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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 […]

The Houston Rockets are apparently open-minded to the prospect of trading Russell Westbrook, and the Los Angeles Clippers have some interest in the high-octane point guard. Furthermore, there have been reports that the Clippers are looking to make a roster-altering transaction or two this offseason. And finally, even Westbrook wants out of Houston. Here’s an […]

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 […]