Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill is joined by Isis 'Ice' Young to discuss the outlook for Los Angeles as its star swingman enters the season coming off another injury and its other star begins the final year of his current contract. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen.

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We talk about the Clippers.

The Clippers was a team that I felt like, um, has a lot on the line.

Right.

Kawhi just had knee surgery.

It'll be interesting to see how they manage him.

Everything about the Clippers and their success will depend on his health.

I truly believe that, um, Harden has a player option after this season.

Where is he gonna go?

Where is he going to go?

He's going to stay right there.

Where is he gonna go?

I don't really want to have that conversation about James Hart.

I think he's going to stay exactly where he is.

Kawhi Leonard.

He played a lot of games last year and then once again, he wasn't right during the playoffs and everything that happened during USA basketball was a bit on the sketchy side, shall we say he had another knee procedure over the summer?

I wouldn't be surprised if Kawhi Leonard didn't play 40 games this year.

I would be shocked if he played more than half the season.

And you just said James Harden, you know, that reminds me of James Harden.

It's like, you know, I haven't been in this spot, Ice Friends have, I haven't been in this spot but I've heard a woman say to a dude before, don't nobody love you but me, you ain't going nowhere.

Now.

Can they overcome ice the lower or meager expectations?

Like Bet MGM has taken their over, under off the books, which means they don't know what the hell type of team the Clippers are going to show up is James Harden and Norm Powell and Tyrone Lou, who I think is one of the best three coaches in basketball, is that going to be enough in this treacherous Western conference?

I think that they have more question marks than some of these other teams that we have talked about.

And, and so for that reason, you don't know, you know, like I said, it, it depends completely upon to me if, if Kawhi is healthy and then if you talk about he's only gonna play maybe, maybe 50 games like that would be nice.

Then it's like strategically, how are they using them?

Right?

Then they gotta be strategic about winning games and when they can win games.

But I just think the competition around them does not have as many question marks as they have.

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