The Latest Breaking News from Tyronn Lue

LOS ANGELES — Around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, as a little more than three hours remained until the NBA’s trade deadline, the Los Angeles Clippers didn’t have any trades close to happening, said Lawrence Frank, the team’s president of basketball operations.

LOS ANGELES — Years before they stepped onto pristine basketball courts as millionaires practicing a game whose rhythms had long ago become a daily routine, the kids and teenagers who would one day become Clippers stood in the driveway of their childhood home. Or a community center. Or an outdoor…

LOS ANGELES — For the past month, Kawhi Leonard’s ability to dictate pace was back. His shooting has picked up. His play-making had garnered notice. The last question about his recovery from a 2021 knee injury, for league insiders, was whether or when his explosion would return.

Last week, after a fifth straight Clippers loss, there was no team meeting in the visitors' locker room at Target Center in Minneapolis. There were no grand pronouncements among players.

After shaking up the Clippers' lineup Sunday, and with one month until the NBA's trade deadline, coach Tyronn Lue suggested more change is coming to the team's overcrowded guard rotation.

LOS ANGELES — The coach’s words before tipoff sounded like a rallying cry.

DENVER — Losers of three straight and seeking a spark, the Los Angeles Clippers hoped this night would represent a turnaround.

INDIANAPOLIS — Clippers guard John Wall sat in the corner of the locker room, glued to his phone. The Clippers had just lost in Philadelphia to begin a five-game trip and players were stewing over the breakdowns.

DETROIT — After two days off due to the Christmas holiday, the Pistons hoped their recent third-quarter woes would not follow them into Monday's matchup against the LA Clippers.