Clippers rebuild includes developing young core alongside veterans

 (Photo illustration by Tate Rudisill / Los Angeles Times; photos by Elizabeth Ruiz Ruiz / Getty Images, Mark J. Terrill / AP Photo, Jae C. Hong / AP Photo, Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)The Clippers will have their hands full when the season opens trying to contend in the always tough Western Conference after being slapped with the harshest penalties in league history for violating salary cap circumvention rules. With Kawhi Leonard, James Harden and Ivica Zubac gone from last season