The Los Angeles Clippers are walking into the 2024-25 season without one of their superstar players while the other leads the squad into battle solo. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer guest starred on ESPN’s NBA Countdown pre-game to chat about his new crib and roster. He gave one answer that has the potential to draw major disagreement.

Yet, it was his positive outlook that won the show. LA Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer Is Confident in Kawhi Leonard’s Return to Play Steve Ballmer Is Naturally Immune to Pessimism When have we ever seen Ballmer portraying anything but positivity and energy? Ballmer undoubtedly has to be the liveliest, most pleasant, and most enjoyable figure in the NBA. He even holds the highest levels of optimism regarding his repeatedly injured superstar, Kawhi Leonard .

The two-time NBA Finals MVP is sidelined again, as reported recently. How long Leonard will be out is not definitive at this time. So, the Clippers open up their regular season with James Harden leading the team.

Ballmer stole the show, though, on Wednesday night when he appeared alongside ESPN’s NBA Countdown crew. In pure Ballmer fashion, he was exhilarated to be there. But what might have been surprising was his response to a question Stephen A.

Smith threw his way. He asked Ballmer if there was anything he would do differently between the moment he bought the Clippers and now. And, of course, Smith alluded to Leonard’s injury history.

“If you say, do I feel like we’ve made good cho.