Kawhi, George make Clippers title favorites. The biggest loser? LA Lakers.
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The news broke late on a Friday night, when half the basketball world was in bed, typical for the NBA star who cares least about the spotlight. Kawhi Leonard is going to the Clippers, who also traded Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Danilo Gallinari and a massive pacKawhi, George make Clippers title favorites. The biggest loser? LA Lakers.
The news broke late on a Friday night, when half the basketball world was in bed, typical for the NBA star who cares least about the spotlight. Kawhi Leonard is going to the Clippers, who also traded Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Danilo Gallinari and a massive package of future first-round picks for Paul George. Suddenly the Clippers have added the reigning Finals MVP and last season's third-place MVP finisher to a team that won 48 games last year, vaulted to the top of the Western Conference contenders, and massively crushed the spirits of their cross-town rivals, the Lakers. Jerry West and the Clippers have been acquiring assets for years for just this kind of strike. After re-signing Blake Griffin to an extension, they flipped him for Tobias Harris and picks, one of which became Gilgeous-Alexander, then flipped Harris a year later for more picks. That gave them the ammunition to make an overwhelming offer for George, who with Kawhi will form the league’s most terrifying pair of wing defenders since Michael Jor Read more