Clippers: The leak floodgates have opened - massive twitter thread dump from a Clippers media member

[Caped Crusader]

Ah yes, as a Raptors fan you love to see this.



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[OkcSinceSGA]

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This video was spot on. Very long… but he goes off on all the things I complained about the last few years. Rips load management to shreds and says Lue had a **** year coaching. This is the same guy who verified this source DOES work for the team.

[TeamTragic]

Kawhi randomly ghosting his teammates at half time is hilarious yet unsurprising at the same time.

How in the hell did the NBA media just let this slide? Stephen A keeps mentioning that he won't elaborate which makes zero sense.

Why would Balmer put up with this garbage? What an absolute dumpster fire.

[ChiTownHero1992]

Damn that was like reading a soap opera lol but wow if true shed a whole bunch of light

[Dr Aki]

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This video was spot on. Very long… but he goes off on all the things I complained about the last few years. Rips load management to shreds and says Lue had a **** year coaching. This is the same guy who verified this source DOES work for the team.

Literally THE @Dimedropperpod who confirmed the leaker's credentials

[MrBigShot]

Kawhi sitting out because he feels like it at half time is not surprising

[Clemenza]

This one was awesome I can see why these guys took every opportunity to end the season to an injury asap.

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I actually can see him getting banned because Arash is a bigtime Laker fan and always throws shade and dirt on the Clipps whenever possible. I'm not big on him either. As for this tweet-thread, I'd say at least 65% sounds spot on with the way things transpired this season. This season was awful, weird, and strange asf. Morris starting and getting all those minutes was a HUGE issue all season long. RoCo not getting any time on the floor, Mann not getting at least 20 minutes per game, and Reggie, who was washed, was still getting starts and tons of minutes was criminal. We all wondered what the reasoning was behind all of this and what was going on behind the scenes.

Right before the season ended we were on the first game of a back to back and Kawhi played the first half against Memphis but took himself out of the game for the 2nd half. Later we found out that Ty Lue, the coaching staff, nor the team knew this was going to happen and had to change the gameplan on the fly for the start of the 3rd quarter. That's why when Kawhi got injured in the playoffs and sat out game three, and since he doesn't talk at all, the team released a statement saying "Kawhi desperately wants to play but we're the ones (the team's training staff) who's holding him out." Huh, what the f*ck was that all about? The questionable that I'm not buying is Ty Lue throwing games so he can leave at the end of the season. But it looks to be a mess no doubt but honestly I think half the league is like this

[Clemenza]

This thread reaffirms my belief that Clippers care more about wanting to be loved, respected and worshiped like the Lakers than actually competing. They are carrying the sins of Donald Sterling. That's why I've always pointed to this song:

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"That's why everything / Every last little thing / Every single tiny microscopic little thing must go / According to plan"

If one thing goes wrong, then everything goes wrong.

This is a bad look for Jerry West. They brought him in to help fix the Clipper franchise from head to toe, to teach them how to run a franchise properly, yet there is still dysfunction. He helped make dynasties out of Lakers and Warriors, and made the Grizzlies relevant. The Clippers may end up being the one team even Mr. Logo couldn't fix, and is closely starting to become the one scar in his otherwise Midas resume.

This is more than just a bad break with injuries. The Clippers have a lot of demons that must be dealt with internally, such as habits of self-mutilation (they feel like they have to punish themselves in order to fix a mistake that is easily preventable by being better), keeping to themselves (afraid of giving opponents an unfair advantage or letting their fanbase down), and disregarding the spirit of competition (only showing up when it's against an elite team because that's where they can get the most attention). They also have to face their fear of ejections - Westbrook and Hyland had flagrant fouls in their final game, but they didn't go through with getting tossed for it would have sullied the Good Samaritan image of their franchise - something akin to NFL's "Protect The Shield" campaign.

Finally, most importantly, they need to face their fear of Chris Paul. This is the second time Clippers have lost to their former savior, but he didn't do much. The presence of Paul alone - a gift courtesy of David Stern's veto on Lakers and their failure to make things work - coupled with everything else in Clippers Content's thread, was what doomed his old team from the beginning. Sort of like psychological torture.

Clippers have now lost to Suns three times (2006, 2021 and 2023), Durant three times (2014, 2019, 2023) and Paul twice (2021, 2023). The last time they lost to a team three times (Jazz in 1992, 1997 and 2017), Clippers were forced into a rebuild. I don't foresee Clippers blowing it up just yet based on losing to Suns alone. They will probably make the rebuild if they lose to Paul specifically on account of personal vendetta, which is what affects Clippers the most.

However, if Leonard, George, or both get ejected from a game, bring out the popcorn.

Good post but partially true. "Fear of Chris Paul?" How? Kawhi didn't play when we met the in the WCF two years ago and this time Kawhi and PG were out with injury except for the first two games. Booker torched us not CP3. I agree with the team always trying to be liked but I think the cracks that caused everything came early with the Bubble disaster.

But they hitched their boat to a injury prone star who doesn't talk, lead the team, or promote the team. That's why Clipp fans immediately took a liking to Russ in only a month or so, matter of fact he seems to have more love with the fans and team than PG & Kawhi combined. Just seeing a player say f*ck it and go out and fight every night -whether good or bad shooting performances- was refreshing and was something you could feel and understand as opposed to the zombie mute who's on load management half the time. That's why we need to keep Russ just to keep the go out and fight mantra and his team leadership. But its fixable in time. Hopefully Ballmer and company at know that your team leader is everything and the team feeds and falls in line to this.

[VanWest82]

Kawhi has a torn meniscus and there isn't even a thread about it on the GB. How the mighty have fallen.

[OfficialRef]

The clippers FO did all they could for the team.

Massive roster acquisitions consistently through the years and having a stacked roster. They are arguably the deepest team in the league when healthy. Arguably of course when the stars play. Seems to be a fan lashing out on the FO for his franchise faces being injured.

[BostonCouchGM]

None of that matters. Their stars can’t stay healthy

[Wammy Giveaway]

Good post but partially true. "Fear of Chris Paul?" How? Kawhi didn't play when we met the in the WCF two years ago and this time Kawhi and PG were out with injury except for the first two games. Booker torched us not CP3.

While that is true, the reason I see Paul as a bigger threat to Clippers than just Suns is because of how they used to be as a franchise before his arrival. They were eternal losers playing under the shadows of every sports team in California until David Stern took the matter into his own hands. When the Clippers were gifted Chris Paul, their eyes were opened for the first time. Winning seasons, Pacific Division banners, playoff appearances, relevancy. They can win, if that's what they want. But in my years reviewing Lob City and the Good Samaritan Clippers era, they seem to be invested in wanting to belong than wanting a title. Paul did not like their attitude at all, especially after having experienced his first 3-1 collapse which saw DeAndre Jordan hitching his big man services to the Mavericks in Dallas (until the emoji war stopped all of it) - he left them because of their unwillingness to compete. It took Jerry West demanding the trade of their no. 1 draft pick and franchise face Blake Griffin to show Clippers how badly they had failed CP3. The fact they had to see it to believe it is a fire alarm in itself.

Now every time Clippers face Chris Paul, the franchise is going to have a meltdown. Should have taken competition seriously, should have shaped the roster better, should have not let personal emotions get in the way of business - maybe Paul would have still been here, maybe they would have won a title already. Instead, that personal shame only emboldens opponents into shellacking Clippers til kingdom come. The scoring won't have to come from Paul, it can come from Booker, Durant, or any one of their role players; all he has to do is show up as a secret weapon of psyching Clippers out, and they will cower instantly.

The strangest thing of all this: Clippers are 10-9 vs. Paul post-Lob City in the regular season. But they've lost to him twice in the playoffs. In their first meeting, he made the Finals. If Paul makes Finals again this year, Clippers will be tied to a horrible stigma that is akin to Celtics-Lakers rivalry. Every time Celtics drew Lakers in NBA Finals, they were winning it. Now, every time Paul draws the Clippers, he's going to the Finals.

[lakerz12]

I’m not a Clipper’s fan but as someone else mentioned, many teams wanted Kawhi when he left Toronto.

I remember how wild that week was, and wanting him to be on the Lakers, and seeing that rumor of him being at a gas station in San Diego, lol. And buying a house in Rancho Santa Fe.

We blame teams for not going all in and going after stars…well we can’t blame the Clippers for going all in on Pg13 and Kawhi.

No one knew Kawhi wouldn’t be able to hold up in the playoffs.

They did at least give themselves a chance to win a title…it just backfired on them.

[clyde21]

hard to decipher whats real or not but the Clips needs to blow it up regardless

[UcanUwill]

#1 sounds very bad, but it is similar to Facebook algorytm. I used to use F word just for news, because you saw stuff you ''liked'', pages, news feeds, people. etc. Now entire feed is filled with stuff you are not subscribed to, why is that? It is not just political, so that is a huge relief, but sometimes like it purposely shoves stuff you particularly hate, like I constantly see those anti-woke memes, restoresnyderverse, and proud meat eaters, like I literally like the opposite of that, why I constantly keep seeing that thing, Facebook is ruined...

Also, I am not paranoid over this stuff at all, but it is crazy how they catch your info sometimes. Years ago, I remember this, it was crazy, I did open Twitter, I have account, but I havent used it for more than 15 minutes total in my life, but I opened it then, I saw an actress I followed post about book, english book and all. I left a comment, closed the window, opened facebook, and I seriously instantly saw an ad pop up, advertising to me that book, but in my language of origin... Like wow, thats efficient marketing.

Lost 90% of advertisers or 90% of ad revenue? Those are two very different things and I doubt either of them happened.

Interesting that you say you feel like the algorithm now shoving stuff down your throat as though it has an agenda. That’s’ exactly what more right wing users have been complaining about for the last decade across all social media platforms.

I don’t really use twitter or any social media so I don’t have a horse in the race, but I don’t notice any difference in twitter (when I follow links) since Musk took over.

I'm curious what specific "right-wing" content he's seeing. These days anything that is not in lock-step obedience and compliance with the radical left is considered "right-wing". Elon is a classic liberal, he's not even right wing.

I didnt say algorithm has agenda, I am saying it works very bad, it seems like it shows things I hate on purpose.

Second, Man, do you guys know what radical left is? American politics now are right vs neo conservatism pretty much. There is no radical left in America, no democrat isn't even seriously campaigning against guns or pro universal healthcare. I don't aline with American democrats much, they would be right wingers in most Euro countries, I am just AMerican Republicans hater, because that party and their talking heads are so right, they are not sensible people anymore. That party has no redemption left anymore unless they clean everything up.

[BruttoNostra]

Lost 90% of advertisers or 90% of ad revenue? Those are two very different things and I doubt either of them happened.

Interesting that you say you feel like the algorithm now shoving stuff down your throat as though it has an agenda. That’s’ exactly what more right wing users have been complaining about for the last decade across all social media platforms.

I don’t really use twitter or any social media so I don’t have a horse in the race, but I don’t notice any difference in twitter (when I follow links) since Musk took over.

I'm curious what specific "right-wing" content he's seeing. These days anything that is not in lock-step obedience and compliance with the radical left is considered "right-wing". Elon is a classic liberal, he's not even right wing.

I didnt say algorithm has agenda, I am saying it works very bad, it seems like it shows things I hate on purpose.

Second, Man, do you guys know what radical left is? American politics now are right vs neo conservatism pretty much. There is no radical left in America, no democrat isn't even seriously campaigning against guns or pro universal healthcare. I don't aline with American democrats much, they would be right wingers in most Euro countries, I am just AMerican Republicans hater, because that party and their talking heads are so right, they are not sensible people anymore. That party has no redemption left anymore unless they clean everything up.

Totally on spot.
Americans complaining about "radical left" is just...wtf?
Without getting into "who is better", it's just the Democratic party isn't "left", come on.
I'm more of a right-minded one myself (well, depends on the issue itself), but man, I'm so far to the left of the Democratic party, that even Giannis can't make it in 3 steps (a.k.a not a travel in NBA).

[maradro]

No one knew Kawhi wouldn’t be able to hold up in the playoffs.

Spurs and their fans knew

I suspect uncle dennis and kawhi did too, but they wanted to get paid the max regardless

[UcanUwill]

No one knew Kawhi wouldn’t be able to hold up in the playoffs.

Spurs and their fans knew

I suspect uncle dennis and kawhi did too, but they wanted to get paid the max regardless

Kawhi won championship after Spurs trade... But overall, yes, at this point it is not super surprising.

[maradro]

No one knew Kawhi wouldn’t be able to hold up in the playoffs.

Spurs and their fans knew

I suspect uncle dennis and kawhi did too, but they wanted to get paid the max regardless

Kawhi won championship after Spurs trade... But overall, yes, at this point it is not super surprising.

Because Toronto had a good team, didn't give up much to get him, and went all in with gasol... Still needed to load manage him to the extreme, still had to give him and uncle special treatment, still had to limp through the playoffs, lucky bounces, decimated Warriors.. Toronto was the exception, his last two years with spurs and clippers tenure is the norm- max price for damaged goods

[mastermixer]

I'm curious what specific "right-wing" content he's seeing. These days anything that is not in lock-step obedience and compliance with the radical left is considered "right-wing". Elon is a classic liberal, he's not even right wing.

I didnt say algorithm has agenda, I am saying it works very bad, it seems like it shows things I hate on purpose.

Second, Man, do you guys know what radical left is? American politics now are right vs neo conservatism pretty much. There is no radical left in America, no democrat isn't even seriously campaigning against guns or pro universal healthcare. I don't aline with American democrats much, they would be right wingers in most Euro countries, I am just AMerican Republicans hater, because that party and their talking heads are so right, they are not sensible people anymore. That party has no redemption left anymore unless they clean everything up.

Totally on spot.
Americans complaining about "radical left" is just...wtf?
Without getting into "who is better", it's just the Democratic party isn't "left", come on.
I'm more of a right-minded one myself (well, depends on the issue itself), but man, I'm so far to the left of the Democratic party, that even Giannis can't make it in 3 steps (a.k.a not a travel in NBA).

Lol this is interesting because it’s also pretty much exactly what the right says about the left.

Two sides of the same coin I guess. If you go watch the little Twitter video that Tucker Carlson pull out, it’s basically everything you just about the “two parties”.

Again, I’m not even commenting on politics. Just think it’s interesting that I can read the exact same opinions on both sides on the political spectrum, and just swap the terms democrats and republicans for each side.