Post Mortem #21 - Los Angeles Clippers

[Bobbymcgee]

Clippers are stuck trying to field a competitive team around Kawhi Leonard for the remainder of his contract (2 more years). I think they can be a 5 through 8 seed for the next couple of seasons before they gut the team and start over.

[Lala870]

No, it was demanding they trade for a ready made all-star to put next to him. Imagine how good a situation they'd be in now had he agreed to sign with the Clips as they were built and they kept SGA.

But I could understand his position. He had a sense or urgency in him to win now at age 28. Deep down inside he probably didn't trust his own body that he could wait 2-3 more years for the Clips to build around him with a younger core.

This is recency bias in action.

People forget that Paul George and Lebron were like 1A and 1B at that time

Laker fans wanted PG more desperately than ANY other player I can ever recall in recent history. Now that SGA is on a perfectly drafted team with Chet Holmgren, its easy to sit and cherry pick the Clippers moves at that point also ignoring how the playoffs were transpiring at that time PG was on LA.

Cant forget PHX has literally dismantled arguably the best team in the western conference that could have kept OKC further in check for the near future.

I think you're saying Paul George, but meaning Kawhi. Please tell me that's true. Because no one held Paul George in that kind of esteem.

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No idea what agenda you have with PG but that WAS the perception hands down amongst the media/fans at the time. No idea what the deal is considering Clippers were on the verge of going back to back (possibly more) had Kawhi's injury gone a different direction

Having followed the Nuggets because of proximity to the Denver media, you act like Paul George is what MPJ has been to the Nuggets.

Massive reach. I cannot believe some Clipper followers are resorting to using OKC's SGA rebuild as an alternative to what the Clippers could have done. It also helps that the western conference contenders that could have massively caused problems for OKC such as Phoenix and Dallas have been torn down.

[Lala870]

No, it was demanding they trade for a ready made all-star to put next to him. Imagine how good a situation they'd be in now had he agreed to sign with the Clips as they were built and they kept SGA.

But I could understand his position. He had a sense or urgency in him to win now at age 28. Deep down inside he probably didn't trust his own body that he could wait 2-3 more years for the Clips to build around him with a younger core.

This is recency bias in action.

People forget that Paul George and Lebron were like 1A and 1B at that time

Laker fans wanted PG more desperately than ANY other player I can ever recall in recent history. Now that SGA is on a perfectly drafted team with Chet Holmgren, its easy to sit and cherry pick the Clippers moves at that point also ignoring how the playoffs were transpiring at that time PG was on LA.

Cant forget PHX has literally dismantled arguably the best team in the western conference that could have kept OKC further in check for the near future.

I think you are forgetting what happened at the time, Kawhi originally called Kevin Durant first and then Kyrie to see if they wanted to join him in LA, but they told him they were teaming up in Brooklyn, his last resort was Paul George.

And I am not sure who held Paul George in such high regard as 1B to Lebron

All I remember were Lakers fans wanting to pitch in for a downtown LA billboard to get PG to the Lakers. Never have seen a fanbase in such a frenzy to get a player.

The revisionist history is hilarious





I was also browsing the old lakersground forum and it was interesting to see 99% of Laker fans wanting PG over Lebron during the 2017/2018 campaign. So many people calling Lebron washed in 2017 and didnt want to see Magic "blow up their core" for Lebron to ruin the franchise To be fair Lebron seems to have some tricks up his sleeve regarding his longevity physically.

[Jadoogar]

Anyone who believes in the clippers come next April should forced to have a timeout (looks in a mirror).
Honestly not sure what they do. You got the first healthy playoffs from Kawhi in years and still lost in teh first round. I guess they just talk themselves into running it back since the series (barring game 7) was pretty close and just hope a couple things go their way.

[madmaxmedia]

Clippers are stuck trying to field a competitive team around Kawhi Leonard for the remainder of his contract (2 more years). I think they can be a 5 through 8 seed for the next couple of seasons before they gut the team and start over.

At which point they'll have cap space, and failing that be on the brink of getting their own pick control back. Until then, we can only tread water, try to play within the margins but that's basically it.

Anyone who believes in the clippers come next April should forced to have a timeout (looks in a mirror).
Honestly not sure what they do. You got the first healthy playoffs from Kawhi in years and still lost in teh first round. I guess they just talk themselves into running it back since the series (barring game 7) was pretty close and just hope a couple things go their way.

It's not that we have to convince ourselves to do this, it's literally the only thing we can do. So within that narrow path, we just hope to do the best we can, and take what little victories that come along the way.

[tsherkin]

To be fair Lebron seems to have some tricks up his sleeve regarding his longevity physically.

This is a gentle way of saying that he has the greatest longevity in the history of the NBA to date, heh.