Scouts, executives split on James Harden’s trade to Clippers
NBA trades are graded on a sliding scale. Some are chess moves made with an eye on a team’s five-year plan. Judgment comes quicker for…
NBA trades are graded on a sliding scale. Some are chess moves made with an eye on a team’s five-year plan. Judgment comes quicker for…
When Russell Westbrook was picked up by the Clippers in February, his temperament changed. He was calmer. He was more philosophical. When Westbrook opened his…
Halfway through a recent Clippers practice the point guard who will one day have a plaque in basketball’s Hall of Fame took aside a rookie…
Spending time around his players nearly every day from fall to spring has shaped Clippers coach Tyronn Lue’s philosophy regarding offseason communication: less is more.…
Terance Mann will be part of the Clippers’ starting lineup when the NBA’s regular season begins next week. Though point guard Russell Westbrook, wings Kawhi…
HONOLULU — An NBA guard for 11 years who has coached LeBron James, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, Tyronn Lue knows how veteran players think. In…
Kawhi Leonard and Paul George were injured when the last Clippers season ended in April. When the new one begins next week, the stars —…
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After the NBA draft concluded in late June, the Clippers’ top basketball executives arrived in a hotel conference room and described the ways they envisioned…
Last fall, three years into a tenure with the Clippers that had yet to produce a championship, All-Star wing Paul George candidly assessed the pressure…
Two days after the Clippers’ season ended in a first-round postseason loss with stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George injured yet again, their top basketball…
After a first-round playoff loss to Phoenix, the Clippers’ offseason arrived Tuesday night. Here are the questions that will define it: Everything trickles down from…
The NBA Summer League game was not yet over when Norman Powell walked over to a collection of Clippers executives last July. It was after…
PHOENIX — For 36 minutes Sunday, Russell Westbrook struggled mightily to make a shot. By thwarting Phoenix’s last shot, the Clippers’ midseason addition more than made…
The last time Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant faced each other in the playoffs, the anticipated showdown during the 2019 NBA Finals lasted all of…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — To reach the Memphis locker room after his pregame warmup Friday, Luke Kennard had to first pass by a Clippers bench populated by…
To avoid the play-in tournament or hold onto home-court advantage for a first-round series, the Clippers need a big finish to the regular season. Starts…
Every strong team Kawhi Leonard has been part of has met his same, personal criteria. It’s not defensive rating. It’s not assist-to-turnover ratio. It’s not…
PORTLAND, Ore. — When the Clippers arrived here late Saturday, they were without their winning streak and their coach. After coaching Saturday in a loss to…
Kawhi Leonard sat on the bench wearing a sweatsuit, able to offer only encouragement to his Clippers teammates. He was not playing to manage a…