Clippers Rumors & News

Clutch Points "The Los Angeles Clippers and Toronto Raptors faced off on Monday night at Staples Center. For Kawhi Leonard, it was his first time taking on Nick Nurse and the Raptors, the team he helped lead to the 2019 NBA championship. Prior to the Clippers’ 98-88..." November 12

Larry Brown Sports "Kawhi Leonard is known for being one of the most “boring” players in the NBA, but his even-keeled personality has served him well throughout his career. If you expected to see a big change in him when the Los Angeles Clippers faced his former team, you would have been..." November 12

TSN "Paul George will make his Los Angeles Clippers debut during the team's upcoming road trip, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Wojnarowski reports George will either play Wednesday against the Houston Rockets or the following day against the New Orleans..." November 12

ESPN "NOBODY SAW MUCH of Daryl Morey in the days after the Houston Rockets landed in Tokyo for the NBA's Japan Games. The Rockets' general manager confined himself to his room at the Ritz Carlton in Roppongi Hills during the team's six-day visit, spotted leaving for..." November 12

ESPN "Before facing his old team for the first time since winning the championship, Kawhi Leonard ran into some of his former Toronto Raptors teammates and team staff members. "Hey, hey, hey," Leonard said with a smile to one Raptor, echoing the phrase that..." November 12

USA Today "The moment called for LeBron James to attack the basket and finish strongly. Same thing for Anthony Davis. The two Los Angeles Lakers stars have filled such highlight reels too many times to count. On consecutive possessions, though, Toronto Raptors center Chris Boucher stuffed them at the..." November 11

The Big Lead "The NBA glossary has introduced the casual and die-hard fan alike to all kinds of every-day terms. Posterized. Shaqtin' A Fool. Load Management. Load management isn't exactly a new occurrence. Like many plagues and apocalyptic scenarios, it began as a joke. In a March 2012..." November 11

Sportsnet "The attractions are obvious. The weather forecast for southern California this time of year is numbingly perfect and seemingly never changing: “Sunny and warm,” “sunny and warm,” “sunny and warm,” and on into infinity. There are celebrity..." November 11

NBA.com "Pascal Siakam had another big game on Sunday. In a win over the Los Angeles Lakers, the Toronto Raptors forward led the way with a team-high 24 points. It wasn't, however, Siakam's prettiest showing of the season. He went 9-for-25 from the field, including..." November 11

Clutch Points "Los Angeles Clippers advisor Jerry West recounted how he first found out about the Paul George trade, a major offseason move that kept most front office staff on their toes with anticipation. The deal would signify a make-or-break for the Clippers’ future, as getting George..." November 11

Clutch Points "There has been much said about Kawhi Leonard’s brief but successful tenure as a member of the Toronto Raptors. Head coach Nick Nurse has weighed in on how he feels that despite how some may have framed it outside of the organization, he saw that Leonard was in fact heavily..." November 10

The Score "Nothing captured the NBA's imagination this week quite like the latest saga in load management, as Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard was held out of Wednesday's nationally televised game against Giannis Antetokounmpo's Milwaukee Bucks. The..." November 10

USA Today "Eventually, Paul George’s ritual became a running joke. Occasionally, George performed his habit in secret. As he remained confined to non-contact drills while healing his surgically repaired left and right shoulders, George often mused he would join his Los Angeles Clippers..." November 10

Sportsnet "It might be a stretch to say the Kawhi Leonard is missing Toronto and his time in Canada now that he’s settled in at home with the Los Angeles Clippers. But the “here for a good time, not a long time” Raptors hero made an impression up north, and it..." November 09

Clutch Points "Paul George fully participated in practice on Saturday afternoon, said L.A. Clippers head coach Doc Rivers. The six-time All-Star and third place finisher in the MVP race last season could return to the lineup as soon as Monday night against the Toronto..." November 09

ESPN "Amid a renaissance start to the season for both the Lakers as a successful franchise and LeBron James as a dominant player, James says he has no plans to miss games due to load management in anticipation of a postseason run. "If I'm hurt, I don't play...." November 09

The Score "The NBA fined the Los Angeles Clippers $50,000 on Thursday for statements that were "inconsistent" with superstar Kawhi Leonard's health, including one head coach Doc Rivers made. The league also released a statement detailing the reigning Finals..." November 08

NBC Sports "Consistency of effort has not exactly been a hallmark of Hassan Whiteside‘s career. He seemed to sleepwalk through the first half of Portland’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers — 1-of-7 shooting and listless play (especially next to the..." November 08

Sporting News "Spurs coach Gregg Popovich may have kicked off the load management era, but Kawhi Leonard is the poster boy. In his first and only season in Toronto, Leonard played in just 60 of the Raptors' 82 regular season games. From a fan perspective, it was hard to stomach...." November 08

Yahoo! Sports "f a Kawhi Leonard load manages his body in Toronto and the NBA isn’t around to hear it, does it make a sound? The absolute outrage over the past few days because the two-time Finals MVP was ruled out of an ESPN televised game against the Milwaukee Bucks has been perplexing from..." November 08

ESPN "As we put the first 10% of the season in the books, here are 10 things to check out: 1. We need to talk about Nikola Nikola Jokic has probably racked up more "likes" in this space than any other player. And so it is with a heavy heart that I note: Jokic does..." November 08

Black Sports Online "The funniest thing is Jericho’s face throughout. He is truly looking at these dudes like “what the hell is going on, I was supposed to just do a quick promo.” You can’t put a Wrestling ring in the studio and not think Shaq is going to act up. " November 08

Black Sports Online "Most musicians wanted to be ballers, but they aren’t very good which is why they are musicians. Chance the Rapper is no different as he bricked 11 shots in a row after being allowed on Staples Center court after Clippers-Bucks game. He was there at the game with Rich..." November 08

The Score "Doc Rivers saying Kawhi Leonard is feeling good has apparently cost the Los Angeles Clippers $50,000. The NBA announced Thursday it has fined the team for statements, including one made by Rivers, that were "inconsistent" with Leonard's health..." November 07

NESN "Despite having played in vastly different NBA eras, Robert Parish and Kendrick Perkins agree on “load management” in the association. The former Boston Celtics centers have offered their opinions on the raging load-management debate in the aftermath of the Los Angeles..." November 07

NBC Sports "The Clippers sat Kawhi Leonard for their home loss to the Bucks last night. The NBA approved. Old-school thinkers did not. But what about fans who paid to watch Leonard? What would Clippers coach Doc Rivers tell them? Rivers, via Dylan..." November 07

Total Pro Sports "he Los Angeles Lakers are truly back. After several years of being quite irrelevant when it comes to having a Championship contender, the team went out and signed LeBron James and traded for Anthony Davis in back-to-back offseasons. " November 07

SB Nation "The NBA head coaching profession is among the least stable in all of sports. Some franchises cycle through a new head coach seemingly every year. The names who hold jobs for a decade or more are essentially legends, and even then, respected status and success is no guarantee of stability. The..." November 07

Pro Basketball Talk "To crack down on widespread tampering, the NBA began requiring teams to keep communications with agents and players for one year. The league can audit five teams annually. But what about workarounds? Pete Thamel, Seerat Sohi and Charles Robinson of Yahoo..." November 07

CBS Sports "The thing we most love about sports is the stuff we never see coming. They don't make movies about the favorite winning the game they're supposed to win -- instead it's the scrappy underdog who defies the odds and people's expectations with an unprecedented show of fortitude. A..." November 07

Bleacher Report "Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo said Wednesday he's not interested in load management and regularly tries to dissuade head coach Mike Budenholzer from making him miss games to rest. Antetokounmpo spoke with Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports about the..." November 07

Hoops Rumors "The NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement prevents a team from signing a player and then turning around and trading him shortly thereafter. If a club signs a free agent without having reached an agreement on a sign-and-trade deal, then the club isn’t permitted to trade that player..." November 07

Complex "The building should’ve been buzzing before this one. With tons of media on hand for a nationally televised game between last season’s regular season MVP and NBA Finals MVP, Staples Center was supposed to be poppin’ for one of the season’s most eagerly anticipated..." November 07

Newsday "David Stern is no stranger to the long battle against legalized betting in American sports. In 1991, he testified in the U.S. Senate hearings that led to the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. The Supreme Court overturned that law 18 months ago, opening the door to..." November 07

Bleacher Report "It didn't take long for Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers to hate the new challenge rule in the NBA. "That was awful," Rivers said of an offensive foul on Lou Williams that was not overturned upon review, per Ohm Youngmisuk of..." November 07

Daily Breeze "Inglewood was not required to offer affordable housing developers the first right to land proposed for a $1.2 billion Los Angeles Clippers arena, a Superior Court judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Daniel Murphy denied the lawsuit filed by the citizens group Uplift Inglewood Coalition a day..." November 07

CBS Sports "The Los Angeles Clippers are managing Kawhi Leonard extremely carefully, often to the detriment of television viewers. The Clippers, so far, have decided not to let Leonard play in both legs of back-to-backs. In their first back-to-back of the season, they chose to sit him..." November 06

Clutch Points "ESPN’s Doris Burke made some interesting remarks about the Clippers’ decision to rest Kawhi Leonard for Wednesday night’s matchup against Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks at Staples Center. Needless to say, Burke is..." November 06

The Big Lead "Kawhi Leonard is not playing tonight against the Milwaukee Bucks. Leonard will miss his second game in eight days because of load management. Both of those games just happened to be broadcast on ESPN, so no one besides Kawhi's aching back is happy with the..." November 06

Hoops Rumors "Clippers forward Paul George has yet to make his debut for his new team as he continues to recovery from shoulder surgery. However, according to Sam Amick of The Athletic, it sounds like that long-awaited debut may happen sometime next week. Sources tell Amick that..." November 06

ESPN " Kawhi Leonard will sit out his second game this season due to load management and miss a marquee matchup against reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo on Wednesday night when the LA Clippers face the Milwaukee Bucks. Wednesday's game is the first..." November 05

Complex "The NBA made its long-awaited return only a few weeks ago and has already provided fans with the buzzer beaters, scuffles, memes, and superstar performances they had been yearning for during the offseason. The new-look Los Angeles Lakers are dominating thus far as expected with the..." November 05

NBC Sports Chicago "Former Bulls center Joakim Noah reportedly suffered what sounded like a potentially career-ending injury, according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst. Windhorst reported the news on Monday on The Hoop Collective Podcast, but has since walked it..." November 05

Los Angeles Times "As the legal fight rages over the billion-dollar arena the Clippers want to build in Inglewood, plans for the project are moving forward. The Federal Aviation Administration determined last month that 37 applications covering the bulk of the proposed Inglewood Basketball and..." November 04

New York Post "Knicks coach David Fizdale made his first RJ Barrett-Kawhi Leonard comparison Friday night, and it centered on Barrett’s cool-as-a-cucumber on-court demeanor and stamina. Barrett leads the Knicks with 36 minutes per game, and logged 39 minutes in the 104-102 loss to the..." November 04

Real GM Basketball "Jose Calderon has announced his retirement as a player from the NBA and has joined the NBPA as a Special Assistant. The position is newly formed and a season-long position that both the union and Calderon hope will become a recurring role. " November 04

USA Today "The words sounded pleasing to Kawhi Leonard’s ears. Just over a month before Leonard committed to play for him, Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers compared Leonard’s body type to Michael Jordan on ESPN’s "SportsCenter." “I came a long way to where..." November 04

The Score "The NBA fined Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers $50,000 last May for violating the anti-tampering rules when he compared then-Toronto Raptors superstar Kawhi Leonard to Michael Jordan. The 58-year-old blames the media for getting him in hot water with..." November 04

CBS Sports "If you were unaware of the bond between Los Angeles Clippers forward Montrezl Harrell and his teammate Lou Williams, you need look no further than the wardrobe Harrell sported after the Clippers' thumping of the Golden State Warriors in the Chase Center..." November 02

Yahoo! Sports "Kawhi Leonard takes postgame treatment and recovery seriously. He has been the face of “load management” in the NBA, playing only 60 regular season games last year but leading the Toronto Raptors through the playoffs to their first NBA title. It’s a focus of the..." November 02