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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. […]

The LA Clippers dropped Game 5 to the Denver Nuggets, 111-105, despite a fantastic 36-point performance from Kawhi Leonard. The two-time NBA Finals MVP shot 12-of-24 from the field and 5-of-12 from beyond the arc, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Paul Millsap and Denver’s big second half. After the game, Leonard spoke candidly with […]

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard put Denver Nuggets big man Paul Millsap on a nasty poster in Game 5 of their second-round series. Take a look: Kawhi puts Millsap on a poster! pic.twitter.com/BclX2WDSf5 — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) September 11, 2020 Kawhi Leonard has sneaky hops, folks. The Clippers star is doing everything he can to […]

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers called superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard a surgeon on Thursday, and the two-time Finals MVP showed off his surgical skills against Denver Nuggets All-Star big man Nikola Jokic in Game 5 on Friday. Leonard timed his spin move perfectly and finished the play off with a monster dunk […]

The Los Angeles Lakers joined the LA Clippers on Thursday as being just one game away from reaching the Western Conference Finals. All signs have been pointing to a Clippers-Lakers West Finals showdown all year, but it’s become far more of a reality over the last couple of days. With one win still needed against […]

The development of Kawhi Leonard into a legitimate superstar in the NBA has been something to marvel at. The LA Clippers forward was already a stout defender, but he vastly improved his scoring with the Toronto Raptors and has now shown that he can be a legitimate playmaker with Doc Rivers’ team. When he first […]

Kawhi Leonard has been tearing the NBA apart over the last two postseasons, and he has done more of the same against the Michael Malone and the Denver Nuggets. The Los Angeles Clippers star has been shooting the lights out this season, but did have one of the worst performances of his career in Game 2, […]

The Los Angeles Clippers are just one win away from making their first-ever Western Conference Finals appearance in franchise history. If you asked around Doc Rivers’ locker room, from Kawhi Leonard to Montrezl Harrell, you’d be lucky to find someone batting an eye at that fact. LA defeated the Denver Nuggets 96-85 in Game 4 […]

Not much is known about Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard other than what he or his family really want known. One thing that is known, however, is that Leonard’s mom, Kim, is in the bubble cheering him and his Clippers on. Following a sequence that saw Kawhi hit a 3-pointer, get a steal, and […]

The Los Angeles Clippers convincingly won Game 4 of their second-round matchup against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday, 96-85. In the process, LA has moved one step closer to putting an end to an unwanted record. Should the Clippers defeat the Nuggets in this series, they will be advancing to the Conference Finals for the […]

Los Angeles Clippers superstar small forward Kawhi Leonard blocked Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray’s dunk attempt in Game 3 with his middle finger. Yes, that’s how big Leonard’s hands are. The play went viral, and now Clippers fans who never want to forget the infamous block can get a T-shirt of it. Check it […]

Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and the LA Clippers defeated Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets on Friday night, 113-107, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. In the end, it was the defense that stepped up for the Clippers, holding Denver to just 19 fourth-quarter points on 7-of-22 shooting from the field. There was […]

Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray had some bad intentions when he went up for an insane dunk attempt in the final period of Game 3 against the Los Angeles Clippers. Unfortunately for him, it was Kawhi Leonard who met him at the rim. Sure enough, Murray’s poster attempt quickly turned into what was easily the […]

When Kawhi Leonard left the Toronto Raptors for the Los Angeles Clippers last offseason, the prevailing thought around the NBA was that Marc Gasol and Co. wouldn’t be an elite squad anymore. Fast forward to today and the Raptors are in the second round of the 2020 playoffs, tied with the Boston Celtics at 2-2 […]

Whatever Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and the Los Angeles Clippers did offensively against Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the Western Conference Semifinals, they seemed to do the exact opposite in Game 2. A sluggish defensive start also didn’t help matters. The Nuggets evened the series up at 1-1 after a […]

Jamal Murray of the Denver Nuggets has made mincemeat of defenses throughout the 2020 NBA Playoffs, sometimes embarrassing defenders in the process. Add Kawhi Leonard to the list. Now, he adds one of the game’s best players on that list.  The 23-year old Canadian crossed over LA Clippers forward and reigning Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard, […]