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• Kawhi Leonard injury update: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer calls midseason return for star forward 'possible'
Leonard suffered a partially torn ACL during the NBA playoffs...2021
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• Steve Ballmer’s cryptic response on Kawhi Leonard’s return to Clippers in 2021-22
Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard suffered an ACL injury in the playoffs last season, and the surgery will knock him out for at least a good chunk of the 2021-22 season. Given his history, there’s also the possibility of Leonard missing the entire season. The Clippers star will surely be extremely cautious when it […]
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• Steve Ballmer says Clippers will lose at least $10 million due to COVID-19 suspension
The NBA season has been suspended nearly three weeks due to the COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the United States. The suspension came after Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert tested positive for the novel coronavirus. There’s no telling when the NBA season will resume, if at all. In talking about the work stoppage with Bloomberg, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer indicated that his team is set to lose a...2020
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• Clippers owner Steve Ballmer donates $25M to fight COVID-19
Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, through the Ballmer Group, has pledged more than $25MM in aid to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN tweets. The donation will help Seattle, Southeast Michigan and Los Angeles, areas that have been hard hit by coronavirus. It includes $10MM to University of Washington Medicine’s Emergency Response Fund to speed up testing for a COVID-19 vaccine. In an ...2020
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• Clippers looking to trade up for Michael Porter Jr.?
The Clippers have their eyes on Michael Porter Jr. and are hoping to use their picks at No. 12 and 13 to trade up in the draft, according to Kevin O’Connor of The Ringer. The Missouri forward, who missed almost the entire season with a back injury, could give L.A. a reliable scorer in the frontcourt. O’Connor notes that team owner Steve Ballmer stopped his session with the media at the combine to ...2018
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• Doc Rivers, Clippers reportedly agree to extension
Clippers coach Doc Rivers has reached an agreement with owner Steve Ballmer on a multi-year extension, reports Bill Plaschke of The Los Angeles Times. Nothing has been made official, but Plaschke speculates the news means Rivers is willing to be part of a rebuilding effort in L.A.There had been rumors that Rivers, who has one year remaining on his current contract, may not want to stay with the or...2018
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• Steve Ballmer: Clippers traded Griffin to move towards ‘modern NBA’
Steve Ballmer spoke at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference on Saturday about the controversial move to trade Blake Griffin. According to ESPN.com’s Kevin Arnovitz, Ballmer said at the conference that trading Griffin was a “was a very difficult decision.” However, it was a decision needed to create “a greater distribution of responsibility.”“[Blake] is obviously a superstar player. But if you...2018
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• Clippers Moved Griffin to ‘Adapt to Modern NBA’
Before the NBA trade deadline, the Los Angeles Clippers would move on for Blake Griffin. But according to owner Steve Ballmer, there’s one particular reason why.“(Griffin) is obviously a superstar player. But if you look at what happened injury-wise, if you look at the kind of chemistry we were getting on our team, the thing you can see at the high level with the numbers when I started – one guy g...2018
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• Clippers owner: Chemistry issues led to the trade of Blake Griffin
The Los Angeles Clippers shocked the NBA world back in January by sending All-Star forward Blake Griffin to the Detroit Pistons in a blockbuster trade. This came mere months after Los Angeles had handed Griffin the largest contract in franchise history.The change of philosophy from the team’s front office led many to believe the Clippers were intent on going with a full-scale rebuild. But once the...2018
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• Report: Paul likely to re-sign with Clippers; Griffin more uncertain
The Los Angeles Clippers will be facing something of a crossroads this summer, but it sounds like at least one of their stars is more likely than not to return.ESPN’s Kevin Arnovitz took an in-depth look at the state of the Clippers, who face losing both point guard Chris Paul and forward Blake Griffin to free agency this coming summer. According to Arnovitz, Clipper sources believe Paul will ulti...2017