Blake's Injury Deserves Its Own Thread

[Forte IV]

Can we all agree Wammy is a witch that should be banned for dooming us

[Clemenza]

George aint comming to play with an injury prone Blake and a bunch of kids. Milos is also gone after this season since he is 30 and wants to compete.

First things first, we need to see if he can stay healthy in the league before talking about competing. He broke down only four games into the season

Actually he played only 1 game and god hurt in the next. That has nothing to do with his durability. I doubt he will stay and tank to prove his worth. If an oportunity presents itself in the offseason he is as good as gone. I can see a team like the Jazz giving him an oportunity, or even the Spurs.

We only need one year of tanking and trading and its this year starting now not next season. Next season could be Blake, Gallo, Milos, Beverely, our solid bench, and two new franchise changing 1st round studs. We potentially could be in a way better place as a franchise this time next year.

[Alatan]

First things first, we need to see if he can stay healthy in the league before talking about competing. He broke down only four games into the season

Actually he played only 1 game and god hurt in the next. That has nothing to do with his durability. I doubt he will stay and tank to prove his worth. If an oportunity presents itself in the offseason he is as good as gone. I can see a team like the Jazz giving him an oportunity, or even the Spurs.

We only need one year of tanking and trading and its this year starting now not next season. Next season could be Blake, Gallo, Milos, Beverely, our solid bench, and two new franchise changing 1st round studs. We potentially could be in a way better place as a franchise this time next year.

That could be the case but no Rookie is impactfull when he comes to the league and most arent in their 2nd year either. It could also be that the kids you draft dont pan out or are prospects and Blake starts to decline. I would love for the Clippers to be a contending team with Milos but this was the season to do it and the next season doesnt have nearly as much promise as this one with the aging Blake and Gallo and DJ gone.

[Clemenza]

Actually he played only 1 game and god hurt in the next. That has nothing to do with his durability. I doubt he will stay and tank to prove his worth. If an oportunity presents itself in the offseason he is as good as gone. I can see a team like the Jazz giving him an oportunity, or even the Spurs.

We only need one year of tanking and trading and its this year starting now not next season. Next season could be Blake, Gallo, Milos, Beverely, our solid bench, and two new franchise changing 1st round studs. We potentially could be in a way better place as a franchise this time next year.

That could be the case but no Rookie is impactfull when he comes to the league and most arent in their 2nd year either. It could also be that the kids you draft dont pan out or are prospects and Blake starts to decline. I would love for the Clippers to be a contending team with Milos but this was the season to do it and the next season doesnt have nearly as much promise as this one with the aging Blake and Gallo and DJ gone.

But Milos being hurt is one of the reasons we aren't contending. Bro if Milos can't play a significant amount of time without getting injured his NBA career is DOA. I love what Milos showed in those first few games before the injury but let me see him get into game shape, be consistent, and have a nice long stretch of games free of injury before hearing that he might be looking for greener pastures in the off season. First things first

And rookies all by their lonesome on a rebuilding team might not move the needle much but a lotto pick and a later 1st rounder backing up the core of Blake, Gallo, Bev, etc is the ideal plan. This isn't Philly with a 4-5 year tank plan..we only need one season(this season) if things go right. This upcoming draft is the one to tank for.

[Akklaim1]

Injuries like this are a great argument for the NBA needing a true minor league system. You lose your best player, your season is basically over because you have no up-and-coming prospect to try to fill in those big shoes. There's no Cody Bellinger replacing Adrian Gonzalez type of situations in the NBA.

[Alatan]

And rookies all by their lonesome on a rebuilding team might not move the needle much but a lotto pick and a later 1st rounder backing up the core of Blake, Gallo, Bev, etc is the ideal plan. This isn't Philly with a 4-5 year tank plan..we only need one season(this season) if things go right. This upcoming draft is the one to tank for.

It would be great if you draft a stud and manage to do a quick rebuild but Milos is 31 by the end of this season and i dont think he will risk any time if an oportunity to compete now presents itself. The good thing about this years draft is that there are a lot of quality big men and some of them might fall later in the draft but i dont see ant guys who can contribute from the start.

I know i sound like Milos is some superstar diva and his not. The thing is he came to the NBA late with the intention to prove he has the talent to be there and play winning basketball. He didnt want money since he could get a better deal in Europe or the Bulls, he wanted minutes on a competitive team. He is not this superstar player that can do what he wants but he can be a really impactful player and he want to show it.

Maybe im wrong and he does decide to stay for a quick rebuild but i just think it isnt likely.

[Clemenza]

Injuries like this are a great argument for the NBA needing a true minor league system. You lose your best player, your season is basically over because you have no up-and-coming prospect to try to fill in those big shoes. There's no Cody Bellinger replacing Adrian Gonzalez type of situations in the NBA.

There's no replacing A-list superstars period in any sport but its especially troubling for us since Doc couldn't draft or develop players for sh*t.

[Clemenza]

And rookies all by their lonesome on a rebuilding team might not move the needle much but a lotto pick and a later 1st rounder backing up the core of Blake, Gallo, Bev, etc is the ideal plan. This isn't Philly with a 4-5 year tank plan..we only need one season(this season) if things go right. This upcoming draft is the one to tank for.

It would be great if you draft a stud and manage to do a quick rebuild but Milos is 31 by the end of this season and i dont think he will risk any time if an oportunity to compete now presents itself. The good thing about this years draft is that there are a lot of quality big men and some of them might fall later in the draft but i dont see ant guys who can contribute from the start.

I know i sound like Milos is some superstar diva and his not. The thing is he came to the NBA late with the intention to prove he has the talent to be there and play winning basketball. He didnt want money since he could get a better deal in Europe or the Bulls, he wanted minutes on a competitive team. He is not this superstar player that can do what he wants but he can be a really impactful player and he want to show it.

Maybe im wrong and he does decide to stay for a quick rebuild but i just think it isnt likely.

Trust me I get what you're saying but lets see if he can endure a full or at least three-fourths of a NBA season before he needs to be on a contending team talk. He's an older rookie who has to prove himself first. Heard he doesn't even have the best diet as far as athletes are concerned. There will be no market or interest for him if he can't stay healthy and play consistently. How's Derek Rose doing these days? A former MVP with all the talent in the world but can't stay healthy for ****.

Not to mention Milos is penciled in a starter on Clipps.. baring injury most of the PG positions are already taken in the league. We'll see though. I'm rooting for him that's for sure

[og15]

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Team has gone 5-8 without Blake, we were 8-12 with him. If he returns some then later, what's the plan now? If we can go 5-8 without him, then taking with him is even less realistic as it was barely succeeding with him out.

Is this a playoff team though? Seems like they would need to get over 500 at the least.

[esqtvd]

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Team has gone 5-8 without Blake, we were 8-12 with him. If he returns some then later, what's the plan now? If we can go 5-8 without him, then taking with him is even less realistic as it was barely succeeding with him out.

Is this a playoff team though? Seems like they would need to get over 500 at the least.

Well, we have evolved something resembling a coherent rotation, something that there was going to be growing pains with anyway, since we're virtually a brand new team. Plug Blake in at the top of the rotation and it sure can't hurt.

[mkwest]

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[esqtvd]

Even while injured, Blake has kept the rest of his game up to speed.