Joseph Sanberg’s prison sentence has dragged the Aspiration scandal back into focus at a worrying time for Kawhi Leonard and the LA Clippers. The legal case is separate from the NBA’s investigation, but the overlap is impossible to ignore.
The Los Angeles Clippers have to decide on a path forward this summer, but they can't do that without knowing what the future holds for Kawhi Leonard. They either have to give him a long-term contract extension as he is entering the final year of his deal, or trade him and recoup assets to build for the future.
The Los Angeles Clippers are entering the offseason with the best future asset they have held in a very long time: the No. 5 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.
The Intuit Dome celebrated its first All-Star weekend this season. Kawhi Leonard even played 65 games, his second time in three years meeting the threshold.
There’s an expectation that the Clippers will listen to trade-down offers for the fifth overall pick in the 2026 draft, league sources tell Kevin O’Connor of Yahoo Sports.
As an NBA fan, it hits different when a team's best player is a guy the franchise nurtured from the very start. There's a greater attachment to stars who have been there since the start, who have bled the team's colors since the start of their careers.
The LA Clippers and the basketball world are still awaiting the NBA’s ruling on alleged salary cap circumvention by the Clippers and Kawhi Leonard. In the meantime, there was another update involving the company that Steve Ballmer claimed defrauded him.
The Los Angeles Clippers have the number five pick in the upcoming 2026 NBA Draft, courtesy of their trade of Ivica Zubac to the Indiana Pacers this past season.
The Los Angeles Clippers enter the 2026 offseason with massive questions both about next season and their long-term future. The Kawhi Leonard saga remains the most important question the Clippers have to find an answer for, but there are uncertainties up and down the roster.
The Los Angeles Clippers still believe they can compete with Kawhi Leonard leading the way. At least publicly. But with Leonard entering the final year of his contract and the Clippers holding the No.
The Los Angeles Clippers recently got some good news when they were awarded the number five pick in the NBA Draft lottery, thanks to this past season’s trade of Ivica Zubac to the Indiana Pacers.
The Los Angeles are entering a critical 2026 offseason. After a roster rehaul at the trade deadline, the Clippers remained competitive and came up just short of making the playoffs.
If an NBA player ends a game with 30 points, that's generally a great night. 40 points is fantastic, and 50 points is an event. That's especially true when that type of scoring outburst comes from an unexpected source.
Darius Garland may have dealt with injuries and inconsistency this past season, but his short stint with the Clippers still offered plenty of encouragement.
Until Kawhi Leonard puts pen to paper and signs a contract extension with the Los Angeles Clippers, trade rumors will not go anywhere. Entering the final season of his contract, Leonard either has to commit to the Clippers' future or allow the Clippers to trade him so that they can recoup some assets.
The Los Angeles Clippers enter the 2026 offseason with a ton of uncertainty about Kawhi Leonard and his future in Cali, with a new potential suitor emerging.
While Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo is going to be at the forefront of trade conversations, another big name that could be moved is Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard.
The Los Angeles Clippers may be in offseason mode, but there are still four teams vying for the NBA championship. The conference finals are in full swing, and they include multiple former Clippers.
Even though it has been six weeks since the Los Angeles Clippers' season came to an end, there hasn't been an update about the future of Kawhi Leonard.
The NBA’s officiating debate has grown louder, with players, fans and analysts arguing that soft foul calls reward exaggeration and make the game easier to manipulate.
The majority of the talk around the Los Angeles Clippers ahead of the June 23 NBA Draft has been centered around the fifth-overall pick and rightfully so.
The biggest question the Los Angeles Clippers must answer this offseason is regarding Kawhi Leonard. Whether they will sign him to a contract extension or if they are ready to make him available on the trade block will change not only the Clippers' future but also the entire NBA landscape.
The LA Clippers are slowly transitioning toward a rebuild after an NBA trade deadline that saw them part ways with a few key contributors. They got younger, moving off of James Harden and Ivica Zubac for assets such as Darius Garland, Bennedict Mathurin and Isaiah Jackson, plus draft capital.
Midway through the 2025-26 season, James Harden learned that the Los Angeles Clippers weren't offering him a contract extension and worked his way to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Now he's back in the conference finals for the first time in eight seasons.
The Los Angeles Clippers are reportedly looking toward the future rather than the present when it comes to their top-5 pick in the 2026 NBA draft. The Clippers were arguably the biggest winners of last week’s NBA draft lottery.