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Sixers guard and “The Pat Bev Pod” star Patrick Beverley has an interesting theory regarding D’Angelo Russell joining the bench unit for the Lakers. Beverly on the latest edition of his podcast brought up Russell being moved to the bench and compared it to Los Angeles coach Darvin Ham benching Russell Westbrook a few games […]

Christmas Day in the NBA is where stars shine the brightest. Christmas games are the biggest and most watched NBA games during the regular season. The teams and players chosen to play on the big day are always the best and most marketable in the league, and matchups are created with the idea of getting […]

Back when the Thunder first moved to Oklahoma City and rebranded from the Seattle Supersonics, they needed an identity to help pull in fans and establish themselves in the NBA. Russell Westbrook, along with Kevin Durant and James Harden, helped establish that. Westbrook remained on the team after Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors […]

The trio of Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and James Harden gets a lot of attention for the Los Angeles Clippers, but Russell Westbrook has been a key member of the team. One area that Russell Westbrook has made a big difference is on the defensive end, and he made sure people knew that when talking […]

Super teams have been relevant in the NBA for decades. However, this particular season there don’t seem to be too many super teams. Instead, we have several amazing duos. With that in mind, NBA legend, Carmelo Anthony, pinpoints the Los Angeles Clippers as the league’s only current super team. During a Wave Sports + Entertainment […]

In the closing minutes of basketball games, it’s well known that the ball usually ends up in the hands of a team’s marquee player. But what if that said team boasts multiple stars? Take, for example, the Los Angeles Clippers who currently have the likes of James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Russell Westbrook. […]

The Los Angeles Clippers, for their first few games with James Harden on the active roster, tried to make a Harden-Russell Westbrook pairing work in the backcourt. After all, these two players have experience playing with each other, most recently in 2020 with the Houston Rockets. However, the Clippers proceeded to lose consecutive games, and […]

The Los Angeles Clippers stunned the Golden State Warriors 113-112 on Saturday behind Paul George’s game-winning 3-pointer. But Clippers guard Russell Westbrook had another quiet performance, scoring only eight points in 19 minutes off the bench. James Harden had some words of encouragement for his teammate during the game, according to Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints: […]

On Monday evening, Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Clippers dropped to a disappointing record of 7-9 on the young 2023-24 NBA season with an embarrassing home loss to the Denver Nuggets. Normally, losing to the reigning NBA champion Nuggets would not be a major cause of concern; however, on Monday, Denver was without three […]

Russell Westbrook is not one to let disrespect from fans get past him even while he’s in the middle of performing his job as an NBA player. The Los Angeles Clippers star point guard had another feisty episode with a fan Monday night when he got into it with someone seated on the courtside seats […]

It’s been nearly two weeks since Russell Westbrook requested to move to the bench after the Los Angeles Clippers acquired James Harden, a move that initially threw the Clips chemistry out of whack. But in the five games since Westbrook became LA’s sixth man, the Clippers have seemingly, and perhaps only momentarily, turned their season […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have had a tumultuous start to the 2023-24 campaign, but they have begun to find some traction since Russell Westbrook volunteered to come off the bench to allow Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, and James Harden the opportunity to get more comfortable playing with each other. Now that Westbrook has helped the […]

Russell Westbrook just hit Luka Doncic with a double-whammy during Saturday’s showdown between the Los Angeles Clippers and Dallas Mavericks. Midway through the fourth quarter–with the Clippers up 98-81–Westbrook attacked the rim with authority and tested Doncic’s defense. The Mavs star didn’t pose any threat at all, simply allowing Russ to get to the rim. […]

The Los Angeles Clippers haven’t been able to settle into the 2023-24 campaign yet, and that was pretty evident in their 116-106 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night. Aside from Paul George, nobody played particularly great in this game, with Russell Westbrook’s struggles off the bench being on full display. After the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers understandably received a ton of flak when they lost five straight games to begin the James Harden era in L.A. However, the Clippers are slowly but surely finding their rhythm. Los Angeles finally ended the losing skid this past weekend over the Houston Rockets after Harden knocked down one of his […]

Through their first five games with James Harden, the Los Angeles Clippers went 0-5 and this organization with high championship aspirations suddenly appeared to be in big trouble. Over their last two games, the Clippers are 2-0 and suddenly look like a new, re-energized team. So what actually changed with the Clippers and has resulted […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have struggled since acquiring James Harden in a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, and Russell Westbrook’s willingness to take a bench role to help the team mesh faster has earned the respect of his teammates, including Paul George. “For us to go through this stretch of not winning and not knowing […]

The Los Angeles Clippers finally ended their six game losing streak on Friday night, but it came with the benching of Russell Westbrook. Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and James Harden tipped the game off together with Ivica Zubac and new starter Terance Mann. The Clippers defeated the Rockets, 106-100, finally getting in the win column […]

There was a time when Russell Westbrook would’ve completed this audacious dunk attempt over the top of Dillon Brooks, adding to his long list of instant-classic highlights. It didn’t happen on Friday, but that didn’t stop two of the league’s most intense, combative competitors from jawing back-and-forth regardless as the LA Clippers took on the […]

The Los Angeles Clippers have gotten off to a horrible start to the James Harden Experience. Since trading for Harden two weeks ago, the Clippers have lost each of their five games with the former Philadelphia 76er in the lineup, putting them firmly behind the eight ball in the early season playoff picture. Recently, it […]

Things have not gone so well for the Los Angeles Clippers since they acquired point guard James Harden from the Philadelphia 76ers a couple of weeks ago. The Clippers are currently a shocking 0-5 with Harden in the lineup, leaving the team searching for answers on how to turn things around before the season gets […]

HOUSTON – Aiming to keep their wining streak alive, the Houston Rockets face the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday at the Crypto.com Arena for the second game of the In-Season Tournament. The Clippers have been on the heels of a six game losing streak, with the last five losses occurring when James Harden is on […]

Ever since the Los Angeles Clippers traded for James Harden and inserted him into their starting lineup, the team has struggled mightily. The Clippers have yet to win a game with Harden in the starting lineup and their core group consisting of Russell Westbrook, Paul George, and Kawhi Leonard have yet to find their footing. […]

LOS ANGELES, CA – Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Russell Westbrook and the Los Angeles Clippers entered this season with a renewed focus and urgency that had folks thinking, “Hey, maybe this is the year.” With one trade for James Harden, however, the team appears to have abandoned that urgency, falling back into last year’s mindset […]

The Los Angeles Clippers lost their fourth game in a row to Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night. It was the third consecutive loss where Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook all suited up to play, with the Mavs loss being the biggest loss of the year. The In-Season […]

In an attempt to remedy the Los Angeles Lakers’ first-quarter struggles, Darvin Ham shook things up ahead of Friday’s In-Season Tournament matchup vs. the Phoenix Suns at the Footprint Center. When the starting fives were unveiled 30 minutes before tip-off, Cam Reddish was listed in place of … Austin Reaves? A lineup change was not […]

The season is still incredibly young for the Los Angeles Clippers, who will be in the feeling out process with new addition James Harden for quite some time. Introducing a star into your system (who also might think of himself as a system) is going to be a worthy challenge for Ty Lue, who will […]

James Harden finally got his wish when the Philadelphia 76ers traded him to the Los Angeles Clippers in a midnight blockbuster last week. When the Sixers and Clippers made the deal, there were questions about how Harden would fit in a team that has three other stars in Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Russell Westbrook. Adding […]

One week after the announced trade from the Philadelphia 76ers, James Harden will make his Los Angeles Clippers debut to play alongside former teammate Russell Westbrook on Monday night in Madison Square Garden against the New York Knicks. The Los Angeles Clippers will now be starting four players with multiple All-Star appearances on their resumes […]

The Los Angeles Clippers, following months of rumors, finally agreed to a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers to acquire James Harden. The deal places Harden alongside other stars such as Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Additionally, Russell Westbrook will play a big role for LA despite not being the same superstar-caliber player he once was. […]

The Los Angeles Clippers completed the James Harden and PJ Tucker trade on Wednesday, adding the 10-time NBA All-Star to a roster that already features Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Russell Westbrook. The Clippers played their second game after the trade was completed, but fell short to the Lakers in overtime, 130-125. Russell Westbrook finished […]

The reputation hit Russell Westbrook took during his stint with the Los Angeles Lakers must be studied by future generations; that’s how damaging his one-and-a-half year stint with the Purple and Gold was to how fans perceived Westbrook’s value. It has now reached the point where fans are convinced that Westbrook is simply a losing […]

The Los Angeles Clippers defeated the Orlando Magic on Tuesday night thanks in large part to Russell Westbrook and Paul George’s big third quarter. All eyes, however, were on James Harden and PJ Tucker, who arrived after a trade with the Philadelphia 76ers. The former guard and forward arrived on a flight from Philly Tuesday […]

In the early hours of Tuesday morning, it was announced that the Philadelphia 76ers were trading away disgruntled guard James Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers in exchange for a combination of draft picks and role players from the Los Angeles bench. The trade to the Clippers marks the reunion of Harden and his former […]

James Harden and Russell Westbrook are teammates — again. For the second time in their careers, Harden and Westbrook have reunited, this time with the Los Angeles Clippers in Hollywood, where they will try to complete their stories in the NBA with a title, the same goal they failed to achieve when they were still […]

Although the Los Angeles Clippers crushed Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday night, both Kawhi Leonard and Russell Westbrook shared high praise for the electric rookie. Wembanyama finished the game with just 11 points and five rebounds, adding two assists, a steal and a block. But despite the poor showing from both […]

The absence of James Harden from the Philadelphia 76ers squad did not excuse them from a ruthless shooting night from Damian Lillard. He put on a show in his debut for the Milwaukee Bucks and did not look like he needed to adjust at all. He notched an insane 30-point game over Joel Embiid and […]

The Los Angeles Clippers likely have three future Hall of Fame players on their roster, yet LA’s championship window is closing fast as it enters season five of the Paul George/Kawhi Leonard era. The Clippers added Russell Westbrook to the mix last February, but the trio played in only 10 games together and only Westbrook […]

When the Utah Jazz bought out Russell Westbrook back in February, fans of the Los Angeles Clippers were wary of adding yet another rapid All-Star point guard in decline after the addition of John Wall failed to work out according to plan. But in the end, Westbrook won over the Clippers fanbase, and on Tuesday […]