The Clippers are a type of groups who might win all of it, however the well being of their stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George is the primary factor their championship hopes rely on.
Since the pair joined the Clippers in 2019, Leonard has solely performed in round 52 % of the franchise’s video games, whereas PG-13 has performed in 61 % of video games.
With the addition of Russell Westbrook final season, the Clippers seemed sharp, till Leonard and Paul each went down with accidents at an important level within the season.
Kawhi with a knee injury in Game 1 of the postseason and George with a knee injury he obtained in late March.
Clippers coach and present Team USA assistant, Ty Lue has given an replace on the pair’s standing and whether or not they’ll accessible for coaching camp in a number of weeks.
“We expect him to be ready by training camp,” Lue mentioned of Leonard on SiriusXM NBA Radio. “He will be 100 percent by the time training camp hits and we just gotta be ready for when training camp hits with our medical staff, we just make sure we are doing the right things as far as practices and games and making sure the minutes are right. The same thing with PG. When those two guys play, we’re an amazing team.”
It have to be very irritating for Clippers followers to witness the identical story season after season.
Neither Paul nor Leonard have performed greater than 57 common season video games throughout their time in LA.
Both gamers aren’t getting any youthful both and might be of their mid thirties in only some quick years.
So their window to clutch a championship as Clippers stars is starting to shut.
PG-13 is but to win a hoop in his NBA profession, whereas Leonard bagged one throughout his time with the Raptors.
Maybe this season might be theirs for the taking, we’ll simply have to attend and see.
