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When the LA Clippers acquired Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, none of us knew what kind of year was in store.
It’s a funny quirk of the human memory that we all remember where we were, what we were doing when the news of huge events first reaches us. One year ago, late in the evening on July 5, 2019, Los Angeles Clippers basketball changed in a huge way when Kawhi Leonard and Paul George decided to become Clippers. I was at the emergency room of a Los Angeles hospital; the rumors and details of NBA free agency that had occupied my every waking minute for the better part of a week was the furthest thing from my mind.