Clippers are the Good Samaritan Spurs, playing for the good of basketball and not letting distractions or personal emotions get in the way of business; Green is beyond an antithesis. Aside from his propensity for getting into fights, getting ejected, fined and suspended, he is a Warrior, the Clippers arch nemesis who they helped make champions out of during the early days of the Lob City era by failing to take them seriously in the 2012-13 season. The chickens came home to roost in 2019 NBA Playoffs when Warriors were gifted the Revenge Of The Role Players, avenging their series elimination in the 2014 NBA Playoffs; however, as it was mired by the Donald Sterling scandal, I'll let it slide.
One of the tests I imposed on the Clippers as part of their Ultimatum Killer Kombat season was to avoid ejections at all cost, particularly to one of their franchise faces in Leonard and George. An ejection from either of them means the 213 era failed, Thunder won the trade, and there will be massive rumors of the Clippers possibly blowing it up*. As of today, eighteen teams have already had an ejection, and thankfully the Clippers are not on that list. Green just came off an indefinite suspension for his hit to Jusuf Nurkic, meaning his reputation as an evil player is still intact. It's very possible his penchant for techs, flagrants and ejections may rub off wrongly on the Clippers, a franchise that have been goody-two-shoes by force after the re-enforcement of the Player Participation Policy. Keep in mind Westbrook, Harden and George have all been ejected before; Leonard is clean, never been ejected throughout his career.
On the other hand, perhaps being around the Good Samaritan Clippers may be what keeps Green in check. Leonard is the closest thing to a Tim Duncan for these Clippers, and while Lue is no Popovich, there is still that Phil Jackson in him in terms of managing egos. It was initially thought that a Fantastic Four of Westbrook-Harden-George-Leonard would be a headache; imagine having Green around... WHEW! Ironically, I've noticed that Lue gets calmer when there's more chaos afoot. The more superstars to manage, the better his Zen, and the chances of controlling four superstars plus a malcontent role star will be far better than we initially imagined.
* Yes, I know Leonard just got extended, but they will use that game as evidence of "Clippers are losers" regardless. But that doesn't mean George, Harden and Westbrook are safe - they can still leave or be traded.
