Seeing LeBron like this sent me back a few days. Man...
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Gut wrenching pregame press conference with Clippers' coach Doc Rivers - "Sorry I don't have a lot to say. I have to go talk to a team before a game and tell them to play and I can't."
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Someone sent me this video of the Fab Five at Disneyland honoring Kobe Bryant by breaking their huddle with the ‘Kobe!’ jump shot gesture.
Draymond Green was asked the mental challenge of facing Celtics vs. LeBron James:
"It doesn't compare. He is arguably the smartest guy to set foot on a basketball court. To say that it compares to that, it's disrespectful to LeBron & it's a lie to you."
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Bogdan Bogdanovic popped off 🔥
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The Clippers took a 24-second violation, the Magic took an 8-second violation in honor of Kobe Bryant. 8 and 24. Wow.
Reporter - “Kawhi are you taking the team plane?
Kawhi Leonard - “No.”
Reporter- How are you getting there?”
Kawhi - “I’m gonna walk.”
#Clippers
I was lucky enough to be able to ask Draymond Green a question today ahead of Warriors practice...
This was completely unexpected, but appreciate for this 🙏🏽
I asked DeMar DeRozan if he’ll ever reveal the team that lowballed him in free agency a few years ago.
DeMar: “Just go see who I scored 40 points against.”
Me: “You scored 40 against a lot of teams.”
DeMar: 🤷🏽♂️ “Maybe it’s all of them.”
John Wall asks Kawhi Leonard for some New Balances 🤣
Kawhi: Oh some New Balances for sure! You gotta spread out your collection for sure. They Kobe's though, so you good."
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JJ Redick: "[The Lakers] had a treasure trove of young players. They put ‘em all on the table to get Anthony Davis and they won a championship—”
Patrick Beverley interrupts: "Bubble championship."
JJ and Pat then go back and forth about asterisks on titles 🤣
Kawhi Leonard holds back tears addressing the passing of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant - “Knowing him personally, I know he’d want me to come out here & ball & still just be great… Everybody’s sad. No words can explain the impact he had on the sport… It’s just sad.”
#Clippers
This is actually very simple:
- Kawhi Leonard steps back, fades in his jump. Zaza takes MULTIPLE steps to get under him.
- Steph is running straight and jumps forward. Al Horford takes one contest jump into his landing space. Foul? Yes, but not even a comparison to Zaza.
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Y’all killed Zaza for this years ago but I haven’t heard a peep outta y’all about Al Horford. I guess this is just great defense and Curry flopped right?
Lou Williams - “I told him once, ‘Yo I’m on to you. You want people to think you’re a jerk, but you’re one of the nicest guys in the world... You want everybody to think you was this hard ass competitor and a jerk for everyone.’”
Kobe Bryant’s reaction - “Bullshit.”
#Clippers
Brooo how did I miss Patrick Beverley telling Stephen A. Smith to stay off the weed 😭😭
Gilbert Arenas went OFF on Instagram about why LeBron James has never played on a super team and why Kevin Durant's Warriors are one. #Cavs
I wonder what Kawhi Leonard said with a straight face to make Sam Cassell crack up like that on the Clippers' bench. 😂
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Dahntay Jones after Russ’ first miss: “Ahh that looked good too.”
Russell Westbrook: “I’ll tell you if it’s good.”
Russ shoots it: “Like that one.”
*Swish* 😂👀
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Me: “Paul George had his first Clippers triple-double today. What did you see out of him?”
Kawhi Leonard: “I don't know how he got 11 assists. I asked him, ‘who was you passing the ball to?’ We shot 38%, but he found a way… Amazing.”
Typical front runner lol. He’s going to be insufferable with KD on his team now.
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I saw Suga from BTS sitting at the bottom of section 111, but didn't realize it was him at first. Surprised he didn't wanna go on the Jumbotron. He was so lowkey
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Suga from BTS was at today's Clipper game. He kept it very low profile, but I had the chance to say hello at halftime. Was a very incredibly unexpected and cool moment today.
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Here's the incredible speech from LeBron about Kobe Bryant moments later:
Stephen A. Smith, 40 minutes ago on SportsCenter - “Kawhi Leonard has grown up a Lakers fan.”
Kawhi a few months ago - “I wasn’t [a Lakers fan]... I liked Allen Iverson. I was an A.I. fan, so I didn’t like the Lakers.
I absolutely love how intense Thanasis Antetokounmpo is. Dude is on 120% every single game.
Reporter - “Kawhi, what’s Christmas Eve look like in the Leonard household?”
Kawhi - “Private. I don’t discuss that with you guys.”
#Clippers
Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said he lost 7 family members since December back home in Missouri, but wasn’t been able to make it to any of the funerals because the team was struggling at the same time.
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LeBron James was at the Rams game today.
Rams won by a score of 9-3.
9-3 simplified is 3-1.
Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.
Reporter: “Is this the most meaningful game you’ve played against the Lakers since you’ve gotten here?”
Kawhi Leonard: “I didn’t feel that way.”
Reporter: “With everything at stake, you didn’t —”
Kawhi: “I didn’t feel that way.”
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Paul George and Karl-Anthony Towns in Italy for PG’s wedding 😂
Clippers’ Doc Rivers closed his media session with this:
“The hardest part of the game for me was the kneeling for 2 minutes. In 2 minutes my knee is hurting, yet there was a guy who had his knee on someone’s neck for 8 minutes… That’s nuts when you think about it.”
"You know what drives me crazy? 'I'm doing my own research.' I would like someone to answer this: What does that look like? You doing your own research? Are you doing studies yourself? Are you in lab nightly? I don't understand what that means."
- Jeff Van Gundy didn’t hold back
Udonis Haslem wants all the smoke with the Celtics over Ray Allen - "If they got a problem with you, they still got a problem with us then. Whatever that is. Whatever they want to do. We old, D-Wade retired, CB retired, we got nothing to do but fight."
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Me: “How much did you guys just want to win this for Russell Westbrook?”
Bones Hyland: “We’ve been telling Russ that for the past 2 days. ‘Russ, we’ll match your energy. We got your back. And we’re gonna come out with this win.’ We got each other’s backs.”
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LeBron James passes to Russell Westbrook on the Clippers bench.
Russ pointed to him and said ‘good pass!’ 😂
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Ivica Zubac stood up for Russell Westbrook postgame:
“We knew what was said about him and when he came over here, it’s the complete opposite of who he is. He’s a great dude. Great leader. Always happy… We just wanted to prove everyone wrong.”
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“Serge can’t talk too much. We got him on the trading block right now. Whoever wants him, let us know.”
Kawhi Leonard says Serge Ibaka is on the trade block after injuring him 🤣
#Clippers
“Who do you have based on who’s left?”
Kawhi Leonard: “Clippers.”
“Who do you think will win the title?”
Kawhi: “Clippers.”
Kawhi Leonard has played 0 games.
Paul George has played 29 games.
The Clippers duo played 0 games together.
LeBron James has played 56 games.
Anthony Davis has played 40 games.
Russell Westbrook has played 78 games.
The Lakers trio played 21 games together.
The Jazz are about to get exposed and realize how good/important Rudy Gobert was.
Paul George is running and going through a workout before Clippers shootaround here at Footprint Center.
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BYU broadcasts all their games on BYU TV with multiple angles of the crowd! Should be no issue finding out who did this if they really want to.
Jerry West - "I've never really mentioned this to anyone. He was gonna come and sign with the Clippers and I told him Kobe, under no circumstances can you do this... I said Kobe, you can't go play with the Clippers, you can't play for that owner, period."
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I asked Kyrie Irving about Kevin Durant’s trade from the Nets to the Suns - “I’m glad he got out of there.”
Robert Covington said that after his 10th 3-pointer, Giannis Antetokounmpo told him from the Bucks sideline: "Hey man, go for the record. I'm trying to see something."
Stephen A. Smith talked about how much better Desmond Bane has to be, then basically admitted he didn't know Bane had a back injury once Michael Wilbon mentioned it...
Reggie Jackson crossed over Russell Westbrook, got fouled, talked some shit, crowd started chanting Reggie, and he drilled a 3-pointer
Russell Westbrook and Dahntay Jones bet money that Russ wouldn’t make it within 2 tries.
He made it on the 1st 😂💰
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LeBron’s my favorite player growing up but there’s no chance in hell I’m watching this 🤣
Draymond Green went back and forth with a reporter when asked about the 3-year anniversary of Klay Thompson’s ACL injury.
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James Harden on his China tour: “Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of. Let me say that again. Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be a part of an organization that he’s a part of.” 😳
Clippers star Kawhi Leonard with Arsenal star Bukayo Saka 🤝
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Klay Thompson on Steph Curry's emotions:
"The heart on that man is incredible. I think we take him for granted from time to time. We gotta help him out on Monday. Wow."
Then adds, "Shocking he wasn't a First Team all NBA guy, but whatever. Maybe next year."
Patrick Beverley on his relationship with Stephen Curry - “Steph’s like a brother. Freshman year in college, USA team, sophomore year, Paul Pierce camp, LeBron James camp, roommates. People don’t know, but we’ve been knowing each other since we were pups. It’s crazy."
#Clippers
Devin Booker hit Bones Hyland in the face on the follow throw and flexed on him. Refs said no foul, would’ve been Book’s 3rd.
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19-year old Jonathan Kuminga trying to get into the clubs to celebrate the Warriors title…
Kawhi Leonard on the t-shirt he was wearing - “Me and a group gave away backpacks to kids in the city of Los Angeles and Moreno Valley and one of the elementary schools basically made this for me as a thank you, so I just wore it in support.”
#Clippers
Stephen Jackson on Russell Westbrook: "He don't know me like that but I'll die for Russ."
Ty Lue: "I love Russ. From Day 1. What he did for our season, he saved us. PG goes down & he went to another level. I can be real with him, he can be real with him."
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LeBron James' 11 games since Klay Thompson said it's a man's league:
11 W's
34.9 PTS
9.7 REBS
7.8 ASTS
2.3 STLS
1.9 BLKS
59.5% FG
45.4% 3PT
Congratulations to Luka Doncic, Craig Randall, and Robert Franks on becoming the new co-owners of the Phoenix Suns 👏🏽
Here’s your Russell Westbrook apology form, share it with whoever needs to sign it ✍🏽
This honestly might be the wildest, funniest Charles Barkley segment I’ve ever seen.
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I really think Charles Barkley might be a top 10 funniest nigga ever.
. - “GM’s voted you among those likely to have a breakout year. What’s that like?”
Terance Mann - “You said GM’s? The ones that didn’t draft me? 48th pick? I don’t care about that shit.”
Paul George, Reggie Jackson, and Ivica Zubac at PG’s wedding 😂
Stephen A. Smith says Devin Booker is on the same level as Paul George, and Patrick Beverley was not having it.
Lmao I am DYING at Ty Lue yelling, "Not me!" 🤣
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Paul George has arrived for Clippers-Blazers without crutches, but with a brace on his right knee.
This is PG’s first game since suffering his knee injury vs. OKC.
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Thinking about that, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts," tweet from Trump right now.
Tyler Herro scored 5 points on 2-of-7 shooting after telling Landry Shamet he can't guard him with 26 minutes left in the game.
Shamet scored 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting after this.
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Tyler Herro said "You can't guard me" after this shot on Landry Shamet 
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More from Doc Rivers on Kobe - "We're all Lakers today... I think sometimes the more you compete the more respect you have for the opponent... This is a great loss. I thought he had so much more left to do."
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I need someone to edit this video with the screaming goat at the end 
The LA Dodgers Twitter account retweeted the Lakers, Rams, LAFC, Sparks, Galaxy, Chargers, and LA Kings’ tweets congratulating them.
All except for the Clippers’ tweet lol. 👀
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Warriors gonna be real nice when they get James Wiseman back healthy 👀
Darvin Ham praised Russel Westbrook for being willing to accept a bench role with the Lakers. I asked Russ about those comments:
“Uh, It was an experience. I’m past it now, in a new place, and looking forward.”
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“If there is somebody out there — Russell [Westbrook] — if it makes sense and it goes with our team, we’re all for it… Hopefully Russell sees this and we figure something out.”
Paul George on the Clippers adding a traditional point guard
Kawhi Leonard takes his spot on the NBA’s 75th Anniversary team.
Kevin Durant: "I'm more disappointed that Kawhi is injured again… It's also fun getting a chance to compete against him. Well not fun, it's a challenge."
Me: "Why isn't it fun?"
KD: I mean, you've seen how he plays. He's tough. It's nerve-wracking.
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Warriors won an NBA Finals game by 10 despite...
- Celtics' 31 FT's to GSW's 15.
- BOS made 2 more 3PT, shot 12% better from 3PT
- BOS out-rebounded GSW by 8
- Steph Curry: 7-of-22 FG, 0-of-9 3PT
- Draymond/Looney both in foul trouble
Russell Westbrook checked out but didnt sit down right away.
He was up cheering for about 5 possessions and a dead ball before he finally sat.
"We've seen LeBron James quite a few times tonight just decide he's not gonna run back on defense."
