The Los Angeles Lakers have long been identified as the only team making a legitimate push for star guard Kyrie Irving.
On Monday, NBA insider Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson of Bally Sports also revealed the Clippers as a dark horse team in the Kyrie sweepstakes, which could see a partnership between Irving, Kawhi Leonard, and Paul George.
“The Lakers make sense, but so do the Los Angeles Clippers, particularly because Kyrie Irving’s relationship with Ty Lue wasn’t as soured as I’ve learned from sources close to Irving. He and Ty Lue have repaired that relationship,” Robinson said. “He won a championship with Ty Lue and LeBron James. It’s a new chapter. But from everyone that I’ve spoken to, the Lakers situation is either the Lakers are not matching what the Nets want, or the Lakers want Kyrie more than the Nets want to give them up.”