Lawrence Frank: “I feel we’re going to be extraordinarily aggressive”
Right here’s Los Angeles Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank giving opening statements on the 2024-25 roster at Tuesday’s media availability (will play dwelling video games on the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California this season).
(through Los Angeles Clippers):
Introductory assertion about 2024-25 staff: “We’re tremendous excited to begin the season. It’s been superior. We acquired into this constructing August twenty fifth, and the vibe and power right here has been unbelievable. We’ve had an especially productive offseason with guys within the gymnasium. We’re very, very lucky to be the most effective market within the league the place guys reside right here 12 months of the 12 months. So to have the group collectively has been terrific to see the expansion of a few of our veterans and our younger guys taking steps transferring ahead. We’re actually, actually trying ahead to the season. I feel we’re going to be extraordinarily aggressive, exhausting taking part in, robust, excessive IQ group. I feel our protection goes to be considerably improved as a consequence of a few of the offseason additions the place we actually wished to handle having a number of level of assault defenders, it’s been a weak point of ours for a variety of years. I feel there’s a substantial amount of delight in our group and what we’ve executed. We really feel extraordinarily lucky that we now have the longest lively consecutive streak of successful seasons within the NBA. We’re additionally extraordinarily prideful to have two first poll Corridor of Fame gamers who all they know within the common season is successful. Kawhi [Leonard] is initially lively gamers I feel who’ve performed 400 or extra video games in successful proportion, James [Harden] is six, and people guys when wholesome, they make the playoffs. That’s what they’ve executed. I feel we now have a extremely, actually good group round them, the vibe and the chemistry. It’s simple to say that in September and coaching camp, however simply actually, actually excited to see this group come collectively.”
Addresses Kawhi Leonard’s well being: “After which, a few you guys known as me, so I’ll handle it proper now final week about Kawhi’s standing. So his proper knee, the swelling has considerably gone down. It’s nearly gone. He needs to take part in the whole lot in coaching camp, however we’re going to carry him again from drill work and actually concentrate on strengthening as a result of the purpose is to get him 100% so he can have an awesome season, not simply this 12 months, however for a few years. We’ll have an in depth plan step-by-step kinda simply having goal measures to go from one section to the following, however he’s tremendous decided, tremendous excited, and might’t wait to get began.”
