Flashback seven months ago, there was a hilarious situation where Lawrence Frank was greeting players and coaches alike from both teams after the Clippers played the Raptors, but when it was time to meet Kawhi Leonard, he was given the cold shoulder as he walked right past him.
That was because the then-Raptors star had no clue who Lawrence was at the time as explained by The Athletic’s Sam Amick:
“There was nothing rude about the moment, but it was clear there was no familiarity between the two. Yet the notion that they didn’t know each other would surely be met with understandable skepticism, so there was more work to be done to confirm the meaning of these social graces—or lack thereof.
“A day later in Oakland, where the Raptors had gone to face Golden State, I circled back with Leonard to make sure I read the situation right. Sure enough, as he confirmed, he didn’t know the man who had been standing there when we said hello.
“‘No, who was it?’ he asked.
“‘Lawrence Frank, the head of the Clippers’ front office,’ I replied.
“‘Oh, that was Lawrence Frank?’ he said with a smile (and no, to answer the obvious question, he didn’t share one of his legendary laughs).
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“Better yet? Leonard said he was completely unaware that Clippers officials had been attending his games with his uncertain future in mind.”
Fast forward to July and Lawrence was front and center for the introductory press conference for Kawhi Leonard and Paul George.
During his speech, the President of Basketball Operations seemed to take a massive shot at the Los Angeles Lakers when he mentioned the Clippers being “drama free.”
Lakers vs. Clippers will mean so much more this year than any other in recent memory.
