They work on the margins during a trade deadline flurry, but whether the team ever takes off this season will depend on stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
But whenever, if ever, the new-look Clippers settle into a rhythm, let’s be real: It’s up to their stars, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, to get the team out of neutral and into a race that got more crowded this week.
The most inopportune knee knock in franchise history, Joe Ingles’ second-round playoff nudge, resulted in Leonard’s torn ACL, costing him the rest of that 2021 postseason, all of last season and slowing him still. But the Clippers – who are 31-27 and holding onto the fifth seed in the Western Conference – didn’t trade for the “traditional” point guard they’re always hunting for as if it was a mismatch on the court.
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