ESPN MacMahon My understanding is if there's going to be an extension between Kawhi Leonard and the Los Angeles Clippers there's going to have to be legitimate negotiations He's going to have to take a pay cut I believe to extend with the Clippers

Charania I had one executive tell me last night that the Clippers were essentially acting like a power agent brokering deals for Kawhi Leonard That's millions and millions of cash flow coming into Kawhi By mid-2021 Kawhi had pocketed tens of millions of dollars in no-show endorsement deals

Baxter The investigation into Kawhi Leonard the Clippers and Aspiration Could Go Into Arbitration Where this is ultimately heading

MacMahon Kawhi is a guy whos played 60 games just three times in the last nine years 115M for a player with those durability issues in his mid-30s that is a massive contract Thats not a discount deal A discount deal is Kevin Durant 2YR 90M extension This is 25M more than that

2021 Kawhi Leonard re-signs with Clippers for 4 years 176 million on the books reassures Clippers fans he plans to stay I'm here I'm here to be a Clipper I'm not going to another team unless something you know drastic happens

Tim MacMahon On the Clippers lying about Kawhi Leonard's health following dismissal from Team USA practice in July 2024 The Clippers organizational philosophy was kissing Kawhi's butt regardless of circumstances and factsThe guiding light was Find Kawhi's butt plant your lips on it

Paul George on why negotiations with the Clippers fell through I never wanted to leave LA The first initial deal was I thought kind of disrespectful 2 years 60 million Im like Just give me what Kawhi got