Clippers coach Tyronn Lue thinks Kawhi Leonard will play during the 2024-25 season, but there is no timetable for the rehabbing star's return.

Let's call this what it is: The Clippers went all in when in the summer of 2019 they signed Leonard and traded for Paul George in a deal that cost them Shai-Gilgeous Alexander and a trove of future draft picks, and they have been desperately trying to validate that decision ever since.

With the opener less than a week away, the six-time All Star is still rehabilitating the knee that became inflamed during Team USA’s pre-Olympics training camp in Las Vegas. He has not taken part