Los Angeles Clippers
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team that competes in the NBA within the Western Conference’s Pacific Division. The team started as an expansion team, the Buffalo Braves, in 1970 before moving to San Diego and becoming the Clippers — a reference to the sailing vessels in the city’s bay — in 1978. Owner Donald Sterling’s illegal relocation of the team to Los Angeles took place in 1984, where the franchise has resided ever since.
After nearly 40 years in LA, the Clippers still struggle to make it to the postseason. The team did improve in the 2010s when Chris Paul led teammates like Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, and JJ Redick to relative success. In 2013 and 2014, the Clippers won division titles; the franchise finally reached the Conference Finals in 2021. Unfortunately for loyal fans, the Clippers have never made it to the NBA Finals.
- Established: 1970
- NBA championships: o
- Additional achievements: two division titles (2013 and 2014)
- Arena: Crypto.com Arena (formerly the Staples Center)
- Colors: Red, royal blue, black, silver, and white
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Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard will not play for Team USA in the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics. Team USA will replace Leonard with Boston Celtics guard Derrick White, according to ESPN’s Marc J. Spears. White, who recently signed a four-year extension worth $126 million, played on Team USA at the 2019 World Cup. Los […]
Los Angeles Clippers guard Russell Westbrook is picking up his $4 million player option for the 2024-25 season, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This is part of the two-year, $7.86 million deal he signed with the team last July. Russell Westbrook facilitated the Los Angeles Clippers’ path to their first 50-win season since 2016-17 Westbrook began […]
The Los Angeles Clippers will not tender a qualifying offer to forward Brandon Boston Jr., clearing the way for him to join unrestricted free agency. Boston, 22, was the 51st overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft out of Kentucky. NBA teams can begin negotiating with all upcoming free agents beginning Sunday, June 30 at […]
NBA Hall of Famer Jerry West died Wednesday morning at the age of 86, the Los Angeles Clippers announced. In April, West became the first individual to be selected to the Basketball Hall of Fame three times in his career as a player, executive, and contributor to the game. Jerr West won the 1972 NBA […]
Ty Lue and the Los Angeles Clippers have agreed on a new long-term contract that will make him one of the NBA’s highest-paid coaches, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Los Angeles Clippers have gone 184-134 in the regular season in four seasons under coach Ty Lue Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and president of basketball operations […]
The Los Angeles Clippers pulled off the big upset of the night on Thursday, beating the defending champion Denver Nuggets 102-100 and taking another step towards the top four of the Western Conference. It’s not in the bag yet, but the Los Angeles Clippers pulled off the biggest upset of the night on Thursday, beating […]
On Wednesday, the Los Angeles Clippers soundly defeated the Portland Trail Blazers by a score of 116-103 in a game where James Harden attracted plenty of attention thanks to his baffling decision to try to block his own teammate’s shot. What goes on inside the head of James Harden is sometimes hard to understand. A […]
Although Russell Westbrook missed 16 of his 19 shots Sunday, he more than made up for it in other ways.
