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For those selling the Portland Trail Blazers-Los Angeles Clippers rivalry, Damian Lillard isn’t buying it. Lillard was asked about the so-called “rivalry” between the Western Conference foes ahead of the latest Blazers-Clippers matchup. In a rather savage response, the All-Star guard questioned the premise of the question. “I thought a rivalry was built on the […]

LOS ANGELES — For most people around the world, Christmas Day came on Dec. 25, when they spent time with family and friends to celebrate at the tail end of what has been a grueling year. For Paul George, Tyronn Lue, and the Los Angeles Clippers, Christmas Day was celebrated on Dec. 26, a day […]

LOS ANGELES – The LA Clippers may claim that they’re not trying to send a message to start out the 2020-21 season. Heck, that may even be true. It’s evident, however, that these Kawhi Leonard and Paul George-led Clippers are a much better version than last year’s. In their first two wins against the Lakers […]

This year’s NBA salary cap situation for every team was bound to look significantly different compared to prior years given the ongoing pandemic. That wasn’t the case though as Adam Silver and the Board of Governors sought ways to make the CBA flexible for teams to spend in their usual statures. While that may be […]

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 hasn’t even been 48 basketball minutes since his season tipped off and Paul George memes have already taken over Twitter. The Los Angeles Clippers forward has been at the receiving end of a ton of criticism and jokes over the past few months and was hoping to start anew this term as he suits […]

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Paul George has submitted an extremely early entry for Shaqtin A’ Fool in the 2020-21 NBA regular season. Early in the first quarter of their opening night game against reigning NBA champions Los Angeles Lakers, George tried to give an extra pass to a supposed wide-open teammate on the corner. But […]

The start of the 2020-21 NBA season came pretty fast, hasn’t it? Just over two months since the Los Angeles Lakers were crowned NBA champions for the 17th time in franchise history, the NBA is back on Tuesday night. The action kicks off with Kevin Durant facing some of his former Golden State Warriors teammates […]

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. […]

James Harden’s dissatisfaction with the Houston Rockets has had the rumor mill spinning like crazy over the past few weeks. The 2018 MVP and reigning back-to-back scoring champ has been the most cryptic character in Houston this offseason and the current narrative suggests that he might have played his last full season in Clutch City. […]

The NBA could have been very different, if Paul George and Anthony Davis had teamed up with the Pacers instead of splitting up to the Clippers and Lakers. Davis has confirmed what George told the All The Smoke podcast, that George and Davis had conversations about Davis going to the Pacers and joining George. Anthony […]

Paul George didn’t really have much to say about his exit with the Indiana Pacers in 2017, which ended his seven-year stint. In an appearance on Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson’s All The Smoke podcast, the Los Angeles Clippers superstar revisited the events that led to the ugly breakup. George said he was already unhappy […]

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 […]

Los Angeles Clippers superstar Paul George is one of the premier wing stoppers in the league today. The six-time All-Star has guarded his fair share of great players over the years, but he recently revealed that it was prime Carmelo Anthony that gave him trouble the most. In a guest appearance on All The Smoke […]

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 […]

Looks like Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers is not done firing shots against his former player Paul George. The Sixers coach unleashed a scorching revelation on Friday, claiming that some of the members of the L.A. Clippers locker room were not exactly fond of their other superstar. In an ESPN report, the one-time NBA […]

One of the biggest surprises of the offseason thus far came in the form of the Los Angeles Clippers extending the current contract of Paul George for a whopping $190 million dollars. Unsurprisingly, the mean streets of NBA Twitter had a field day with this recent development, as they trolled George, the Clippers, and their […]

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 […]

Paul George didn’t play particularly well in the Disney bubble, one of the reasons the Los Angeles Clippers failed to win a championship. After taking a 3-1 series lead over the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Semifinals, the Clippers blew the two-game advantage and became the laughingstock of the NBA world. George and Kawhi […]

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. […]

Los Angeles Clippers swingman Paul George had been on record about struggling to find confidence while playing in the NBA bubble in Orlando. But he does not seem to be lacking in that department at present. George was a recent guest on the “All The Smoke” podcast with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson, saying he […]

Los Angeles Clippers star swingman Paul George is signing a massive contract extension with his hometown club despite the rocky ending to last season’s playoffs. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, George, 30, is signing a four-year, $190 million long-term deal with the Clippers that goes on top of his remaining $35.4 million deal for […]

Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul was the latest guest on New Orleans Pelicans shooting guard JJ Redick’s podcast. The two reminisced about their days on the Los Angeles Clippers together, during which Redick threw in a joke about Paul George when CP3 brought up Doc Rivers. Last week, George said Rivers didn’t use him […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo’s future is at the center of the NBA world with under two weeks to go until the start of the 2020-21 season. Antetokounmpo has until Dec. 21 to sign a supermax extension with the Bucks, which he doesn’t want to talk about. Otherwise, he’s ticketed for free agency in 2021. […]

After failing to score a single point in the fourth quarter of Game 7 of the 2020 Western Conference semifinals against the Denver Nuggets, Los Angeles Clippers small forward Paul George has been under fire. Not only did George stink up the joint in Game 7 versus the Nuggets, but he told reporters after the […]

This season the NBA MVP award favorite, according to many betting sites, is Luka Doncic. However, the award seems to be wide open this year. There’s LeBron James and Anthony Davis coming off a title in Los Angeles; Nikola Jokic emerging in Denver; and Stephen Curry’s return with the Golden State Warriors. Basically, there are […]

The Damian Lillard-Paul George beef is definitely still alive and kicking. With everything going on in the NBA right now, the Portland Trail Blazers superstar wanted to remind everyone on social media that he’s still on George’s case. George has recently made headlines after his statement that he wants to retire as a member of […]

Two weeks ahead of the 2020-21 regular season, the finger-pointing following the implosion of the 2019-20 LAClippers hasn’t ceased. The latest back-and-forth began with comments from Paul George during a Dec. 2 appearance on Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson’s “All The Smoke” podcast. The Clippers forward — whose subpar performance in the bubble was highly […]

When the LA Clippers traded for superstar Paul George last summer, it was with the understanding that both he and Kawhi Leonard were coming on board for the long haul. The situation was the same for Anthony Davis when the Los Angeles Lakers traded for the New Orleans Pelicans power forward. Both Kawhi Leonard and […]

Longtime NBA swingman Paul George did not have a happy ending to his first season as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers in 2019-20. George and the Clippers infamously blew a 3-1 series lead against the Denver Nuggets in the 2020 Western Conference Semifinals down in Orlando, where the NBA encountered its most unique […]

Los Angeles Clippers small forward Paul George ripped former head coach Doc Rivers for how the Chicago native used him on offense last season. George went on All The Smoke with Matt Barnes and Stephen Jackson and said Rivers was trying to use him like he was J.J. Redick or Ray Allen, two players who […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]