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    With Kawhi Leonard out, Norman Powell is ready for latest Clippers crisis

    by Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times Apr 21, 2023 5 minutes
    The Los Angeles Clippers' Norman Powell takes a shot against the Phoenix Suns' Kevin Durant in the first half of Game 3 of the Western Conference first-round playoff series at Crypto.com Arena on April 20, 2023, in Los Angeles.

    LOS ANGELES — The NBA Summer League game was not yet over when Norman Powell walked over to a collection of Clippers executives last July. It was after 9 p.m., a time when many in the city are just beginning their nights. But the 6-foot-2 guard was saying goodbye, headed to the offseason home he keeps miles from the Strip. He had to be up early.

    By 6 a.m., before the sun had risen and heat radiated across the desert, Powell was on a court inside a gym. Five days a week in the offseason he completed three daily workouts. The first concerned basketball. The second, before lunch, was reserved for lifting weights. The third usually alternated between hot pilates or boxing.

    Powell has never lacked motivation.

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