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The Clippers unveiled their new uniforms Friday and, at first glance, they looked pretty much like their old ones. The Nike logo on the jersey and shorts was the biggest change, after the sneaker and apparel company’s new eight-year contract to outfit NBA teams started for the 2017-18 season. The Ni...

ONTARIO >> The first step for the Clippers’ new G-League team, the Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario, was to introduce themselves to the community with its Tip-off Party on Monday. Mayor Paul S. Leon and the community welcomed team president Heath Beett and the organization with open arms. “...

Willie Reed, a backup center who signed a one-season, $1.5-million contract with the Clippers last week, was arrested early Sunday moing in Miami on a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from a domestic violence incident, according to multiple reports. Reed was arrested at a downtown Miami condo, ...

LAS VEGAS >> The Clippers finished NBA Summer League play with a two-game losing streak, falling 109-100 to the Golden State Warriors in a consolation game on Friday afteoon at Thomas & Mack Center. Second-year forward Brice Johnson and rookie guard Sindarius Thowell led the Clippers t...

LAS VEGAS >> One prized rookie struggled with his shooting accuracy, and another promising young player gave everyone a scare after taking a tough fall. It was not exactly the Summer League debut Lakers rookie point guard Lonzo Ball and second-year forward Brandon Ingram had in mind. In the La...

Derrick Rose is far from the player he was when he was wiing the league’s Most Valuable Player award, starting in All-Star Games and establishing himself as one of the best point guards in the NBA. Injuries to both knees, and the subsequent surgeries, have made sure of that. However, he emerged to...

Next up for the Clippers in the wildest week of the Doc Rivers era? How about adding a former Most Valuable Player? The Clippers are scheduled to meet with Derrick Rose on Wednesday as they continue their efforts salvage a summer that will long be defined more by who left, Chris Paul, than who came ...

When Chris Paul bolted for Houston, the general sentiment around the NBA was he slammed the franchise’s championship window on his way out. But then the Clippers coaxed Blake Griffin to stay on a maximum contract, and on Monday night, the Clippers were close to another free agency win, finalizing a ...

While some of the Clippers’ top targets came off the board early in free agency, the franchise has remained committed to pursuing Denver forward Danilo Gallinari, although such a deal could require finding a third team to facilitate a sign-and-trade. Clippers executives spoke to the 28-year-old Gal...

While all signs pointed to Chris Paul leaving the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency, the sports world was buzzing after the news was reported that the Clippers traded the veteran point guard to join James Harden and the Houston Rockets. Like fans, athletes from various sports also reacted to the blockbuster trade. Viewing on a mobile device? Click here. Advertisement ...

The Clippers’ summer of uncertainty officially started Friday when Chris Paul and Blake Griffin notified the team they will opt out of their contracts to become unrestricted free agents. The moves, long expected, were first reported by The Vertical and ESPN. Griffin had until June 28 to make his dec...

PLAYA VISTA — The Clippers don’t have any picks in Thursday’s NBA Draft, but that doesn’t mean Doc Rivers and his new right-hand man Jerry West will be sitting this one out. “We’re going to be active, I’ll just say that,” Rivers said. “Whether that means getting in (to the draft) or not, but we want...

PLAYA VISTA >> Hall of Famer Jerry West officially joined the Clippers on Friday, and the man who spent four decades with the Lakers, called his job as a consultant with the other team in Los Angeles “the last adventure of my life.” Wearing a trim blue suit, the 79-year-old West said he never ...

Ranking the top 10 sports events June 19-25 you won’t want to miss: NO. 1: NBA DRAFT Details/TV: At Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.; Thursday at 4 p.m., ESPN Tu over the tables and secure a different 19-year-old guard from the Pac-12 – UCLA’s Lonzo Ball. Then, as the Lakers are trying to figure ...

Owners of The Forum concert venue issued a sharp rebuke to the Inglewood City Council for its sudden decision Thursday to negotiate a new basketball arena with the Los Angeles Clippers. A scathing letter from an attoey representing the owners was delivered Thursday moing, when council members me...

PLAYA VISTA >> After 18 years spent toiling as Staples Center’s third tenant, fighting for prime game days and times, and playing, until Doc Rivers took over, under the shadow of all those Lakers championship baers, the Clippers on Thursday officially took the first cautious steps to strikin...

When it comes to Inglewood’s agreement to explore developing a new arena with a Clippers-controlled company, needless to say the Forum does not think it’s fabulous. Citing violations of the Brown Act and the Califoia Environmental Quality Act, attoeys for the Forum shredded the deal before it wa...

LOS ANGELES >> The most anticipated matchup of the Clippers’ first-round series was in the middle. DeAndre Jordan versus Rudy Gobert; two star centers, bruising defensive stalwarts and the anchors of their teams’ identities.That died when Gobert was lost to an injury in Game 1.What remained fo...

LOS ANGELES >> Whether he pulled up for a shot, set up a teammate or warded off his defender with his ball-handling skills, Clippers guard Chris Paul had one thought racing through his mind.“Just trying to be aggressive,” Paul said.That thought process never stopped as the Clippers secured a 9...

LOS ANGELES >> By the end of the third quarter, the Clippers stars had made their way to the bench, each having added his own touch to the statement they have combined to make over the past two weeks.The Clippers are ready for the playoffs.Seven Clippers scored in double figures in a 125-96 vi...