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After flaming out early within the 2024 NBA Playoffs, the Los Angeles Clippers headed into the offseason with a variety of inquiries to be answered.
Lastly with the ability to step out of the Los Angeles Lakers’ shadow by transferring into the Intuit Dome for the 2024-25 NBA season, the consensus gave the impression to be that proprietor Steve Ballmer would go all out to place the most effective roster attainable on the ground to get issues underway in October.
Nevertheless, the alternative appears to have occurred for the Clippers, with the crew buying and selling away Russell Westbrook and letting star ahead Paul George depart the franchise as a free agent.
Together with parting with two of their finest gamers, the Clippers are dedicated to often-injured star Kawhi Leonard for 2 extra years after this upcoming season and re-signed James Harden.
At this level, Leonard can’t keep wholesome, and it’s extremely unlikely he’ll play a lot of the subsequent three years on his contract with the Clippers, and along with his persistent knee accidents persevering with to flare up, he is likely one of the most undependable stars within the league proper now.
Despite the fact that Leonard is likely one of the finest two-way gamers within the sport when wholesome, he’s not often wholesome, and his knee points are a unbroken downside, placing the Clippers franchise in a troublesome place.
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