Still, the Clippers will need him to carry much of the offensive burden while Leonard is recovering from his knee issue. “Yeah, we got to be smart about it. We’ve been talking about it, meeting about it, just making sure we don’t run him into the ground,” Lue said of Harden. “When you lose a power player like Kawhi to start, you can see yourself playing James way more minutes than you need to. So, we just got to make sure we keep him healthy and make sure we’re doing the smart thing, and we’re still working on that right now as far as minutes and what we try to have to start the season.” -via Los Angeles Times / October 22, 2024
