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Simmons: And then the Clips have the random Patrick Beverley.

Durant: [Milos] Teodosic. I can’t wait to see him play.

Simmons: Have you seen the YouTube clips of him?

Durant: I played against him. I can’t wait to see him. He made the greatest pass I’ve ever seen in my life last summer. We all was like, “Yo how the — how the hell do you see that?” He was running toward the sideline and he flicked it around his head like through two people on the dime. He was at the 3-point line and flicked it to somebody over his head with his right hand, and hit him on a dime. And it kind of faked me out. I spun in a circle. I’m like, “That was the greatest pass I’ve ever seen in my life.” From anybody. Best pass I’ve ever seen. So I’m excited to see how he plays.

Simmons: What does DeAndre say about the revamped Clippers? I know you’re buddies.

Durant: They like it. He’s excited. He’s excited about it. Me and DeAndre; that’s my best friend in the league. You could tell that at some point that everybody there needed some new life and energy. Whether it was somebody was leaving or somebody was bringing in another big player, they needed some new energy, and you could sense that now with the Clips. Especially with Doc just being the head coach now. I think that’s going to be good for him. And this is all my opinion, so anybody getting offended by it, I’m sorry. It’s just how I feel.

You got two good point guards. You got a starting point guard and your backup, and then you got irrationally confident Austin Rivers who can go off and get you 30.

Simmons: He’s got some Dion Waiters DNA in him.

Durant: Oh, him and Dion Waiters are on the same island.

Simmons: Yeah.

Durant: Or right next door to each other. He’s got a — 

Simmons: He’s got a canal. He’s got a little canal that leads into Waiters island.

Durant: A channel.

Simmons: A channel.

Durant: He got a channel. He’s confident so they should be good. Blake, now he’s a man.

Kleiman: [Danilo] Gallinari.

Durant: Gallinari. Now Blake’s the man, so.

Simmons: My issue with all the moves they made: I like the team on paper, but those guys have to stay on the court. Gallinari is great but he misses … durability. I think durability is an underrated NBA skill. Gotta stay on the court.

Durant: No more four in five nights … the schedule is stretched out longer. So, let’s be optimistic about injuries this year too, all right?

Simmons: I’m hoping!

Durant: Gallinari and Blake Griffin are going to have healthy seasons.

og15 wrote:I'm not sure we can really say we're surprising anyone anymore. Assuming decent health, the majority in the middle of opinions seem to be talking about the Clippers as a playoff team and predicting somewhere in the 5-7 range in the West. I'm not sure most people would be surprised to see the Clippers do well, but I think those same people would also not be surprised to see the Clippers struggle due to injury.

Galloisdaman wrote:

og15 wrote:I'm not sure we can really say we're surprising anyone anymore. Assuming decent health, the majority in the middle of opinions seem to be talking about the Clippers as a playoff team and predicting somewhere in the 5-7 range in the West. I'm not sure most people would be surprised to see the Clippers do well, but I think those same people would also not be surprised to see the Clippers struggle due to injury.

When I spoke about surprise I was referring to the group of people that thought the team was done after Paul/Reddick left. Some early forecasts a couple of months ago said the team would win around 38 games. That has since risen.

og15 wrote:

Galloisdaman wrote:

og15 wrote:I'm not sure we can really say we're surprising anyone anymore. Assuming decent health, the majority in the middle of opinions seem to be talking about the Clippers as a playoff team and predicting somewhere in the 5-7 range in the West. I'm not sure most people would be surprised to see the Clippers do well, but I think those same people would also not be surprised to see the Clippers struggle due to injury.

When I spoke about surprise I was referring to the group of people that thought the team was done after Paul/Reddick left. Some early forecasts a couple of months ago said the team would win around 38 games. That has since risen.

Oh okay, but a lot changed since the initial time, so it's understandable that as the Clippers added more and more talent the expectation changed.

Akklaim1 wrote:Kendall Jenner seems to be well-behaved compared to the other sisters. But what the hell do I know?