Do the Clippers have the most stacked roster in the NBA right now?

[NO-KG-AI]

How many games back of first place will they be? That should be your answer.

[1993Playoffs]

Thunder and Mavs tbh

[Exp0sed]

Well if you include player ages, then things change, lol


Chris Paul last All-Star - 36 years old, 4 years ago
Brook Lopez last All-Star - 24 years old, 13 years ago

Quite the hyperbole there

These oldies have lost some footspeed but come playoff time, if somehow they load manage and stay fresh, they will dictate their own preferable tempo and challenge opposing teams to execute their half court sets and see who wins.
Imagine if they win it all and stick it to Pablo Torre.

Why would that be sticking it to Pablo?

With names like Kawhi, james harden, Chris Paul, Bradley Beal, Russell Westbrook, Ben Simmons, Paul George et al, all within the last few years you'd think they have a championship or two by now.

Sure if you're a person who reads names and has no understanding of time or context I guess

Harden was really good (still) last season. team was humming and beating expectations without Kawhi. he was good in the playoffs too, a few bad possesions aren't a whole series, they were in it to begin with - in large part due to Harden

Kawhi when healthy is still a monster. Nuggets are a damn good team, even hobbled and short-handed they took OKC to 7 games

they added a consideable amoung of talent and leadership this season. no1 is expecting a guy like Beal to play like a max guy and he isn't on max deal..
they def have themselves a squad

[og15]

These oldies have lost some footspeed but come playoff time, if somehow they load manage and stay fresh, they will dictate their own preferable tempo and challenge opposing teams to execute their half court sets and see who wins.
Imagine if they win it all and stick it to Pablo Torre.

Why would that be sticking it to Pablo?

With names like Kawhi, james harden, Chris Paul, Bradley Beal, Russell Westbrook, Ben Simmons, Paul George et al, all within the last few years you'd think they have a championship or two by now.

Sure if you're a person who reads names and has no understanding of time or context I guess

Harden was really good (still) last season. team was humming and beating expectations without Kawhi. he was good in the playoffs too, a few bad possesions aren't a whole series, they were in it to begin with - in large part due to Harden

Kawhi when healthy is still a monster. Nuggets are a damn good team, even hobbled and short-handed they took OKC to 7 games

they added a consideable amoung of talent and leadership this season. no1 is expecting a guy like Beal to play like a max guy and he isn't on max deal..
they def have themselves a squad

We have a good and deep team, but the team also has to be judged relative to player age, not what guys did in the past. Harden is also at that age where a guy can be an All-Star on season and then not so much the next.

[old skool]

Brook Lopez has played in and started 78, 79, & 80 games in the last 3 seasons, averaging over 30 minutes per game each season, while posting his 1st, 2nd & 3rd best career 3-point shooting percentages.

He is not an All-Star caliber player, but has has been a solid starting center contributor on teams that won 58, 49 & 48 games.

[tamaraw08]

Brook Lopez has played in and started 78, 79, & 80 games in the last 3 seasons, averaging over 30 minutes per game each season, while posting his 1st, 2nd & 3rd best career 3-point shooting percentages.

He is not an All-Star caliber player, but has has been a solid starting center contributor on teams that won 58, 49 & 48 games.

Brook was my favorite college player before, and was so bummed he picked Balmer’s team.
I guess he had Aspirations about being a Clipper.

[dballislife]

the la teams will always get deals, players pretty much all live there in offseason, players love the warm weather and playing close to home and family

[JujitsuFlip]

2013-14 Nets all over again lol

[CodeBreaker]

Their 2nd unit is good enough to be a starting 5 of any team

[knicksfan974]

The Knicks are the most stacked team this year.

[lakerz12]

I hear they may sign all star Larry bird as well.

[Johnny Bball]

It's hard to beleive that Silver has not really resolved the clippers cap circumvention issue and is letting them run this into the regular season. At which point, any decision is almost forced to be watered down.

[JujitsuFlip]

The Knicks are the most stacked team this year.

Because they swapped Payne for Clarkson and Achiuwa for Yabusele? Lmao

[hardenASG13]

Do the clippers even have a top 20 player on their roster? No, I don't think they are the most stacked team in the league. They'll probably make the playoffs.

[tamaraw08]

Well if you include player ages, then things change, lol


Chris Paul last All-Star - 36 years old, 4 years ago
Brook Lopez last All-Star - 24 years old, 13 years ago

Quite the hyperbole there

These oldies have lost some footspeed but come playoff time, if somehow they load manage and stay fresh, they will dictate their own preferable tempo and challenge opposing teams to execute their half court sets and see who wins.
Imagine if they win it all and stick it to Pablo Torre.

Kind of an odd take for a Lakers fan to have but go off I guess

oops sorry Fellow Lakers fan. poor choice of words, I should have said God forbid, Clippers win it all.....
This is the reason IMO, that Toronto and New Lakers owner Mark Walter, should push for Kawhi's contract to be voided ASAP.

[tamaraw08]

Do the clippers even have a top 20 player on their roster? No, I don't think they are the most stacked team in the league. They'll probably make the playoffs.

They ranked 3rd best in DRTG last season even with Harden.
Kawhi averaged 25/8/5 while Harden had 19/5/9 to force game 7 vs Denver in the last playoffs.
Now you add 3 legit scorers and a hardworking stretch 5 to the roster.
I understand Beal underperformed last year and CP3 is 40 years old but these guys can give them 15-20 quality minutes esp if they slow the pace down and dare the opposing team to execute better than them in the playoffs.

[ShootersShoot]

2013-14 Nets all over again lol

Not saying they could have won it all, but the 13/14 nets season was doomed once brook lopez broke his leg and was lost for the season 17 games in. It would be like if the clips lost zubac this season.

[PeteyPablo]

How many games back of first place will they be? That should be your answer.

Last year they were 2 games from 2nd seed in the WEST. They were tied with Lakers and Nuggets at the end of season with 50-32.
This was with Kawhi missing around 40 games to start the season.

OKC played their hearts out all 82 games last season and secured the first seed. All credit due to them.

[NO-KG-AI]

How many games back of first place will they be? That should be your answer.

Last year they were 2 games from 2nd seed in the WEST. They were tied with Lakers and Nuggets at the end of season with 50-32.
This was with Kawhi missing around 40 games to start the season.

OKC played their hearts out all 82 games last season and secured the first seed. All credit due to them.

So very very far from the top seed.

[og15]

Do the clippers even have a top 20 player on their roster? No, I don't think they are the most stacked team in the league. They'll probably make the playoffs.

They ranked 3rd best in DRTG last season even with Harden.
Kawhi averaged 25/8/5 while Harden had 19/5/9 to force game 7 vs Denver in the last playoffs.
Now you add 3 legit scorers and a hardworking stretch 5 to the roster.
I understand Beal underperformed last year and CP3 is 40 years old but these guys can give them 15-20 quality minutes esp if they slow the pace down and dare the opposing team to execute better than them in the playoffs.

You're mixing some things up here to get your conclusion.

If you play slower, the opposition doesn't have to play slower, this is where you're mixing it up. You can certainly try and make them play slower through things like pressuring ball handlers, being efficient on offense and forcing them to play more from dead ball, limiting your live ball turnovers, etc

While the whole games possessions/game will decrease if you play slow, the opposition is not forced to play slower when they have the ball, just because you are. They will just have fewer possessions with the ball if you are walking it up all the time, but their possessions can still be quicker, and while you'll slow them down, the will speed you up every time they score fast.

Part of why Denver beat LAC last season was transition, the Clippers coaches had their t-shirts in training camp addressing it. If the Clippers want to slow down an opponent, they themselves have to be able to hustle and get back on defense to MAKE them play in half court.

....but trying to battle an oppositions transition and easy baskets without getting many yourself with half court offense is not a good idea.