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Locked On NBA – Daily Podcast On The National Basketball Association

Are the Clippers Already Done Building With Kawhi Leonard?

Locked On NBA – Daily Podcast On The National Basketball Association

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4.3915 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Is Kawhi Leonard's reign in LA over? On today’s episode of Locked On NBA, Wes Goldberg, Matt Moore and Haize break down whether the Clippers are finally ready to move on from Kawhi Leonard after years of injuries and frustration. The crew debates whether the Kawhi/Paul George trade has become one of the biggest disasters in NBA history and what it means for the franchise moving forward. They also dive into the Clippers’ ongoing investigation, Adam Silver’s surprising walk-back of his comments on the Aspiration scandal, and what it reveals about the league office. Finally, the hosts give their takes on the NBA’s latest rule change about end-of-quarter heaves and propose bold new rules they’d love to see in the game.

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0:00.0

On today's show, are the Clippers ready to call it quits on the Kauai Leonard era?

0:04.2

If they're smart, they will be.

0:11.4

You are Locked-on NBA, your daily NBA podcast.

0:16.2

Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.

0:22.9

All right, welcome back to Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. All right, welcome back to Lockdown NBA.

0:25.2

However, you might be tuning in on YouTube or on your podcast app.

0:27.7

Thanks for making us your first listen every day.

0:29.9

I'm Wes Goldberg, and today we're talking about Adam Silver, walking back his comments about

0:34.2

the Clippers scandal and a new rule that we want to see in the NBA. And we are doing it with the help of lockdown's local experts. I have two of the best with me as always from the Lockdown Nuggets podcast. He's a senior NBA writer for the Action Network. Matt more, Matt. I got to get all my takes in today because I was out yesterday and I'm out the next two days. I got to like make sure that I'm firing to get them all out for the week since I'm on a short timeline. Hey, he's for Locked on Bulls. He's the Bulls and Bayer's creator for Bleacher Report. Are you ready for this wave of takes coming from Matt? Yeah, I'm ready for that. I'm also ready to get right to be able to crap on the clippers. So there you go on that one. That's what everybody's doing these days, right? So let's just jump right in. This is the latest on the Kippers so there you go on that one that's what everybody's doing these days right so

1:10.9

let's just jump right in um this is the latest on the kawai leonard and clippers scandal clippers

1:16.8

of course under investigation just weeks before the start of the season this according to a new

1:21.3

report from esPN the organization now six years into the kai experience is tired of catering around Kauai and its constant injury concerns.

1:29.9

So a deep profile written by Baxter Homes on ESPN detailing and outlining all the ways that they're basically over this whole thing.

1:38.0

One source told ESPN, quote, they're done building around Kauai, end quote, A rival GM called the Kauai trade a disaster for the Clippers.

1:49.8

So look, we all know what they gave up to get Kauai.

1:53.6

We understand the history behind this.

1:56.8

But before we jump into whether or not this is a full-blown disaster for the Clippers,

2:00.4

what jumped out to you, Matt, what has the most interesting thing about this story?

2:05.3

It confirmed a lot of what I already had thought or heard and have hinted at in the past.

2:10.9

Among them, I think, is the comment from the Clippers source that said that

2:14.4

if he's going to tell the Spurs to F off one of the most respected

2:19.9

teams in sports, what's he going to do to us?

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