INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Kawhi Leonard is healthy going into the offseason for the first time since 2020, having played just 37 games before the Los Angeles Clippers lost in the first round of the playoffs. The team with the oldest roster in the league is staking its future on the two-time Finals MVP and All-Star James Harden.

The Los Angeles Clippers still believe in a team led by the tandem of James Harden and Kawhi Leonard. Following the Clippers first-round series loss to the Denver Nuggets, Clippers president Lawrence Frank expressed that "I definitely believe in those two," about Harden and Leonard as the team's leaders on a potential championship team.

James Harden played well in the regular season but struggled in the playoffs. Lawrence Frank says keeping Harden remains the Clippers' "first priority."

The Clippers were let down by a combined 16 point effort by Harden AND Norm Powell, which barely beat the 15 points put up by Michael Porter, Jr. MVP co-candidate Jokic (16 points, 10 rebounds, and 8 assists) weather a “rare” off night,

More than 100 Clippers fans were flown out to Denver for Saturday's Game 7 with the Nuggets by team owner Steve Ballmer.