Source: https://www.tomthefinder.com/p/amid-kawhi-investigation-the-clippers
During Tuesday’s Media Day, Kawhi Leonard and LA Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank spoke defiantly against the allegations of cap circumvention. Within the team’s first official opportunity to tell the public their side of the story, Leonard and Frank responded to the growing pile of private and public documents brought to light by Pablo Torre Finds Out’s five-part investigation. As the NBA performs its own investigation, the Clippers on Tuesday repeatedly stated their innocence and insisted that they have nothing to hide.
“We are eager for the whole truth,” Frank said during a prepared statement, “the whole picture to be revealed.”
The team’s digital channels don’t seem so eager.
You can’t find those remarks anywhere on the Clippers’ official channels.
As of Thursday morning, the Clippers’ official YouTube account has not posted a single video from Media Day or training camp, breaking away from its own tradition and standard practice from NBA teams.
Want to hear what its superstar Kawhi Leonard had to say about his first healthy offseason in years? Chris Paul’s long-awaited return to the Media Day podium in a Clippers uniform? Newcomer Bradley Beal?
You’ll have to keep waiting. The team’s 219,000 subscribers have only a highlight reel of James Harden scoring lots of points, posted on September 24, to watch.
The lack of activity from the organization’s official feed represents a stark contrast to their publishing cadence in the past.
When Frank spoke to reporters about signing Chris Paul this summer, his media availability was posted within minutes that same day.
Same goes for the Clippers’ press conferences and media availabilities throughout the summer following the draft and free agency.
But the media availabilities since Torre’s investigation?
The team’s YouTube channel has gone dark.
Leonard told reporters that the controversy wouldn’t be a distraction. The team has said repeatedly that it welcomes the NBA’s investigation, with Frank saying, the team is “eager for the truth to come out.” But those words won’t be found on its massive YouTube platform.
The Clippers’ silence stands out amongst peers. In anticipation of the upcoming season, teams around the league have been posting their Media Day and press conferences, not just from their front office and coach but also several players.
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“There is no war in ba sing se”
Probably nothing. Completely normal behavior.
Find a new slant.
Edit: /s since clearly some nephews aren’t getting the reference
Also from the article:
**As of Thursday morning, the Clippers’ YouTube feed is still dormant. According to research from The Finder, the Clippers are the only NBA team that hasn’t posted a video from Media Day or training camp.**
**The Clippers had been extremely active, posting, on average, every other day over the last two months. And then, just in time for Media Day, the Clippers suddenly unplugged one of its biggest media platforms.**
They are just saving emissions in data centers. We know Steve Ballmer is very passionate about climate.
This seems fishy at first glance, but then you have to remember this: they know the rules
Streetlights over spotlights
The teams socials has always been lame they don’t post shit and when they do it sucks. Just like our sub the mods are non existent
This “massive official channel” is a 219k subscriber channel btw.
Clippers are a poverty institution
What will Lakers fans do while the Clips YouTube Channel is down??
The entire organization is pleading the fifth.
Lol and then on the other hand, espn just wrote an article about how the clippers had the best offseason (based on war added)
This post is not only delusional but also embarrassing
Literally gave themselves away
Their IG page with over 5 million followers has posted a ton of stuff from their media day. Like a dozen or so posts in the past 3 days. Their Facebook page with 3.6 million followers has tons of posts about media day.
It looks like they never have cross content between IG and YT and they only use YT for in game highlights and long form bits, interviews, etc.
What are we doing here?
Dark reckoning is here.
Bro thinks he Pablo torre 🤣🤣🤣
I think people are overreacting. They probably just realized that the carbon footprint of that channel was massive and wanted to reduce it zero for a while. Nothing to see here.
I wonder what Cubans spin on this is?
Bro the clipper twitter account is posting every other hour
Another click bait made up story.
No lights over spotlights
Meanwhile, at my girlfriend’s house, the first ad I always see on YouTube is Steve Ballmer teaching some kind of masterclass thing. If he taught a masterclass in getting away with major sports scandals, I’d watch that.