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• Injury updates: Celtics' Kristaps Porzingis officially out for Game 5, reportedly to miss weeks

Knicks Bojan Bogdanovic out with foot, wrist surgeries; Clippers' Kawhi Leonard out for Game 5....2024
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• Clippers' James Harden has played his best with Kawhi Leonard sidelined

James Harden says "it's pretty simple for me" to become a scorer when picking up the slack for Kawhi Leonard, who is out again in Game 5 vs. Mavericks....2024
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• NBA playoffs: Kawhi Leonard out for Clippers-Mavericks Game 5 with lingering knee injury

Kawhi Leonard will miss his third game of the series....2024
• Clippers rule Kawhi out for Game 5 vs. Mavericks

The Clippers ruled Kawhi Leonard out for Game 5 against the Mavericks as he continues to treat the inflammation in his right knee....2024
• Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard To Remain Out For Game 5
The Clippers won’t have Kawhi Leonard available when they take the court for Game 5 of their series vs. the Mavericks on Wednesday, head coach Tyronn Lue confirmed today (Twitter link via Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN). Leonard continues to be affected by right knee inflammation. He sat out Game 1, then returned for Games 2 […]...2024
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• Clippers' Kawhi Leonard to remain out for Game 5

The Clippers won’t have Kawhi Leonard available when they take the court for Game 5 of their series vs. the Mavericks on Wednesday....2024

• NBA playoffs: Kawhi Leonard out for Clippers-Mavericks Game 5 with lingering knee injury
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• Kawhi Leonard Ruled Out For Game 5 With Knee Inflammation

The Los Angeles Clippers have ruled out Kawhi Leonard for Game 5 with his right knee inflammation. Leonard missed Game 1, but returned for Games 2 and 3 before missing Game 4. The Clippers won both games in which Leonard sat. Leonard missed the final stretch of the regular season with the injury. The Clippers and Dallas Mavericks are tied at 2-2 head into Game 5 on Wednesday in Los Angeles....2024
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• Another Kawhi Leonard injury hovers over everything, but Clippers find a way to even series
In the midst of another unfortunate Kawhi Leonard postseason, the Clippers still have a job to do....2024
• Kawhi Leonard injury update: Clippers star out vs. Mavericks in Game 4 with knee inflammation

There is no timetable for Leonard's return, Clippers president Lawrence Frank said...2024
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• Injury Notes: Leonard, Gafford, Lillard, G. Allen, Jackson
Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard was listed as questionable heading into Friday’s Game 3 against Dallas due to right knee inflammation, but he was later upgraded to available, notes Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN (via Twitter). Leonard returned to action on Tuesday after being sidelined for three-plus week with the knee injury. He played 35 minutes in […]...2024
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• Clippers' Kawhi Leonard will play in Game 2 against Mavericks

After sitting out Game 1 of the best-of-seven series because of injury, the Clippers' Kawhi Leonard will be able to play in Game 2 against Mavericks....2024
• Kawhi Leonard injury update: Clippers star will play in Game 2 vs. Mavericks after missing three weeks

Leonard has been out since March 31...2024
• Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard to return from knee injury for Game 2 vs. Mavericks
LA Clippers All-Star power forward Kawhi Leonard will return in Game 2 of the Western Conference first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night after missing the last eight games of the regular season and Sunday’s Game 1 due to right knee inflammation, coach Tyronn Lue said. “He’s done all the necessary things he has to do to get on the floor,” Lue said ahead of...2024
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• With Joel Embiid, Kawhi Leonard injuries, start of NBA playoffs wasn’t great for Team USA
"We have a contingency plan, and we have that at every position. We'll keep that internal," Grant Hill said last week....2024
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• NBA Playoffs Injury Update: Giannis, Joel Embiid & Kawhi Leonard
The last few weeks of the NBA have been an absolute war zone, with key players going down with injury. Let’s take a look at how some of those injuries are tracking. GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO The Bucks are missing their star player Giannis Antetokounmpo, but the franchise managed to get it a W without him thanks […] The post NBA Playoffs Injury Update: Giannis, Joel Embiid & Kawhi Leon...2024
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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."

2020
"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."

• 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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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports Let’s rank the 16 teams in the 2024 NBA Playoffs by their championship chances. The 2024 NBA Playoffs don’t exactly feel wide open. There’s a superpower hanging over both the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference as the playoffs begin, but at this point NBA fans should know anything can happen in the postseason. Last year saw a wild run of upsets with the ...2024
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• Sixers Will Make Paul George 'Top Target' In Offseason

The Philadelphia 76ers are expected to make Paul George their "top target" during the 2024 offseason if he declines his $48.8 million option with the Los Angeles Clippers. George was widely expected to sign a contract extension with the Clippers following the three-year, $152.4 million deal signed by Kawhi Leonard in January. The Sixers only have Joel Embiid and Paul Reed under contract next seas...2024
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• Paul George and the Clippers ‘Apart’ on Contract Extension
With Kawhi Leonard’s contract extension squared away, the most logical thing for the Clippers to do now would be to secure Paul George’s contract, but it may not be easy. It seems as though LAC and PG-13 have different ideas on what a contract extension may look like, NBA insider Brian Windhorst reports. “Now, they […] The post Paul George and the Clippers ‘Apart̵...2024
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• Report: Paul George, Clippers ‘Apart’ In Contract Talks

According to NBA insider Brian Windhorst of ESPN, Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers are “apart” in contract extension talks. The Clippers have until June 30 to sign George to an extension. They signed Kawhi Leonard to a three-year, $149 million extension in January. George can become an unrestricted free agent this summer if he […] The post Report: Paul George, ...2024
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• Sixers 'Loom As Eager' To Sign Paul George If He Becomes Free Agent

Paul George and the Los Angeles Clippers have yet to come to terms on a contract extension more than two months after Kawhi Leonard signed his. Leonard signed for $10 million less than his maximum. Sources tell Marc Stein of The Stein Line that the Philadelphia 76ers "loom as an eager George suitor should he make it onto the open market." The Sixers are projected to have enough cap space to sign G...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked

Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images Let’s rank the championship picture in the NBA ahead of the stretch run. The 2023-2024 NBA season is 70 percent in the books. While parity has been a defining theme of this season, at this point the championship picture is fully starting to crystalize. The Boston Celtics are currently the only team in the league on pace to win 60+ games. The West has ...2024
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• The Clippers shed their loser branding, and finally look like a real NBA team

The Clippers’ new rebrand is a big improvement. The Los Angeles Clippers don’t exactly strike fear into their opponents, historically-speaking. The franchise that was founded as the Buffalo Braves in 1970, became the Clippers in a move to San Diego in 1978, and then landed in LA in 1984, has never reached the NBA Finals. The franchise’s all-time winning percentage for both regular season and posts...2024
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• Joe Lacob: We Are Not Here To Be Just 'Some Team'

The Golden State Warriors launched an improbable pursuit of LeBron James ahead of the trade deadline, which teams sources tell ESPN's Baxter Holmes represents the desire from Joe Lacob to keep the franchise as a contender. "I'm not going to comment on something I can't comment on, but, in general, I just want to win," Lacob said. "We just want to win. We want to be the best, and we're going to try...2024
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• Paul George still hopes to get contract extension with Clippers done quickly: 'That's the goal'

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• L.A. Notes: Leonard, George, Russell, Wood
The Clippers fell to the Mavericks in Game 3 and are now trailing the series 2-1. Kawhi Leonard, who was questionable before the game with right knee inflammation, played just 25 minutes and recorded nine points, nine rebounds and four turnovers before exiting the game for the final time with over four minutes left in […]...2024
• 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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• Kawhi Leonard, Clippers struggle again in Game 3 loss to the Mavericks

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard only plays 25 minutes, finishing with nine points and four turnovers, in a Game 3 to the Dallas Mavericks on Friday night....2024
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• Watch: Daniel Gafford stuffs PG-13

Gafford denied George at the rim early in the fourth quarter as part of a stunning defensive effort from Dallas. Long into the fourth quarter, the Mavericks held George and Kawhi Leonard to single-digit points, and Russell Westbrook to a single point....2024
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• Pacific Notes: Harden, Leonard, George, Booker, Wiggins, Thompson
Kawhi Leonard‘s absence didn’t hold back the Clippers in Game 1 against the Mavericks, in part because James Harden ramped up his scoring, Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN notes. Harden scored 28 points, including 20 in the first half as his team built a 26-point halftime lead en route to a 12-point victory. “I can score […]...2024
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• Watch: Clippers' James Harden scores 20 points in first half vs. Mavericks

Although star forward Kawhi Leonard is sidelined with a knee injury, Los Angeles Clippers fans shouldn't worry. Shooting guard James Harden is ready to take over....2024
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• The Cavs and Clippers both face huge, similar questions in the NBA playoffs
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship
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• NBA Stars Played In 85 Percent Of Games, Compared To 75 Percent In Previous Three Seasons

NBA stars, as defined by the Player Participation Policy, played in 85 percent games, which was up 10 percentage points compared to the previous three 82-game seasons. This includes players like Ja Morant, Ben Simmons and LaMelo Ball, who missed the vast majority of their seasons. On average, stars played in 65 games this season compared to 60 last season. Zion Williamson set a new personal record...2024
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• Russell Westbrook has found perfect, chaotic harmony with the Clippers

Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images Russell Westbrook is fitting in by being himself in the exact way the Clippers needed. Move over, Myers & Briggs, you had a good run, asking NBA fans to visualize a league without Russell Westbrook is, to my mind, a more psychologically telling exercise. Some will immediately picture that ‘Society If’ meme, a utopia of crystalline towers, green spa...2024
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• The Cavs and Clippers both face huge, similar questions in the NBA playoffs
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship
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• Skip Bayless makes big claim about Kawhi Leonard’s status for Mavericks series

Skip Bayless appears to have some info on Kawhi Leonard that no other reporter has at the moment....2024
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• James Harden On Why He Tried to Block Kawhi Leonard’s Shot
James Harden has explained the moment he tried to block Kawhi Leonard’s shot during the Clippers’ 116-103 win over the Trail Blazers on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters after the game, Harden said he was trying to lighten the mood for his team. “Gotta bring some excitement to this team,” he said. “I think these last […] The post James Harden On Why He Tried to B...2024
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• Clippers’ James Harden Played Defense Against Kawhi Leonard vs. Blazers: ‘Got To Bring Some Excitement’

During the third quarter of the Los Angeles Clippers-Portland Trail Blazers game, James Harden played defense on Kawhi Leonard. While Leonard attempted a corner 3-pointer, Harden lunged at his NBA teammate and contested the shot. After the game, Harden explained his viral moment. “Got to bring some excitement to the team, you know what I […] The post Clippers’ James Harden ...2024
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• 6 NBA teams who can win 2024 Finals, ranked
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• The Clippers shed their loser branding, and finally look like a real NBA team
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• Can the Clippers Avoid a Road Trip Hangover Back Home vs. Pelicans?

Tonight, the Los Angeles Clippers return home to the Crypto Arena after a grueling seven-game NBA road trip, ready to take on the New Orleans Pelicans. Stay ahead of the game and elevate your sports betting experience with SportsGrid. Pelicans vs. Clippers Game Odds at BetMGM Spread: Pelicans +6.5 (-108) | Clippers -6.5 (-112) Moneyline: Pelicans (+220) | Clippers (-270) Total: OVER 231...2024
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• The Clippers went all-in, and it’s paying off

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Forget a two-timelines approach. They Clippers are showing the value of going all-in. The Los Angeles Clippers have yet to enjoy the success they envisioned when Kawhi Leonard and Paul George returned to their Southern California roots in 2019. Despite having two complimentary superstars in the prime of their careers, they are one of only five teams to ha...2024
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• Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard signs 3-year, $152.4 million extension: Sources
The Los Angeles Clippers have extended star forward Kawhi Leonard, the team announced Wednesday. The deal is worth $152.4 million over three years and will keep Leonard in Los Angeles through the 2026-27 season, league sources said. A player option is not included in Leonard’s new extension, the sources said. “We’re thrilled to continue our relationship with Kawhi,” Clipper...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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• 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

• NBA playoffs: Kawhi Leonard out for Clippers-Mavericks Game 5 with lingering knee injury
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• Jimmy Butler Wasn’t Re-Signed By 76ers Because Ben Simmons Got Jealous Of Him: ‘Management Was Worried How Simmons Would Handle Having Butler Around’
During the 2018-19 NBA season, the Philadelphia 76ers acquired Jimmy Butler from the Minnesota Timberwolves, pairing him with stars Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid. The Sixers finished the campaign with a stellar record of 51-31 and looked primed to go on a deep postseason run. However, the Sixers lost to Kawhi Leonard and the Toronto Raptors in the second ...2024
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• Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard To Miss Game 4, Series Status Unclear
Clippers All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard has been ruled out for this afternoon’s Game 4 matchup against the Mavericks due to right knee inflammation, reports Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN (Twitter links). More troublingly, team president Lawrence Frank has indicated that L.A. is unsure if Leonard will even be able to return in this first round series […]...2024
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• Hernández: Despite Game 2 loss, Clippers clearly need Kawhi Leonard

The Clippers dropped Game 2 in what was Kawhi Leonard's first game back since March 31, but it's clear L.A. needs him in the lineup in order to have title aspirations....2024
• NBA Playoffs: Mavericks even series despite return of Clippers star Kawhi Leonard

Kawhi Leonard was available for Tuesday's playoff game. Unfortunately for the Clippers, so was Luka Dončić....2024
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• Is Kawhi Leonard (Knee) Playing In Game 2 Against Mavericks?
Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard remains questionable for Game 2 of the team’s first-round playoff series with the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night. The Clippers currently lead the best-of-seven series 1-0. Although Leonard participated in practice Monday, coach Ty Lue said there would be no contact during the walk-through practice session ahead of the team’s […] The p...2024
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• With Joel Embiid, Kawhi Leonard injuries, start of NBA playoffs wasn’t great for Team USA
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• LA Clippers pledged to be ready for Game 1 without Kawhi Leonard — then proved it
The Clippers answered a regular-season question with a standout performance in the playoffs, and they did so without their star player....2024
• NBA playoffs: Clippers dismantle Mavericks with Kawhi Leonard in street clothes

Vintage James Harden and a stifling Clippers defense help lead Los Angeles to a dominant win as Leonard watched from the sideline with a lingering knee injury....2024
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• Clippers' Kawhi Leonard to miss Game 1 vs. Mavs, timeline to return unclear

Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue told ESPN's Ohm Youngmisuk star forward that Kawhi Leonard is out for Game 1 of their first-round matchup against the Mavericks on Sunday....2024
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• Clippers’ All-Star Veterans Address Baffling Game 3 Loss to Dallas
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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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• Kawhi Leonard addresses Uncle Dennis' reported illegal demands
Kawhi Leonard met with the media on Tuesday, a day ahead of his LA Clippers’ big game against the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas. The reigning NBA Finals MVP, who is in his first season with the Clippers, was asked to address a report by Sam Amick published Monday that stated the NBA investigated alleged illegal demands made by Dennis Robertson (aka “Uncle Dennis”), who is one of Leonard’s repres...2019
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• Report: NBA investigated Clippers over improper demands from Kawhi Leonard’s camp
The Lakers and Clippers are preparing to meet for the first time since Kawhi Leonard spurned the former to join the latter, and it’s pretty clear that the Lakers are still not pleased by how the saga played out. According to Sam Amick of The Athletic, the Clippers were the subject of an NBA investigation after complaints surfaced that Dennis Robertson, Leonard’s uncle, asked teams for improper and...2019
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• Kawhi Leonard injury update: Spurs star could return as early as March, reports say
There had been speculation that Leonard was going to miss the rest of the season...2018
• Robert Covington Trusted The Process and It Paid Off

Everybody’s got a favorite player. Maybe yours hit a buzzer-beater at your first NBA game and you loved him from then on. For others, it runs deeper. Think of the modest kid who feels connected to the soft-spoken Kawhi Leonard, or the baller practicing to shoot off one leg like Dirk or to fade like […] The post Robert Covington Trusted The Process and It Paid Off appeared first on SLAMonline...2018
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