Clippers signing Russell Westbrook same mistake Lakers made
1 year, 10 months ago

Clippers signing Russell Westbrook same mistake Lakers made

LA Times  

Russell Westbrook attends Lakers media day in El Segundo in September. Just as LeBron James and Anthony Davis once pushed for the Lakers to trade for Westbrook over GM Rob Pelinka’s better judgment, it appears the Clippers veterans were pushing for the same thing. You give him an opportunity to come back, it could be dangerous.” Russell Westbrook sits on the scorer’s table during a timeout against the Clippers on Nov. 9. Sheppard said he was discussing Los Angeles trade possibilities with Westbrook when he brought up the city’s “other” team. Frank was asked how he viewed the team’s open roster spot, and he implied he would like to watch the reconstituted Clippers play a few games before making a decision.

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Clippers trade Russell Westbrook to Jazz. He’s expected to join the Nuggets after a buyout
5 months ago

Clippers trade Russell Westbrook to Jazz. He’s expected to join the Nuggets after a buyout

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Clippers sent Russell Westbrook to the Utah Jazz on Thursday in a sign-and-trade deal for point guard Kris Dunn. The point guard averaged a career-low 11.1 points per game while mostly coming off the bench last season for the Clippers, who were bounced by Dallas in the first round of the playoffs while Kawhi …

Russell Westbrook opts in with Clippers, Paul George declines
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Russell Westbrook opts in with Clippers, Paul George declines

LA Times  

Clippers forward Paul George looks to pass as Dallas’ P.J. All-Star forward Paul George has informed the Clippers that he is opting out of his contract for $48.7 million and will become an unrestricted free agent, people not authorized to speak publicly on the matter told The Times on Saturday afternoon. After Kawhi Leonard agreed during the season to a …

Clippers get good news on Russell Westbrook before win over Portland
9 months ago

Clippers get good news on Russell Westbrook before win over Portland

LA Times  

Clippers guard Russell Westbrook jogs on the court during a game against the New Orleans Pelicans in January. Clippers coach Tyronn Lue wouldn’t give an exact timetable for Westbrook’s return. “He’ll play sometime next week.” If Westbrook doesn’t play Monday, he could return on the road — the Clippers play at Philadelphia on Wednesday and at Orlando on Friday. So, …

Clippers’ Russell Westbrook fractures hand on his bobblehead night
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Clippers’ Russell Westbrook fractures hand on his bobblehead night

LA Times  

Clippers guard Russell Westbrook tries to score over Washington’s Jordan Poole, bottom left, Marvin Bagley III, center, and Landry Shamet, right, during the first half of the Clippers’ 140-115 win Friday at Crypto.com Arena. As the Clippers began to pour it on against the Washington Wizards in the third quarter Friday, bad news surfaced when the team announced guard Russell …

Clippers traded for James Harden believing he wants ‘one thing’: a Clippers title
1 year, 1 month ago

Clippers traded for James Harden believing he wants ‘one thing’: a Clippers title

LA Times  

The Clippers’ James Harden arrives to the arena before a game against the Orlando Magic on Tuesday at Crypto.com Arena. “The intensity of conversations turned up where, OK, it went from, ‘There’s really nothing here’ to, ‘OK, there could be something here,’” said Lawrence Frank, the Clippers’ president of basketball operations. “He’s a 10-time All-Star, he has an elite skill …

Clippers finalizing deal to acquire James Harden in trade with 76ers
1 year, 1 month ago

Clippers finalizing deal to acquire James Harden in trade with 76ers

LA Times  

As teams with NBA title ambitions in Milwaukee and Boston fortified their rosters in recent weeks and days, the Clippers arrived at training camp with a roster virtually unchanged from the end of last season. The move was made with obvious championship intentions — the hope of team owner Steve Ballmer and team president Lawrence Frank that Harden’s future Hall …

Column: ‘Bought in 100%,’ Russell Westbrook can be point guard the Clippers need this season
1 year, 1 month ago

Column: ‘Bought in 100%,’ Russell Westbrook can be point guard the Clippers need this season

LA Times  

Clippers guard Russell Westbrook, stretching before Wednesday’s game, had 11 points and 13 assists in a win over the Trail Blazers at Crypto.com Arena. It wasn’t hard to convince him what we needed.” Westbrook registered 13 assists, becoming the first Clippers player to do so in a season opener since Andre Miller in 2002. He understands when you get Hall …

LA Clippers appear focused and vibing. So why are James Harden trade rumors still relevant?
1 year, 2 months ago

LA Clippers appear focused and vibing. So why are James Harden trade rumors still relevant?

New York Times  

TEMECULA, CA – LA Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue blew his whistle as he walked toward center court at the Pechanga Recreation Center in Temecula, Calif., where the team held its open practice Saturday. “Good job, RoCo!” Lue said as Leonard caught the ball and Covington’s practice jersey. Though Terance Mann and Covington started the first two preseason games at …

Russell Westbrook’s iPhone giveaway leaves an impression on title-aspiring Clippers
1 year, 2 months ago

Russell Westbrook’s iPhone giveaway leaves an impression on title-aspiring Clippers

LA Times  

Russell Westbrook speaks during Clippers media day Monday. But “taking us out in Vegas, I haven’t had a teammate do something like that before,” center Mason Plumlee said Monday as the Clippers began training camp, calling Westbrook an “amazing host.” Westbrook made clear attending team dinners, and workouts, were mandatory during the weekend. Even inside a locker room where teammates’ …

Russell Westbrook agrees to two-year deal with Clippers, who also trade for K.J. Martin
1 year, 5 months ago

Russell Westbrook agrees to two-year deal with Clippers, who also trade for K.J. Martin

LA Times  

Russell Westbrook, reacting after a breakaway dunk against the Suns during a playoff game in April, will re-sign with the Clippers on a two-year contract. The Clippers entered NBA free agency open to retaining certain elements of last season’s roster while In two moves Saturday, the Clippers tried to address both. That left open the threat of another team swooping …

‘I want him back’: Clippers coach Tyronn Lue thinks Russell Westbrook is a good fit
1 year, 7 months ago

‘I want him back’: Clippers coach Tyronn Lue thinks Russell Westbrook is a good fit

LA Times  

Former MVP Russell Westbrook was a better fit with the Clippers than the Lakers this season, his energy and availability to play helping during their playoff run. And so he led that charge as far as just getting everybody going, doing it full speed.” Of the many questions surrounding Westbrook’s arrival in February, after the Lakers cast him off and …

Russell Westbrook reviving his NBA reputation with Clippers
1 year, 8 months ago

Russell Westbrook reviving his NBA reputation with Clippers

LA Times  

Clippers point guard Russell Westbrook dunks against the Suns in Game 4 of the first-round playoff series Saturday. “With Russ,” coach Tyronn Lue said, “when he’s on the floor, we believe we can win every night.” Russell Westbrook dunks as a trio of Phoenix Suns watch him do it in the first half Saturday. With Game 3 near-hero Norman Powell …

‘He’s fitting in well’: Why Russell Westbrook helps the Clippers more than he did with Lakers
1 year, 8 months ago

‘He’s fitting in well’: Why Russell Westbrook helps the Clippers more than he did with Lakers

LA Times  

Before catching a flight back to Southern California late Saturday night, the player who spent high school in Lawndale and college in Westwood threw on a Dodgers cap. With each rival stuck in the muddled morass that is the Western Conference standings, and each desperately attempting to avoid the NBA’s play-in tournament — with its slimmer margin for error than …

NBA: Russell Westbrook set for Clippers debut against Sacramento Kings
1 year, 10 months ago

NBA: Russell Westbrook set for Clippers debut against Sacramento Kings

The Hindu  

All eyes are on Los Angeles Clippers’ extensive roster experiment when the team takes the court for the first time since the All-Star break with a home game Friday against Sacramento Kings. After making multiple deals in advance of the NBA trade deadline, the Clippers made another significant addition this week when they signed nine-time All-Star Russell Westbrook following his …

NBA: Russell Westbrook signs with Clippers after clearing waivers
1 year, 10 months ago

NBA: Russell Westbrook signs with Clippers after clearing waivers

Firstpost  

Los Angeles: It didn’t take long for Russell Westbrook to join the Los Angeles Clippers. That’s a big part of my day and you know, nothing more important than that.” Coach Tyronn Lue said Westbrook will play on Friday when the Clippers host the Sacramento Kings. When asked how he views what role Westbrook will play and if he would …

‘We want Russ to be Russ.’ Clippers up to the challenge of winning with Russell Westbrook
1 year, 10 months ago

‘We want Russ to be Russ.’ Clippers up to the challenge of winning with Russell Westbrook

LA Times  

Russell Westbrook’s time with the Lakers was a big miss, but he welcomes another shot to play in L.A. with the Clippers. “Whatever they need me to do,” Westbrook said, “I’ll do it and do it to the best of my ability.” Westbrook is a Clipper because coach Tyronn Lue, stars Paul George and Kawhi Leonard and top basketball executive …

NBA: Clippers to sign Russell Westbrook after Jazz buyout
1 year, 10 months ago

NBA: Clippers to sign Russell Westbrook after Jazz buyout

The Hindu  

Russell Westbrook is changing teams for the second time this month, but he can keep his Los Angeles address after agreeing to a contract with the Clippers. Westbrook, traded to the Utah Jazz from the Los Angeles Lakers at the deadline, had over $13 million remaining on his deal. Westbrook said he purchased a $37 million home across the street …

Russell Westbrook isn’t flinching in the face of Kyrie Irving trade rumors
1 year, 10 months ago

Russell Westbrook isn’t flinching in the face of Kyrie Irving trade rumors

LA Times  

Lakers guard Russell Westbrook controls the ball against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday. On Saturday night, the day after Nets star Kyrie Irving had requested a trade and the Lakers became one of the teams kicking the tires on acquiring the mercurial point guard, according to people not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, Westbrook said, “no, I don’t,” …

Would trading Russell Westbrook help the winless Lakers? The answer is complicated
2 years, 1 month ago

Would trading Russell Westbrook help the winless Lakers? The answer is complicated

LA Times  

Forward LeBron James and first-year coach Darvin Ham are winless in five games to start the season as they look for solutions to their problems, mainly on offense and shooting from three-point range. Five games into the NBA season, the Lakers are winless and increasingly directionless, heading into a situation that rival scouts and executives paint as “lose-lose.” There’s an …

Lakers need to trade Russell Westbrook now. Enough is enough
2 years, 2 months ago

Lakers need to trade Russell Westbrook now. Enough is enough

LA Times  

Lakers guard Russell Westbrook, shown on the bench late in the fourth quarter, finished with two points against the Clippers on Thursday night. The Lakers need to trade Russell Westbrook before his reckless play and divisive personality cost them whatever chance this otherwise feisty team has at a rewarding season. “Quite frankly … it’s not geared for him with the …

Why do Lakers fans think Patrick Beverley and Russell Westbrook hate each other?
2 years, 3 months ago

Why do Lakers fans think Patrick Beverley and Russell Westbrook hate each other?

LA Times  

Patrick Beverley, then with the Clippers, tries to draw a charge but was called for a blocking foul against then-Rockets guard Russell Westbrook in a 2020 game. Patrick Beverley, playing for the Houston Rockets, steals the ball from then-Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook in a 2017 playoff game. “Pat Bev trick y’all, man, like he playing defense,” Westbrook told …

NBA: Kawhi Leonard finalizing deal to re-sign with Los Angeles Clippers
3 years, 4 months ago

NBA: Kawhi Leonard finalizing deal to re-sign with Los Angeles Clippers

The Hindu  

Free agent forward Kawhi Leonard will re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers, though financial terms and length of the contract were still being worked out, Yahoo Sports reported Friday. The two-time NBA Finals MVP and two-time Defensive Player of the Year is a Southern California native who chose the Clippers in 2019 over the Los Angeles Lakers and Toronto Raptors. …

Commentary: Russell Westbrook makes the Lakers’ roster more interesting, weirder. Is it better?
3 years, 4 months ago

Commentary: Russell Westbrook makes the Lakers’ roster more interesting, weirder. Is it better?

LA Times  

UCLA’s Russell Westbrook, here during the NCAA men’s tournament West Regional final in 2008, is coming home in search of a storybook ending. They also got one of the most enigmatic and polarizing players in league history, a star with such obvious shortcomings in such major areas that historians will struggle to contextualize Westbrook’s greatness for eternity. Westbrook’s motto is …

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