LOS ANGELES — Following a disappointing, injury-marred first-round exit to finish a season that began with championship expectations, Lawrence Frank said the LA Clippers will continue to build around Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
In his end of season address, the Clippers' president of basketball operations said a healthy Leonard and George continue to give them a chance to win a championship.
Keeping their two franchise stars healthy has been problematic. George missed the final nine games of the regular season and the entire first round because of a sprained right knee.
And Leonard was dominant in the first two games before a torn meniscus in his right knee forced him to miss the final three games of the Clippers' five-game series loss to the Phoenix Suns. «When we traded for Paul and signed Kawhi as a free agent in 2019, it wasn't for one or two years, wasn't three or four,» Frank said. «Every year you have those guys, they give you a chance.