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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 […]

Is Victor Oladipo out of the Indiana Pacers? If rumors are to be believed, the answer is yes. Reports are swirling that the athletic guard is looking to move elsewhere. If that happens, it will be an unfortunate parting of ways as Oladipo had his best year in the NBA just two years ago with […]

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 Los Angeles Lakers suffered a disappointing defeat on Tuesday, falling to the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 of their Western Conference Finals series. After the game, Anthony Davis was asked about his thoughts on the series, to which his response was eerily similar to that of Paul George of the Los Angeles Clippers. In […]

Some of the role players on the Los Angeles Clippers reportedly think they’re as good as All-Star small forward Paul George, per FOX Sports’ Chris Broussard. Broussard is also reporting that some Clippers players had problems with the special treatment George has gotten from head coach Doc Rivers: "I've been told some of the Clippers […]

After balling out in the NBA Bubble in this year’s playoffs, there’s a lot of hype building around Boston Celtics young superstar Jayson Tatum. The 22-year old is slowly evolving into being one the best two-way players in the league and one can argue that he’s even better than other highly-touted two-way players in the […]

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 […]

Much has been made about Paul George’s disappointing run in the playoffs for the Los Angeles Clippers. He has been on the receiving end of a ton of criticism from virtually everywhere, but as it turns out, even his own teammates were not exactly happy with George following what was a rough postseason showing from […]

The Los Angeles Clippers and Paul George are in shambles. Their humiliating series defeat to the Denver Nuggets in the second round was shattering. The fact that they blew a 3-1 series lead to a relatively inexperienced Nuggets side just made things a lot, lot worse. Some major changes a re brewing within the Clippers […]

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 […]

Stephen A. Smith, Paul George, and Dwight Howard are all aware that Kyle Kuzma of the Lakers has had a long break while waiting for an opponent in the NBA Western Conference Finals. Kuzma, like the Lakers, has lots of time to watch TV and browse social media. Or defend a teammate for that matter. […]

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 […]

The always opinionated Stephen A. Smith of ESPN believes Los Angeles Clippers small forward Paul George is in danger of becoming the second coming of Dwight Howard. On Thursday’s edition of ESPN’s “First Take,” Smith talked about how George could possibly become a journeyman (if the Clippers trade him this offseason), similar to how Howard has […]

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 […]

Overall, the NBA and NBPA did a remarkable job setting up the bubble in Orlando that has kept the 2019-20 season going and, most importantly, kept Covid-19 out. However, when the players are not on the court, the monotony and insulated nature of the bubble can take a toll on the mental health of everybody […]

Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller has some advice for Paul George after the Los Angeles Clippers blew a 3-1 series lead to the Denver Nuggets in the second round of the playoffs. George was terrible in Game 7, as the All-Star scored just 10 points and didn’t register a single point in the fourth quarter. […]

Los Angeles Clippers small forward Paul George got savagely roasted by the Phoenix Mercury’s twitter account after the NBA star played awful in Game 7 of the second round against the Denver Nuggets. George, who nicknamed himself “Playoff P,” scored just 10 points in Game 7 on Tuesday and was one of the main reasons […]

The Los Angeles Clippers pulled off an epic collapse against the Denver Nuggets, losing the last three games of their second-round series to fall short of the conference finals yet again. The Clippers blew double-digit leads in each of these games as they folded under pressure over and over. After the shocking Game 7 debacle, […]

As if Paul George needed to have more salt rubbed into his wounds after his embarrassing Game 7 performance for the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday against the Denver Nuggets. Unfortunately for him, the six-time All-Star had to be reminded of one infallible truth the hard way: that the internet never forgets. Following LA’s season-ending […]

Stephen A. Smith usually has a lot to say about pretty much everything. However, even the outspoken analyst was (relatively) at a loss for words after the Los Angeles Clippers’ “choke job” in Game 7 on Tuesday against the Denver Nuggets. The game hadn’t even finished yet when Smith recorded this hilarious clip, but he […]

Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers were eliminated from playoff contention on Tuesday night with a 104-89 loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of their second-round series. The Clippers, whose main goal was to make a run at an NBA championship this season, fell way short of that despite taking a commanding […]

Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George horrendously missed a 3-pointer in Game 7 of the Western Semis against the Denver Nuggets. Portland Trail Blazers star guard Damian Lillard took this as an opportunity to retaliate at George for the latter’s ribbing of his 30-foot 3-pointers. Via Twitter, a fan asked Lillard if George’s terrible miss […]

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 […]

The LA Clippers lost Game 5 to the Denver Nuggets in surprising fashion, 111-105, blowing a 16-point lead in the process. Paul George finished with 26 points, six rebounds, six assists, and two blocks in the loss. Kawhi Leonard added 36 points, nine rebounds, four assists, and three steals. After the Game 4 Clippers win, […]

After a sensational first-round series against the Utah Jazz, Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray has struggled to put the ball in the basket against the Los Angeles Clippers. Much of that has to do with to do with Paul George and the lengthy wings the Clippers have been able to deploy. In the Nuggets’ seven-game […]

Paul George had some ghastly shooting nights in the playoffs in recent years and the trend hasn’t changed much with the Los Angeles Clippers. It didn’t take long for his self-given nickname, “Playoff P” to resurface in the way of social media criticism, something Los Angeles Lakers guard Danny Green can surely relate to after […]

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic had his way with the Los Angeles Clippers for much of Game 3, finishing with 32 points, four rebounds, four assists, and two steals on 12-of-18 shooting from the field. The big man was shut down in the fourth quarter for a second consecutive game in a 113-107 Clippers win, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Led by Kawhi Leonard as well as the return of Patrick Beverley, the Los Angeles Clippers welcomed Jamal Murray and the Denver Nuggets to the second round with a 120-97 drubbing. The Clippers took the 1-0 series lead and are clicking on all cylinders heading into Game 2. Leonard finished with yet another efficient scoring […]

The Indiana Pacers are one of many teams in the NBA’s Eastern Conference which are hungry for some trophies. The Pacers were a dominant force in the ABA prior to the ABA-NBA merger in 1976 and it was a challenge for them early on. In almost five decades in the league, Indiana hasn’t won any […]

The first-round series between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz delivered tons of drama and excitement, with the Nuggets pulling out a hard-fought Game 7 victory after a wild final sequence. After surviving a war of attrition against Donovan Mitchell and the upstart Jazz, Denver now faces the daunting task of trying to solve Kawhi […]

For the first time since moving to the Western Conference three seasons ago, Paul George will be playing in the second round of the playoffs, giving him more chances to exorcise the playoff demons and “Playoff P” jokes that have been haunting him. With Kawhi Leonard and George (to a degree) leading the way, the […]

Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and the Los Angeles Clippers inched one step closer to their ultimate goal Sunday afternoon. The Clippers defeated Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in Game 6 of their first-round playoff series and advanced to the second round, where they’ll take on either the Utah Jazz or Denver Nuggets. Kawhi Leonard […]

Much like the rest of the NBA community, Los Angeles Clippers superstar Paul George is also grieving the shocking death of renowned American actor and producer Chadwick Boseman on Friday. Boseman, who was only 43 at the time of his passing, succumbed to a four-year battle with colon cancer. The “Black Panther” and “42” actor […]