WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:05.679 Well, I think we are live now. Welcome in. This 2 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:09.359 is Clipper's Talk. As I set some things up here, 3 00:00:10.279 --> 00:00:13.160 I'm hoping you guys can see this. It's a Clippers 4 00:00:13.160 --> 00:00:17.920 Talk live. I just posted that we're going live. I 5 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:21.719 don't know what the press conference is about. I truly don't. 6 00:00:22.800 --> 00:00:26.239 I'm just in the lurch like the rest of you 7 00:00:26.359 --> 00:00:29.120 right now, just waiting to get some information on this. 8 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:33.159 All we have so far are a couple of tweets 9 00:00:33.200 --> 00:00:38.280 from here. We got La Murray would be one, and 10 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:42.119 I appreciate anyone joined the show here. Alex Webb says, 11 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:46.359 what's good? Adam. La Murray would be one. He's out 12 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:50.079 into a dome. He's got a picture of a microphone. 13 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:55.840 Justin Russeau would be another. I know this is something 14 00:00:55.960 --> 00:00:59.520 media members were obviously aware of because they are there, 15 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:03.600 and Jessin Bruzzo says Lawrence Franken Toron Lou We'll be 16 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:08.799 speaking momentarily here, so I guess I'll keep the coverage 17 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:10.920 going and keep you a breast of the situation as 18 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:15.359 quotes come out from this press conference, and do a 19 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:20.959 little bit of dancing. JM. L or I thirteen twenty four. 20 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:24.799 I yeah, it's definitely not a one. I'm still looking 21 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:27.040 for clarification on that. As I know he's a fan. 22 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:30.519 I'm a fan of his as well. I'm ot a Mosland. 23 00:01:30.680 --> 00:01:34.319 This is an impromptu Clippers talk live for you guys, 24 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:37.959 because it's an impromptu press conference. For some didn't know 25 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:41.040 this was happening today, but it looks like the media 26 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:44.000 was alerted, the local media for the Clippers. They are 27 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:47.760 at into it Dome now. The timing of this is 28 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:51.519 interesting because we have Media Day coming up next Monday, 29 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:56.799 September thirtieth, and therefore I would have thought we would 30 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.560 have got something then, and having something on a Tuesday 31 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:05.319 right beforehand leads to questions. Those questions are hopefully going 32 00:02:05.359 --> 00:02:09.120 to be answered here in a little bit. It's odd timing, yes, 33 00:02:09.439 --> 00:02:13.280 as alex Web would say, a week before media Day, 34 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:17.199 not sure exactly what this is about, but hoping to 35 00:02:17.280 --> 00:02:22.159 get as Lawrence Frank now is here and here we go, 36 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:27.000 La Murray of the and you. I'm pulling tweets from him, 37 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:30.840 I'll pull some from Justin Russo as well, and we'll 38 00:02:30.879 --> 00:02:32.719 try to get a little bit of clarification on what's 39 00:02:32.759 --> 00:02:36.080 going on here. I'm at a MASLM. We got a 40 00:02:36.080 --> 00:02:40.000 clipperstock live for you as we have a press conference 41 00:02:40.159 --> 00:02:44.599 with Lawrence Frank, your president of basketball operations and head 42 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:49.120 coach tarn lou So. Now that I'm getting oriented with 43 00:02:49.199 --> 00:02:52.719 my space here on x AS, I'm pulling up tweets 44 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:56.599 here from la Murray and Justin Rousseau, who are in attendance, 45 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.879 Laurence Frank says, I think our defense is going to 46 00:02:59.879 --> 00:03:03.319 be significantly improved due to the off season editions. I 47 00:03:03.319 --> 00:03:05.599 think there's a great deal of pride in our group 48 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:10.280 and what we've done where we feel extremely fortunate, where 49 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:14.560 we have the longest active streak of winning seasons thirteen 50 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:19.879 straight winning seasons from your Los Angeles Clippers. That is 51 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:22.759 the longest active streak. Of course, the San Antonio Spurs 52 00:03:23.560 --> 00:03:26.479 they have well a much longer streak at one point 53 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:29.759 of over twenty plus years. Cla Murray has this from 54 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:33.599 Lawrence Frank. Kawhi Leonard's swelling is down. Will be limited 55 00:03:33.680 --> 00:03:37.639 to begin training camp, but Kawhi can't wait to get started. 56 00:03:38.759 --> 00:03:42.560 So there's your Kawhi Leonard update, something we've been talking about. 57 00:03:42.599 --> 00:03:45.439 Did a live with Grant Mota on Friday. After that 58 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:48.919 erroneous report or whatever it was coming out of China. 59 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:54.719 Didn't get a ton of information there. The swelling is down. 60 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:58.080 According to Lawrence Frank, Kawhi Leonard's swelling is down, but 61 00:03:58.159 --> 00:04:02.159 will be limited to begin training camp. Kawhi cannot wait 62 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:06.159 to get started. That's big news justin Rousseau. As this 63 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:08.879 quote from Lawrence Frank on Kawhi Leonard his right knee, 64 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:13.039 the swing has significantly gone down. It's almost gone. We're 65 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:15.520 going to hold him back from drill work in training 66 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:21.120 camp and work on strengthening. So I'm not sure if 67 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:25.720 you guys see that as positive news or not. I know, 68 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.240 we have a couple of people here in the chat. 69 00:04:28.959 --> 00:04:33.199 Strado says, I'm scared. It looks like the way I'm 70 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:37.000 interpreting this right now, maybe Lawrence Frank and head coach 71 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:39.240 sharn Leu are just speaking with the media and getting 72 00:04:39.240 --> 00:04:42.279 this out of the way before Monday. That's how I'm 73 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.759 seeing this, Lawrence Frank said. The encouraging thing is that 74 00:04:45.879 --> 00:04:49.120 the team and Kawhi Leonard have seen progress in Leonard's 75 00:04:49.160 --> 00:04:57.439 rehabilitation of knee inflammation. There has been progress from inflammation 76 00:04:57.639 --> 00:05:05.120 going back to April. Hmmm. Interesting swelling down is certainly 77 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:09.480 good news. I would have thought at this point, and 78 00:05:09.639 --> 00:05:13.680 who knows, not a doctor, that it would have been 79 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:18.959 less of an issue. I am looking for a little 80 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:22.879 bit more clarification on that. What we can do here 81 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:27.040 is because I have the power, is bring in a 82 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:31.519 shared screen for you guys from law Murray and give 83 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.480 you this audio. But the problem is I won't be 84 00:05:33.519 --> 00:05:35.879 able to hear it at the same time from Lawrence Frank, 85 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:38.560 I'm guessing it's just the audio portion of what I 86 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:40.839 just played for you. So I'm just gonna keep reading 87 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:46.519 the quotes here from Justin Russo and La Murray. La 88 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:53.600 Murray from the Athletic. Looking for an update here this is. 89 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:57.240 I don't know if any other reporters are there right now, 90 00:05:57.319 --> 00:05:59.680 if it's just them too, but it is it into it. 91 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:02.639 Don't kind of wish I was there to just check 92 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:07.639 out the new setting in what's happening at press conferences. 93 00:06:07.720 --> 00:06:09.319 I know we walked by it when we got the 94 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:13.720 into a dome tour myself, Chuck Mockler, Will Updyke, and 95 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:18.839 we got some people asking questions. Caleb berguson as we 96 00:06:18.920 --> 00:06:21.240 fill time here to look for more quotes coming out 97 00:06:21.240 --> 00:06:24.439 of this, Lawrence Frank press conference coach Lewis said to 98 00:06:24.439 --> 00:06:28.279 speak as well. Caleb Berguson asked, what's the ceiling sandywise 99 00:06:28.279 --> 00:06:30.560 for the Clippers. I don't know. Tell me how many 100 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.399 games you think Kawhi Leonard is playing. I'll tell you 101 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:38.399 what the ceiling is for this team. I think at 102 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:44.120 this point it's staying out of the plane. That would 103 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:47.240 be the ultimate ceiling. Here, as I get this from 104 00:06:47.279 --> 00:06:50.079 La Murray, you said, Lawrence Frank is not committing to 105 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:53.879 Kawhi Leonard being ready for the regular season opener, but 106 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:59.000 expects him to have a great year. Hmmm, here's how 107 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:04.240 I'm sorry to interpret this. The swelling, as has been 108 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:09.120 said here, there's progress. Quote his right knee. The swelling 109 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:13.319 has significantly gone down, significantly gone down, it's almost gone. 110 00:07:13.680 --> 00:07:16.040 We're going to hold him back from drill work in 111 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:21.079 training camp and work on strengthening. So therefore, he probably 112 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:24.399 can't commit to whether or not Kawhi Leonard is going 113 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:26.680 to be available for the regular season opener because they 114 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:29.600 don't know how he's going to respond to the strengthening 115 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:32.199 of the knee and whatever drills he does go through 116 00:07:32.800 --> 00:07:36.680 during training camp. I have long talked to you guys 117 00:07:37.519 --> 00:07:40.120 about this situation, going back to April when I first 118 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:45.680 heard about the swelling. As JM I thirteen twenty four says, 119 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.839 that's concerning. I think it's just one of those things 120 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:53.160 where you're going to have to manage it here and 121 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:55.600 the fact that it started in April, and really March 122 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:58.439 thirty first was the last game he played before you 123 00:07:58.519 --> 00:08:02.160 started missing games. And it's still an ongoing issue where 124 00:08:02.199 --> 00:08:06.040 the swelling isn't completely down yet, but it is significantly down. 125 00:08:07.759 --> 00:08:10.879 It's obviously something that's still being managed. If we're talking 126 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:17.879 about not doing or compete or being limited in training camp, 127 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:20.680 I want to quote this correctly. Is where Kawhi is 128 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:25.639 still at heading into training camp just a week away 129 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:29.000 or after media day on September thirtieth, they will be 130 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:33.600 in Hawaii. He does say, Laurence frank Kawhi can't wait 131 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:38.120 to get started. I don't know how you guys want 132 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:45.679 to interpret this right now. I'd say it's not ideal, 133 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:50.120 it's not perfect. We would love to hear hiss one 134 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:57.080 can participate in everything in training camp, but Laurence Frank 135 00:08:57.240 --> 00:08:59.360 on if Kawhi Leonard will be ready for opening Days 136 00:08:59.399 --> 00:09:02.600 said quote, the timing is all going to depend on 137 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:06.320 how his knee responds to each phase. This is something 138 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:09.039 I've been telling you guys going back to April when 139 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:11.440 I said I'm not worried about him trying to go 140 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:13.559 in a playoff game. It's how he responds after that. 141 00:09:14.159 --> 00:09:16.919 And after playing game two, his body didn't respond well. 142 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:21.559 I think he looked much worse in Game three. So 143 00:09:23.200 --> 00:09:27.960 not a doctor, not close to it, but I've tried 144 00:09:28.000 --> 00:09:32.120 my best to keep you guys informed on the situation. 145 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:38.440 Big R sixty four says, I just feel terrible for 146 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:41.120 Kawhi Leonard. If he has such a devastating player, it's 147 00:09:41.200 --> 00:09:44.679 just such a shame that they can't stay on the court. 148 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:47.679 I'm with you, nobody wants to be out there more 149 00:09:47.720 --> 00:09:53.559 than Kawhi. It's frustrating right now, it really is. This 150 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:57.320 is somebody that is a top seventy five player ever 151 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.639 and his body has been trade him last four seasons, 152 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:04.200 hasn't been able to either start a playoff run or 153 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.919 finish a playoff run. Another quote, coming from Lawrence Frank 154 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:12.000 says that part of managing Kawhi Leonard is that he 155 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:14.679 won't have to guard the best players with this roster. 156 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:18.120 We've talked about that a lot during the offseason. You 157 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.919 bring in Derek Jones Jr. You bring in Chris Dunn, 158 00:10:20.960 --> 00:10:24.759 you have Terrence Man there, you have Nicholas batoombback, a 159 00:10:24.799 --> 00:10:28.480 lot of guys to guard out there. All Murray also 160 00:10:28.519 --> 00:10:31.480 said this. Lawrence Frank says that mentally, Kawhi Leonard is 161 00:10:31.600 --> 00:10:39.879 encouraged that he is trending in the right direction. Yeah, 162 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.919 I'm a little bit. I just would have thought by 163 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:46.399 now the swelling had gone down enough if we're talking 164 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:52.360 about him possibly playing for Team USA, and maybe that's 165 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:55.159 why they didn't feel comfortable Kawhi Leonard had the quote 166 00:10:55.200 --> 00:10:57.679 out there. Knee was in a neutral state at that time. 167 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:03.720 I don't know, but I would have thought when he 168 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:05.759 came into camp for Team USA and said he had 169 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:08.480 a turning point two weeks beforehand. So we're talking about, 170 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:15.039 I want to say, late June, early July, that if 171 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:18.200 he was trying to go then that we'd be a 172 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:21.320 little bit further along. But Jessin Rousseau is putting this 173 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:24.639 out from Lawrence Frank says that he's still disappointed that 174 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:27.879 Team USA didn't give Kawhi Leonard a longer runway during 175 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:33.440 that specific training camp after Kawhi Leonard had been cleared medically. Okay, 176 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:38.039 cleared medically is something new. Lawrence Frank point out that 177 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:41.799 other players on the roster that are dealing with minor 178 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:45.320 or minor injuries. That there are other players on the 179 00:11:45.399 --> 00:11:48.120 roster that are dealing with minor or minor injuries and 180 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:50.559 they'll be assessed a head of training camp with the Clippers. 181 00:11:51.000 --> 00:11:56.000 Updates will be provided when applicable. Frank stated he would 182 00:11:56.039 --> 00:12:00.840 not name the players at this present time, so am 183 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:03.200 not a ton of clarity here. Here's what we know 184 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:08.480 so far. Kawhi has significantly improved when it comes to 185 00:12:08.559 --> 00:12:13.320 swelling in that right knee, there is significantly and let 186 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:16.200 me quote it exactly his right knee. The swelling has 187 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:19.879 significantly gone down. It's almost gone. We're going to hold 188 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:22.399 him back from drill work in training camp and work 189 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:29.639 on strengthening. That is what we have released so far 190 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.879 from this presser with Lawrence Frank, and we believe coach 191 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:38.799 Taran lu will be available here in just a few moments. 192 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:41.799 Kayla Bergerson says, I wish though that La the La 193 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:44.879 Clippers could get Raptors version of Kawhi Leonard. Well, to 194 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:47.679 be fair, they've gotten a better version of Kawhi Leonard. 195 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.840 He was better than he had ever been in twenty 196 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:55.039 twenty one through the first round and a half. They 197 00:12:55.080 --> 00:12:56.879 just can't get a guy who's been able to stay 198 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:00.279 as healthy as Kawhi did when he played sixty teams 199 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:05.320 in the regular season with Toronto and then ended up 200 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:09.600 completing the playoff run through the finals and winning the 201 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:14.679 championship and having and holding finals MVP JJ the Boy said, 202 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:18.039 disappointed about what the inflemation wasn't fully down yet. Why 203 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:24.000 risk it? Why risk what you're saying with Team USA. 204 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:31.360 I think that's a fair point. Big R sixty four. 205 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:33.799 He says, they have to really load manage him well 206 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:38.480 this year. I agree with you, especially after hearing this news. 207 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:43.320 It's significantly down, but he's still not going to be 208 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:50.519 able to participate in everything during training camp. Here's something new. 209 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:54.120 This comes from Justin Russell. Lawrence Frank says that they've 210 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:58.559 had ongoing discussions with Terrence Man on an extension. Frank 211 00:13:59.320 --> 00:14:02.159 reiterated that they want Man to be with the Clippers 212 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:05.120 for a long time. Quote, We're hopeful we can get 213 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:10.320 a deal done. Frank says that has been one of 214 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:13.000 the themes this summer. We already saw if it's a 215 00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:17.159 Zubats he got his extension. So what's happening right now 216 00:14:17.200 --> 00:14:21.240 with Terrence Mann. They're hopeful to get a deal done. 217 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.039 This comes from Lot Murray, Trent and Flowers and that 218 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:27.759 wrist surgery will not be going through training camp. He's 219 00:14:27.799 --> 00:14:30.159 on a two way deal. Lawnce Frank says there's also 220 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:34.120 other minor injuries on the roster again, won't disclose names 221 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:39.240 for now. Launce Frank on James Harden said, the pecking 222 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:45.679 order will be pretty clear this year. Okay, makes sense. 223 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:48.320 He's one of the top two players on the team. 224 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:51.799 There's not going to be an issue between who's number 225 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:58.320 two with him and Paul George so As, I'm still 226 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:01.080 reading through these tweets from Justin and Russo and La 227 00:15:01.159 --> 00:15:05.240 Murray As. There's a press conference going on right now 228 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:09.320 with Lawrence Frank. The news so far it was about 229 00:15:09.720 --> 00:15:15.159 Kawhi Leonard and getting an update on that right knee. Again. 230 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:18.200 The status and the quote from Lawrence Frank was this 231 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.840 his right knee. The swelling has significantly gone down. It's 232 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.120 almost gone. We're going to hold him back from drill 233 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:31.639 work in training camp and work on strengthening. I'm a 234 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:34.279 little bit surprised that it isn't fully gone by now. 235 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:37.720 I think it's just going to be difficult to manage. Guys. 236 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:42.399 I gotta be honest with you. We're talking about April. 237 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:49.080 It's September twenty fourth now, that's a significant chunk of time, 238 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:53.480 and the swelling isn't fully down yet. Not trying to 239 00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:55.759 raise alarm. Bell is just trying to be realistic with it, 240 00:15:56.679 --> 00:16:02.000 Just trying to be honest. I wasn't sure at this 241 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:04.919 point that we'd still be here when we're talking about 242 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:12.120 his knee being somewhat swollen, but significantly less than it was. 243 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:17.360 That is important. That is a note, and that's the 244 00:16:17.399 --> 00:16:19.919 most important thing coming out of this so far. Lawrence 245 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:26.799 Frank says regarding Terrence Man, he won't be a slow 246 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.320 starter this year. He expects him to shoot more threes 247 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:36.000 and rebound better for his position. I like that We've 248 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:38.720 talked about it. Terrence Man, notoriously the last two seasons 249 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:42.440 now has gotten off to very slow starts shooting wise 250 00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:44.919 from the outside. He was coming off the ankle injury 251 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:48.919 last season that occurred in practice, I think right before 252 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:54.440 training camp, and then he was shooting about twenty percent 253 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:58.960 until the calendar flipped, and in twenty twenty four Terrence 254 00:16:59.000 --> 00:17:03.360 Man shot forty four from the outside and then shot 255 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:07.079 forty five percent in that series against the Dallas Mavericks. 256 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:10.680 You're listening to a clipperstock live. I'm out of Moslems. 257 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:17.039 We can still take your questions here. Charles Gardner says, sorry, 258 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:19.240 I can't believe Frank when it comes to Kawhi. I 259 00:17:19.319 --> 00:17:24.079 do I believe what he's saying. The problem is, Charles, 260 00:17:24.480 --> 00:17:27.720 nobody can know how his knee is going to respond 261 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:30.920 once they ramp things up. This has been my concern 262 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:34.519 the entire time. What happens when he plays five on five? 263 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:40.799 Then where is it at? Why not? The Clippers says, 264 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:43.599 I truly hate how they aren't transparent with us just 265 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:45.799 banking on the Kawhi name to have us buy these 266 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:49.759 expensive tickets. I think they're being as transparent as possible. 267 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:51.880 This is what they know about his knee right now. 268 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:57.400 No one has a crystal ball of how his knees 269 00:17:57.440 --> 00:18:01.519 going to respond once you get back to playing in 270 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:05.240 an NBA game at the highest level. Guys, no one 271 00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:07.759 could know that. His doctors can't know that. Kawhi can't 272 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:09.799 know that, So how can the Clippers and Lawrence Frank 273 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:17.319 know that. I'm just being honest with you. I think 274 00:18:17.359 --> 00:18:23.319 that's fair. You want them to predict the future, they can't. 275 00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:28.920 He's telling us the swelling is significantly down. I'm not 276 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:32.839 sure what else you can really get at this point, 277 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:38.480 because it's Kawhi, because it's the reconstructed right knee from 278 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:40.680 the ACL on the meniscus, and because of what just 279 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:48.359 happened in April. Lawrence Frank says that you never want 280 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:51.160 to put a ceiling on a team. Confirms that he 281 00:18:51.200 --> 00:18:55.400 has internet access and has seen Vegas expectations for the Clippers. 282 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:58.559 Believes in Kawhi, Leonard and James Harden leading the team 283 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:03.680 and the opportunity for the rest of them. Okay, L 284 00:19:03.759 --> 00:19:09.000 Frank says, compete. You want to be a competitive team, Well, 285 00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:13.599 you need competitive guys to do so. I love that. 286 00:19:13.599 --> 00:19:18.480 That's what it means to be a Clipper. That's what 287 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:23.039 we have seen for some time now, and that's been 288 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:25.079 the makeup of this team. When the ships have been down, 289 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:27.119 they played some of their best basketball when their backs 290 00:19:27.160 --> 00:19:30.480 were against the Wall, they played some of their best basketball. 291 00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:38.279 The twenty one to twenty two team. That team ended 292 00:19:38.359 --> 00:19:39.880 up with a winning record, even though they didn't have 293 00:19:39.960 --> 00:19:42.720 Kawhi the entire year and Paul George only played thirty 294 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:46.200 one games. The twenty eighteen to twenty nineteen team before 295 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:55.000 the two Pine three era, that team overachieved. Co Lemerick says, 296 00:19:55.039 --> 00:19:57.680 I think the big question is is the swelling significant 297 00:19:59.119 --> 00:20:02.759 less from last April, or from last week or from 298 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:08.279 after he left tm USA. Well, I think it's obvious 299 00:20:08.359 --> 00:20:13.319 that it's less than from April. If the quote is, 300 00:20:15.240 --> 00:20:17.920 I'll keep reading it because I don't want to misquote 301 00:20:18.000 --> 00:20:21.920 Laurence frank Here his right knee. Here's the quote. His 302 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:27.480 right knee. The swelling has significantly gone down. It's almost gone. 303 00:20:28.279 --> 00:20:30.160 We're going to hold him back from drill work and 304 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:35.359 training camp and work on strengthening. There's the quote. So 305 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:39.440 almost gone is pretty far away from where it was 306 00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:44.160 in April. Guys, I don't know how you can interpret 307 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:47.279 that an the other way. Frankie boy nine says, So 308 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:50.519 if his knee is not one hundred percent, why the 309 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:54.759 Clippers wanted to play him for Team USA. Kauwa I 310 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:59.240 wanted to play for tem Usa, and the Clippers supported 311 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:08.119 that decision. Kawhi felt good enough. Kawi said right as 312 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:11.640 Team USA camp was underway that there was a turning 313 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:18.640 point two weeks beforehand before getting the camp with that knee, 314 00:21:19.079 --> 00:21:24.440 and that's why I think he joined Team USA. He 315 00:21:24.519 --> 00:21:27.759 felt like he could compete. We saw tape of him 316 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:31.799 playing five on five and scrimmaging. He looked solid. Other 317 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:34.480 players said he looked good. The coaching staff said he 318 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:39.640 looked good, and then they sent him home. So that's 319 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:45.799 still perplexing. I know now that you're hearing the swelling 320 00:21:45.920 --> 00:21:48.039 isn't all the way down. Maybe they thought it was 321 00:21:48.079 --> 00:21:52.319 that a manageable enough place where for playing a few 322 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:56.039 minutes here and there on Temusa you wouldn't be risking, 323 00:21:56.119 --> 00:22:01.839 exacerbating or worshiping the injury. I don't know. It doesn't 324 00:22:01.880 --> 00:22:08.480 look like that question was posed or pressed to Laurence Frank. 325 00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:14.319 Here we're expecting coach Luther talk as well. Here's Lot 326 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:20.079 Murray saying when Kawhi is healthy, he wants to play. 327 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:24.039 That's a quote from Lawrence Frank. Laurence Frank says the 328 00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:26.799 team wants Kawhi to get to one hundred percent, and 329 00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:29.839 then any management plan that consists of back to backs 330 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:35.200 will be determined from there. So rightfully, so before you 331 00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:40.839 start talking about how to load manage him or manage 332 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:44.200 his health best during the season, he first has to 333 00:22:44.200 --> 00:22:48.440 get back to one. So clearly he's not there yet. 334 00:22:49.599 --> 00:22:52.759 Maybe that's where Temsa was coming from. They want everybody 335 00:22:52.759 --> 00:23:00.680 to be at I don't know. It's really, as we 336 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:06.000 like to say on clips and dip reading tea leaves again, 337 00:23:06.079 --> 00:23:08.519 Lawrence Frank had a quote regarding if the Clippers' roster 338 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:12.359 as a championship or has championship aspirations. He said quote, 339 00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:14.839 I'll never put a ceiling on a team. I'm not naive. 340 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:17.440 I have the Internet. I know what Vegas is saying 341 00:23:17.480 --> 00:23:24.000 about us, So we're honest about ourselves. Okay, JJ the 342 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:27.880 boy says his knee probably swelled up again after the 343 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:32.640 five on five scrimmages. Well, let's just conjecture and speculation. 344 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:41.440 We don't know that. The quote is it's almost gone. 345 00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:46.440 Stratos says this. I'm hoping this is just early liad management. 346 00:23:46.519 --> 00:23:49.160 So he isn't stressing his knee during camp and pre season. 347 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:53.440 I would guess You're gonna be overly cautious right now 348 00:23:53.519 --> 00:23:56.759 in training camp for a guy who's thirty three years 349 00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:59.799 of age, is a vet, has been through this multiple times. 350 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:06.119 Air on the side of caution. If the swelling isn't 351 00:24:06.119 --> 00:24:10.279 completely down, air on the side of caution and work 352 00:24:10.359 --> 00:24:15.240 him along slowly. Orange Frank would not commit to whether 353 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:17.759 or not Kawhi would be available for opening night yet, 354 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:22.880 because they have to see how his knee responds with 355 00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:26.799 whatever strengthening they do during training camp. If he's not 356 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:30.599 participating in some of the drills, that sounds like the case. Okay, 357 00:24:32.359 --> 00:24:37.240 let's see how he responds to some of the one 358 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:40.880 on one training and strengthening conditioning he does. Jbo's eighty 359 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:47.160 four says, swelling for five months, Kawhi's career is over. Well, 360 00:24:47.279 --> 00:24:50.799 that is just sky is falling, chicken little type stuff. 361 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.839 Jabo's this is not the way. Do I have concerns 362 00:24:56.880 --> 00:25:00.880 about the knee. Yes, I've told told you guys this 363 00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:05.079 four or five months. I told you guys this on 364 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:11.559 Friday after the podcast I ended up doing with Grant 365 00:25:11.599 --> 00:25:14.759 Mona because of a tweet that was coming out from 366 00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:23.160 China and it was freaking everybody out. My concern is, 367 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:27.079 just like I said on Friday, it's turned into an 368 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:31.640 overused thing because this time it didn't seem to be 369 00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:37.200 one tweak that inflamed his knee or got the inflammation 370 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:40.599 and swelling in there in soreness. It was he played 371 00:25:40.599 --> 00:25:46.160 sixty eight games and then I guess over time it 372 00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:50.960 built up. I don't know. We really didn't get anything 373 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:55.079 concrete on that end, but it didn't sound like it 374 00:25:55.160 --> 00:26:01.000 was one movement against the Charlotte Hornets that unfortunately caused 375 00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:04.599 the swelling. So I don't know if that's a wear 376 00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:08.039 and tear thing. I don't know if that's okay. This 377 00:26:08.079 --> 00:26:13.119 is still just his second year back from the ACL 378 00:26:13.279 --> 00:26:16.839 and then first year back from the meniscus, and it 379 00:26:17.079 --> 00:26:19.960 just was too much playing sixty eight games last season 380 00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:29.599 and kawhisney hit the wall. I don't know. Here's fresh saying, 381 00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:34.480 not sure Low's sources close to Kawhi or trustworthy. Well, 382 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:40.160 right now, his sources, Lawrence Frank talking to them right 383 00:26:40.200 --> 00:26:44.480 now into a dome. So it's straight from the horse's mouth. 384 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:48.200 He's pulling this from Laurence Frank talking about the swelling 385 00:26:49.920 --> 00:26:53.720 being almost gone. Lawrence Frank also said this regarding the 386 00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:58.039 Western Conference quote, the West is a beast. Think about 387 00:26:58.079 --> 00:27:02.079 how thin the margins are. We were fourth. Difference between 388 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:06.480 fourth and tenth was five games. Lawrence Frank was asked 389 00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:12.039 about power forwards. Lawrence Frank apparently doesn't categorize it by 390 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:16.079 using the number four. He mentions he believes in a 391 00:27:16.119 --> 00:27:19.960 point guard, a big and three wings. I like that, 392 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:25.480 but also mentioned the following players Kawhi, Niko Kobe, Derek Jones, PJ. Tucker, 393 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:29.759 Emir and T. Mann. Also said that he wants better rebounding. 394 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:36.759 So that's how he looks at the situation with power forwards. 395 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:41.720 The starting four, it's gonna be Kawhi Leonard. It looks 396 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:48.880 like once again it's become a positionless league. I totally 397 00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:53.160 understand his mindset and philosophy. There so many teams are 398 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:55.640 going smaller, but they need to be better on the boards. 399 00:27:56.920 --> 00:28:00.319 This comes from JJ the boy. That's what's so frustrating 400 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:02.440 with his injury. We don't know much at all how 401 00:28:02.440 --> 00:28:06.400