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Frank signaled that the Clippers would like to extend Leonard, who on Wednesday night requested he be given time to “cry about this loss a little bit more” before talking about his future. Frank acknowledged that questions about trading Leonard came once the Clippers traded James Harden and Ivica Zubac the week of the NBA trade deadline. But the franchise is focused on getting back to contender status with Leonard in the fold. “At the appropriate time, we’ll sit down with Kawhi, and very similar to 2024, lay out our plan,” Frank said. “And if our goals are aligned, then we’d like to win with Kawhi.”

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Justin Russo: Lawrence Frank, on Tyronn Lue’s future with the Clippers: “Ty not being the coach was never, ever, ever a consideration. Even at our lowest point when were 6-21, there never, ever was any conversation of Ty not being the coach. Ty’s gonna be the coach here for a long, long time.”

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Joey Linn: Lawrence Frank says the Clippers’ plan is to win with Kawhi Leonard.

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Joey Linn: Lawrence Frank on how soon the Clippers expect to get back into championship contention: “We have four tradable firsts at the draft. Do you use those and go get a superstar player? There’s other avenues where it’s more of a methodical build. The one thing I do know is this — we have the option of either operating out of cap space or using our full non-taxpayer midlevel. Either way, we’re going to get the team better. We’ll add at least one significant piece to the roster. And there’s so many potential options… There’s more questions than answers in terms of how long it’s going to take… but there’s all these different pathways… Time will tell how long it will take to get there… There’s a lot of different things in play.”

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Joey Linn: Lawrence Frank on the Aspiration investigation: “If any of you know Steve and know Steve’s integrity, you know there’s nothing to it.”

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Joey Linn: Lawrence Frank said the Clippers never had any conversations about firing Ty Lue when the team was 6-21. “Ty is going to be the coach here for a very, very long time.”

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Justin Russo: Lawrence Frank, when being asked about the trade in 2018, which sent Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to Oklahoma City for Paul George, potentially impacting their future thought processes: “You can say his name. It’s alright.”

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Justin Russo: Lawrence Frank: “We don’t live in regret. … We’re not gun-shy. ... We don’t always make the best decisions, but we don’t feel that onus that we gotta go all-in. ... I don’t think because Shai, who’s now a great, great, great player, that you now become frozen because of it.”

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Chris Paul: "So, with that dialogue (with the Clippers) and all that, I mean, early in the season, Lawrence Frank sent me an article about how great my leadership was (laughs). An article I had never seen. He texted it to me saying, ‘Man, this is great leadership right here.’ So, it was just interesting situation because I was extremely grateful. You saw I was emotional when I absolutely when I went back and I returned because first of all, all the love that the fans showed, but the thing that made me emotional, I knew it was going to be my last year and I was getting to play in front of my family. Right. And that’s what it was all about.”

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7PM in Brooklyn: Chris Paul details convos with Kawhi, Ty Lue and Lawrence Frank ahead of his abrupt exit from the Clippers: He said that to me before he sent me home. CP we all going to retire your jersey, but your service is no longer needed. Before I left the room, I asked him. I was like, so L Frank, you said you was going to get me a meeting with T Lue, right? He said, I'm sorry, I couldn't do that. Go home.

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Pablo Torre Finds Out: Clippers exec Lawrence Frank's four-year contract extension is "Ballmer hush money," according to multiple NBA executives, as the 10th place franchise faces the Aspiration investigation and multiple lawsuits.

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Joey Linn: Lawrence Frank on the possibility of Kawhi Leonard staying with the Clippers beyond his current contract: “We definitely see a scenario where he’s part of the group going forward. Look — Kawhi when healthy is arguably one of the top-5 players in this league. No one is playing better than him over this last 7-week stretch. Similar to what we did in other summers, we always get together with Kawhi and his representatives and we lay out what the plan is. The number one priority for Kawhi is the same number one priority for the Clippers organization. We want to win a championship. How do we do it together? This is what it looks like. Yes, we’ve been very transparent with how we’ve treated 27-28 space. And that’s kinda what factored into the nature of James’ last contract and the mutual option. We also, because we prioritized it, it’s not just used in free agency. Darius is a great example of that… Would you rather have space or would you rather have Darius? We rather have Darius. Same thing with Kawhi. We can continue and look forward to building with Kawhi, while still acknowledging we’re going to need more. We’ll go through every step of what that looks like, whether it’s free agency, whether it’s a trade, whether it’s the draft… But Kawhi has been a great partner, and I anticipate him being a great partner moving forward.”

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Law Murray: Lawrence Frank: "T. Lue is gonna be here a long, long time. And when we had the presser after when we were talking about the CP decision, and there were questions... no. Through the good and the bad. We're gonna work through all this together, and he's been a great partner."

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Law Murray: Lawrence Frank says that Darius Garland is still recovering from the left toe surgery that he underwent this offseason, says that the sprain of his right toe is fine and that he is basically recovered. "We're gonna get it right and take as long as it takes."

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