The Clippers’ Future Is Uncertain After Kawhi Leonard Undergoes Surgery to Repair a Partial ACL Tear. Plus: Team USA Struggles and the 76ers Make Ben Simmons Available.

The Mismatch

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🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Chris and Kevin kick off the episode talking about Kawhi Leonard’s recently reported ACL repair surgery and what that means for him and for the Clippers’ next season (0:40). They talk a little bit about what they’ve taken away from the first three games of the NBA Finals and what they expect from Game 4 (20:28). Then they hit on Team USA’s losses in the exhibition games prior to the Olympics (37:23), the 76ers opening up trade talks for Ben Simmons (49:02), and some of Kevin’s draft thoughts from the past couple of weeks (55:30). Hosts: Chris Vernon and Kevin O’Connor Associate Producer: Sasha Ashall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	What if the Len Bayes story is about University of Maryland, Fienham, who was the second pick of
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0:09.2	shocking deaths in sports history. The podcast investigates how Bayes's death changed the
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0:40.8	Welcome to the mismatch. I'm Chris Vernon. Join me. See does every Tuesday from the ringer.com
0:44.8	is Kevin O'Connor, aka Kevin O' Palmer, Kevin O'Connor, Kevin O' Cameron, Kevin O'
0:49.2	Candy Lane, Kevin O'Killian, Kevin O'Killian, Kevin O'Killian. What's going on, buddy?
0:57.5	Well, as we are recording this on a Tuesday night, a little extra lag time in the NBA Finals with
1:04.4	them having an extra day off. Little did we know that there would be news break on a Tuesday night,
1:11.0	and it was big news because one of the superstars at the game, Quiet Leonard, had an injury that
1:15.5	kept him out of the playoffs. All of the details about his injury were rather murky. We in fact
1:22.2	goofed about it a few weeks ago, and then it comes out tonight that he had a partial tear of his ACL
1:27.8	that required surgery and that he has already underwent surgery for the partially torn ACL,
1:36.8	which is a very long recovery, Kevin. So we got a lot of a lot to sift through with this.
1:42.8	When he saw that news come across, what was your first reaction?
1:47.9	If a ACL injury recovery is about nine months, that would place his return about April 2022,
1:56.6	which would be the start of the NBA playoffs. So if Quiet resigns with the Clippers or if he goes
2:03.4	somewhere else, his return might not be until the start of the postseason. And if the Clippers do
2:10.2	get Quiet Leonard back, I would think on something either, you know, one in one. Maybe he
2:15.4	opts out of his player option for next season, then signs a one plus one. That way he could become
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