Despite the chaos, Lawrence Frank has all the trust of Steve Ballmer

If some imagined that the Clippers had a bad start to the season and the firing of Chris Paul could cost him his place Lawrence Frankthat is not the case. On the contrary, even from The Athletic reports that Steve Ballmer is considering extending it!

According to several sources, the president of the Clippers is on his way back, and talks about a new contract for Lawrence Frank and his deputies are not new. “The expansions have been planned for some time. It hasn’t been done yet…but it will be done” reports a person close to the Clippers.

Always hyper-invested, and at heartThe Kawhi Leonard affairSteve Ballmer therefore refuses to give in to panic and keeps faith in his president who himself is not thinking of parting with Tyronn Lue.

“He’s my partner. Hell of a coach. He’s going to be here for a long time.”warned Lawrence Frank as the team won just 2 of 15 matches in November! But this same Lawrence Frank also recognizes it “The team is playing poorly on both ends of the field. We are a bad team.”.

Chris Paul transferred after December 15?

« This is not the type of basketball we are used to seeing from the Clippers » he regrets. “I take responsibility for that, but we have to play with a lot more desire, fight, resilience, determination. We are capable of doing better and I am confident that we will be able to do better.” The problem for me is that we already have to become a good basketball team again. So far we have played too loosely and unselfishly. Determination and resilience have somehow been part of our standards for 14 years. We talk about the character of the Clippers, but we just haven’t seen enough of him in this group. »

While the team bounced back to win last night in style in Atlanta, Lawrence Frank warns that blowing a Chris Paul fuse will not immediately solve all problems.

« It was a really difficult decision, but I think it was the right one for the team and the organization » he assures. « It’s not because of our poor performance. We are not making Chris Paul our scapegoat. We have many problems and we will solve them all. »

CP3’s case will also need to be carefully managed, as he could be held by the Clippers until December 15th, when he could then be used in a trade.

« We will investigate everything » confirms Lawrence Frank on this topic. ” We will continue to work with Chris’ agents and then look at the different options we have before doing something with one of our open spots. »