Tag: Steve Ballmer
What would that mean to the Clippers …
What would that mean to the Clippers and to Los Angeles to win an NBA title with so much energy put on the Lakers? Tyronn Lue: Well, it probably won’t change for the Lakers because they won 17 championships. But for this organization, it would be [franchise-changing] considering where it’s come from, all the stuff that’s happened over the past years and just being the laughingstock of the NBA for so many years. When Doc [Rivers] got here, and Mr. Ballmer got here, they changed the way this organization is seen now. And that’s big. It’s now a Class A organization. They do everything Class A.
Tell me about your relationship with …
Tell me about your relationship with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and your vision for the future with him. Tyronn Lue: With Mr. Ballmer, he’s not really like any other owner. He’s more like family, and that’s how he treats everybody in the organization. And it’s not like I’m the boss and you guys fall in line; whatever we need, he comes through. And he just treats everybody like he really, genuinely cares, and so that’s just good to see. From how your family is doing, from where you’re from to how can we make things better. Every single day it’s about how we are as people, not worrying about the basketball side but how we are as a family, how we are as people, which has been really good.
Andrew Grief: Steve Ballmer tells …
Andrew Grief: Steve Ballmer tells @sergeibaka he and Bill Gates barely spoke for a year once. Then asked who he would sign if he could only pick PG or Kawhi, Ballmer downs cricket tea and nearly gags. Pretty good stuff from How Hungry Are You.
Andrew Greif: Steve Ballmer on his …
Andrew Greif: Steve Ballmer on his emotions green-lighting the OKC trade that landed PG and free-agent Kawhi: “In a way it’s obvious and of course in a way it was a shorter-term deal: Will this last? Oh my gosh. That’s why it’s great to see Kawhi signed up now for another four years.” pic.twitter.com/7btr1mnAmn
Andrew Greif: Steve Ballmer tells …
Which Clippers players will become free agents 2022?
Which current Clippers players are set to become free agents during the 2022 offseason?
Basketball excellence and Los Angeles go hand in hand. But usually for folks wearing purple and gold. The Clippers have long been afterthoughts, even for a city that loves hoops more than most. Steve Ballmer sought to change this when he bought the team back in 2014.
LAC has gotten close to the mountaintop, though bad injury luck has kept the dream out of reach. The 2021-2022 campaign is no exception. As such, it’s important to note which Clippers players will be free agents in summer ’22 to assess if Ballmer’s club can contend moving forward.
Importantly for LAC, All-Stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are locked up for the next few years. Apropos of nothing else, the Clippers foundation is secure and – when healthy – among the best in the Association. Key role players like Norman Powell and Reggie Jackson are also under contract next season. As such, LAC could run it back with a pretty solid core in 22-23, or be poised for a pretty big splash given their dearth of tradeable contracts.
So, which Clippers players will become free agents in the summer of 22?
Steve Ballmer on Kawhi Leonard returning this season: ‘It’s possible’
It’s been two months since since Leonard had offseason surgery on his right knee. Is there any chance he plays this upcoming season? “Nobody knows at this stage,” Ballmer said. “Nobody knows. It’s possible. For sure, it’s possible. But it will …
It’s been two months since since Leonard had offseason surgery on his right knee. Is there any chance he plays this upcoming season? “Nobody knows at this stage,” Ballmer said. “Nobody knows. It’s possible. For sure, it’s possible. But it will depend on what the doctors say and what Kawhi says.”
Source: Mark Medina @ USA Today Sports
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Mark Medina @MarkG_Medina
The Clippers break ground today on the Intuit Dome in Inglewood & will open for 2024-25 season. My chat with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer having his own arena, if the Clippers can win an NBA title at Staples Center & if Kawhi Leonard will play this season bit.ly/3AxHDc1 – 8:04 AM
The Clippers break ground today on the Intuit Dome in Inglewood & will open for 2024-25 season. My chat with Clippers owner Steve Ballmer having his own arena, if the Clippers can win an NBA title at Staples Center & if Kawhi Leonard will play this season bit.ly/3AxHDc1 – 8:04 AM
Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Clippers keep key players, keep path to contention open… once Kawhi Leonard gets healthy nba.nbcsports.com/2021/09/16/cli… – 5:22 PM
Clippers keep key players, keep path to contention open… once Kawhi Leonard gets healthy nba.nbcsports.com/2021/09/16/cli… – 5:22 PM
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Andrew Greif: Clippers president Lawrence Frank, post-draft, acknowledged Kawhi Leonard’s recovery will take “a great deal of time.” The team wants its relationship with the star to also last a very long time: latimes.com/sports/clipper… -via Twitter @AndrewGreif / July 30, 2021
Law Murray: Lawrence Frank on Kawhi Leonard: “Right now our focus is on his health. He had major surgery. He tore his ACL. So it’s gonna require a great deal of time and more support.” -via Twitter @LawMurrayTheNU / July 30, 2021
For something like a partial ACL tear, diagnosing that was important. What are the differences between knee sprains that affect the ACL ligament? DR. NGUYEN: So the grading scale is more of a guideline. Grade ones and grade threes are relatively straightforward in terms of treatment. The grade ones, usually non-operative, the grade threes are typically operative for elite athletes. Basketball players and soccer players, football players, are required to do a lot of cutting and pivoting. -via The Athletic / July 25, 2021
Clippers likely to pursue Rajon Rondo, Lakers hope to keep him
Marc Stein of the New York Times reports that the Los Angeles Clippers are interested in adding Rajon Rondo to their team.
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Rajon Rondo’s role in an excellent championship run for the Los Angeles Lakers earned the respect of a lot of doubters and also found some admirers across the hall at Staples Center with the team that still looks to win the city of L.A. and the NBA championship.
According to reporting this week from Marc Stein of the New York Times, the Los Angeles Clippers are expected to be a serious suitor for the services of point guard Rajon Rondo in free agency. Rondo signed a two-year deal with a player option in the second year for the minimum and after the playoff run he had, he had no reason not to become a free agent again to see if he could get a little more than the veteran minimum. As Stein notes, the Clippers see point guard as a serious weakness.
The Lakers are naturally determined to re-sign Rondo, who played a huge role in their playoff run, but the Clippers are eager to upgrade at point guard. Rondo has said he is planning to test the open market, which means declining his §2.7 million option for next season
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 28, 2020
While nothing is official yet, it does seem like a pursuit of Rondo is a vote of ‘no confidence’ on the backcourt tandem of Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams.
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