Justin Russo
@flybyknite.bsky.social
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Tyronn Lue, on Chris Paul’s third straight DNP and what he’s looking for from him: “Just his leadership. Talking to the guys, talking to the coaches of what he sees, what we can do better. Before we acquired, we told him he wasn’t gonna be an every night guy. He understood that.”
November 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Tyronn Lue, on Chris Paul’s third straight DNP and what he’s looking for from him: “Just his leadership. Talking to the guys, talking to the coaches of what he sees, what we can do better. Before we acquired, we told him he wasn’t gonna be an every night guy. He understood that.”
Tyronn Lue, on the bench and youth: “I thought they played the right way, the ball moved, guys got open shots, we attacked the paint, we made the right play. Keep giving those guys room to grow and I thought tonight was a step in the right direction.”
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Tyronn Lue, on the bench and youth: “I thought they played the right way, the ball moved, guys got open shots, we attacked the paint, we made the right play. Keep giving those guys room to grow and I thought tonight was a step in the right direction.”
Tyronn Lue, on how he’s analyzed John Collins’ first two games as a starter: “I think starting, I think with James [Harden] and [Ivica Zubac] on the floor getting most of the touches, it’s been tough for him. He hasn’t done anything wrong. ...”
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Tyronn Lue, on how he’s analyzed John Collins’ first two games as a starter: “I think starting, I think with James [Harden] and [Ivica Zubac] on the floor getting most of the touches, it’s been tough for him. He hasn’t done anything wrong. ...”
The latter half of the incident with the fan.
November 13, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The latter half of the incident with the fan.
Lawrence Frank, to @tomerazarly.bsky.social and @notoriousohm.bsky.social on the severity of Kawhi Leonard’s ankle injury: “With Kawhi it wasn’t just an ankle sprain. He also had a significant sprain in his foot, as well. ... He’s making really good progress. We’re continuing to treat him. ...”
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Lawrence Frank, to @tomerazarly.bsky.social and @notoriousohm.bsky.social on the severity of Kawhi Leonard’s ankle injury: “With Kawhi it wasn’t just an ankle sprain. He also had a significant sprain in his foot, as well. ... He’s making really good progress. We’re continuing to treat him. ...”
Tyronn Lue, on the fan angst over the bad start to the season: “Shit, I’m upset, too. ... My biggest thing is just stay patient, be patient, we’ve been through this before as fans, as coaches, as players, as an organization. It’s no different. We’ll figure it out. We’ll be OK.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Tyronn Lue, on the fan angst over the bad start to the season: “Shit, I’m upset, too. ... My biggest thing is just stay patient, be patient, we’ve been through this before as fans, as coaches, as players, as an organization. It’s no different. We’ll figure it out. We’ll be OK.”
Tyronn Lue, on conversations with Lawrence Frank and Steve Ballmer: “‘If anyone can do this, it’s you. You’ve done it before. You’ve done it ever since you’ve been here. We got confidence you’ll get it done.’ So, that’s my job and responsibility. But we’ll see.”
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Tyronn Lue, on conversations with Lawrence Frank and Steve Ballmer: “‘If anyone can do this, it’s you. You’ve done it before. You’ve done it ever since you’ve been here. We got confidence you’ll get it done.’ So, that’s my job and responsibility. But we’ll see.”
James Harden, on if he feels team got better process-wise tonight despite loss: “We started off very well, then we let their shooter off the bench hit six, seven 3s. ... For the most part, I thought we fought hard, it’s just part of the attention to detail I spoke about earlier.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 AM
James Harden, on if he feels team got better process-wise tonight despite loss: “We started off very well, then we let their shooter off the bench hit six, seven 3s. ... For the most part, I thought we fought hard, it’s just part of the attention to detail I spoke about earlier.”
Tyronn Lue, on the starting lineup tonight: “I thought they did a good job, especially defensively. ... They did a great job of just trusting, moving the basketball, moving bodies, and then we didn’t do so good with that in the second half.”
November 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Tyronn Lue, on the starting lineup tonight: “I thought they did a good job, especially defensively. ... They did a great job of just trusting, moving the basketball, moving bodies, and then we didn’t do so good with that in the second half.”
Ivica Zubac, on what has to change: “I don’t know. We gotta score more, we gotta rebound the ball, we gotta get back in transition. … We keep saying that year after year. We gotta be better in those aspects if we want to win games.” More from the Clippers’ big man:
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Ivica Zubac, on what has to change: “I don’t know. We gotta score more, we gotta rebound the ball, we gotta get back in transition. … We keep saying that year after year. We gotta be better in those aspects if we want to win games.” More from the Clippers’ big man:
Tyronn Lue, on the reasoning for John Collins starting (to @TomerAzarly) and if it’ll be long-term (to moi): “We’ve been struggling rebounding the basketball, and career, statistically, he’s been a really good rebounder. … I’m gonna roll with it for a while.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Tyronn Lue, on the reasoning for John Collins starting (to @TomerAzarly) and if it’ll be long-term (to moi): “We’ve been struggling rebounding the basketball, and career, statistically, he’s been a really good rebounder. … I’m gonna roll with it for a while.”
Tyronn Lue said pregame there are things he can do better. I asked him what those things were. Lue’s two-part response: “I’ll tell you tonight. I don’t feel like [telling you now]. ... It always starts with me. If we lose, no matter what happens, it always starts with me first.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Tyronn Lue said pregame there are things he can do better. I asked him what those things were. Lue’s two-part response: “I’ll tell you tonight. I don’t feel like [telling you now]. ... It always starts with me. If we lose, no matter what happens, it always starts with me first.”
Tyronn Lue, on giving up a lot of 3s yet again and how they can’t let this snowball into something even worse: “We’ve been through it before. We’re not gonna let go of the rope. We’re gonna be in good shape. … We’re gonna be fine.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Tyronn Lue, on giving up a lot of 3s yet again and how they can’t let this snowball into something even worse: “We’ve been through it before. We’re not gonna let go of the rope. We’re gonna be in good shape. … We’re gonna be fine.”
Tyronn Lue, for roughly 90 seconds postgame on the defensive rebounding issues that plagued the Clippers tonight (Phoenix had 13 offensive rebounds):
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Tyronn Lue, for roughly 90 seconds postgame on the defensive rebounding issues that plagued the Clippers tonight (Phoenix had 13 offensive rebounds):
Tyronn Lue, to SCNG's Janis Carr, on team’s attitude: “We gotta play better. We gotta do things better, starting with the coaches and everybody. We all gotta look ourselves in the mirror and gotta be better. But no reason to panic. I still love this team. We’re gonna be good.”
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Tyronn Lue, to SCNG's Janis Carr, on team’s attitude: “We gotta play better. We gotta do things better, starting with the coaches and everybody. We all gotta look ourselves in the mirror and gotta be better. But no reason to panic. I still love this team. We’re gonna be good.”
Tyronn Lue, on if he thinks his team talks enough on defense: “We have to be better. … I think [Ivica Zubac] does a good job. It’s more so our guards, I think, because the way we defend. ... We gotta be a loud communicating team. That’s the only way defense is gonna work.”
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Tyronn Lue, on if he thinks his team talks enough on defense: “We have to be better. … I think [Ivica Zubac] does a good job. It’s more so our guards, I think, because the way we defend. ... We gotta be a loud communicating team. That’s the only way defense is gonna work.”
Tyronn Lue, on the pathway for Cam Christie and the young guys getting minutes: “Just their intensity, their effort, energy, which we need. We’ll see. They did a good job. … They’ll get opportunities. When you get your opportunity, you gotta take advantage of it.”
November 9, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Tyronn Lue, on the pathway for Cam Christie and the young guys getting minutes: “Just their intensity, their effort, energy, which we need. We’ll see. They did a good job. … They’ll get opportunities. When you get your opportunity, you gotta take advantage of it.”
Tyronn Lue, on Kawhi Leonard’s present status: “He’s gonna miss the next few games. But nothing serious and we’ll just evaluate it from there.”
When asked if it was a high ankle sprain: “Ankle sprain.”
When asked if it was a high ankle sprain: “Ankle sprain.”
November 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Tyronn Lue, on Kawhi Leonard’s present status: “He’s gonna miss the next few games. But nothing serious and we’ll just evaluate it from there.”
When asked if it was a high ankle sprain: “Ankle sprain.”
When asked if it was a high ankle sprain: “Ankle sprain.”
Yeah, that about sums up the night and the first few games of the season.
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Yeah, that about sums up the night and the first few games of the season.