#paul-george

#paul-george

Say what you will about Russell Westbrook, but at least he plays.The same can't be said for Kawhi Leonard or Paul George.What good are "superstars" if they don't play?It's probably too late, but how about going from "day to day," to "night after night?"
:: As a long-suffering Clippers fan, my suggestion to ending the "Clippers Curse" as mentioned by Bill Plaschke is: change their name!

Coach Steve Kerr and Draymond Green, in particular, blame the Warriors' road woes this season to a lack of defensive effort.But effort was no issue in their loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday.That game felt right out there tonight, Kerr said.Doesn't mean we always made the right play, but it's a game of mistakes.

After finalizing a contract buyout with the Utah Jazz, 11-year veteran Russell Westbrook is joining the Los Angeles Clippers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski.Prior to the end of the trade deadline, the nine-time All-Star guard was dealt from the Los Angeles Lakers to the Utah Jazz and will now suit up for the Lakers' crosstown counterparts.

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Two days after the Clippers' season ended in a first-round postseason loss with stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George injured yet again, their top basketball executive said the team's future still revolves around the duo and also praised coach Tyronn Lue."Injuries suck," Lawrence Frank said Thursday.

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Paul George doesn't know when he will be ready to return from his sprained right knee, "but I'm gonna do whatever I can do to shorten the process," the All-Star forward said on his podcast.His Clippers also are not in any position to make long-term plans - but they're trying to do whatever they can to extend how long they are playing, just in case a return is possible.

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To avoid the play-in tournament, or hold onto home-court advantage for a first-round series, the Clippers need a big finish to the regular season.That will be more difficult to pull off with starts like Saturday's.Facing the New Orleans Pelicans, the Clippers lost the first five minutes of the first quarter by nine points.

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The Clippers hoped this season would end with the unprecedented.Those dreams of winning the franchise's first NBA title seemed in jeopardy, however, because the team faces a reality that is all-too-familiar - a star player sidelined at a critical juncture.

There are no secrets, no hidden agendas, no questions to be asked.LeBron James was crystal clear - there's one acceptable outcome for the rest of this season."It's 23 of the most important games of my career for a regular season," he said before Sunday's All-Star Game.And after a little bit of a scare, that's what James will have to deal with next.

As the 2022-23 season progressed, we had the chance to learn a great deal about the state of the Chicago Bulls' backcourt this season, as Alex Caruso, Ayo Dosunmu, Patrick Beverley, and Coby White each had plenty of opportunities to start and play heavy minutes for the Bulls this year.Even Clippers star forward Paul George had a few interesting comments to make about the Bulls backcourt himself, in fact, on his self-titled podcast, Podcast P.
It wasn't Caruso, Coby, or Ayo that was the subject of his attention, but rather the injury report staple Lonzo Ball himself.

White AirPods in his ears, his gaze locked onto the Sacramento highlights playing on a locker-room television, Russell Westbrook bobbed his head Friday night at a locker a few feet down the Crypto.comArena hallway from his old one.Situated within new digs and a new offense and surrounded by new teammates, the former Laker and newest Clipper prepared for his first opportunity to show a new side: One in which the former most valuable player could quell his most damaging traits, emphasize his most useful, all while raising the Clippers ' potential.

Mar. 23-EPHRAIM JOHNSON
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➜ His favorite athlete is ... Yadier Molina.➜ His favorite team is ... the St. Louis Cardinals.➜ If he could attend any one sporting event, it would be ... the World Series.➜ His favorite sport besides baseball is ... spikeball.QUINN KUHNS
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➜ His favorite athlete is ... Max Bruggman.

LOS ANGELES Draymond Green is facing a one-game suspension after picking up his 16th technical foul of the season Wednesday.Green was slapped with a technical at the 40.8-second mark of the second quarter of Wednesday's game against the Los Angeles Clippers after he appeared to throw the basketball at Russell Westbrook's head after Ivica Zubac's basket.

Every strong team Kawhi Leonard has been part of has met his same, personal criteria.It's not defensive rating.It's not assist-to-turnover ratio.It's not quantifiable at all."It's a feeling when you know you have a great team," the Clippers ' star wing said Sunday."It's not always [leading] to a championship, it's just about you knowing that everybody's on the same page.

If basketball never worked out for him, Paul George probably could have made a hell of a politician.Few people in the NBA have pandered like Paul George - whether in Indiana or Oklahoma or, now, in California and Los Angeles.To be clear, PG is entitled to whatever opinion he wants.There are no sour grapes on this side of the hallway.