<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-gets-worrisome-injury-update-vs-warriors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ Bradley Beal gets worrisome injury update vs. Warriors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bradley-Beal-Los-Angeles-Clippers-Stephen-Curry-Jimmy-Butler-Golden-State-Warriors.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers’ Bradley Beal gets worrisome injury update vs. Warriors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-27T21:12:01-07:00">October 27th, 9:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-27T21:13:05-07:00">October 27th, 9:13pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Clippers started the season whole, but that didn’t last long. Bradley Beal missed Sunday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers, and he’ll continue to be sidelined when the Clippers take on the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night.</p><p>The Clippers released their injury report on Monday evening, with listed Bradley Beal as “OUT” for Tuesday night’s contest against Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler, and the Warriors. Beal was previously listed as “QUESTIONABLE” to play on Sunday night against the Warriors before being ruled out prior to the game, head coach Tyronn Lue announced.</p><p>This time, Beal is being ruled out a whole day in advance, which indicates that Beal simply isn’t close to a return for Tuesday night’s game or that the team wants to leave him home to recover while the Clippers finish their one-game trip with two days off after.</p><p>In two appearances, Bradley Beal has averaged just 5.5 points, 1.0 rebound, and 1.0 assist in 20 minutes per game. The Clippers guard is still rounding into form following offseason knee surgery in May that forced him to be a limited participant throughout the early portions of training camp.</p><p>Tyronn Lue says that Beal suffered the injury on a defensive play during the Clippers’ home opening win against the Phoenix Suns on Friday night.</p><p>“He took that charge and it kind of gave him some back spasms,” Lue said.</p><p>In his 14-year, 803 game NBA career, Beal has averaged 21.5 points, 4.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 1.1 steals per game on 46.4 percent shooting from the field and 37.6 percent from three. The Clippers are slowly incorporating Beal into what they want to do, and the hope is that Beal can rediscover a spark that he appeared to lose a bit during a couple of losing seasons with the Phoenix Suns.</p><p>Beal’s next opportunity to play will be Friday, when the Clippers return home for a Halloween showdown against the New Orleans Pelicans.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ Bradley Beal gets worrisome injury update vs. Warriors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-injury-report-blazers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bradley Beal lands on injury report for Blazers game');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bradley-Beal-Los-Angeles-Clippers-jersey.jpg"></figure><h1>Bradley Beal lands on injury report for Blazers game</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-26T09:04:35-07:00">October 26th, 9:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-26T09:04:35-07:00">October 26th, 9:04am</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Clippers made several big offseason moves in hopes of constructing a roster that was capable of contending in the Western Conference this season. One of those moves was to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/clippers-news-bradley-beal-officially-suns-buyout-sign-la">acquire former All-Star guard Bradley Beal</a> after he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-why-bradley-beal-buyout-talks-got-heated">reached a contract buyout with the Phoenix Suns</a>. With the Clippers set to square off against the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday, they might be without Beal’s services as he popped up on the team injury report.</p><p>Bradley Beal is <a href="https://ak-static.cms.nba.com/referee/injury/Injury-Report_2025-10-26_10AM.pdf" rel="noopener">officially listed as questionable</a> for the Clippers game against the Blazers, as per the NBA’s official injury report. He is listed as dealing with back soreness. A final update on Beal likely won’t come until right before the game.</p><p>Beal joined the Clippers in the offseason when he signed as a free agent following a two-year stint with the Suns. He’s suited up in the Clippers’ first two games of the season, playing around 20 minutes per game. He’s averaged 5.5 points, 1.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists with splits of 44.4 percent shooting from the field, 25 percent shooting from the three-point line and 100 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Beal has slotted in as the starting shooting guard for the first two games, and if he is unable to play, that likely means more of an opportunity for backup guard Kris Dunn, who was a big part of the Clippers’ success last season.</p><p>The No. 3 overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, Beal is now in his 14th season in the league. He played the first 11 seasons of his career with the Washington Wizards, where he was selected to three All-Star appearances. The Wizards traded him to the Suns ahead of the 2023-24 season. A team that was expected to be a contender around Beal, Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, just never was able to find any consistency on the court.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bradley Beal lands on injury report for Blazers game

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-bradley-beal-bogdan-bogdanovic-get-final-injury-updates-vs-jazz');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kawhi Leonard, Bradley Beal, Bogdan Bogdanovic get final injury updates vs. Jazz');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Clippers.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kawhi Leonard, Bradley Beal, Bogdan Bogdanovic get final injury updates vs. Jazz</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-22T14:17:29-07:00">October 22nd, 2:17pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-22T14:18:14-07:00">October 22nd, 2:18pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Clippers will kick off their 2025-26 regular season with a visit to Salt Lake City to face the Utah Jazz. Kawhi Leonard, Bradley Beal, and Bogdan Bogdanovic are players with the most attention on them as far as their injury statuses go to start the season.</p><p>So what are the injury statuses of Kawhi Leonard, Bradley Beal, and Bogdan Bogdanovic with opening night upon us?</p><h2><b>Kawhi Leonard’s first healthy offseason</b></h2><p>Leonard has dealt with a number of unfortunate injuries throughout his Clippers tenure, which means he’s had to rehab just as much.</p><p>But after four consecutive summers dealing with injuries or rehab — ACL tear in 2021 and 2022, meniscus tear in 2023, and knee inflammation in 2024 — Leonard just went through his first healthy offseason.</p><p>“It was just exciting to be in an offseason not going through rehab,” Leonard said entering training camp. “I was able to push my body to the limit of what I wanted to do without repercussions or dealing with a therapist or anything, so that was great for me. I was able to walk around and enjoy my summer.”</p><p>Kawhi Leonard participated in three of the four preseason games with the Clippers and is ready to go for the start of the NBA season tonight against the Jazz. Leonard isn’t expected to face any kind of minutes limit, but the Clippers are going to be smart about his workload early in games and throughout the year.</p><p>“I think balancing in the first half is important, and then in the second half, you go as you need them. So like early on in the season, we don’t want to just run guys into the ground. The first half is about just keeping their minutes down, and in the second half, we’ll try to use them as needed. We’ll see those first 10 to 12 games and see how he feels.”</p><p>Leonard averaged 16.7 points on 48.5 percent shooting in 21.4 minutes per game in the preseason while taking six three-pointers per game. It’s only preseason, but a six three-point attempt average would be a new career-high for Leonard if he were to do it over the regular season.</p><h2><b>Bradley Beal ready for opening night</b></h2><p>Bradley Beal underwent arthroscopic knee surgery in May, following the conclusions of his second season with the Phoenix Suns.</p><p>The new Clippers guard has had a healthy offseason rehabilitating his knee and trying to work his way into game shape, but was limited to start training camp. Beal partially participated in scrimmages for the first half of camp, but ramped up his activity as the preseason went along.</p><p>Beal participated in his first full scrimmage on October 6th and was upgraded to available for the Clippers’ final preseason game against the Warriors.</p><p>In just under 15 minutes, Beal recorded 12 points, two rebounds, one steal, and one blocked shot on 6-of-9 shooting from the field. His three misses were all from three, going a perfect 6-of-6 inside the arc.</p><p>“I think I came out of it pretty good for not touching the floor this whole preseason, but I wasn’t going to be super critical of myself,” Beal said of his lone preseason game. “There’s a lot of stuff I could’ve been better at on the defensive end for sure and not turning the ball over a few times. But for the most part, I felt great moving around. I think that’s the most important thing. My wind was better than I thought it would be. It was definitely a good start for sure.”</p><p>Beal said his plan has always been to be ready for opening night, and everything seems primed for that. Beal was not listed on the Clippers’ injury report for Wednesday night’s season opener against the Jazz and is slated to start alongside James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Derrick Jones Jr., and Ivica Zubac.</p><h2><b>Bogdan Bogdanovic ready to go despite back injury</b></h2><p>Bogdan Bogdanovic played just two minutes in the Clippers preseason opener against the Guangzhou Loong-Lions on October 9th before leaving with lower back soreness. He had been a limited participant until his return for the Clippers’ preseason finale against the Golden State Warriors on October 17th.</p><p>“It feels good, feels good to be back with the squad, playing with them,” Bogdanovic said of his return. “I’m good in general. I can’t go back. I’ve got to just look forward man. What happened, happened. Hopefully [an injury] doesn’t happen and we’re moving forward. It’s part of the game.”</p><p>Bogdanovic is expected to be a significant cog in the wheel of the Clippers’ second unit. Chris Paul and Kris Dunn have manned the backcourt well, so Bogdanovic is slated to slide into the frontcourt with John Collins and Brook Lopez, assuming the team wants to keep Nicolas Batum’s workload low early in the year.</p><p>Bogdanovic played 30 games with the Clippers after being acquired at the trade deadline. In 25 minutes a night, the Serbian guard averaged 11.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 3.2 assists while shooting 47.4 percent from the field and 42.7 percent from three.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kawhi Leonard, Bradley Beal, Bogdan Bogdanovic get final injury updates vs. Jazz

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-watch-bradley-beal-splash-first-bucket');   ga('set', 'title', 'Watch Bradley Beal splash first bucket with Clippers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bradley-Beal.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Watch Bradley Beal splash first bucket with Clippers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-17T22:06:34-07:00">October 17th, 10:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-17T22:06:34-07:00">October 17th, 10:06pm</time><address><a>Richard Pereira</a>Richard Pereira joined ClutchPoints in January 2025 as an Associate Editor. He earned his degree from Florida Atlantic University in 2023 and has been covering the school's athletic programs since 2020, having served as a Sports Editor at the FAU University Press. He was granted the unique opportunity to report on the men's basketball team's journey to the Final Four in Houston for FAU Owls Nest during March Madness, consistently striving to grow as a sports journalist.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Bradley Beal converted his first bucket as a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-what-la-wants-to-see-from-bradley-beal-in-debut-per-tyronn-lue">member of the Los Angeles Clippers</a> during their preseason finale against the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.</p><p>Beal is preparing for his first season as a member of the Clippers. He moved on from an underwhelming two-year stint with the Phoenix Suns, a significant regression from his All-Star years with the Washington Wizards. He accepted a buy-out to become an unrestricted free agent, joining Los Angeles over the summer.</p><p>Beal wanted to start the newest chapter of his NBA career with a fresh start, which he can have with the Los Angeles squad. He <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1979371694335688975" rel="noopener">converted his first basket</a> during the opening minutes of the contest, using a screen from Ivica Zubac to knock down a mid-range jumper.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bradley Beal scores his first bucket as a Clipper 🪣<a href="https://t.co/wXJ8qaLuci">pic.twitter.com/wXJ8qaLuci</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1979371694335688975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>How Bradley Beal, Clippers played against Warriors</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Pat-Spencer.jpg"><figcaption>D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Bradley Beal helped the Clippers end the preseason on a positive note, beating the Warriors 106-103 on the road in his debut.</p><p>Los Angeles had a solid start in the game, taking a 31-21 lead in the first quarter before Golden State responded with a 22-16 display in the second period. The second half was similar as the visitors maintained the lead while the hosts tried to rally back from the deficit but to no avail.</p><p>Rebounding and playmaking made the difference in this matchup. The Clippers prevailed on the glass by grabbing 49 rebounds while creating 30 assists. It was similar for the Warriors but to a lesser extent, securing 40 rebounds while dishing out 25 assists.</p><p>Four players scored in double-digits on Los Angeles’ behalf, including Beal. He finished with a stat line of 12 points, two rebounds, one steal, and a block. Kobe Sanders led the team in scoring with 25 points, four rebounds, two assists, and a steal. Yanic Konan Niederhauser came next with 13 points and 11 rebounds, while Cam Christie provided 12 points and two assists.</p><p>With their preseason now over, the Clippers will gear up for the regular-season opener. They will be on the road, facing the Utah Jazz on Oct. 22 at 9 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Watch Bradley Beal splash first bucket with Clippers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-what-la-wants-to-see-from-bradley-beal-in-debut-per-tyronn-lue');   ga('set', 'title', 'What Clippers want from Bradley Beal in debut, per Tyronn Lue');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bradley-Beal-Los-Angeles-Clippers-jersey.jpg"></figure><h1>What Clippers want from Bradley Beal in debut, per Tyronn Lue</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-17T18:37:18-07:00">October 17th, 6:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-17T18:37:36-07:00">October 17th, 6:37pm</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Clippers are going to be seeing Bradley Beal’s first action <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-preseason-debut-warriors">on Friday night</a>. And while expectations should certainly be tempered, it’s the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-gets-positive-update-after-missing-la-first-two-preseason-games">first big step</a> in the right direction for Beal.</p><p>Head coach Tyronn Lue confirmed that Beal would play tonight in the Clippers’ final preseason game against the Golden State Warriors, his first action through the exhibition schedule.</p><p>Beal has been brought along slowly this training camp after undergoing surgery on his knee back in May. He hasn’t suffered any kind of setback, and hopes to be ready for the team’s season opener against the Utah Jazz next week.</p><p>“We’re just happy to see him out on the floor,” Lue told ClutchPoints pregame Friday. “He’s worked hard to get to this point to be able tot play in a preseason game, and so I’m excited for him. But we just need to let him be who he is. Be a scorer, be a playmaker, getting back to being an elite defender. He’s excited about the opportunity and so are we.”</p><p>Bradley Beal will likely face minutes restrictions, especially in his first action with his new team.</p><p>On October 6, Beal spoke with members of the media and announced that he took part in his first scrimmage with the team. </p><p>“I bumped today,” <a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1975298029453516849">Beal said</a>. “I scrimmaged today. Everything’s been on pace, on target. They’ve been doing a really good job of making sure everything is smooth and there’s no setback. It felt really good today to be out there with the guys.”</p><p>When asked if that meant he planned to play opening night, Beal responded with a simple, “that’s the plan.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bradley Beal says he scrimmaged for the first time today with the Clippers:</p><p>“I bumped today. I scrimmaged today. Everything's been on pace, on target. They've been doing a really good job of making sure everything is smooth and there's no setback. It felt really good today to be… <a href="https://t.co/QWSLgOsQZN">pic.twitter.com/QWSLgOsQZN</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1975298029453516849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1978193731384651872">Tyronn Lue says Beal’s participation</a> has been limited through camp because back-to-back days of scrimmages were not yet allowed for the three-time NBA All-Star.</p><p>With every other day participation, Beal participated in a scrimmage on Monday, did not on Tuesday, and sat out Wednesday’s game against the Sacramento Kings.</p><p>In his 13-year NBA career, Beal has averaged 21.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field and 37.6 percent from three.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

What Clippers want from Bradley Beal in debut, per Tyronn Lue

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-preseason-debut-warriors');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ Bradley Beal set for preseason debut vs. Warriors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Bradley-Beal-flexes-at-LA-Clippers-media-day.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers’ Bradley Beal set for preseason debut vs. Warriors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-17T08:13:15-07:00">October 17th, 8:13am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-17T08:17:06-07:00">October 17th, 8:17am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Golden State Warriors</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Clippers will take part in their final preseason game against the Golden State Warriors, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-tyronn-lue-hints-at-final-starter-alongside-kawhi-leonard-james-harden">one of their projected starters</a> is <a href="https://x.com/ChrisBHaynes/status/1979194724448899367" rel="noopener">set to make his debut</a>, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes.</p><p>“Los Angeles Clippers star Bradley Beal (knee) is to expected to make his preseason debut tonight in exhibition finale against Golden State Warriors, league sources tell me,” Haynes wrote on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-gets-positive-update-after-missing-la-first-two-preseason-games">Beal had a minor knee issue</a> that kept him out for most of the preseason, but it was never supposed to be something that kept him sidelined for an extended period of time. The Clippers will probably bring him along slowly, which shouldn’t be a problem with all the talent they have on the team after a busy offseason.</p><p>Beal was one of the bigger additions to the team after him and the Phoenix Suns agreed to a buyout. Beal had a few suitors, but it was the Clippers that caught his attention the most.</p><p>At Media Day, he explained what led to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-reveals-deciding-factor-in-leaving-suns-for-la">his decision to join the Clippers</a>.</p><p>“This situation, in particular, stuck out a lot,” Beal said via Tomer Azarly of ClutchPoints. “Just in terms of who one Steve Ballmer is and how he operates and what he stands for, his passion is unmatched. I feel like with his ownership around the league. And then L. Frank has been around for a long time. He knows the game, he knows players, he knows personnel. And then [Tyronn Lue]. T-Lue is another Missouri guy. I’m from Missouri. We had a previous relationship prior to me coming here. It’s just all made sense.</p><p>“James, I talked to James throughout the process and their pitch was just, it was obviously better. It was better. It made more sense and more fitting. I felt more confident and comfortable about, you know, the role and the situation I was going into. So everything kind of aligned.”</p><p>Beal will now have the chance to prove to outsiders that he can still produce at a high level, and he has the right team around him to do so.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ Bradley Beal set for preseason debut vs. Warriors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-gets-positive-update-after-missing-la-first-two-preseason-games');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bradley Beal gets positive update after missing Clippers’ first two preseason games');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Bradley-Beal-Los-Angeles-Clippers-jersey.jpg"></figure><h1>Bradley Beal gets positive update after missing Clippers’ first two preseason games</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-13T03:56:39-07:00">October 13th, 3:56am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-13T03:57:20-07:00">October 13th, 3:57am</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>INGLEWOOD, CA — The Los Angeles Clippers are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bogdan-bogdanovic-leaves-preseason-game-with-back-injury">halfway through their preseason run</a>, and have yet to see Bradley Beal suit up for the first time as a Clipper.</p><p>But the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-tyronn-lue-react-to-la-win-in-preseason-debut">team isn’t concerned</a> with the absence of Beal as he continues to be brought into the mix slowly.</p><p>The Clippers fell to the Nuggets on Sunday evening, 102-94, in what was their first and only game at Intuit Dome this preseason. Kawhi Leonard once again led the team in scoring with 17 points while Brook Lopez impressed with 15 points off the bench, 11 of which came in a red-hot first quarter.</p><p>Bradley Beal missed his second straight game of the preseason and appeared to be without a direct timetable to return to the court. After not playing against the Guangzhou Loong-Lions or the Denver Nuggets, the Clippers will close out their preseason with road matchups against the Sacramento Kings and Golden State Warriors.</p><p>Head coach Tyronn Lue said after the loss, however, that Beal could make an appearance in Friday’s preseason finale against the Warriors.</p><p>“If he keeps progressing the way he is, if things are looking good, then hopefully we’ll get to a chance him on Friday,” <a href="https://x.com/FlyByKnite/status/1977608130214400106">Lue told ClutchPoints</a>. “So we’ll just see. Like I said, he’s feeling better, he’s feeling good, and long as things are going in the right direction like they have been, hopefully we get a chance to see him on Friday.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyronn Lue to <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomerAzarly</a> on Bradley Beal: “He’s feeling better. He’s feeling good. As long as things are going in the right direction, like they have been, hopefully we get a chance to see him on Friday.” <a href="https://t.co/1Gp3Sim0zg">pic.twitter.com/1Gp3Sim0zg</a></p><p>— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) <a href="https://twitter.com/FlyByKnite/status/1977608130214400106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Beal has been out following arthroscopic knee surgery in May. The new Clippers guard isn’t injured or facing any kind of setback, but is simply being brought back slowly following the procedure.</p><p>Lue says he doesn’t necessary need to see Beal in a preseason game, and would be comfortable throwing him out for the season opener against the Utah Jazz on October 22nd if that’s when he’s cleared.</p><p>“[Yes], if he’s ready to go. If he can play, yeah I’m going to throw him out there. If he’s cleared to play, then I’m okay with it.”</p><p><a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1975298029453516849" rel="noopener">Bradley Beal participated in his first scrimmage</a> with the Clippers last Monday, on October 6th. Beal said his plan is to play opening night when the Clippers visit the Utah Jazz.</p><p>“I bumped today, I scrimmaged today, and everything’s been on pace, on target,” Beal said last week. “They’ve been doing a really good job of making sure everything is smooth and there’s no setback. It felt really good today to be out there with the guys.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bradley Beal says he scrimmaged for the first time today with the Clippers:</p><p>“I bumped today. I scrimmaged today. Everything's been on pace, on target. They've been doing a really good job of making sure everything is smooth and there's no setback. It felt really good today to be… <a href="https://t.co/QWSLgOsQZN">pic.twitter.com/QWSLgOsQZN</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1975298029453516849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Leonard, who did not play in the second half against the Nuggets, echoed similar sentiments regarding Beal and his knee recovery.</p><p>“Yeah, it’s important [for Beal to play in the preseason], but I know what he’s dealing with, as a group, his mindset, and how he wants to contribute badly,” Kawhi Leonard said of Bradley Beal. “But when you’re in that spot, you’ve got to make sure that you’re ready for the season and just overall yourself, just making sure that you feel good and you’re ready to go and play.</p><p>“So he can take the time he needs and hopefully it’s sooner or later, but no rush.”</p><p>Chris Paul adds that he’s more focused on his Clippers teammates being ready for the start of the regular season.</p><p>“You can only play when you’re ready,” Paul added. “I don’t think it matters about anything else. At the end of the day, everyone wants to play, nobody wants to play more than brad. I think with any and everybody on the team, the biggest focus is making sure we’re all healthy and mentally prepared when it’s time to go.”</p><p>After leaving Thursday night’s preseason opener with lower back soreness, Bogdan Bogdanovic also didn’t play in Sunday night’s game against the Nuggets. There’s no timetable on Bogdanovic’s return or update on his status, but the Clippers will practice this week before flying to Sacramento and San Francisco for their final two preseason games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bradley Beal gets positive update after missing Clippers’ first two preseason games

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-the-new-plan-for-james-harden-with-kawhi-leonard-healthy-bradley-beal-addition');   ga('set', 'title', 'The Clippers’ plan for James Harden with Kawhi Leonard healthy, Bradley Beal addition');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Clippers-news-James-Harden-reveals-what-he-doesnt-get-enough-credit-for.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>The Clippers’ plan for James Harden with Kawhi Leonard healthy, Bradley Beal addition</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-01T20:54:07-07:00">October 1st, 8:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-02T08:10:50-07:00">October 2nd, 8:10am</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>INGLEWOOD, CA — With Kawhi Leonard back healthy and the free agency addition of Bradley Beal, the Los Angeles Clippers are looking to reign in James Harden and his sky-high usage rate during the 2025-26 regular season.</p><p>Harden is coming off of one of the better recent seasons in his career, following what many considered drop offs with the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers. The Clippers’ lone All-Star last season carried the bulk of the playmaking, and that’s not something head coach Tyronn Lue is looking to repeat this upcoming season.</p><p>“We don’t want that,” <a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1973596169038422218" rel="noopener">Lue responded to ClutchPoints</a> when asked about expecting a similar workload for Harden this upcoming season. “Yeah, we don’t want that. I think we had to, but he just had to do too much for us to be successful to try to win games, to try to stay afloat while Kawhi was out. So we don’t want James to have to do that all year.</p><p>“It’s going to be games where he has to do that, but I think the last 25 games of the season when Kawhi came back, I think we were No. 2 in offense and No. 1 in defense. We’ll be able to score the basketball when everyone is healthy and things are clicking on all cylinders. So we don’t want James to have to go out every single night and have to do every single thing he did for us last year.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tyronn Lue on reducing James Harden's workload this upcoming Clippers season:</p><p>“We don't want that. Yeah, we don't want that. I think we had to, but he just had to do too much for us to be successful to try to win games, to try to stay afloat while Kawhi was out. So we don't want… <a href="https://t.co/6Epo51DxVA">pic.twitter.com/6Epo51DxVA</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1973596169038422218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Harden played 79 games for the Clippers last season, averaging 22.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 8.7 assists, and 1.5 steals per game as the primary ball-handler alongside Norman Powell. Across his 35.3 minutes per game and 79 games played, James Harden boasted a usage rate of 28.6 percent, which ranked 10th among players who played at least 60 games last season. But Harden and LeBron James were the only players in the top 10 older than 35 years of age.</p><p>“He had to make every play for us last year, him and Norm, offensively,” Lue added. “It put a lot of pressure on him and the last few weeks of the season, he got worn down. That’s our fault, but we had to do what we had to do to try to make the playoffs. We aren’t going to sit him down, but we don’t have to have his usage rate as high as it was last year.”</p><p>Harden and Powell carried the offensive workload until Kawhi Leonard returned on January 4, 2025. He played 37 games in the regular season, but Powell ended up missing 12 games after the All-Star break and never appeared to fully regain his form in the lineup as the postseason began. There was essentially no time off for Harden, which is something the Clippers aren’t trying to repeat.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/James-Harden-2.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>So what does James Harden and his usage look like when he’s not facilitating every pick-and-roll?</p><p>“We’re going to use him, but I’m saying we don’t have to run 60 pick-and-rolls to try to generate a shot,” Tyronn Lue clarified when asked about Harden’s role. “Now with Bradley [Beal] out there, with Kawhi back healthy, and [Ivica Zubac] being able to post the basketball, we can take a lot of pressure off of James having to over create every night.</p><p>“He’s going to play his game, I’m just saying he doesn’t have to do it every time down the floor. Last year, I thought him and Norm had to do it every time down the floor because that’s just what we had, but adding Brad, adding Kawhi back in the mix, and then Zu, he doesn’t have to put that kind of pressure on himself every time down the floor.”</p><p>Harden’s 41 percent shooting from the field was the second worst shooting mark of his career over an entire season and his 35.3 percent shooting from three was his fourth worst. The offensive workload caught up to the Clippers star, but he still refused to sit games out en route to what ended up being a surprising 50-win season.</p><p>The Clippers’ offseason additions of Bradley Beal and Chris Paul, in addition to Leonard’s return and Zubac’s continued development, were made with the hopes of reducing Harden’s workload. If everyone can stay healthy — and we’ve come to find out that is a major if — the Clippers should be able to act on this and keep James Harden fresh for a postseason run in April.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

The Clippers’ plan for James Harden with Kawhi Leonard healthy, Bradley Beal addition

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-tyronn-lue-confirms-bradley-beal-will-start-funniest-way-possible');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers HC Tyronn Lue confirms Bradley Beal will start in funniest way possible');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Beal-at-media-day.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers HC Tyronn Lue confirms Bradley Beal will start in funniest way possible</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-10-01T08:27:05-07:00">October 1st, 8:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-10-01T08:27:05-07:00">October 1st, 8:27am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University alum from Atlanta who graduated with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/2-clippers-players-in-danger-of-losing-starting-job-in-2025-26-training-camp">Los Angeles Clippers are just</a> a few weeks away from kicking off their 2025-26 NBA season. While a lot of the attention has focused on the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-rumors-ex-staffer-scathing-take-kawhi-leonard-deal">scandal surrounding Kawhi Leonard</a>, Steve Ballmer, and their alleged no-show deal to duck the salary cap, the Clippers are still hoping to trot out a competitive team this year before the potential punishments come raining down.</p><p>One of the big additions for the Clippers ovre the offseason was shooting guard Bradley Beal, who was bought out of his contract with the Phoenix Suns, which was widely considered to be among the worst in NBA history.</p><p>Recently, head coach Tyronn Lue spoke on what his starting lineup will be this year on opening night, and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lawmurraythenu.bsky.social/post/3m23dt25twk2f" rel="noopener">didn’t exactly give</a> the most clear-cut answer.</p><p>“Tyronn Lue says that Bradley Beal will start (and he) ‘Can’t remember’ on John Collins and declines to share full starting lineup,” reported Law Murray of The Athletic on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>Beal figures to start alongside Leonard, James Harden, Collins, and Ivica Zubac. Los Angeles will also have some solid talent coming off the bench, with players like Nic Batum, Kris Dunn, Chris Paul, Derrick Jones Jr., and Bogdan Bogdanovic being at Lue’s disposal in the rotation.</p><h2><b>Can the Clippers compete?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Clippers-All-Star-James-Harden-2.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>In theory, the Los Angeles Clippers should still have a good bit of time before any potential punishment comes down from the Leonard situation, so they’ll want to keep their focus on the basketball court as much as possible heading into this year.</p><p>The Clippers’ lineup, both starting and bench, is undeniably old (though not Golden State Warriors old), and the team will have to be careful about how it divvies up minutes so as not to burn out some of the key players during the regular season.</p><p>However, when healthy, the Clippers figure to have a good balance of perimeter playmaking, shooting, and rim protection in the form of Zubac, who turned himself into one of the NBA’s best defensive big men last year.</p><p>The Clippers will kick off their season on October 22 against the Utah Jazz.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers HC Tyronn Lue confirms Bradley Beal will start in funniest way possible

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-reveals-deciding-factor-in-leaving-suns-for-la');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bradley Beal reveals deciding factor in leaving Suns for Clippers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Bradley-Beal-flexes-at-LA-Clippers-media-day.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Bradley Beal reveals deciding factor in leaving Suns for Clippers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-29T18:41:07-07:00">September 29th, 6:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-30T09:09:25-07:00">September 30th, 9:09am</time><address><a>Tomer Azarly</a>Tomer Azarly is in his ninth season as the LA Clippers beat writer and NBA reporter for ClutchPoints. From the Lob City era to the Kawhi Leonard-James Harden era, he brings you everything you need to know about the Clippers as well as coast-to-coast coverage of the NBA.In his free time, Tomer likes to play basketball, video games, and draw.You can follow his Twitter and Instagram for all Clippers content.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>INGLEWOOD, CA — The Los Angeles era started a new season on Monday afternoon, kicking off the 2025-26 season with media day at Intuit Dome. Bradley Beal was among the new Clippers who spoke to members of the media Monday ahead of the start of their journey with their new team.</p><p>Following weeks of negotiations, Bradley Beal and the Phoenix Suns <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-bradley-beal-negotiating-buyout-heat-lakers-suitors">negotiated a contract buyout</a> in mid-July, ending his two-year stint with the franchise and making him an unrestricted free agent.</p><p>Free to choose his next team and destination, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/players/b2db0999/bradley-beal/pages/2">Beal ultimately decided to join the Clippers</a> in a move that prioritized both a basketball fit and lifestyle he wanted for himself.</p><p>“It was a process,” <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1972794373097324694" rel="noopener">Bradley Beal told ClutchPoints at media day</a>. “For one, you definitely respect Phoenix and appreciate them because of everything they’ve done and the communication was pretty straightforward. So I’m always appreciative of that and it wasn’t easy at all. It wasn’t an easy decision because many teams made that push and made that run and made their pitch. And it came down to the wire about where I wanted to go, who I wanted to be, what situation I wanted to be a part of.</p><p>“This situation, in particular, stuck out a lot. Just in terms of who one Steve Ballmer is and how he operates and what he stands for, his passion is unmatched. I feel like with his ownership around the league. And then L. Frank has been around for a long time. He knows the game, he knows players, he knows personnel. And then [Tyronn Lue]. T-Lue is another Missouri guy. I’m from Missouri. We had a previous relationship prior to me coming here. It’s just all made sense. James, I talked to James throughout the process and their pitch was just, it was obviously better. It was better. It made more sense and more fitting. I felt more confident and comfortable about, you know, the role and the situation I was going into. So everything kind of aligned.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Asked Bradley Beal how hard it was to leave the Suns and about his decision to join the Clippers:</p><p>“It wasn't easy at all. It wasn't an easy decision at all because many teams made that push, their run, and their pitch. It came down to the wire about where I was wanted to go and… <a href="https://t.co/vBenRuuR1L">pic.twitter.com/vBenRuuR1L</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1972794373097324694?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After the buyout agreement was reached, Bradley Beal’s agent, Mark Bartelstein, made a number of public radio appearances, where he said <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-plans-for-2026-free-agency-after-signing-with-la">the new Clippers guard is not someone who likes to</a> move a lot and the hope would be to make him a Clipper for a long time.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1972827659987214388" rel="noopener">Beal echoed those sentiments</a>, citing his familiarity with Los Angeles and the Clippers appearing like a great basketball fit.</p><p>“Oh, 100 percent,” Beal added. “My wife is from here, so that made the transition a little smoother and easier for us, but I love it man. I love being here. I’m usually here every offseason working out anyways, so it wasn’t too big of an adjustment for me living-wise and all that. I’m very acclimated with L.A. And it was just more where basketball was going to be best for me. I hope I can finish here. That’s the goal, that’s the end goal. It’s something that me and L. Frank talked about. Obviously you’ve got to continue to produce, continue to help lead this team to wins and the future will take care of itself.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bradley Beal on if the Clippers are place he'd like to be long-term:</p><p>“100%. My wife is from here, so that made the transition a little smoother and easier for us, but I love it man. I love being here. I'm usually here every offseason working out anyways, so it wasn't too big of… <a href="https://t.co/YPUml69GMq">pic.twitter.com/YPUml69GMq</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1972827659987214388?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Beal now joins a Clippers team that is returning a lot of players, but also made necessary changes to bolster the roster. the 13-year NBA veteran guard replaces Norman Powell in the starting lineup, with John Collins expected to start in the frontcourt alongside Ivica Zubac. Brook Lopez will come off the bench, as will Chris Paul to give the team some much-needed point guard depth.</p><p>“I think adding a guy like Brad is easy for our team,” Tyronn Lue explained to ClutchPoints. “You have a guy who can run pick-and-roll, he can catch-and-shoot, he’s a great cutter, can handle the basketball. So he does a lot of different things offensively. I think the biggest ability for us is being able to pass the ball and make plays for [Ivica Zubac] and guys like that when he comes off pick-and-rolls. I don’t think it’ll be hard at all to incorporate him into what we want to do.”</p><p>In 13 years in the NBA, Bradley Beal has averaged 21.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field and 37.6 percent from three.</p><p>In his two years in Phoenix, Beal shot over 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from three, but the lack of fit and chemistry issues were apparent when watching Suns teams that lacked a clear floor general and point guard.</p><p>Now joining the Clippers and playing alongside an elite table-setter in James Harden, Beal is excited for the opportunity to get back to his old ways.</p><p>“It’s always about what the team wants and needs,” Beal said, explaining his willingness to do whatever the team asks of him. “But I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have my best years of my career with an elite point guard. John Wall and Russell Westbrook, I’ve had some really good point guards. So to play with James [Harden], Chris [Paul], and those guys, that’s just another box I get to check. I’m super ecstatic about it. Whether the ball is in my hands, or I’m playing off the ball, it doesn’t matter what it is. I’m just happy to get back to some good energy and hooping.”</p><p>Beal will have that opportunity when the Clippers tip off their 2025-26 regular season on October 22nd against the Utah Jazz.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bradley Beal reveals deciding factor in leaving Suns for Clippers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-new-devin-bookers-disappointment-admission-kevin-durant-bradley-beal');   ga('set', 'title', 'Suns’ Devin Booker’s ‘disappointment’ admission of Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Suns-1.jpg"><figcaption>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Suns’ Devin Booker’s ‘disappointment’ admission of Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-25T08:23:19-07:00">September 25th, 8:23am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-25T08:23:19-07:00">September 25th, 8:23am</time><address><a href="https://www.downeuclid.com">Evan Dammarell</a>Evan Dammarell is an award-winning sports journalist covering all things Cleveland, including the Cavs, right off the shores of Lake Erie. Follow him on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Devin Booker has been the face of the Phoenix Suns for nearly a decade, weathering rebuilds, playoff heartbreaks, and even a run to the NBA Finals. But nothing, Booker <a href="https://x.com/DuaneRankin/status/1971042380766904710" rel="noopener">says</a>, compares to the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-devin-booker-admission-about-last-season-miserable-failure">disappointment of Phoenix’s failed attempt</a> to build a superteam alongside Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal.</p><p>“It was tough,” Booker said. “I think just not getting to where we wanted to with Kevin and Brad. [Those are] two guys that I have a high respect for and always will. The opportunity to play alongside them was a lot in its own, but it will always be a disappointment to me to not do what we all sought out to do.”</p><p>Durant was traded to Houston this summer, and Beal accepted a buyout before joining the Clippers. That leaves <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-devin-booker-hilarious-reaction-hitting-year-11-nba">Booker as the lone star remaining</a> from what was supposed to be a championship-caliber core.</p><h2><b>Disconnect doomed the Suns</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Suns-2.jpg"><figcaption>Allan Henry-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Booker admitted that chemistry was a glaring issue.</p><p>“I don’t think there was any hatred in our last group,” he said. “I just think when you are all on a different plan and don’t have the same common goal or same objective. Then that’s what it turns into.”</p><p>The Suns were aggressive under new owner Mat Ishbia. They’ve more than $600 million in salary and tax penalties to assemble their trio. The results were underwhelming. Phoenix won just one playoff series during the era, with Durant and Beal never meshing alongside Booker. Injuries and overlapping skill sets left the team searching for answers, while fans were left frustrated by lofty promises that went unfulfilled.</p><p>Booker called the past two seasons “the toughest of my career,” a sobering statement from a player who endured years of losing before Phoenix’s breakthrough to the 2021 Finals.</p><p>Now the Suns are resetting. Jalen Green and Dillon Brooks headline the new arrivals, while first-time head coach Jordan Ott takes over. The plan is simpler: build around Booker as the centerpiece rather than forcing star power to coexist.</p><p>Whether this next chapter leads to a rebound or a rebuild, one thing is certain. The Big Three era is finished, and only Booker remains to tell the story.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Suns’ Devin Booker’s ‘disappointment’ admission of Kevin Durant, Bradley Beal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-support-rams-week-1-game-texans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ Bradley Beal shows support for Rams at Week 1 game vs. Texans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/NBA-Phoenix-Suns-at-Golden-State-Warriors.jpg"><figcaption>Robert Edwards-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers’ Bradley Beal shows support for Rams at Week 1 game vs. Texans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-09-07T20:04:49-07:00">September 7th, 8:04pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-09-07T20:06:46-07:00">September 7th, 8:06pm</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a>Paolo Mariano is a freelance writer, editor, and producer based in Manila, Philippines. He is a journalism graduate from the University of Santo Tomas and the father of a young girl whose personality swings from Simone Biles to Dillon Brooks. A beacon of objectivity, he believes Penny Hardaway is the true NBA GOAT.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It looks like Los Angeles Clippers guard is further ingraining himself with the other teams in the City of Angels. Beal cheered for the Los Angeles Rams when they hosted the Houston Texans at SoFi Stadium on Sunday to open their season.</p><p>Beal might have been the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-matthew-stafford-reflects-hitting-rare-qb-milestone">Rams’ lucky charm in Week 1 as they beat the Texans</a>, 14-9. He wore a Puka Nacua jersey and enjoyed the game, which got highly physical.</p><p>The 32-year-old Beal, who signed a two-year, $11 million contract with the Clippers this offseason, grew up supporting the Rams when the team was based in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri from 1995 to 2015. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/02/03/bradley-beal-cant-root-tom-brady-so-st-louis-native-is-backing-rams/?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="noopener">In a report</a> from the Washington Post in 2019, he also said he is a big fan of four-time MVP Aaron Rodgers, who now plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RealDealBeal23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RealDealBeal23</a> in the house! <a href="https://t.co/dvais2QJIk">pic.twitter.com/dvais2QJIk</a></p><p>— Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/RamsNFL/status/1964786420159250878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Quarterback Matthew Stafford led the Rams over the Texans, throwing for 245 yards and a touchdown. Beal witnessed history as the 37-year-old Stafford became only the 10th quarterback in NFL history to tally 60,000 passing yards.</p><p>“It’s cool, it’s an amazing thing, and (I’m) sure as hell glad we did it in a win,” said Stafford in a report from the Associated Press.</p><p>Rams coach Sean McVay, meanwhile, credited his players’ resolve even when they got punched in the mouth early.</p><p>“What I do love about this group is they’re resilient. They keep responding. I thought we really found a way (to win),” said McVay.</p><p>Safe to assume, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-rumors-miami-interested-damian-lillard-bradley-beal-buyout-market">Beal will hope that he can also find a way</a> to regain his confidence in his first season with the Clippers. He is coming off an injury-riddled two-year stint with the Phoenix Suns, where he saw his numbers dramatically dip as he played behind forward Kevin Durant and guard Devin Booker.</p><p>Last season, he only averaged 17.0 points, his lowest since his third year in the league, in 32.1 minutes per game. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/phoenix-suns/suns-news-mat-ishbia-breaks-silence-bradley-beal-buyout-2">He was bought out by the Suns</a>, allowing him to sign with the Clippers.</p><p>Watching the Rams claim the victory should only inspire Beal to work harder in training camp and help the Clippers get over the hump.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ Bradley Beal shows support for Rams at Week 1 game vs. Texans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-tyronn-lue-makes-bradley-beal-declaration-after-overshadowed-suns-tenure');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ Tyronn Lue makes Bradley Beal declaration after ‘overshadowed’ Suns tenure');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Bradley-Beal-Suns-ii.jpg"><figcaption>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers’ Tyronn Lue makes Bradley Beal declaration after ‘overshadowed’ Suns tenure</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-28T13:01:49-07:00">August 28th, 1:01pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-28T13:01:49-07:00">August 28th, 1:01pm</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/clippers-news-bradley-beal-officially-suns-buyout-sign-la">Los Angeles Clippers signing star Bradley Beal,</a> the basketball world is debating if the move will be fruitful or not after a disappointing stint with the Phoenix Suns. As fans will have <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/la-clippers-bold-predictions-for-2025-26-season-after-bradley-beal-addition">predictions on how the Clippers will play with Beal</a>, head coach Tyronn Lue has his own strong opinion on the matter.</p><p>There is a lot of negativity around Beal’s time with Phoenix, especially since he was making over $50 million annually and his outings were largely deemed underwhelming. However, Lue <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2025/08/27/nba-coach-feels-bradley-beal-overshadowed-phoenix-suns-by-devin-booker-kevin-durant/85855857007/" rel="noopener">would argue against that point,</a> saying that, being the third option next to Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, he put up solid statistics.</p><p>“When you play for a team like Phoenix like he did the last couple of years, you got Booker and KD, and you’re the third option,” Lue said, according to The Arizona Republic. “People like, ‘oh, he didn’t.’ He averaged 18 points, shot 50% from the field and 43% from 3.”</p><p>Specifically, Beal averaged 17.6 points while shooting 50.5 percent from the field and 40.7 percent from beyond the arc in his two seasons with the Suns, playing 53 games each year due to injuries. Lue would express how it is easy to get “overshadowed” on a team with Durant and Booker while putting up those statistics.</p><p>“Those are unbelievable stats,” Lue said. “But when you’re playing with KD and Book, it kind of gets overshadowed. I think by coming here, I think it’s a fresh start, and I think he’s going to be great for us.”</p><h2><b>How Tyronn Lue envisions Bradley Beal playing on the Clippers </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Bradley-Beal_2dd04a.jpg"><figcaption>Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>While some are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beal-signing-draws-hyped-responses-from-tyronn-lue-lawrence-frank">hyped with the Clippers acquiring Beal</a> on the team, it remains to be seen how the star will be used alongside such players as Kawhi Leonard and James Harden. Lue would continue to envision a perfect fit for Beal, saying that he will be a “big help” for Los Angeles.</p><p>“He’s definitely going to be big help for us offensively,” Lue said. “We’re going to need him to score, but outside of scoring, we’re going to need him to make plays for other guys.”</p><p>At any rate, the Clippers are looking to improve after finishing 50-32, which put them fifth in the Western Conference as they were eliminated by the Denver Nuggets in the first round. Los Angeles opens the regular season on Oct. 22 against the Utah Jazz.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ Tyronn Lue makes Bradley Beal declaration after ‘overshadowed’ Suns tenure

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He's also an award-winning author and Ken Jeong's best friend.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Celebrity</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The new look and hairstyle of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/boston-celtics/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-reacts-jayson-tatum-crazy-new-look">Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum</a> have gone viral, and he attended <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-bradley-beals-wife-james-harden-wedding-invite">Bradley Beal’s wedding</a> sporting it.</p><p>He <a href="https://www.instagram.com/stories/jaytatum0/3706603361640700188/?hl=en" rel="noopener">reposted a post</a> by Beal, his wife, Kamiah Adams-Beal, and The Game on his Instagram Stories. In the ninth slide, Tatum can be seen donning his new braids.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Did not have Jayson Tatum with braids chillin with The Game on the bingo card that’s for certain. <a href="https://t.co/jkx3FkozO8">pic.twitter.com/jkx3FkozO8</a></p><p>— Brett (@brettrid3r) <a href="https://twitter.com/brettrid3r/status/1959775795389370514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>It appears Tatum had a good time at the event. He was seen hanging out with The Game at the wedding. Other NBA stars, such as Kevin Durant, were there as well.</p><h2><b>Jayson Tatum’s new look and hairstyle</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Celtics-All-Star-Jayson-Tatum.jpg"><figcaption>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Recently, Tatum debuted a new hairstyle. One of his teammates, Jaylen Brown, called it “crazy.” He claimed Tatum is “just doing anything now.”</p><p>We will have to see if Tatum keeps it heading into the 2025-26 regular season. Tatum is recovering from his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/boston-celtics/celtics-rumors-boston-insider-take-jayson-tatum-injury-status">recent non-contract Achilles tear</a>. The injury occurred during the Celtics’ series against the New York Knicks in the playoffs.</p><p>While he had surgery shortly after the injury happened, there is no guarantee Tatum will come back in 2025. Hopefully, he is back on the court sooner rather than later.</p><p>Over the last few years, Tatum has emerged as one of the NBA’s top stars. During the 2022-23 season, Tatum averaged a career-high 30.1 points per game. He has averaged 26.9 and 26.8 points per game in the following two seasons.</p><p>Since 2020, Tatum. has been named to every NBA All-Star Game. He was also named All-NBA First Team from 2022-25. Tatum led the Celtics to the NBA Finals in 2024, helping them win the series.</p><p>Tatum was drafted by the Celtics with the third overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft. He previously played college basketball at Duke from 2016 to 2017. He has also participated in a couple of Olympic Games as part of the United States’ team.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jayson Tatum posts photos from Bradley Beal’s wedding showing off new hairstyle

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From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>If there is one team in the Western Conference that is always right in the mix but has failed to get over the hump in recent years, it’s the Los Angeles Clippers. Despite going on a run and making their first Eastern Conference Finals appearance during the shortened 2020-21 season, the Clippers have lost in the first round of the playoffs each of the last three years.</p><p>Steve Ballmer is an active owner in the sense that he is willing to pay any price for his team to win. His <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-steve-ballmer-la-special-offer-intuit-domes-first-nba-playoffs">state-of-the-art facilities and $2 billion Intuit Dome investment</a> prove such.</p><p>Unlike other owners, who try to dictate all the moves their organization makes, Ballmer has instilled a lot of confidence and trust in his leadership to make championship-defining roster decisions.</p><p>This offseason, the Clippers have done just that on the trade market and in free agency.</p><p>While Los Angeles was one of the best defensive teams in the league last season, a staple of Tyronn Lue’s teams through the years, the Clippers found themselves struggling to produce on offense at times outside of James Harden and Kawhi Leonard.</p><p>Between turning the ball over and struggling to find productivity in their frontcourt, it became clear to Ballmer, executive Lawrence Frank, and the front office that it was vital to take big swings this offseason. This was especially true given that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-james-harden-decides-36-3m-option-2025-26-season">Harden declined his player option</a> and Leonard is only under contract for two more years.</p><p>The Clippers understood their two-year timeline entering the offseason, and that is why this franchise’s focus was on adding experience at every position to go all-in on pursuing a championship during the 2025-26 season.</p><p>Although this mindset ended up costing the Clippers key contributors like Norman Powell and Amir Coffey, Ballmer’s team drastically improved with the likes of Bradley Beal, Chris Paul, Brook Lopez, and John Collins. Now, when you look at the Clippers’ roster, there is a lot more firepower than just Harden and Leonard.</p><p>The Oklahoma City Thunder are coming off a championship and may still be the best team in the league, but the Clippers have made it clear they, too, are a formidable group that isn’t to be trifled with. Is this finally the year Los Angeles can be rid of their lackluster past and truly cement themselves as a title contender?</p><h2><b>Did the Clippers just become West’s deepest team?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Clippers-veteran-Bradley-Beal.jpg"><figcaption>Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>When evaluating the last handful of NBA champions, one common denominator sticks out: depth.</p><p>This past season, the Thunder ran the table from start to finish as a young team with a very deep rotation of players at every position. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was obviously their catalyst and the league MVP, but Oklahoma City beat teams in more ways than one.</p><p>As good as some of the starting lineups have been for the NBA’s previous champions, depth has always played an enormous role. This is even more true now, given the parity existing across the league and virtually every organization having All-Star-like talents.</p><p>The NBA has evolved into such a talent-rich league, which is why roster depth and skill at every position outweigh how many superstars a team can pair with one another. If you need an example of this, just look at the Phoenix Suns and the little success they found by choosing Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, and Bradley Beal as a three-headed monster over role players and key contributors.</p><p>The Clippers recognized their need to spread out skill at every position outside of Harden and Leonard this offseason, which is why the additions Frank and the front office made are vital.</p><p>As a result of Harden’s generosity and taking a slight pay cut, the Clippers were able to sign three key contributors in free agency that all bring a unique set of skills to immediately aid the team’s championship pursuit.</p><p>While still having Harden’s playmaking and Kris Dunn’s defensive tenacity in the backcourt, LA now has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-chris-paul-signing-for-likely-final-year-draws-perfect-message-from-lawrence-frank">Paul’s leadership</a> and passing on the bench.</p><p>Even though Powell is no longer on the roster as the team’s third go-to scoring option, he is replaced by a three-time All-Star and proven scoring weapon in Beal. Whether he starts or comes off the bench, Beal is in a much better situation than he was in Phoenix since he will play freely and be allowed to make decisions with the ball in his hands next to Harden and Leonard.</p><p>Outside of Ivica Zubac, who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/atlanta-hawks/hawks-news-dyson-daniels-beats-ivica-zubac-most-improved-player-award">took a major step forward last season</a>, the Clippers have struggled to find consistent production in their frontcourt. Lopez gives the Clippers another key defensive big man who also has the ability to knock down perimeter shots, and Collins’ athleticism supplies Los Angeles with an above-the-rim threat they’ve lacked in pick-and-roll sets.</p><p>Not to mention, Collins is a terrific slasher off the ball and is also a very underrated rebounder who quietly ranked inside the top 30 in rebounding during the 2024-25 season.</p><p>In addition to those the Clippers brought in this offseason, all being key veterans who understand their respective roles next to superstar talents, LA still has key factors like Nic Batum, Bogdan Bogdanovic, and Derrick Jones Jr. on their bench.</p><p>Ty Lue finally has a legitimate 10- or 11-man rotation he can consistently count on, and all of these players bring a wealth of experience with them to the table.</p><p>While they may be older and could be more susceptible to injuries, the Clippers are definitely right there with the Thunder in terms of having the best depth in the Western Conference.</p><p>Outside of contending at the very top of the standings, the other big question facing the Clippers is whether they have officially killed the “little brother” title and surpassed the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason.</p><h2><b>Are Clippers or Lakers the best team in LA?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/LeBron-James-vs.-Kawhi-Leonard.jpg"><figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The goal in Los Angeles, for both the Clippers and Lakers, is to win by any means necessary.</p><p>These are two passionate organizations with very different histories, yet they have been on even ground with one another over the last few seasons. Both teams have been searching for ways to emerge as legitimate title contenders in a crowded Western Conference, and they enter the 2025-26 season as favorites to make the playoffs again as high-seeded teams.</p><p>Unlike the Lakers, who are built around two superstars in LeBron James and Luka Doncic, the Clippers are truly focused on the team-first dynamic of their roster. This ideology has existed previously but has really come to fruition this offseason with former All-Stars and veteran talents joining without egos.</p><p>Paul, who is 40 years old and entering his 21st NBA season, is at peace with the idea of coming off the bench and not playing every game because he believes in what the Clippers have built. Instead of joining another team in free agency and possibly holding a greater role, the future Hall of Famer <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-chris-paul-gets-emotional-in-viral-moment-with-la-fans">wanted to play in Los Angeles</a> because of the team’s opportunity.</p><p>“It was a no-brainer,” Paul said when being reintroduced by the franchise this offseason. “If I’m really honest, I wanted to get back and play here by any means necessary.”</p><p>Although Lopez has started with the Milwaukee Bucks over the last handful of years, winning a championship alongside Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2021, he is also at peace with the idea of contributing behind Zubac in his set role.</p><p>As for Beal, the main reason he chose the Clippers over others after securing a buyout from the Suns was because he believes this team has the talent to <a href="https://x.com/tamar_sher/status/1954726332270628972" rel="noopener">win the NBA Finals</a>.</p><p>“I need a ring. I want one bad and I feel like I have a new life of rejuvenation, for sure — a new hunger,” Beal told Tamar Sher of KMOV in St. Louis this summer. “(I am) Excited about the opportunity. New city. New environment, but a hungry environment, too. I’m definitely excited about the opportunity to go win.”</p><p>Each of the Clippers’ new additions keeps talking about how excited they are for the opportunity to play together, and they all have massive smiles on their faces while doing so.</p><p>This team’s chemistry will be at an all-time high entering the 2025-26 season, and Ty Lue is a championship-proven head coach. Between their talent and experience in this league, the Clippers have everything they need to contend for a championship.</p><p>If this group stays healthy, there is no reason why the Clippers can’t be right in the mix with the Thunder, while their cross-city counterparts try and figure out their problems.</p><p><b><i>BUY OR SELL HEADLINE: </i>BUY — The Clippers have more depth, experience, and defensive intensity than the Lakers.</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.5	1.0	1.0	-	0.5

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
5.5	1.0	1.0	-	0.5

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