Durability has always been the knock on Leonard. He hasn't played in 70 games in a single season since the 2016-17 campaign, and with the Clippers, he has totaled 266 contests in six seasons, including the 2021-22 season he missed due to injury.

James Harden played well in the regular season but struggled in the playoffs. Lawrence Frank says keeping Harden remains the Clippers' "first priority."

The Los Angeles Clippers still believe in a team led by the tandem of James Harden and Kawhi Leonard. Following the Clippers first-round series loss to the Denver Nuggets, Clippers president Lawrence Frank expressed that "I definitely believe in those two," about Harden and Leonard as the team's leaders on a potential championship team.