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Bill Plaschke: Leonard makes or breaks Clippers

LOS ANGELES_"Did you see the moving boxes?"

That's the first thing you hear when you walk into the Clippers' draft party Thursday afternoon at a Manhattan Beach hotel.

The talk is not about their two draft picks. It's not about their promising young players. It's not even about growing buzz surrounding their new arena.

It's about a tweet showing a photo of Kawhi Leonard at Toronto's Yorkdale Home Depot buying moving boxes.

"That's definitely him! Those are definitely moving boxes!"

Welcome to Stress City, the new Clippers reality as they head into what could be the most important summer of their existence.

With one signature, the long-term future

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