A dedicated back—er, front—office lured PAUL GEORGE and KAWHI
where the Clippers (the Clippers!) are now squarely in the title
But what was once the NBA’s most moribund franchise has its
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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED- OCTOBER 21–28, 2019
The Start of Something
NOT YOUR
DAD’S
CLIPPERS
George (far
left) and
Leonard join
the “Founding
Fathers”—
who have
been in L.A.
for all of
28 months—
to form a
formidable
squad that
has only three
holdovers
from the start
of the 2017–18
season.