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• NBA 2K25 stands out in a year of great sports video games

Our review of the latest in the NBA 2K franchise. The NBA 2K series has become so many things to so many players that it’s near-impossible to do it all justice in one review. The most feature and mode-packed annual sports title, in past years development has focused less on reinventing the wheel, and more on refining its formula — but this year is a little different. Wholesale changes to dribbling...2024
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• Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard Will Be Ready For Training Camp
Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard will be ready for training camp on Oct. 1 as he recovers from a knee injury. The last time Leonard was spotted on the court was in July at Team USA’s camp in Las Vegas before he was replaced on the roster by Boston Celtics guard Derrick White. “I […] The post Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard Will Be Ready For Training Camp appeared first on Baske...2024
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• Clippers coach Ty Lue says Kawhi Leonard will be ready for training camp: 'He's feeling good'

Leonard only played two games in the playoffs last season and missed the Olympics due to a knee injury...2024
• Clippers Confident Kawhi Leonard Will Be Ready For Start Of Camp

Ty Lue said he expects Kawhi Leonard to be ready for the start of training camp with the LA Clippers. Leonard had inflammation in his surgically repaired right knee that kept him out of the final eight games of last season and also limited his availability for the playoffs. Leonard was scheduled to play in the Olympics for the United States, but he was ultimately replaced by Derrick White when his...2024
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• Ty Lue On Clippers Being Counted Out After Losing Paul George: I Can't Wait To Prove Everybody Wrong

Ty Lue and the LA Clippers will enter the 24-25 season trying to remain competitive despite the loss of Paul George to the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency. The Clippers have only missed the playoffs in two of the previous 13 seasons. "When you lose a guy of Paul George's stature, instantly people [think] oh, they can't win or they're not going to be competitive," Lue told ESPN last week. "But th...2024
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• Kawhi Leonard (Knee) Will Be Ready For Clippers’ Training Camp

Los Angeles Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue told NBA reporter Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN that Kawhi Leonard will be ready for training camp. Leonard dealt with chronic knee soreness and didn’t play for Team USA in the Paris Olympics after taking part in training camp in Las Vegas. “I speak to him all the time,” […] The post Kawhi Leonard (Knee) Will Be Ready For Clippers&#...2024
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• Clippers coach Ty Lue says Kawhi Leonard will be ready for training camp: 'He's feeling good'
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• Celtics Notes: White, Brown, Harper Jr., Olympics
Derrick White had to alter his summer vacation plans when he got an offer to join the U.S. Olympic team in the wake of Kawhi Leonard‘s injury, writes Adam Himmelsbach of The Boston Globe. Instead of traveling to Cabo San Lucas, White and his family are spending two weeks in Paris, but he won’t get […]...2024
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• Olympics’ 50 best men’s basketball players for 2024 Paris games, ranked

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images Let’s rank the best men’s basketball players competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The most talented men’s basketball tournament in the history of the Summer Olympics is going down at the 2024 Paris Games. The best athletes in the sport are on display representing their home countries, and all of them want the glory that comes with leading their team to a...2024
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• Jaylen Brown ‘for sure’ believes Nike played a role in his snub from Team USA
A lot has been said since the U.S. men’s national team decided to replace Kawhi Leonard with Derrick White, after they assessed that the Clippers star was still suffering from the knee injury that kept him out of his club’s final games from this past season. However, some believe that there was another Celtics player […] The post Jaylen Brown ‘for sure’ believes Nike played a rol...2024
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• Clippers are ‘very disappointed’ that Kawhi Leonard was replaced from the Olympic roster
Kawhi Leonard has returned to the United States after a couple of weeks training with Team USA, as the U.S. men’s national team decided he wasn’t completely recovered from the injury that made him miss the Clippers‘ last games of the past campaign in April. This is why Derrick White was called to replace him […] The post Clippers are ‘very disappointed’ that Kawhi Leonard w...2024
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• Clippers 'Very Disappointed' Kawhi Leonard Pulled From Olympics By USA Basketball
Lawrence Frank said the Los Angeles Clippers "very disappointed" with USA Basketball's decision to replace Kawhi Leonard on the Olympic team roster last week. USA Basketball implied that Leonard wasn't on the team in a move that was influenced by the Clippers and Team USA officials after seeing him during camp. "No, it was USAB's call and I was quite frankly very disappointed with the decision," F...2024
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• Team USA unconcerned after Kevin Durant sits out another practice due to injury
Just last week, the U.S. men’s national team took a difficult decision of letting go of Kawhi Leonard as he was still suffering from the same knee injury that kept him out of the Clippers’ last games of last season in April. Now, halfway across the world in Abu Dhabi, they seem to be in […] The post Team USA unconcerned after Kevin Durant sits out another practice due to injury a...2024
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• Stephen A. Smith ‘Pissed’ About Kawhi Leonard Olympics Drama
It looks as though Clippers star Kawhi Leonard may not ever get to play in the Olympics after he withdrew from Team USA and Stephen A. Smith called it. Before Kawhi withdrew, Smith was questioning why he was even on Team USA to start with, given his concerning injury history. “I don’t think I’ve ever […] The post Stephen A. Smith ‘Pissed’ About Kawhi Leonard Oly...2024
• Kawhi Leonard withdraws from Olympics as Derrick White takes roster spot

A roster spot on the U.S. men's Olympic basketball team opened on Wednesday as Kawhi Leonard was forced to withdraw due to lingering injuries he sustained last season with the Clippers....2024
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• Celtics Notes: White, Brown, Harper Jr., Olympics
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"Kawhi Leonard has already signed an extension in Los Angeles"

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"Here’s what you should know: Los Angeles star forward Kawhi Leonard led his team with 38 points, five rebounds and five assists while sinking nine of 10 free-throw attempts."

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"It is still unknown when Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard will make his return, but if the latest sighting of him is any indication, it doesn’t look like it will be long."

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"The LA Clippers have finalized agreements with most of their free agents, coming to terms on deals with Kawhi Leonard, Nicolas Batum, Reggie Jackson, and Justise Winslow."

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"Paul George says Kobe Bryant was 'my Michael Jordan;' Kawhi Leonard reveals special call with Lakers icon"

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"The Lakers are reportedly very upset with the manner in which Kawhi Leonard conducted his free agency"

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"Spurs star Kawhi Leonard is back working with the team in San Antonio and eyes a March return to the team's lineup, according to sources."

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"Spurs coach Gregg Popovich says he has "never" in his career seen any of his players deal with the quadriceps injury that is currently hampering veterans Kawhi Leonard and Tony Parker."

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"Kawhi Leonard is a simple man."

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"Spurs Re-Sign Kawhi Leonard"

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"Part of what has helped San Antonio sustain success is sound drafting and depth, highlighted by the most recent NBA Finals MVP in Kawhi Leonard."

• NBA 2K25 stands out in a year of great sports video games
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• Why the Celtics succeed, and the Clippers failed, with similar team builds

Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images What the NBA can learn from Celtics’ championship and Clippers’ failure. The team is led by two wings. One was just named to the All-NBA First Team, and the other just won Finals MVP. Both are talents the likes of which define the NBA — shooters, defenders, initiators, cutters. They do it all. The team is a championship favorite, of course, coming into t...2024
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• Jon Rahm has an idea for improving Olympic Golf, drawing inspiration from USA Basketball

Jon Rahm during day three of LIV Golf’s event in the United Kingdom. | Photo by Bradley Collyer/PA Images via Getty Images Ahead of this week’s Olympic Men’s Golf Competition, Jon Rahm offered up a suggestion on how to improve the field. LIV Golf’s Jon Rahm has obviously kept a close eye on Lebron James, Kevin Durant, and the rest of Team USA. Speaking ahead of this week’s Olympic Men’s Go...2024
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• Celtics Notes: White, Brown, Harper Jr., Olympics
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• How math and video games can fix NBA positions

Photo by Srdjan Stevanovic/Getty Images It’s time for the NBA to get rid of positions — or at least overhaul them. Let’s discuss why (and how). In basketball, there are five positions: Point Guard, Shooting Guard, Small Forward, Power Forward, and Center. And it’s time for them to go. Science, logic and enlightened ideas have been challenging outdated concepts since someone came up with th...2024
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• Olympics’ 50 best men’s basketball players for 2024 Paris games, ranked
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• Insider: ‘Don’t rule out’ Clippers trading for highly scrutinized All-Star

With fellow star Kawhi Leonard signing a contract extension during the 2023-24 season and James Harden inking a two-year, $70M deal to return to the Clippers, it still leaves a significant hole where Paul George was....2024
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• Kawhi Leonard Wasn’t Surprised Paul George Left Clippers, Tyronn Lue ‘Disappointed’

Kawhi Leonard told NBA reporters at Team USA training camp that he wasn’t surprised Paul George left the Los Angeles Clippers for the Philadelphia 76ers. George signed a four-year, $212 million contract with the Sixers after negotiations with the Clippers failed. “We knew what it was before the season,” Leonard said, via ESPN. “We knew […] The post Kawhi L...2024
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• 1 wild San Antonio Spurs stat that shows how dominant their dynasty was

SetNumber: X72215 TK1 The Spurs have most wins in the NBA since 2000 despite a terrible last five years The San Antonio Spurs did a lot of losing to get Victor Wembanyama. After the Spurs’ dynasty collapsed following the Kawhi Leonard trade in 2018, San Antonio consistently traded their top players at the peak of their value so they wouldn’t get caught on the treadmill of mediocrity. The S...2024
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• Kawhi, PG spoke all season: 'No surprise' he left

Kawhi Leonard said he spoke with Paul George all season about his contract negotiations and that it was "no surprise" that George left in free agency....2024
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• NBA 2K25 stands out in a year of great sports video games
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• USA Basketball coach Cheryl Reeve criticizes media focus on playing time, roster decisions during Olympics: ‘This is what we’ve become’

Photo by Jim Poorten/NBAE via Getty Images In a press conference on Wednesday, Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve reflected on the experience of coaching Team USA — and called out the outsized attention that roster decisions and playing time have received by the media. Both the men’s and women’s U.S. basketball team came home from Paris with the ultimate hardware: Olympic gold medals....2024
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• Why the Celtics succeed, and the Clippers failed, with similar team builds
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• Jon Rahm has an idea for improving Olympic Golf, drawing inspiration from USA Basketball
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• 5 NBA teams falling behind their rivals after not doing enough this summer

Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images 5 NBA teams who haven’t done enough this summer. The first big wave of player movement in the 2024 NBA offseason has come and gone, and a few things are starting to crystalize. The Oklahoma City Thunder look like the class of the West after adding Isaiah Hartenstein and Alex Caruso to last year’s No. 1 seed. The Boston Celtics remain a strong favorite...2024
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• NBA free agency 2024 winners and losers, starring 76ers, Nuggets, Thunder, and more

SARAH PHIPPS/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK Here are the winners and losers of 2024 NBA free agency so far. The biggest names on the 2024 NBA free agent market came off the board almost immediately. Paul George kept NBA insiders up until 3 a.m. before choosing the Philadelphia 76ers, and rest of the big names quickly followed suit with their decisions the next morning. The Oklahoma City...2024
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• Shams Charania’s conflict of interest keeps swinging NBA gambling markets

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images A report on Paul George altered markets again. Sports reporting has been irrevocably changed by insiders. Our 24-hour, social media-fueled society values being first over being right, and that necessitates a power dynamic in which insiders have agents on speed-dial, willing to share carefully crafted talking points over independent reporti...2024
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• Celtics Notes: White, Brown, Harper Jr., Olympics
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• NBA champion Derrick White joins Team USA to replace injured Kawhi Leonard
Derrick White was visiting his family in Denver, Colorado when he received the call from the men’s basketball team saying he was being summoned to play for his country in the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. According to the Celtics star, he was planning on spending this week at a desert resort on the sea, […] The post NBA champion Derrick White joins Team USA to replace injured Kawhi ...2024
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• Shams Charania’s conflict of interest keeps swinging NBA gambling markets
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• Paul George Continues To Seek Fourth Year, Clippers Remain Unlikely To Offer More Than Three

Paul George continues to seek a fourth season in his contract offer from the Los Angeles Clippers as free agency is set to open with him having the opportunity to meet with the Philadelphia 76ers and Orlando Magic. George is also wondering how about his chances of winning a title if he re-signs with the Clippers as opposed to the path the Sixers have in the Eastern Conference. "Paul George has had...2024
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• NBA rumors: Warriors after Paul George, Rockets dangling Alperen Sengun, latest on DeMar DeRozan, and more

Photo by Tim Heitman/NBAE via Getty Images It’s draft day and the NBA rumors are out of control right now. The 2024 NBA Draft begins in just a few hours. And as you might expect, the rumors are flying. Two stunning trades on Tuesday night, including the huge move that sent Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks, have kicked the NBA pre-draft rumor mill into overdrive. While there are just a ...2024
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• NBA players joining Kendrick Lamar to dance to Drake diss track is probably the worst moment of Aubrey’s life

“I’m glad DeRoz came home, y’all didn’t deserve him neither” Drake may never recover from this. Kendrick Lamar through one of the greatest televised concerts of all-time on Wednesday night during Juneteenth in a show that featured so many West Coast icons. Los Angeles natives Russell Westbrook and DeMar Derozan came out on stage singing and dancing to all FIVE renditions of Lamar’s lyrical Kameham...2024
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• Paul George Hasn't Begun Considering Free Agent Decision

The Los Angeles Clippers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs on Friday and enter an uncertain offseason with Paul George and James Harden becoming free agents. While Kawhi Leonard has already signed an extension with the Clippers, he was unavailable or the majority of the series, leaving the team in a diminished state. George was asked whether he sees himself with the Clippers long-...2024
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• Spurs Re-Sign Kawhi Leonard
SAN ANTONIO (July 16, 2015) – The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have re-signed...2015
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• Spurs Coach Gregg Popovich Praises Kawhi Leonard's 'Bored to Death' Demeanor
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• Kawhi Leonard & Tim Duncan Earn NBA All-Defensive Team Honors
SAN ANTONIO (May 20, 2015) - The NBA today announced that the 2014-15 Defensive Player of th...2015
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• Kawhi Leonard: Latest News, Rumors and Speculation on Spurs Star's Future
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• Kawhi Leonard Drives 1997 Chevy Tahoe from HS, Freaks If He Loses Wings Coupons
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• Kobe Bryant Comments on Difference Between His Contract and Tim Duncan's
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• DeAndre Jordan Signs with Clippers Despite Prior Agreement with Mavericks
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• Kawhi Leonard: ‘I Want to Be an NBA All-Star and MVP’
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• Los Angeles Clippers fantasy basketball season recap

Kawhi Leonard and James Harden may have been undervalued to begin the season and with good reason....2024
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• Should Kawhi Leonard be dropped in fantasy?
It's been a frustrating, injury-filled season for Kawhi Leonard. Is it time for his fantasy managers to send him to the waiver wire, following the latest news that he'll be out indefinitely?...2018

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• Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard Will Be Ready For Training Camp
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• Clippers coach Ty Lue says Kawhi Leonard will be ready for training camp: 'He's feeling good'
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• Ty Lue On Clippers Being Counted Out After Losing Paul George: I Can't Wait To Prove Everybody Wrong
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• Kawhi Leonard (Knee) Will Be Ready For Clippers’ Training Camp
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• USA Basketball coach Cheryl Reeve criticizes media focus on playing time, roster decisions during Olympics: ‘This is what we’ve become’
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• Pacific Notes: Leonard, Clippers, DeRozan, Roddy
Law Murray of The Athletic explores some offseason questions related to the Clippers, starting with the health of Kawhi Leonard. The six-time All-Star and two-time Finals MVP was removed from Team USA ahead of the Paris Olympics, leading to speculation about the status of his right knee, which has caused him issues over the years, […]...2024
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• NBA rumors: Warriors after Paul George, Rockets dangling Alperen Sengun, latest on DeMar DeRozan, and more
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• Clippers’ All-Star Veterans Address Baffling Game 3 Loss to Dallas
The Clippers leaders Paul George, Kawhi Leonard and Russell Westbrook had shocking games against Dallas in Game 3. Russ, Kawhi and Paul George combined for just 17 points TOTAL in their 101-90 loss to the Mavs. Kawhi played 25 minutes and totalled nine points, nine rebounds and four turnovers, but was clearly not 100 percent due […] The post Clippers’ All-Star Veterans Address Baffling...2024
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• The Cavs and Clippers both face huge, similar questions in the NBA playoffs

Art via Thilo Latrell Widder, original photos via Getty Images The Cavaliers and Clippers, more alike than you may realize, face similar questions as they enter the NBA playoffs. Before we go anywhere else, I am not comparing Jarrett Allen and Michael Olowakandi, nor Cavaliers Shawn Kemp to Clippers James Harden, but there’s something to be said about how similar the Cavs and Clippers hav...2024
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• Kawhi Leonard in MVP form as Clippers have struck perfect superstar balance

Leonard isn't going to win MVP, but he should be getting a lot more buzz than he is...2024
• Raptors-Pacers trade grades for Pascal Siakam deal shows rare NBA win-win

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Grading the Pascal Siakam deal for both the Raptors and Pacers. The Toronto Raptors finally did it. After years of speculation about when and how the Raptors would blow up their middling roster, Toronto finalized its decision to embrace a rebuild by trading its only remaining link to its 2019 NBA championship team and one of its best players in franchise...2024
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• Kawhi Leonard gets shocking update that will leave Clippers fans excited
The LA Clippers have played all season without Kawhi Leonard, but there might be some good news on the horizon. The star forward has been aggressively attacking his rehab from a torn ACL, and according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, is eyeing a return this year. Haynes reports that Kawhi Leonard is ahead of […] The post Kawhi Leonard gets shocking update that will leave Clippers fans excit...2022
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• Report: Damian Lillard was on Kawhi Leonard’s team-up list in 2019
Kawhi Leonard’s Los Angeles Clippers were just eliminated from the Western Conference Finals by the Phoenix Suns, with Leonard unfortunately missing the entire series due to a knee injury. The focus now shifts to what Leonard and the Clippers will do this offseason. Leonard has a $36 million player option for 2021-22. There’s some gossip […] The post Report: Damian Lillard was on...2021
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