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Shams Charania: Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard has been selected to the 2026 NBA All-Star Game. After the selection of the initial 24 All-Stars, Leonard was added to bring the total number of U.S. All-Stars to 16, the minimum required.
Joey Linn: Kawhi Leonard on the James Harden trade reports: “It’s a surprise… Respect his decision. Or whoever’s decision it is. That’s still gonna be my boy. Trust the front office.”
Kawhi Leonard on the James Harden trade reports:
— Joey Linn (@joeylinn_) February 3, 2026
“It’s a surprise… Respect his decision. Or whoever’s decision it is. That’s still gonna be my boy. Trust the front office.” pic.twitter.com/472C09wTEn
Oh No He Didn't: Windy: "The reaction within the league has been kind of universal between the executives that I've talked to which is Kawhi Leonard doesn't make the team. The game is obviously at Intuit Dome. And the wonder is did he not make this team because the coaches didn't vote for him because of the accusations of the improper contract?"
NBA Communications: Other nominees… West: Luka Dončić (LAL), Kevin Durant (HOU), Anthony Edwards (MIN), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) and Kawhi Leonard (LAC) East: Jarrett Allen (CLE), OG Anunoby and Josh Hart (NYK), Cade Cunningham (DET), Joel Embiid (PHI) and Aaron Nesmith (IND)
Justin Russo: Final: Clippers 117, Suns 93. That’s a massive win without James Harden. Everyone contributed. Jordan Miller was fantastic off the bench, Kawhi Leonard had 25-8-5, and Ivica Zubac was monstrous. Clippers have won 17 of 21. They’re 23-25. Up next: home tomorrow vs 76ers.
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Lauren Rosen: Ty Lue on Kawhi Leonard’s 28 PPG, 50/40/90 season, while leading the league in steals, and not making the All-Star game: “Kawhi, to me, the last 6 weeks, has been the best player in the NBA.”
Joey Linn: Bogdan Bogdanovic is available to make his return from injury tomorrow against Phoenix. Kawhi Leonard is also off the injury report after several consecutive questionable listings.
NBA Courtside: Danny Green says if Kawhi Leonard won the 2020 bubble championship they wouldn’t call it a Mickey Mouse ring “They would give them way more respect because it’s Bron because of the Lakers people going to find a way to hate on it. If we had to play them in the playoffs like that series everybody wanted to see. We matched up and they beat us they’d be like oh that’s would have happened in regular season it’s fair and square. Even if Miami would have won like oh they the best team that year. Because the Lakers won even though we’re the best team in the fu*king league that year it was like we’re gonna discredit it”
But in terms of shared experiences and understanding, Harden thinks he probably gets Kawhi Leonard as well as anyone else. "Sharing lockers next to him, I think I get the most out of him," James Harden said. "Honestly, I don't even know, I might have gotten the most out of him since he's been in the league." Lue credits both Harden and Leonard for helping the Clippers climb out of their early-season hole. According to ESPN Research, out of 146 two-man combinations that have played at least 700 minutes together, Harden and Leonard's offensive rating ranks eighth, and it's fourth best among any duo not on the Nuggets.
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When the Clippers were 6-21, teams inquired about Ivica Zubac and were told the Clippers wanted multiple first-round picks for the 7-foot center, something no team was willing to do back then. Now that the Clippers are in the midst of a 15-3 run, the NBA executives and scouts said the Clippers are not looking to move Zubac, Kawhi Leonard or James Harden.
Justin Russo: Kawhi Leonard, on Kris Dunn: “He’s a tremendous piece for us, comes in every night guarding the best player, doing anything he can to slow them down, and tonight he had 5 steals. He’s making his open shots when he gets them and he’s been playing great.”
What do you think of that notion that you can’t defend? John Collins: “I don’t care. It is what it is. I’m just glad that now, whatever reason, I can defend now. That’s not to say that JVG and Kawhi haven’t helped tremendously. But you just don’t learn how to do anything in the NBA that quickly. So a little nod to the haters. I’ve been in the gym working on my game and I will continue to be a great pro.”
