{"id":712672,"date":"2026-04-17T20:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712672\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T20:03:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:03:30","slug":"kawhi-leonards-clippers-future-unclear-after-play-in-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/712672\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawhi Leonard\u2019s Clippers Future Unclear After Play-In Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entering the final year of his contract, Kawhi Leonard\u2019s future with the Los Angeles Clippers is unclear<\/p>\n<p>Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Clippers forward and future Hall of Famer, has been with the Clippers since the 2019-20 season. His future in Los Angeles is now uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>Leonard has played in 331 games for the Clippers, where he has averaged 25.1 PPG, 6.4 RPG and 4.1 APG, while being a four-time All-Star and All NBA First Team once and Second Team twice. This past season, he averaged 27.9 PPG, 6.4 RPG and 3.6 APG in 65 games played.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kawhi Leonard reacts to the Clippers season ending: <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zaWJFlnWCR\">pic.twitter.com\/zaWJFlnWCR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SM Highlights (@SMHighlights1) <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SMHighlights1\/status\/2044639495316779410?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Clippers lost to the Golden State Warriors during the NBA Play-In on Wednesday night, which saw the Clippers blow a 13-point lead with 10 minutes left on the clock. After the game, the media asked Leonard about his future in Los Angeles, but he didn\u2019t give a clear answer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me cry about this loss a little bit more,\u201d Leonard said. \u201cWe\u2019ll have our discussions when the time comes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leonard is in the last year of his contract and is extension eligible.<\/p>\n<p>During Wednesday night\u2019s game, Leonard had 21 points with seven rebounds and three assists in 40 minutes of play. However, in the fourth quarter, Warriors forward Draymond Green locked up Leonard, as Leonard had just two points, going 1\/2 from the field and had two turnovers with a -8 +\/- in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n<p>This loss ended the Clippers\u2019 season after they had a historic turnaround, as they were 6-21 to start the year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-altfont has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-xs-font-size wp-elements-a392843e06eac12cec56e735f4f8219f has-lg-margin-top\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase\">Scroll to continue reading<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Entering the final year of his contract, Kawhi Leonard\u2019s future with the Los Angeles Clippers is unclear Kawhi&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3789],"tags":[7,559,200,164,529,4034,192,4032,251,135,4033,4031,6,17402],"class_list":{"0":"post-712672","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-clippers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-clippers","10":"tag-draymond-green","11":"tag-golden-state-warriors","12":"tag-kawhi-leonard","13":"tag-la","14":"tag-la-clippers","15":"tag-laclippers","16":"tag-los-angeles","17":"tag-los-angeles-clippers","18":"tag-losangeles","19":"tag-losangelesclippers","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-nba-all-star"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116421840354163847","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}