Speaking on First Take, Perkins explained why Leonard’s departure from the Raptors to the Clippers was a “tragedy.” According to Perkins, Leonard had a whole country […]

When Kawhi Leonard opted to bolt from the Toronto Raptors last summer, the general belief was that he did so in order to chase another title with the Los Angeles Clippers. That’s now out of the window following LA’s heart-wrenching series defeat at the hands of the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday. As it turns out, […]

Kawhi Leonard’s first season as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers has wrapped up in stunning fashion, falling to the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of the second-round series. The championship-or-bust season comes to an end before the reigning NBA Finals MVP has a chance to return to the Finals. When Leonard signed with […]

The Los Angeles Clippers made history after their embarrassing loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of their second-round matchup. Unfortunately for them, it’s not exactly the type of history any team would want to be part of. LA has now extended their losing streak when faced with an opportunity to advance to the […]

Same old Clippers? With a chance to advance to their first ever Western Conference Finals, the LA Clippers blew a 19-point second half lead and will now have to play a winner-take-all Game 7. And no, this isn’t a line taken from 2015. Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and the Clippers have a lot of work […]

After looking like a lock for the Western Conference Finals, Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers are now just one game away from elimination following their Game 6 loss to the Denver Nuggets. The Clippers built up another big lead in Game 6 at 68-49 before the Nuggets rallied for a second consecutive double-digit comeback. […]