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Game 7
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By Charles Kruger
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Last updated 4/7/21
Kawhi Leonard will almost certainly decline the $36 million player option he has available to him this offseason in favor of a bigger deal. When that happens, the Los Angeles Clippers will suddenly find themselves in a very precarious situation.
In 2019, the franchise essentially staked its entire future on a Leonard-Paul George combo being the cornerstone of a championship run. Obviously that didn’t end up working out as planned, with the Clippers ultimately getting embarrassed by the Denver Nuggets in last year’s playoffs.
Since then George has been dealing with persistent injuries that continue to get worse, and Leonard alone has been unable to carry L.A. past the third seed in the Western Conference.