{"id":185478,"date":"2025-10-02T16:49:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/185478\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T16:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T16:49:09","slug":"amid-kawhi-investigation-the-clippers-youtube-suddenly-goes-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/185478\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid Kawhi investigation, the Clippers’ YouTube suddenly goes dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During Tuesday\u2019s Media Day, Kawhi Leonard and LA Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank spoke defiantly against the allegations of cap circumvention. Within the team\u2019s first official opportunity to tell the public their side of the story, Leonard and Frank responded to the growing pile of private and public documents brought to light by Pablo Torre Finds Out\u2019s five-part investigation<\/a>. As the NBA performs its own investigation, the Clippers on Tuesday repeatedly stated their innocence and insisted that they have nothing to hide.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are eager for the whole truth,\u201d Frank said during a prepared statement, \u201cthe whole picture to be revealed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The team\u2019s digital channels don\u2019t seem so eager. <\/p>\n

You can\u2019t find those remarks anywhere on the Clippers\u2019 official channels.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday morning, the Clippers\u2019 official YouTube account has not posted a single video from Media Day or training camp, breaking away from its own tradition and standard practice from NBA teams. <\/p>\n

Want to hear what its superstar Kawhi Leonard had to say about his first healthy offseason in years? Chris Paul\u2019s long-awaited return to the Media Day podium in a Clippers uniform? Newcomer Bradley Beal? <\/p>\n

You\u2019ll have to keep waiting. The team\u2019s 219,000 subscribers have only a highlight reel of James Harden scoring lots of points, posted on September 24, to watch.<\/p>\n

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The lack of activity from the organization\u2019s official feed represents a stark contrast to their publishing cadence in the past. <\/p>\n

Here is what their feed looked after last year\u2019s Media Day:<\/p>\n

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When Frank spoke to reporters about signing Chris Paul this summer, his media availability was posted within minutes that same day. <\/p>\n

Same goes for the Clippers\u2019 press conferences and media availabilities throughout the summer following the draft and free agency.<\/p>\n

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But the media availabilities since Torre\u2019s investigation? <\/p>\n

The team\u2019s YouTube channel has gone dark.<\/p>\n

Leonard told reporters that the controversy wouldn\u2019t be a distraction. The team has said repeatedly that it welcomes the NBA\u2019s investigation, with Frank saying, the team is \u201ceager for the truth to come out.\u201d But those words won\u2019t be found on its massive YouTube platform.<\/p>\n

The Clippers\u2019 silence stands out amongst peers. In anticipation of the upcoming season, teams around the league have been posting their Media Day and press conferences, not just from their front office and coach but also several players. For instance, here\u2019s the Boston Celtics\u2019 feed with more than a dozen full-length interviews posted:<\/p>\n

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And the Atlanta Hawks:<\/p>\n

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How\u2019s this for transparency? The Brooklyn Nets even posted a 110-minute supercut of every player press conference with timestamps listing 21 names. Dying to hear 21 different Brooklyn Nets players talk about how they\u2019re in the best shape of their life? You\u2019ve come to the right place!<\/a><\/p>\n

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Even uncomfortable moments were shared. In Giannis Antetokounmpo\u2019s Media Day availability, he rebuked his owner\u2019s assertion that they had met this summer. It wasn\u2019t the best look for the organization. And yet, the Milwaukee Bucks had no problem posting that video<\/a> and others from Media Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Phoenix Suns, facing a string of lawsuits reported by ESPN\u2019s Baxter Holmes<\/a>, have posted dozens of press conferences since Media Day, including that of the owner, president, general manager, head coach and 21 different players.<\/p>\n

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All the while, nothing from the Clippers.<\/p>\n

The Clippers\u2019 X feed has posted several times in recent days, showing scenes from practice and a few seconds of James Harden and Chris Paul\u2019s press conferences. But nothing from Leonard and Frank\u2019s press conferences that were otherwise picked up by national media outlets and social media feeds everywhere. And nothing on their official team website.<\/p>\n

As of Thursday morning, the Clippers\u2019 YouTube feed is still dormant. According to research from The Finder, the Clippers are the only NBA team that hasn\u2019t posted a video from Media Day or training camp.<\/p>\n

The Clippers had been extremely active, posting, on average, every other day over the last two months. And then, just in time for Media Day, the Clippers suddenly unplugged one of its biggest media platforms.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: In the original post I wrote that the Clippers were the only ACTIVE YouTube channel to avoid Media Day. The Houston Rockets had also not published press conferences to their YouTube account and they barely post anything so I wouldn\u2019t consider them an active account. But I discovered that the Rockets had separately posted a live stream<\/a> of their Media Day press conference with Ime Udoka and Rafael Stone, which does not live under their Video tab. The Clippers have done no such thing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During Tuesday\u2019s Media Day, Kawhi Leonard and LA Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank spoke defiantly against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-185478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}