<!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-gets-brutally-honest-chris-paul-departure');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard gets brutally honest on Chris Paul departure');   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/2025/12/Clippers-news-Kawhi-Leonard-gets-brutally-honest-on-Chris-Paul-departure-1.jpg"><figcaption>Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard gets brutally honest on Chris Paul departure</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-14T18:11:39-08:00">December 14th, 6:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-14T18:11:39-08:00">December 14th, 6:11pm</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>Kawhi Leonard got honest about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/indiana-pacers/pacers-news-tyrese-haliburton-clippers-chris-paul">Chris Paul’s controversial departure from the Los Angeles Clippers</a> during the 2025-26 NBA season.</p><p>Paul reunited with the Clippers this past offseason as it turned out that this season will be the last of his career. However, after appearing in 16 games, the Los Angeles organization sent the veteran guard home earlier this month in what was a stunning decision for the rest of the league.</p><p>Leonard <a href="https://x.com/i/status/2000302116943081976" rel="noopener">reflected on the events</a> of the decision following a team practice on Sunday, per reporter Joey Linn. He stated he had shock towards the news, supporting the notion that Paul has been positive and was a team player throughout his short stint.</p><p>“Surprised at it. He’s always been a willing teammate when I’ve spoke to him. Only thing I could talk about is our conversations. And they’ve always been positive and team-forward. I didn’t have nothing to do with it. I didn’t even know what was going on,” Leonard said.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kawhi Leonard on the Clippers parting ways with Chris Paul:</p><p>“Surprised at it. He’s always been a willing teammate when I’ve spoke to him. Only thing I could talk about is our conversations. And they’ve always been positive and team-forward. I didn’t have nothing to do with it. I… <a href="https://t.co/cjyVw0a5dE">pic.twitter.com/cjyVw0a5dE</a></p><p>— Joey Linn (@joeylinn_) <a href="https://twitter.com/joeylinn_/status/2000302116943081976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>What lies ahead for Kawhi Leonard, Clippers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Clippers-news-Kawhi-Leonard-gets-brutally-honest-on-Chris-Paul-departure-2.jpg"><figcaption>Troy Taormina-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It’s clear that Kawhi Leonard doesn’t hold any ill will towards Chris Paul. Even though their time together didn’t pan out the way they hoped, Leonard revealed that he didn’t have a role in Paul’s exit from the Clippers.</p><p>In the meantime, Leonard will hope to remain on the court as long as possible while staying healthy. Los Angeles has struggled to ignite a big win streak to return to the playoff picture, suffering losses that have held them back significantly.</p><p>In the 15 games Leonard took part in this season, the Clippers have a 4-11 record with him and 2-8 without his services. He is averaging 25.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. He is shooting 48.6% from the field, including 38% from beyond the arc, and 97.3% from the free-throw line.</p><p>Los Angeles has a 6-19 record on the season, holding the 14th spot in the Western Conference standings. They are even with the Sacramento Kings while trailing the Portland Trail Blazers by three games and Utah Jazz and Dallas Mavericks by 3.5 games.</p><p>The Clippers will continue preparations for their upcoming matchup, being at home. They host the Memphis Grizzlies on Dec. 15 at 10:30 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard gets brutally honest on Chris Paul departure

<!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/miami-heat/heats-perfect-kawhi-leonard-trade-offer-to-clippers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Heat’s perfect Kawhi Leonard trade offer to 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/2025/12/Heats-perfect-Kawhi-Leonard-trade-offer-to-Clippers.jpg"></figure><h1>Heat’s perfect Kawhi Leonard trade offer to Clippers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-05T21:06:19-08:00">December 5th, 9:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-05T21:06:19-08:00">December 5th, 9:06pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Are the Los Angeles Clippers going to blow everything up? It’s become more and more likely with each passing loss and with the bombshell news that is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/nba-rumors-chris-paul-zero-intention-retiring-clippers-catastrophe">Chris Paul being sent home from his farewell tour</a>. But the Clippers are so deep into the sunk cost that is the Kawhi Leonard era that they may have no other choice but to fight it out until the very end to prevent basketball apocalypse by conveying their unprotected first-round pick next year to the powerhouse Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>For what it’s worth, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-dominance-la-tailspin-more-shocking">Leonard is trying his best to get the Clippers wins</a>. But despite his impressive scoring nights after returning from ankle and foot injuries, the team around him has been so gutted and so shallow that even his best efforts don’t seem to be enough. They are 6-16 on the season heading into their Friday night clash against the Memphis Grizzlies, and they are facing a mountain of injury woes that would make it close to impossible to recovering, especially when they reside in the difficult East.</p><p>There is talent on this Clippers roster,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-speaks-out-team-rock-bottom"> but the vibes are down</a>, the front office is in shambles, and the team is a mess. Perhaps cutting Paul loose would help LA be more united as a team, but their team just isn’t very talented, and their defense, which is supposed to be their calling card, has been dreadful for most of the season.</p><p>Even with the Clippers owing their 2026 first to the Thunder, there may be a temptation to just start things from scratch. And that could end up paving the way for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/ranking-3-best-kawhi-leonard-trade-destinations-if-clippers-blow-it-up">Miami Heat to swoop in and acquire another game-changer from the Clippers</a>.</p><h2><b>Kawhi Leonard joins Norman Powell on the Heat amid Clippers’ fire sale</b></h2><p><b>Clippers trade: Kawhi Leonard, Nicolas Batum, Kobe Brown</b></p><p><b>Heat trade: Andrew Wiggins, Terry Rozier, Kel’el Ware, 2029 MIA first-round pick (top-one protected, would convey two second-round picks otherwise)</b></p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Clippers-star-Kawhi-Leonard-vs-Heat-guard-Norman-Powell.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It has to be said that there is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-norman-powell-takes-shot-at-clippers-detailing-being-in-heat-shape">no way the Heat would want to shake their team up</a> at the moment — especially not for an aging, injury-prone star like Leonard. The vibes are immaculate in South Beach right now, and Leonard, as talented and as much of a playoff riser as he may be, would also change the dynamic of that locker room so much.</p><p>It’s no secret that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-responds-nba-fine-of-team-medical-details-released-by-league">Clippers have been giving Leonard special treatment</a> for so long, caving in to his demands as part of their agreement when he joined the team back in July 2019. The Clippers, as far as they’re concerned, see Leonard as their franchise cornerstone, for better or for worse.</p><p>In Miami, there is no way Leonard will be getting such treatment — not under head coach Erik Spoelstra and Pat Riley’s watchful eyes. With Leonard getting used to so much of that special treatment in LA, he may be shocked by the difference if the Heat decide to acquire him. For those reasons alone, one would think that Miami won’t be interested in him in the first place — not when the team is thriving under a more egalitarian offense.</p><p>This exercise is just to point out what kind of package the Heat could put together that would reasonably entice the Clippers in a world where there are no off-court concerns surrounding Leonard.</p><p>Kel’el Ware is going to be the starting point of any trade talks between the two teams. Ware is the Heat’s best young prospect, and he is an intimidating presence around the basket. His 7’5″ wingspan is mind-bogglingly difficult to score on, and this allows him to be a dominant force on the glass and around the basket.</p><p>But as long as Bam Adebayo is on the Heat, which he would be for a long time considering how the team views him as their cornerstone and a lifer in an ideal world, Ware will be relegated to backup duties. That is a luxury for Miami right now, but eventually, Ware is going to have to get paid — can the Heat stomach paying him a huge extension to be the backup to Adebayo when Bam is healthy?</p><p>Ware has started the past four games off the bench, and his results have been mixed. He was dominant on Wednesday, recording 22 points and 10 boards in their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-how-disappointing-loss-dallas-represents-harsh-reality-miami">118-108 loss to the Dallas Mavericks</a>, but his ceiling of production is capped so long as Adebayo is healthy, which Miami would want every single night.</p><p>Spoelstra has experimented with lineups involving Ware and Adebayo sharing the floor, but he has justifiably stayed away from pairing those two for extended stretches. According to PBP Stats, the Heat have posted a <a href="https://www.pbpstats.com/wowy-combos/nba?TeamId=1610612748&amp;Season=2025-26&amp;SeasonType=Regular%2BSeason&amp;PlayerIds=1628389,1642276" rel="noopener">net rating of -4.46</a> in the 103 minutes that Adebayo and Ware have shared the court this year. That is horrible and makes it likely for Spoelstra to keep splitting their minutes as much as possible.</p><p>With that, perhaps the Heat eventually decide that packaging the talented center who’s capped as the backup to Adebayo in a trade for a bigger star would be the best use of resources. And the Clippers will want Ware — especially if they’re also trading Zubac away to keep on adding to their rebuild.</p><p>But <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-kelel-ware-breaks-silence-on-being-untouchable-in-kevin-durant-trade-talks">Ware was untouchable in trade talks for Durant,</a> so this is nothing but a pipe dream for the Clippers as there is no way Leonard is going to be the star that changes Miami’s stance on trading their talented young center.</p><p>Andrew Wiggins is the Heat’s most expendable player in the starting lineup if Leonard were to arrive, and his salary makes a trade that much easier to pull off. He also gives the Clippers a starting small forward on a reasonable salary moving forward, at least allowing them to remain semi-competitive so that they don’t at least convey their unprotected pick to the Thunder without much of a fight.</p><p>Terry Rozier may have played his last game in the NBA, but he’ll simply be included in this trade for salary-matching purposes.</p><p>As for the first-round draft picks, the Clippers would want to replenish their depleted chest of draft assets, so any Leonard trade would have to involve them. As for the Heat, they know the cost of doing business. And if they truly believe that acquiring Leonard, a two-time NBA Finals MVP, can get them over the hump, then two first-rounders is a perfectly acceptable price to pay.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Heat’s perfect Kawhi Leonard trade offer to Clippers

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In addition, he is also a published author of thriller novels, available on Amazon.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There was a time when the Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard was one of the most coveted players in the league. Those <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47202440/nba-intel-next-clippers-league-insiders-examine-three-paths" rel="noopener">days are gone</a>, as an investigation into <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-rumors-nbas-investigation-kawhi-leonard-not-wrongdoing">Leonard’s dealings with Aspiration</a> has presented a negative value on the trade market, according to insiders across the NBA, as reported by ESPN.</p><p>The report indicates that various factors have led to the conclusion that James Harden still has value. However, those same insiders have stated that they believe Leonard has negative value, and there is no urge to trade for him. The consensus is that the Aspiration scandal, along with his lengthy injury history, makes him unappealing to other teams.</p><p>There has been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-gets-destroyed-for-being-selfish-by-kendrick-perkins">criticism of Leonard over the years,</a> and much of it has focused on his limited impact on the Clippers. When the Clippers signed him, there was a belief he could carry them to their first NBA title, as he did with the Toronto Raptors. Instead, it’s been one injury after another.</p><p>Leonard played just 57 games in his first season with the Clippers. Furthermore, his 68 games in the 2023-24 season were the most he has played since his 74 with the San Antonio Spurs. To make matters worse, this scandal with Aspiration further diminishes his value and leaves the Clippers stuck with him while enduring a miserable season.</p><p>Despite the controversy, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-dominance-la-tailspin-more-shocking">Leonard has been on fire lately,</a> averaging 31.5 points over four games. Despite that, the Clippers have continued to struggle, going 1-3 in those games. Overall, Los Angeles is 6-16 and stuck in 13th place in the Western Conference. If the Clippers were to attempt to offload talent to begin a rebuilding phase, they would have a tough time finding a taker for Leonard, who has already missed time this season.</p><p>The future is very murky for Leonard and the Clippers as they attempt a season filled with drama off the court and struggles on the court. As the NBA continues to investigate, the Clippers will try to ignore the talks and climb out of the hole they have dug for themselves.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers rumors: Kawhi Leonard has ‘negative value’ on trade market

<!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-rumors-nbas-investigation-kawhi-leonard-not-wrongdoing');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers rumors: NBA’s investigation into Kawhi Leonard shenanigans not expected to uncover wrongdoing');   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/2025/12/Kawhi-Leonard-faces-the-Atlanta-Hawks.jpg"><figcaption>© Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers rumors: NBA’s investigation into Kawhi Leonard shenanigans not expected to uncover wrongdoing</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-05T09:12:21-08:00">December 5th, 9:12am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-05T09:12:21-08:00">December 5th, 9:12am</time><address><a>RB Hayek</a>RB Hayek has been writing about sports for over a decade and is currently a member of ClutchPoints' editorial team after primarily focusing on betting content. In addition, he is also a published author of thriller novels, available on Amazon.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Clippers are having a bad season on the court and off. Alarmingly, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-rumors-kawhi-leonard-signed-28-million-deal-for-no-show-job-to-circumvent-salary-cap">Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard is in the middle of a scandal</a> that could derail him and the team. But now recent developments indicate that the NBA investigation into Aspiration <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6616959/2025/09/10/adam-silver-kawhi-leonard-nba-investigation/" rel="noopener">might not uncover</a> any wrongdoing, according to The Athletic.</p><p>The Clippers have had many curious issues this season, including the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/why-chris-paul-decision-first-of-many-clippers-moves-to-come">sudden departure of Chris Paul</a>. But this scandal has become the biggest cloud looming over the team. It all stemmed from Aspiration,  a former sponsor of the Clippers. Investigative journalist Pablo Torre alleged that in 2021, Leonard signed a $28 million endorsement deal with Aspiration. What that meant was that he received payments even if he did no work.</p><p>What made this so controversial was that the organization linked the payments to Leonard being a member of the Clippers. This raised concern over how owner Steve Ballmer could have manipulated the NBA salary cap rules to pay Leonard more without using the cap.</p><p>The Clippers have always maintained they did nothing wrong in their dealings with Aspiration. Ballmer contributed $50 million to Aspiration in 2021, which only further confuses how they handled business.</p><p>Despite that, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-speaks-out-team-rock-bottom">Clippers have struggled to avoid off-court drama</a>, as it has severely affected them on the court. The Clippers just beat the Atlanta Hawks 115-92. But before that, they had lost five in a row and had gone 2-13 in November, highlighting an ugly stretch that put them toward the bottom of the standings.</p><p>When the season began, many predicted the Clippers could rule the Pacific Division. Instead, they have endured controversy and injuries to some of their best players. This has caused fans to sour on the Clippers. Even if Leonard faces no punishment from the NBA for whatever happened with Aspiration, he might not find better rewards on the court, as the Clippers continue to struggle.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers rumors: NBA’s investigation into Kawhi Leonard shenanigans not expected to uncover wrongdoing

<!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', '/ncaa-football/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-did-a-double-take-on-chris-paul-shocker');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers star Kawhi Leonard did a double take on Chris Paul shocker');   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/2025/12/Clippers-Chris-Paul-1.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers star Kawhi Leonard did a double take on Chris Paul shocker</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-04T10:09:08-08:00">December 4th, 10:09am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-04T10:09:08-08:00">December 4th, 10:09am</time><address><a>Jake Faigus</a>Jake Faigus graduated from the University of Arizona in 2022 and has written for several publications and websites. He has had stops at Catena Media, Playmaker, DraftKings, USA Today, Spike Up, and Spotlight Sports Group. He also writes for Sporting News and works at iHeartMedia in Phoenix when he is not writing for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NCAA Football</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2025 Los Angeles Clippers season has been a disaster. They are 6-16 despite high expectations, but nothing has clicked to start the season. Now, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-la-cuts-chris-paul-overnight-in-shocking-fashion" rel="noopener">they have dismissed Chris Paul</a> after they made a lot of fanfare about bringing him back to the Clippers for his final NBA season. The move comes as a shock to the NBA world, including Paul’s teammates on the Clippers.</p><p>The move shocked the players on the team, and Kawhi Leonard even told the media he had to do a double-take after reading the news. Leonard said <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/47197695/james-harden-kawhi-leonard-shocked-chris-paul-abrupt-ouster-clippers" rel="noopener">he was as shocked as everyone else</a>, guessed the front office, had a conversation, and they parted ways from there.</p><p>“It was shocking to me,” Leonard said. “I guess they had a conversation, and the front office made a decision.”</p><p>The other superstar on the Clippers was just as shocked by the move. He said he was just as shocked as everyone else after he saw the news.</p><p>“I’m just as confused and shocked as you guys, the world,” Harden said Wednesday night after the Clippers snapped a five-game losing streak. “Definitely surprised me. But not just Chris, it’s a lot that we were dealing with. But that is out of my hands. I got to focus on what I have to focus on and what I can control. I guess the front office felt that was the best decision for the organization.”</p><p>According to ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania, Paul was not on speaking terms with Clippers head coach Ty Lue for several weeks before his abrupt exit.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-rumors-chris-paul-vs-tyronn-lue-feud-at-center-of-sudden-parting-ways" rel="noopener">One reason was that Paul and Lue clashed over their leadership styles</a>. The 12-time All-Star was vocal in holding management, coaches, and players accountable. The Clippers believed Paul’s style had become disruptive because of that and thought that it was not sustainable.</p><p>“Don’t have a side [in this],” Lue said. “I don’t like it. It just didn’t work out like we thought it would. I don’t like it for CP. It just wasn’t a good fit, and we understood that. It was an organization [decision], they made the choice, and so moving forward, we got to see what we do.”</p><p>How the Clippers get rid of Paul remains to be seen because he can’t be traded until Dec. 15 at the earliest. Waiving him outright is also complicated with the Clippers being $1.3 million below the first apron and not allowed to exceed it in any transaction. The final option is for the Clippers and Paul to agree to a buyout, but in that case, another team would need a roster spot for him.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers star Kawhi Leonard did a double take on Chris Paul shocker

<!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-rumors-ivica-zubac-coveted-trade-market-kawhi-leonard-james-harden');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers rumors: Ivica Zubac more coveted on trade market than Kawhi Leonard, James Harden');   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/2025/12/Clippers-center-Ivica-Zubac-40-goes-up-for-a-shot.jpg"><figcaption>Jim Rassol-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers rumors: Ivica Zubac more coveted on trade market than Kawhi Leonard, James Harden</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-03T15:46:00-08:00">December 3rd, 3:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-03T15:46:00-08:00">December 3rd, 3:46pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There could be more changes coming from the side of the Los Angeles Clippers following the team’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-inside-chris-paul-departure-lawrence-frank-decision-to-send-the-future-hall-of-famer-home">sudden divorce with future Basketball Hall of Famer Chris Paul</a>, who is widely regarded as the best player to ever don the franchise’s colors.</p><p>With many asking what’s next for the Clippers, much attention turns to the likes of Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, particularly about their future with the team.</p><p>However, big man Ivica Zubac is said to be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/why-chris-paul-decision-first-of-many-clippers-moves-to-come" rel="noopener">generating more trade interest</a> than Leonard and Harden despite the latter two’s glitzier names.</p><p>“Zubac has received the most interest out of any player on the Clippers entering December, as multiple Eastern and Western Conference teams in playoff position have called Frank and Los Angeles to get info on their starting center,” wrote credentialed NBA insider Brett Siegel of ClutchPoints.</p><p>Objectively, it’s not hard to see why. For one, Zuback is younger. The 29-year-old big man is also seemingly just hitting his prime. In the 2024-25 NBA season, he posted career-bests in win shares (<a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/z/zubaciv01.html" rel="noopener">11.7</a>) and value over replacement player (3.4) while also posting career-high averages of 16.8 points and 12.6 rebounds per game.</p><p>Additionally, Siegel mentioned the Boston Celtics as an interesting team to watch out for in case trade chatter about Zubac intensifies.</p><p>“It would be very interesting to see if the Boston Celtics would get involved and look to acquire Zubac as their franchise center moving forward. Boston clearly has a hole in their frontcourt to fill, and this team has proven that they can still compete in the Eastern Conference, especially once Jayson Tatum returns from his Achilles injury,” Siegel shared.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers rumors: Ivica Zubac more coveted on trade market than Kawhi Leonard, James Harden

<!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-gets-destroyed-for-being-selfish-by-kendrick-perkins');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard gets destroyed for being selfish by Kendrick Perkins');   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/2025/11/Kawhi-Leonard-gives-some-instructions.jpg"><figcaption>Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard gets destroyed for being selfish by Kendrick Perkins</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-03T10:47:36-08:00">December 3rd, 10:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-03T10:47:36-08:00">December 3rd, 10:47am</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kendrick Perkins <a href="https://youtu.be/FGUk0jrtbH4?t=283" rel="noopener">launched a sharp critique</a> of Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard on a recent episode of the Road Trippin’ podcast, accusing him of selfishness and calling the team’s decision to sign him “one of the worst free agent signings in NBA history.” The remarks come as the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-la-was-stuck-at-airport-due-mechanical-issues-chris-paul-release">Clippers fall to 5–16 during the 2025–26 season</a>, having lost 14 of their last 16 games.</p><p>Perkins’ comments were triggered by Leonard’s <a href="https://x.com/joeylinn_/status/1993581697133429096" rel="noopener">postgame remarks</a> following the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-james-harden-get-real-on-las-5-13-start">Clippers’ 135–118 NBA Cup loss to the Los Angeles Lakers</a> last week. Leonard had said, “Just gotta get the right lineups on the court, I guess. Get some more talent. Play with better talent and see what happens.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kawhi Leonard on this Clippers team:</p><p>“Just gotta get the right lineups on the court, I guess. Get some more talent. Play with better talent and see what happens.”</p><p>Is that talent internal?</p><p>“I’m saying like playing better. Like we all just gotta play better. Make shots…” <a href="https://t.co/H4JUJ9Cmf9">pic.twitter.com/H4JUJ9Cmf9</a></p><p>— Joey Linn (@joeylinn_) <a href="https://twitter.com/joeylinn_/status/1993581697133429096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Perkins responded with a scathing assessment.</p><p>“When you think about where the Clippers are today. You think about Kawhi Leonard and his comments he said last week, basically saying he needs better players around him,” Perkins said. “Do you think Kawhi Leonard went out and fought to keep Paul George? Hell no. Do you think he went out and said, ‘Hey man, you don’t trade Norman Powell. The man averaged 24 for us last season. Man you need to pay the man.’ Hell no. Because Kawhi Leonard only gives a damn about Kawhi Leonard.”</p><h2><b>Kendrick Perkins rips Kawhi Leonard as worst superstar signing in NBA history</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Clippers.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Sergio Estrada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Perkins continued, highlighting <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-ultimate-reason-chose-la-lakers-raptors">Leonard’s $153 million extension signed in 2024</a>.</p><p>“It’s too late because now he just started, I believe, the first year of the $153 million extension they gave him last year. So his trade value is not there. So now you’re stuck with him and you’re 5–16 and you’re going absolutely nowhere.”</p><p>The former NBA center went as far as to call Leonard’s arrival one of the worst high-profile signings in recent memory.</p><p>“I’m telling you, we go down the history of free agent signings when it comes to superstar status, this ranks at the top as far as the worst signing in NBA history when they signed him back in 2021–22.”</p><p>Leonard, typically spared from harsh public criticism due to his quiet demeanor, is now under increased scrutiny as the Clippers continue to fall in the Western Conference standings.</p><h2><b>Clippers’ season spirals after major roster changes and internal turmoil</b></h2><p>The team’s roster has undergone significant changes over the past two offseasons. Paul George, Leonard’s co-star since 2019, departed for the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2024 offseason. Then, in this past offseason, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-the-john-collins-norman-powell-trade-is-a-disaster-for-la">Clippers traded Norman Powell</a> — coming off an All-Star caliber campaign — <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-kendrick-perkins-clippers-on-blast-norman-powell-trade-that-transformed">to the Miami Heat in a three-team deal that brought back forward John Collins</a> from the Utah Jazz.</p><p>Powell has since thrived in Miami, averaging 25 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists, and 1.2 steals per game while shooting 50.9% from the field and 45.7% from three across 17 games. Collins, meanwhile, has struggled to find consistency in Los Angeles, posting his lowest numbers since his rookie year.</p><p>Tensions escalated further this week when franchise icon <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-la-cuts-chris-paul-overnight-in-shocking-fashion">Chris Paul — on his farewell tour — revealed via Instagram that he had been sent home</a>. “Just found out I’m being sent home,” he wrote at 3 a.m. ET with a peace emoji. The Clippers later confirmed the decision, with President Lawrence Frank emphasizing that Paul was not at fault for the team’s poor performance.</p><p>Leonard remains productive individually, averaging 26.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, and 1.6 steals per game on 53.3% shooting from the field, 48.1% from three, and 97.1% from the free throw line across 11 games. But with the team in disarray, critics like Perkins have openly questioned Leonard’s leadership and long-term value.</p><p>The Clippers will look to stop their five-game skid Wednesday against the Atlanta Hawks (13–9) as pressure mounts on Leonard and the franchise.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard gets destroyed for being selfish by Kendrick Perkins

<!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-dominance-la-tailspin-more-shocking');   ga('set', 'title', 'Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard’s recent dominance makes LA’s tailspin even more shocking');   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/Clippers-Kawhi-Leonard-2-2.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard’s recent dominance makes LA’s tailspin even more shocking</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-02T08:49:59-08:00">December 2nd, 8:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-02T08:49:59-08:00">December 2nd, 8:49am</time><address><a>Jayesh Pagar</a>Jayesh Pagar is currently pursuing Sports Journalism from the London School of Journalism and brings four years of experience in sports media coverage. He has contributed extensively to NBA, WNBA, college basketball, and college football content, delivering in-depth analysis and breaking news coverage across multiple platforms.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Clippers sit at 5-16, their season spiraling despite Kawhi Leonard delivering some of his best basketball. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/tyronn-lue-out-of-answers-after-mavericks-debacle-drops-clippers-to-5-15">team has dropped three straight games</a>, with losses to the Memphis Grizzlies, Dallas Mavericks, and Miami Heats revealing problems far deeper than one superstar can solve.</p><p>Over his<a href="https://x.com/joeylinn_/status/1995687153326850187" rel="noopener"> last three games</a>, Leonard averaged 35 points on 57 percent shooting. He dropped 39 against Memphis, 30 against Dallas, and 36 against Miami. “He’s a +15 in these games, yet the Clippers have lost them all,” Joey Linn of Sports Illustrated highlighted the paradox.</p><p>Leonard torched Memphis for 39 points on 15-of-24 shooting in just 29 minutes, yet the Clippers blew a hot start and collapsed in the second half. Against Dallas the following night, his 30-point effort couldn’t overcome Cooper Flagg’s historic 35-point eruption.</p><p>The Miami debacle proved most demoralizing. Leonard poured in 36 points, including 19 in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 12. But the Heat had already buried LA with 140 points and a franchise-record tying 24 three-pointers. A brutal 30-2 second quarter run essentially ended the contest before halftime.</p><p>The defensive breakdowns have become systematic. LA ranks 25th in defensive rating after finishing third last season. Following the Lakers loss, Leonard called out the team’s inability to make opposing stars uncomfortable, emphasizing they need to force better scorers to pass like opponents do to them.</p><p>James Harden’s minus-39 rating against Miami exemplified the team’s struggles. Despite averaging 27.6 points this season, he played just 20 minutes before being benched for the final 22 minutes. His scoring hasn’t translated to victories. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-jim-mora-impression-terrible-loss">Leonard summed up the mindset after the Dallas loss</a>, channeling his inner Jim Mora. The two-time champion stressed focusing on winning one game before thinking about championships.</p><p>The Clippers’ 2-14 stretch since starting 3-2 marks their worst 21-game span since 2010-11. Leonard’s brilliance only magnifies how badly everything else has fallen apart.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard’s recent dominance makes LA’s tailspin even more shocking

<!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-speaks-out-team-rock-bottom');   ga('set', 'title', 'Is the Clippers locker room falling apart? 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Kawhi Leonard sounds off after hitting rock bottom</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-12-02T08:42:22-08:00">December 2nd, 8:42am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-12-02T08:42:22-08:00">December 2nd, 8:42am</time><address><a>Yasmin Edañol</a>Yasmin D.G. Edañol is a PhD candidate in Chemistry at the University of the Philippines Diliman, with a background in scientific research and publishing. He brings a data-driven perspective to sports storytelling as an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints, with a focus on the NBA. Whether it's breaking down a clutch play or a stat line, he believes every great moment has a deeper layer waiting to be uncovered.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-norman-powell-sounds-off-clippers-woes">Los Angeles Clippers unraveled again on Monday night</a>, a collapse that pushed their losing streak deeper, raised new questions about the standings, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-james-harden-heat-fans-trade-request">left Kawhi Leonard facing the Miami Heat’s 140–123 onslaught</a> with a blunt honesty that echoed through the night. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-miamis-head-of-the-snake-that-led-to-clippers-destruction">The Heat buried the Clippers under a barrage of 24 made threes</a>, tying a franchise record, and used a stunning 30–2 run to blow the game wide open. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-demarcus-cousins-calls-real-culprit-behind-las-calamitous-start">Clippers are now 14th in the West standings, losers of five straight</a>, and 2–8 over their last ten. Even worse, they were eliminated from the NBA Cup days earlier. Every part of this slide feels heavy.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/tyronn-lue-out-of-answers-after-mavericks-debacle-drops-clippers-to-5-15">Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue made the kind of move</a> coaches only make when <a href="https://x.com/joeylinn_/status/1995675676029137107" rel="noopener">frustration meets reality</a>. According to SI’s Joey Linn, he benched his entire starting lineup with 10:34 left in the third quarter as the deficit ballooned to 29. It was a message, and everyone in the building felt it. This Clippers team lacks chemistry, purpose, and production. Their rankings tell the same story: 28th in assists, 26th in rebounds, 21st in turnovers, and 25th in points per game. The roster keeps sinking while the problems stay the same.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/ranking-3-best-kawhi-leonard-trade-destinations-if-clippers-blow-it-up">Kawhi Leonard was brilliant amid the wreckage</a>, putting up 36 efficient points. James Harden, meanwhile, struggled again, finishing with just 11 points and a shocking minus-39. But the loudest moment came after the final buzzer, inside a quiet <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-james-harden-sums-up-catastrophic-start-season">Clippers locker room searching for something to hold on to</a> in the middle of this disastrous losing streak.</p><h2>Kawhi’s message to the Clippers lands hard</h2><p>When asked what the locker room felt like, Leonard <a href="https://x.com/joeylinn_/status/1995703679153045773" rel="noopener">didn’t dress it up</a>. “As you’d expect,” he said. “Everybody wants to try to get a win and we’re not finding one at the moment.” No excuses. No sugarcoating. Just truth from the franchise’s quiet anchor.</p><p>Now fans are left to wonder: if this is the low point, what has to change for the Clippers to climb back toward relevance?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Is the Clippers locker room falling apart? Kawhi Leonard sounds off after hitting rock bottom

<!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-jim-mora-impression-terrible-loss');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kawhi Leonard does his version of a Jim Mora impression after another terrible loss');   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/2025/11/IMG_0363.jpeg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kawhi Leonard does his version of a Jim Mora impression after another terrible loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-30T09:25:36-08:00">November 30th, 9:25am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-30T09:25:36-08:00">November 30th, 9:25am</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>To say the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-james-harden-get-real-on-las-5-13-start">LA Clippers have been struggling this season</a> is a major understatement. The team has not been able to find any consistency, and they sit near the bottom of the Western Conference standings at 5-15. The Clippers suffered another bad loss on Saturday, against the short-handed Dallas Mavericks, and Kawhi Leonard channeled his inner Jim Mora <a href="https://x.com/LawMurrayTheNU/status/1995024630357397571" rel="noopener">when speaking about</a> the loss, as per Law Murray of The Athletic.</p><p>“We gotta worry about winning a game right now, first, before we think about any type of championship,” Leonard said.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-return-lineup-absence">Kawhi Leonard continues to be on a minutes restriction since his return</a> to the Clippers’ lineup from both an ankle and foot injury. The injuries caused him to be sidelined for ten games. When he’s been on the bench in the second half of games due to said restriction, the Clippers have looked discombobulated on the court.</p><p>But Leonard believes the team <a href="https://x.com/LawMurrayTheNU/status/1995025324065919234" rel="noopener">should be able to</a> work through those issues no matter who is on the floor.</p><p>“If we’re trying to win a championship, we need everybody. It’s not about the minutes played or any of that. We’re up in these games, we should be able to close it out,” Leonard said. “When we lose, it feels like they executed the game plan better. We got to do a better job and execute the game plan on our end.”</p><p>Leonard has appeared in a total of 10 games for the Clippers this season, at a little over 31 minutes per game. He’s been averaging 25.4 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.0 steals with splits of 51.1 percent shooting from the field, 42.9 percent shooting from the 3-point line and a league-leading 98 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kawhi Leonard does his version of a Jim Mora impression after another terrible loss

<!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/kawhi-leonard-reveals-secret-to-cooper-flaggs-historic-game-vs-clippers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kawhi Leonard reveals secret to Cooper Flagg’s historic game vs. 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/2025/11/Clippers-1_f01521.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kawhi Leonard reveals secret to Cooper Flagg’s historic game vs. Clippers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-30T08:41:56-08:00">November 30th, 8:41am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-30T08:41:56-08:00">November 30th, 8:41am</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">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Cooper Flagg delivered more than a historic night against the L.A. Clippers. He also <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/ranking-3-best-kawhi-leonard-trade-destinations-if-clippers-blow-it-up">drew an honest assessment from Clippers star</a> Kawhi Leonard, whose postgame breakdown revealed exactly <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/dallas-mavericks/mavericks-news-cooper-flagg-rookie-history-not-seen-lebron-james">how the Dallas rookie managed one of the most impressive performances</a> ever recorded by an eighteen-year-old.</p><p>Flagg scored 35 points in the Mavericks’ 114-110 win over the Los Angeles Clippers at Intuit Dome. The total made him the youngest player in league history to reach that mark. Afterward, Leonard credited Dallas coach Jason Kidd for putting Flagg in positions where the Clippers could not contain him.</p><p>“Jason Kidd did a good job spreading the floor out, letting him attack, get to his spots,” Leonard <a href="https://x.com/LawMurrayTheNU/status/1995027335402422586" rel="noopener">said postgame</a>. “[He] got to the free throw line, made mids, got fouled.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Cooper Flagg is now the youngest player ever to score 35 points in a game</p><p>Asked Kawhi Leonard about his first game vs Flagg</p><p>"Jason Kidd did a good job spreading the floor out, letting him attack, get to his spots. Got to the free throw line, made mids, got fouled." <a href="https://t.co/cfeChMgcyj">pic.twitter.com/cfeChMgcyj</a></p><p>— Law Murray ⛲️ (@LawMurrayTheNU) <a href="https://twitter.com/LawMurrayTheNU/status/1995027335402422586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>That scouting report proved accurate. Flagg hit 13 of his 22 attempts, made nine free throws, and logged eight rebounds while carrying a Dallas roster missing multiple starters. His assertiveness around the rim even produced a soaring third-quarter dunk over Ivica Zubac that sent the Mavericks bench into a frenzy.</p><h2><b>The Clippers had few answers for Cooper Flagg</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Clippers-2_df28a5.jpg"><figcaption>Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>This was the second straight night Flagg controlled the action. He delivered 11 assists against the Lakers on Friday, then showcased his scoring ceiling against the Clippers. Kidd said the rookie carried himself with rare composure for a player who should be a college freshman.</p><p>The Clippers had few answers beyond Leonard and James Harden, who combined for 59 points. Los Angeles continued its troubling trend of fading in the second half. The Clippers surrendered another double-digit lead and were hurt by 18 turnovers and long stretches without defensive communication.</p><p>Klay Thompson kept Dallas afloat in the fourth quarter with 17 of his 23 points, including the go-ahead three with under two minutes left. Flagg closed the game at the line, sinking all six of his attempts in the final moments.</p><p>The win snapped a three-game Dallas losing streak and dropped the Clippers to 5-15. Leonard said Los Angeles must find energy and focus quickly, but his praise for Flagg underscored the night. The rookie attacked relentlessly and left one of the league’s most respected defenders acknowledging exactly how it happened.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kawhi Leonard reveals secret to Cooper Flagg’s historic game vs. 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/ranking-3-best-kawhi-leonard-trade-destinations-if-clippers-blow-it-up');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ranking 3 best Kawhi Leonard trade destinations if Clippers blow it up');   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/2025/11/Ranking-X-best-Kawhi-Leonard-trade-destinations-if-Clippers-blow-it-up.jpg"></figure><h1>Ranking 3 best Kawhi Leonard trade destinations if Clippers blow it up</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-27T22:57:31-08:00">November 27th, 10:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-27T22:57:31-08:00">November 27th, 10:57pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/ex-clipper-paul-george-drops-bombshell-kawhi-leonard-raptors-team-up-revelation">bill is coming due for the Los Angeles Clippers</a>, and the debt collection isn’t looking pretty. Selling their future back in 2019 to bring in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George is coming back to haunt them, as they are struggling thus far with an injury-ravaged and old roster for the entirety of the 2025-26 season.</p><p>They fell to 5-13 on the season after their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-dominant-win-over-clippers-reveals-blueprint-nba-championship-dreams">Tuesday night NBA Cup loss to the Los Angeles Lakers</a> — putting them on par with the likes of the Utah Jazz, Dallas Mavericks, and Sacramento Kings in the West standings. That is not the kind of company this Clippers team wants to keep — not when they owe their unprotected 2026 first-round pick to the reigning champion Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>At this point, however, it’s unclear <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-james-harden-get-real-on-las-5-13-start">what the Clippers can do to save their season</a>. Leonard is back from ankle and foot injuries, and yet here the Clippers are, having lost three of their past four games as well as two consecutive even with their star man back on the court.</p><p>This Clippers team is rickety, decrepit, and everything is looking bleak for them at the moment. Bradley Beal is out for the season. Derrick Jones Jr. is out for multiple weeks. They entered the season looking like a team that has so much depth, but the old players they needed to continue being productive, such as Chris Paul and Brook Lopez, have looked washed-up.</p><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-rumors-kawhi-leonard-recruited-the-hell-out-of-paul-george">no first-round pick incentive</a>, the Clippers are unlikely to ever blow it up. They will fight until the bitter end, with James Harden looking to prevent basketball apocalypse (if the pick they owe to the Thunder somehow becomes the first overall selection).</p><p>But if they decide to hold a fire sale and trade everyone, here are some of the teams that have to be very interested in Leonard.</p><h2><b>3. Golden State Warriors</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Curry-during-preseason.jpg"><figcaption>D. Ross Cameron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>To say that the Warriors are in trouble this season would be a massive exaggeration. They do have a ton they need to work on, for sure, but having a 10-10 record is not the end of the world. They are simply getting their sea legs still amid a rough schedule to begin the year, and once the schedule becomes easier, the Warriors should be able to climb the standings.</p><p>Nonetheless, it’s clear that the Warriors will be pulling off a trade later in the season, with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/golden-state-warriors/warriors-rumors-the-inevitable-jonathan-kuminga-trade-buzz-is-growing-louder">Jonathan Kuminga most likely to give way.</a> Kuminga has been in trade rumors for a while now, and while his relationship with the Dubs brass seems to be much improved, his lengthy absence with an injury feels as though there is more to the situation than meets the eye.</p><p>Bringing in Leonard, however, doesn’t seem to be anything close to a viable solution to their problems. Their roster is old, and they don’t have many players who can put pressure on the rim. Leonard solves neither of those things.</p><p>But with the Warriors having made their bed anyway with the Jimmy Butler trade, going all-in on an old, contending roster seems to be the only way for this team. They can no longer trudge along with the two timelines thing they had going on for a while there.</p><p>Leonard would give the Warriors another crunch-time assassin, a perimeter scorer who can get his shot off at any time, and a solid perimeter defender, even in his old age and more injury-prone state. They would have to give up so many players in addition to Kuminga, however, to make the money work, rendering such a deal impossible.</p><h2><b>2. Milwaukee Bucks</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Bucks-star-Giannis-Antetokounmpo-vs-Cavaliers.jpg"><figcaption>David Richard-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks/bucks-news-milwaukee-damian-lillard-most-shocking-offseason-decision">Bucks were so desperate</a> to compete this season that they decided to waive and stretch the hundreds of millions remaining on Damian Lillard’s contract so they could open up the space to… sign Myles Turner. Now, that is not a knock on Turner. Turner has been a part of many winning teams in the past, including the 2025 NBA Finals runner-up Indiana Pacers.</p><p>Turner, however, is not a transformative presence, and expecting him to be was always going to be a miscalculation. And at present, the Bucks are reeling. They’ve lost six consecutive games amid Giannis Antetokounmpo’s battle against a groin injury, and they are losing ground in the Eastern Conference. Ryan Rollins is trying his best, but this Bucks team simply does not have enough talent around Giannis to be anything more than first-round playoff fodder, even in the weaker conference.</p><p>This is what makes Leonard another possible Hail Mary heave from the Bucks. This doesn’t mean that the Bucks would want to trade for Leonard should he become available, nor does it mean that the Clippers would want to trade him to the Cream City.</p><p>For starters, the Bucks do not have much in the way of appealing young players or draft assets to offer the Clippers in any potential trade. One would think that LA would want to receive some draft capital to set them on their merry way in their rebuild.</p><p>But the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/milwaukee-bucks/zach-lavine-right-partner-giannis-bucks-trade-rumor-sparks-debate">Bucks can use another All-Star player</a> alongside Antetokounmpo. Doc Rivers, for what it’s worth, has some experience coaching Leonard as well.</p><p>Leonard would give the Bucks a legit go-to-guy on the perimeter, freeing up Antetokounmpo to do more of his damage from the paint. And if the Bucks manage to keep Rollins (a near-impossibility) in this entire ordeal, then that’s already an impressive trio to build around.</p><p>But again, the lack of a plausible trade scenario between these two teams means that the Bucks are ranked just third in terms of best Leonard destinations.</p><h2><b>1. Miami Heat</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Norman-Powell-on-Nov.-23-2025.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Ross-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Heat have been one of the most pleasant surprises in the NBA this season. Expectations for them were not very high after a 37-45 finish during the 2024-25 campaign that ended in a sweep at the hands of the first-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers. But <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/miami-heat/heat-news-erik-spoelstra-joins-elite-nba-club-800th-coaching-win">head coach Erik Spoelstra has turned things around</a> for this Heat team, overhauling their offense, and their defense has been every bit as good as one could imagine.</p><p>Following their 106-103 win over the Bucks in NBA Cup action on Wednesday, they have moved to 13-6 on the season, looking like legitimate contender in the wide-open Eastern Conference especially now that Tyler Herro has returned from injury.</p><p>The old adage may say that if it ain’t broke, then one shouldn’t fix things. For this Heat team, this could be true. After all, the vibes are high for the entire squad, and everyone is eating in this egalitarian offense that is making the most out of the talent they have at their disposal.</p><p>But the Heat front office is always in the business of acquiring superstar talents — vaulting them to the top of potential Leonard trade destinations.</p><p>Miami does have the money to make a potential Leonard trade work, and they have all their first-round picks from 2028 to 2032 to dangle in any hypothetical negotiations with the Clippers.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/the-clippers-heat-trade-that-changed-everything-for-both-teams">Leonard can also fit on this Heat squad</a> considering that he’ll simply be replacing Andrew Wiggins in the starting lineup. Wiggins is a good player, but Leonard, injury woes aside, is a much better player in every way than the 30-year-old forward.</p><p>With the Heat offense <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVBsWm7uhGw" rel="noopener">no longer relying</a> on pick-and-rolls, instead going all-in on the one-on-one, isolation-based freelance powered by quick ball-movement and decision-making, Leonard could make use of his superb one-on-one scoring skills to feast in this Heat ecosystem.</p><p>Miami has shown this season that they can win despite being shorthanded (Herro has suited up in just two games thus far this season). So Leonard’s load management shouldn’t even be too big of an issue.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ranking 3 best Kawhi Leonard trade destinations if Clippers blow it up

<!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-james-harden-get-real-on-las-5-13-start');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kawhi Leonard, James Harden get real on Clippers’ 5-13 start');   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/2025/11/Kawhi-Leonard-and-James-Harden-box-out-Dillon-Brooks-during-Clippers-Suns-game.jpg"><figcaption>Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kawhi Leonard, James Harden get real on Clippers’ 5-13 start</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-26T18:24:01-08:00">November 26th, 6:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-26T18:24:33-08:00">November 26th, 6:24pm</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>LOS ANGELES, CA – Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, and the LA Clippers continued to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-ugly-loss-lakers-proves-brutal-reckoning-coming-catastrophic-start">stumble in the standings</a> as we near the quarter point of the regular season. LA dropped to 5-13 on the season following their 135-118 loss against the Los Angeles Lakers in NBA Cup play. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-reveals-star-la-must-make-they-stop-getting-punked">loss also puts</a> a dent in the Clippers’ hopes of reaching the NBA cup quarterfinals in early December.</p><p>The Clippers’ lost yet another game due to the same areas that have plagued them all season: turnovers, points off turnovers, fast break points, offensive rebounds given up, and their defense.</p><p>In Tuesday’s loss to the Lakers, the Clippers turned the ball over 16 times, giving up 20 points off their turnovers. They also allowed the Lakers to score 24 fast break points with 12 offensive rebounds and 11 second chance points.</p><p>“The first three quarters, I thought we played was really solid basketball,” said Tyronn Lue. “Then [we saw] the things that have been hurting us. We had a couple turnovers. We were up one with the ball, had a chance to go up, [give up] a steal for a dunk, and then had a couple more of those, and then offensive rebounding. They hurt us going to the glass and us not being able to rebound the basketball. They got a lot of easy put-backs that really hurt us, especially when we had the lead, up one, and then it just kinda snowballed from there.”</p><p>Luka Doncic finished with a game-high 43 points, nine rebounds, and 13 assists on the night. Austin Reaves poured in 31 points with nine rebounds and three steals, while LeBron James had 25 points, six rebounds, and six assists.</p><p>“I think we’ve got to start making it a little bit harder on the better offensive players on the other teams,” Leonard added after the loss. “Tonight, Luka with 40. In one of the games, Jokic had 50. So I think we gotta make them pass the ball like they to do us. You see us shrink. And they’re not moving, so we’ve got to incorporate some of that into our defense.”</p><p>It was the 11th time in 40 career games against the Clippers — regular and postseason — that Doncic has scored at least 40 points against the Clippers. He averaged 32.6 points per game against the Clippers in his career, his highest scoring average against an opponent he’s played at least 20 games against.</p><p>James Harden scored 29 points with five rebounds and nine assists. <a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1993818634897248676?s=20">In his second game back</a> from a 10-game absence with an ankle injury, Kawhi Leonard added 19 points and five rebounds. The Clippers saw all five starters reach double-figure scoring, including Kris Dunn (19 points) and John Collins (18 points). Ivica Zubac, who saw double-teams all night long without Deandre Ayton in the Lakers lineup, finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds, and four assists.</p><p>“I felt good,” Leonard said regarding his health status. “Hopefully we can build some minutes because this team needs it. Probably going to have to up our minutes to get some wins, so we’ll see what happens.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kawhi Leonard on his 2nd game back from injury:</p><p>“I felt good. Hopefully we can build some minutes because this team needs it. Probably going to have to up our minutes to get some wins, so we'll see what happens.” <a href="https://t.co/43judqZqcT">pic.twitter.com/43judqZqcT</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1993818634897248676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>We’re still under a quarter of the way through the NBA season, and there still remains a big chunk of the season to turn things around. </p><p>“[We just take it] one game at a time,” James Harden explained. “It’s simple. You can’t overlook anything else. I think we showed some great signs tonight. Obviously we don’t get moral victories, but we did some really good things tonight. Just continue to chip away. It’s only 18 games into the season. We’ve got a lot of games left to where we can hit our stride. But we’ve dealt with literally everything you could deal with, from injuries to different lineup changes. This is Kawhi’s second game back, so there will be different lineups and different rotations. We’re figuring it out, but tonight was a good stepping stone for us.”</p><p>The sentiment from Lue, Leonard, and Harden postgame is that, despite their frustrations, the Clippers have confidence that they can figure things out and pull their way out of this disastrous start.</p><p>“What else are we going to do?” Harden asked. “You’ve got confidence eery day when you wake up, right?”</p><p>Towards the end of his postgame press conference, Lue was asked how the team remains confident despite the 5-13 start that has them as the third worst team in the Western Conference.</p><p>“[We just] stay positive,” Lue said. “We’ve been here before. We haven’t been this far down, but I do have confidence in this team that we will get on track. We need a couple wins that we’ve got to string together and get our guys playing the ight amount of minutes and things with change. We have the right intent, doing things the right way, building our foundation on both sides of the basketball.</p><p>“Now, if we weren’t putting in the work or guys didn’t think we could win, then it’d be something totally different. They are, we are, the coaches are. We’re looking for all the answers. we’re playing young guys trying to figure it out. For me, we’ll be okay. If I wasn’t, I would tell you.”</p><p>It’s only been 18 games, so there certainly is time to figure things out. That time, however, is quickly running out.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kawhi Leonard, James Harden get real on Clippers’ 5-13 start

<!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-reveals-star-la-must-make-they-stop-getting-punked');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kawhi Leonard reveals star fix Clippers must make so they stop getting punked');   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/2025/11/Kawhi.jpg"><figcaption>Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kawhi Leonard reveals star fix Clippers must make so they stop getting punked</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-26T06:45:27-08:00">November 26th, 6:45am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-26T08:37:12-08:00">November 26th, 8:37am</time><address><a>Rohan Brahmbhatt</a>Rohan Brahmbhatt is an adventure-driven sports writer, passionate footballer, mountaineer, and photojournalist. Rohan blends firsthand experience with storytelling—capturing the intensity of sport and the thrill of exploration. Whether on the field, a mountain trail, or behind the lens, he brings authentic, high-energy narratives that connect readers to the heart of the action.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Clippers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Clippers don’t have time for moral victories anymore, especially not at 5-13 and losing 11 of their last 13 games.<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-kawhi-leonard-john-collins-avoid-injury-to-play-vs-lakers-despite-scary-collision"> Even with Kawhi Leonard back in the lineup,</a> the Clippers were overwhelmed Tuesday night, giving up 135 points in a rivalry loss to the Lakers that never felt competitive.</p><p>After the defeat, Leonard didn’t sugarcoat the issue. When asked about the team’s defensive collapse, both during his 10-game absence and since his return, he pointed directly to the lack of resistance against opposing stars.</p><p>“We probably need to make star scorers pass more,” Leonard said. “Teams do that to us, Harden, me, Zu, they force us to move the ball. We’re letting other teams get comfortable.”</p><p>James Harden continued his recent offensive surge with 29 points and nine assists, but it wasn’t enough to mask the fundamental flaw Leonard pointed to: opposing stars are getting whatever they want, whenever they want it.</p><p>T<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-lakers/lakers-news-luka-doncic-ties-magic-kobe-shaq-amid-eruption-clippers">hat was clear against Luka Dončić</a>, who torched the Clippers’ defense and set the tone early, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-news-ty-lue-shares-main-priority-for-slowing-down-luka-doncic">forcing the Clippers to chase the game.</a></p><p>And the problems run deeper than one bad night.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Chippy ending in the battle of LA as Kris Dunn was ejected after pushing Luka 😳 <a href="https://t.co/iCBRxnAIj0">pic.twitter.com/iCBRxnAIj0</a></p><p>— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1993575724608110697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Bradley Beal is expected to miss the rest of the season. The John Collins trade looks increasingly like a miscalculation, adding salary without solving spacing, rim protection, or defensive consistency. The Clippers are bottom-tier in transition defense, fouls allowed, and clutch rating, and have yet to find a lineup identity.</p><p>Leonard, still ramping up after injury, finished with 19 points, but even with him on the floor, the defensive structure wasn’t there.</p><p>For now, the message from the Clippers’ franchise star is simple: Stop letting opposing superstars cook, or stop pretending this season is salvageable.</p><p>The clock is ticking in Los Angeles. And right now, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/clippers-trade-proposal-demar-derozan-kings-disastrous-seasons">the Clippers are getting punked, and everyone knows it.</a></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kawhi Leonard reveals star fix Clippers must make so they stop getting punked

<!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-john-collins-avoid-injury-to-play-vs-lakers-despite-scary-collision');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kawhi Leonard, John Collins avoid injury, to play vs. Lakers despite scary collision');   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/Clippers-Kawhi-Leonard-1.jpg"><figcaption>Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><h1>Kawhi Leonard, John Collins avoid injury, to play vs. Lakers despite scary collision</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-11-25T11:28:30-08:00">November 25th, 11:28am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-11-26T05:58:05-08:00">November 26th, 5:58am</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 LA Clippers just got Kawhi Leonard back from a 10-game absence due to a sprained ankle, which was much-needed considering <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/los-angeles-clippers/bogdan-bogdanovic-playing-tonight-clippers-lakers-injury-report">their recent injury luck</a>. For a moment involving teammate John Collins during Sunday night’s contest against the Cleveland Cavaliers, it appeared as though his return would be short-lived.</p><p>During the fourth quarter of the Clippers game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, <a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1993397894377030017?s=20">Leonard and Collins collided</a> on a defensive possession that saw both of them stumble and clutch at their knees.</p><p>Kawhi Leonard quickly asked out of the game on the ensuing possession, sat on the bench and immediately began testing his knee. He even stood up by the bench and started mimicking his explosive box jump form as part of the process.</p><p>Leonard was prepared to check back into the game one game minute later, but at that point, Tyronn Lue and the Clippers had already waved the white flag on the game.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Here’s that scary collision between Kawhi Leonard and John Collins in the 4th quarter of Clippers-Cavs Sunday.</p><p>Neither on the injury report for today’s game. <a href="https://t.co/DZ6iP2cJRz">https://t.co/DZ6iP2cJRz</a> <a href="https://t.co/m4xABJA4Cw">pic.twitter.com/m4xABJA4Cw</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1993397894377030017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In his first game back, Kawhi Leonard finished with 20 points three rebounds, two assists, and three steals in 26 minutes of play. The Clippers forward shot 6-of-13 from the field, 3-of-5 from three, and 5-of-5 from the free throw line</p><p>After the game, Leonard confirmed that he felt good, but that’s something he’s done in the past regardless of what nicks and bruises he picks up during the game.</p><p>“Good, good. I felt good out there,” Leonard said. “We know what we need to do, so just got to go out there and do it.”</p><p>The good news is that the Clippers officially <a href="https://x.com/TomerAzarly/status/1993127251790250197?s=20">released their injury report</a> on Monday, and it did not list Kawhi Leonard or John Collins with any kind of injury. That means both players are expected to suit up and start for the Clippers in their NBA Cup game against the Los Angeles Lakers.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bogdan Bogdanovic is QUESTIONABLE for the Clippers tomorrow with a left hip contusion.</p><p>Kawhi Leonard is unlisted on the injury report and expected to play vs. the Lakers. <a href="https://t.co/pLhuEyJOll">https://t.co/pLhuEyJOll</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1993127251790250197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>DeAndre Ayton, however, is going to be out Tuesday night with a knee contusion sustained in the Lakers win over the Utah Jazz over the weekend.</p><p>In seven appearances this season, Kawhi Leonard has averaged 23.7 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 2.6 steals per game while shooting 50 percent from the field, 42.5 percent from three, and 96.9 percent from the free throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
23.7	5.3	3.3	0.6	2.6

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
23.7	5.3	3.3	0.6	2.6

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