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Law Murray: Frank: "We really think Keaton's best basketball is way ahead of him. He'll contribute now, but I think he obviously has to get stronger. He's going to continue to put a ton of work in. There's a lot of growth to be made."
Farbod Esnaashari: Lawrence Frank on Keaton Wagler's skillset: "He's got incredible body balance. And I think these are lessons you learn when scouting, when athleticism is a very, very broad term. And what we've learned is functional athleticism is different than athleticism. And Keaton very much embodies that."
Joey Linn: Lawrence Frank has made it clear several times tonight the Clippers are not championship contenders right now. "When we get back to being a contender, we feel [Wagler] is gonna be the player with the most impact out of the group... We understand we're not a contender. We're competitive." On the conversations with Kawhi Leonard regarding this, he says there's always ongoing communication between the two sides, but didn't say much more than that.
Justin Russo: Asked Lawrence Frank if this represents a second chance for the Clippers: “The reason we picked Keaton [Wagler] ... It’s about when we get to being back to contender, we really feel he’s going to be the best player with the most impact of the group.”
Draymond Green: “Listen, I think after making a trade like that, you’ve got to put out a statement like this. This is one of those save-my-ass statements. But I will say, tough luck, man. Very tough luck. You did get your starting center, but if that comes at the heels of a perennial All-Star, unless the Pacers go win a championship, this could be viewed as a top-five worst trade ever. Now, like he said, a little unlucky, but if it does not pan out the right way, this could go bad. And meanwhile, Lawrence Frank looks like a genius. Looks like a complete genius. But sometimes it’s the luck of the draw, and it just happens to go that way.”
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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.”
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.”
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.” pic.twitter.com/qZiFEV0Ibm
— Justin Russo (@FlyByKnite) April 17, 2026
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.”
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.”
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.”