At long last, Ballmer, Clippers break ground on new home
3 years, 6 months ago

At long last, Ballmer, Clippers break ground on new home

Associated Press  

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The design meetings have been going on for years. The Clippers’ long-awaited, $1.8 billion, privately funded arena officially got a name Friday — Intuit Dome, it’ll be called when it opens in 2024, the team making that announcement hours before the formal groundbreaking ceremony. “They’ve all led us here, to this vacant lot that we’re about to transform to the singular best place for fans and players throughout the world,” Ballmer said. Ballmer — who originally didn’t want to build an arena when he bought the team — wound up beginning to plot a Clippers-only home years ago and formally unveiled the project in 2019, saying then that the Clippers would break ground in 2021 and open in 2024. “I mean, if we’ve got to do it right, we’ve got to get the fans there activated,” Ballmer said.

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Out of Lakers’ arena, Clippers finally host crosstown rivals: ‘Felt like home’
2 months, 1 week ago

Out of Lakers’ arena, Clippers finally host crosstown rivals: ‘Felt like home’

New York Times  

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Clippers announcer delivers emotional pre-game speech as they and Lakers return to action amid LA fires
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Clippers announcer delivers emotional pre-game speech as they and Lakers return to action amid LA fires

Daily Mail  

As the city of Los Angeles continues to battle three concurrent wildfires torching the area, some of the sports teams in the city have returned to playing in their hometown. While the NFL made the decision to move the Los Angeles Rams to Glendale, Arizona for their Wild Card playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings, the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers …

Lakers, Clippers return to their home courts after days of fire devastation across Los Angeles
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Lakers, Clippers return to their home courts after days of fire devastation across Los Angeles

Associated Press  

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As the Clippers open their new arena, breaking down the true value of a new home
5 months, 1 week ago

As the Clippers open their new arena, breaking down the true value of a new home

LA Times  

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The Lakers and Clippers are ready to share their home for the final time
1 year, 1 month ago

The Lakers and Clippers are ready to share their home for the final time

LA Times  

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NBA: Lakers, Clippers set for Los Angeles showdown
1 year, 11 months ago

NBA: Lakers, Clippers set for Los Angeles showdown

The Hindu  

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Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is bizarrely obsessed with new arena's toilets as roof is completed
2 years ago

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is bizarrely obsessed with new arena's toilets as roof is completed

Daily Mail  

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Clippers fine-tune their lineups ahead of play-in tournament, rout Kings
2 years, 11 months ago

Clippers fine-tune their lineups ahead of play-in tournament, rout Kings

LA Times  

Paul George — who had 23 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds — dribbles in front of the Sacramento Kings’ Donte DiVincenzo during the Clippers’ 117-98 win Saturday night. In their last opportunity to fine-tune their core postseason lineups before the play-in tournament — given Paul George, Marcus Morris Sr. and Norman Powell will take Sunday’s regular-season finale against Oklahoma …

Column: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer puts jeering Lakers fans on notice: He’s coming for you
3 years, 6 months ago

Column: Clippers owner Steve Ballmer puts jeering Lakers fans on notice: He’s coming for you

LA Times  

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer talks to media members during a virtual tour of the team’s new arena, Intuit Dome, that is scheduled to open in October 2024. “We’re coming.” So all those Lakers fans who booed you in sports bars, and all those radio hosts who ripped your success on “Los Angeles” sports talk radio stations, and all those Lakers …

Clippers hold groundbreaking party in Inglewood to celebrate new Intuit Dome arena
3 years, 6 months ago

Clippers hold groundbreaking party in Inglewood to celebrate new Intuit Dome arena

LA Times  

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Clippers pull away in chippy victory over streaking Suns
3 years, 11 months ago

Clippers pull away in chippy victory over streaking Suns

LA Times  

Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard dunks over Phoenix Suns center Deandre Ayton during the second half on Thursday at Staples Center. “I don’t have any concerns, I love it,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said of the extracurricular activity. “Just being in this moment, we can look back to it when we get to those games,” Leonard said, “and know what we …

Clippers look like a different team in blowing out Bucks for sixth straight win
4 years ago

Clippers look like a different team in blowing out Bucks for sixth straight win

LA Times  

Milwaukee Bucks guard Bryn Forbes knocks the ball from the hands of Clippers center Ivica Zubac during the first half on Monday at Staples Center. One month after the Clippers failed to score during the final four minutes of a loss at Milwaukee, which began a three-game losing streak they took into the All-Star break surrounded by questions about their …

Jared Dudley says Lakers felt disrespected by the Clippers last season
4 years, 1 month ago

Jared Dudley says Lakers felt disrespected by the Clippers last season

LA Times  

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Clippers’ Paul George no longer has doubts about shoulders, health
4 years, 8 months ago

Clippers’ Paul George no longer has doubts about shoulders, health

LA Times  

Even though nearly six months had passed since a surgeon repaired both of his shoulders, what little rust Paul George showed during his Clippers debut last fall belied how he felt. “The whole season, all the way up until maybe a month or two ago, I had to always do shoulder rehab stuff, warming the shoulder up,” George said Friday. …

Clippers head to Florida with health and workouts on mind
4 years, 8 months ago

Clippers head to Florida with health and workouts on mind

LA Times  

It happened so fast: With a free-agency commitment from Kawhi Leonard, and news of a trade for Paul George moments later, the Clippers became championship contenders literally overnight just more than one year ago. On Wednesday afternoon, 369 days after they acquired Leonard and George and 120 days since their last game, the Clippers boarded a flight to Florida, where …

Clippers are so good even NBA legend Jerry West can watch
5 years, 3 months ago

Clippers are so good even NBA legend Jerry West can watch

LA Times  

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Steve Ballmer’s ‘juiced’ enthusiasm for Clippers is helping transform team
5 years, 7 months ago

Steve Ballmer’s ‘juiced’ enthusiasm for Clippers is helping transform team

LA Times  

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is all smiles during the introductory news conference for Paul George, center, and Kawhi Leonard, right. “I came off the stage,” Raikes recalled Ballmer saying, “and Kawhi said, ‘Man, I gotta get me some of that juice.’” That ebullience, what Leonard called Ballmer’s “juice,” is genuine, friends and colleagues say. “Steve wants to win, plain and …

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