The Clippers Have Chemistry Issues
The Lead
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🗓️ 24 January 2020
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
New reporting from The Athletic has revealed problems inside the Clippers locker room. Kawhi Leonard has been red hot on the court, but his aloofness and unusual leadership style has created some friction within the team. The Athletic’s Jovan Buha joins us to talk about how the Clippers have been struggling to adapt to life with the reticent star, and what it could mean for the team's championship hopes.
Read Jovan Buha and Sam Amick's story about the culture of the Clippers:
https://theathletic.com/1557316/2020/01/23/chemistry-setting-behind-the-scenes-of-kawhi-leonard-and-the-clippers-merging-culture/?source=theleadpodcast
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| 0:00.0 | Ever since the Clippers acquired Kauai Leonard and Paul George this summer, they've been |
| 0:10.5 | one of, if not the favorites, to win it all. |
| 0:13.6 | And I'm telling you that the Clippers will win the NBA Championship this year. |
| 0:17.0 | You think you're in the wilderness on that? |
| 0:18.4 | Yeah, to win it? |
| 0:19.9 | Who is saying otherwise? |
| 0:21.9 | Who is saying that? |
| 0:22.9 | The Clippers are currently third in the Western Conference and five games behind the first |
| 0:26.2 | place Lakers. |
| 0:28.2 | But some new reporting from the athletic has revealed that all is not well behind the |
| 0:32.8 | scenes. |
| 0:33.8 | The athletics Yovon Buha joins us today to talk about how the Clippers have been struggling |
| 0:38.0 | to adapt to life with Kauai as their silent superstar and what that process could mean |
| 0:43.7 | for their season. |
| 0:45.0 | Either this team reaches their potential and wins the championship and overcomes whatever |
| 0:50.0 | chemistry issues they have right now or this team is going to fall short. |
| 0:55.5 | And I'm wondering on the athletic, I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 0:58.2 | And I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 0:59.6 | It's Friday, January 24th and this is The Lead. |
| 1:04.4 | It felt like something great was happening. |
| 1:08.6 | There was just something about the emotion and the moment you know the first one, the |
| 1:13.0 | first one. |
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