Did you missed the part where everyone is under surveillance that comes with forced participation under threat of being banned due to not cheering enough. This some North Korea rules: Forced to cry and cheer for the Great Leader or suffer the consequences.
@@blue-phoenix115 thats for the "Wall" where you cant cheer for the other team and get loud for the home team to give a soccer stadium vibe 🤦♂️ you are not gonna get banned for not cheering enough its seats for clippers super fans. Where the hell are you hearing this crap from and comparing it to North Korea?? Its a sports stadium not the government
part of the problem with the NBA is that all these teams are TOO LAZY to build a good team. They rather go out and BUY players who ain't accomplished s**t. Props to all the teams that draft and develop.
100% agree. None of the moves seem to make sense. It feels like they don’t take complimentary players into proper consideration anymore. These players help win championships and evolve teams.
I think it's a little harsh to say lazy in the Clippers case In 2019, they chose to compete with the pieces they had instead of tank. People praised them for anti tank culture. And their reward was attracting free agents like Kawhi. I get they can be better at player development, but it's not like the Clippers method was super lazy and disrespectful. It's a gamble you take as a business
Being obligated to cheer on threat of being kicked out sounds like a spectacularly bad decision. Not being allowed to wear the opposing team’s jersey also sounds like a bad decision. Imagine showing up with a Paul George Pacers jersey and being kicked out lol
@@emilfrederiksen.1622 That is okay, but forcing you to stand up and shit... I mean I guess you can just sit elsewhere, but it's kinda weird. They go to lengths just to control the crowd, not a fan.
It made all the sense. He fucking HATED being in Canada (from the taxes, to the nightlife, to the weather) and wanted to go home (he's from LA). He's already won his rings and secured his legacy. He wasn't playing for that shit no more.
He and his uncle were trying to force their way to LA from the Spurs. The Spurs correctly diagnosed that he had a degenerative knee, and it would never truly get better. But Kawhi got his own doctor to lie about it, because he wanted to get that bag in LA. Spurs traded him to a contending team outside of their conference, and he won a chip. But he was never going to stay anywhere he went. Then he completed his master plan of getting to LA. Too bad he ain't won shit since, but that wasn't part of the plan. Getting a bag in LA was always the plan. And he has gotten the bag, and the injury karma for such a scheme.
I can explain They soothed he and his greedy hustler uncle egos so kawhi can be lazy and not stay healthy spurs fans are owed an apology for how they’ve been called out for warning us about kawhi Leonard
Did everyone miss the part where you are forced to stand up and cheer under surveillance, or get banned for lack of participation. Just like North Korea: Better cry and cheer for The Great Leader or face the consequences
If you go to an arena and are a fan and then don't cheer the team up you shouldn't be there lol why are you so butt hurt over something that actually makes sense.
yeah the only difference is Clippers fans are willingly paying money to attend these games and North Koreans are stuck there against their will 💀 nigga really said North Korea
@@emilfrederiksen.1622An arena doesn’t dictate how you should cheer. Peak stupidity right there. That’s like a grocery store telling you how you should shop.
I’m from LA and a Clippers fan and ur right about our fan base. We do have a “decent fanbase” since LA has a large population but it’s like 10 Laker fans for every Clipper fan. Only reason I choose Clips over Lakers is cuz i grew up watching the Lob city days. But that new arena should’ve been built in San Diego, in a city where the team would actually be appreciated. But fs I think PG gotta go.
The fact that we saw a healthy Kawhi and PG in the playoffs year one and the blew a 3-1 lead should’ve been enough to know this team would never be able to get it done. These guys aren’t getting younger, Kawhi will regress in terms of production with these injuries. The few games the Clippers won were without Kawhi. I’m glad he didn’t re-sign in Toronto now tbh. Great player in his peak but needs a deep roster to support him.
Nowadays he's the most injury prone athlete ever, to your point and if you're a Raptors fan, you're to be glad he didn't resign, and if you're a Clippers fan (like me) be miserable and angry with the front office
@@ShadowKnight1980 Yeah as a Raptors fan i'm glad he didn't re-sign. I doubt they'd be in a place to draft Scottie if he was still on the team. Clippers have always been a cursed franchise. Great owner but they've greatly capped the amount of moves they can make with basically no young prospects with all star potential. They may as well blow it up this off season, the draft class after this coming one is supposed to be pretty good.
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My theory is that Kawaii wanted Clippers to give up all their draft picks to basically make rebuilding impossible, and bascially force the clippers to pay him well into his 30s and avoid ever have to settle for a vet minimum contract. James Harden is also now part of that action. Pretty sure Clippers are gonna give big contract to James Harden soon cause they have been back to a corner that is the only option.
Atp they don't have any choice either. They signed kawhi to an extension. Harden is a free agent. PG has a player option he can either opt in to and clippers can trade that, it's not gonna get them a whole lot tho but it's 1 year so that might interest some team willing to clear cap space next year. Or PG might decline and maybe they resign him. Westbrook is for sure gonna be declining his player option. So do you resign 1 of them and maybe get under the tax. Or sign them to run it back again and risk going into luxury tax, which is gonna penalize them even more as time goes on they're on there. Again they don't have a choice unless they blow it up and decide to trade kawhi and in turn PG might just decline the option as he doesn't want to rebuild. At that point tho you're gonna go to your new stadium with a bunch of nobodies trying to tank.
He bullied them into taking Paul George they lost a player that could’ve been the greatest clipper of all time shai gilgeous Alexander kawhi Leonard James harden Westbrook Kevin Durant Ben Simmons and kyrie Irving have ruined player empowerment for everyone
Kawhi is a great player but i dont think he gives 2 shits about winning anymore, if he does great if not he's still making bank and has the team by the balls Him signing there was a semi retirement plan for him and uncle Dennis all the choke jobs And injured postseason in the world wont change his mind on that
But besides kawhi not being able to stay healthy. I knew this season was done for the clippers when Harden tried to block kawhis shot in a game. He doesn't even close that hard against opponents. Blow it up!
Clippers owner should just bring some full time basketball fans from Serbia and Greece and pay them to attend the games. Get 1.000 of those and ask them to make an atmosphere. Have you seen the Euroleauge games of the Greek and Serbian teams ?? The fans are insane and they never stop singing and cheering. And it would be a lot cheaper than this Wall thing he is installing lmao
So many teams are regretting giving up their draft picks and young players for stars.. Had LA kept SGA and developed their young guys they’d be setup for success in a new arena. Instead they’re about to lose their “stars” for nothing and pay the others millions for them to sit on the bench or under perform when they’re needed most.
He had no signs of stardom when they traded him. He had potential but he was looking like he'd be a good roleplayer. PG was top 3 in MVP voting, All-NBA first team, and an established star.
Dude is one of the most inconsistent players in nba history. What is there to be sad about? The man has been selling us on what exactly? Look at this years playoff line. His own podcast he admits he shoulda coulda woulda. He’s Tobias Harris in a tougher conference.
@tydenerrek05 Paul George lost to a rookie in the 2018 playoffs, who he (& Chris Paul) recommended to not play another year in college and declare for the Draft... You CAN'T MAKE THIS SH* UP🤣🤣🤣
i'd honestly forgotten just how truly unreliable kawhi has been until you pointed out he's only played in 4 playoff games. that really put it into perspective
He also didn't account for Jock Taxes. That's going to cut into those percentages a bit too when every California game will cost him 13.3%. Not saying the cheaper market doesn't save you $, it's just not as much as the straight tax % of your state.
Assets? So you're counting on idiots that haven't paid attention to NBA the last 5 yrs to offer valuable assets for an aging player with chronic injuries that have kept him from playing? Chances are minuscule that someone is so stupid but I guess you can believe in miracles.
You can't demand the fans to cheer for specific team. You gotta be so good that they can't help but cheer for you. I don't see the Clippers turning around this decade...
@idiotrun1997 One thing's for certain. Ballmer better learn his lesson from the Kawhi and PG experiment and not repeat it in the next 6 years. If Ballmer isn't committed to a rebuild, I can see him selling the team after Clippers host All-Star Weekend in their new arena
they'd be better off banning people who cheer for the other team & not allowing people to sit in such a designated area if they can't get excited when the team is playing well.
Kawhi sabotaged the Lakers, giving them a false hope of signing. Had he chose the Lakers, he would have LeBron and AD carrying the regular season instead of PG.
Yeah. It's his fault. 😂😂 Imagine crying that a player didn't want to join a superteam but have his own. Especially a LeBron team and all the drama he brings.
Why do people call that the PG trade bad? That trade was for two players not one because if they didn’t get PG they wouldn’t get Kawhi so essentially they traded SGA, Galinari and all those picks for “Kawhi & PG”.
@@xander0901 it’s bad in hindsight. It wasn’t bad when they made it🤷🏿♂️…just as a personal opinion I don’t think the Clippers were gonna get SGA to the level he’s at now in OKC. I don’t trust the Clippers to draft as well as OKC and I don’t trust them to develop a young star: I mean look at Blake, just entertaining but nowhere near a competitive force like the OKC have done with SGA.
The disrespect towards Luka and the Mavs, who actually beat the Clippers, is kinda ridiculous. You mention Edwards, Jokic and SGA as young superstars leading strong teams in the Western Conference and not him? Btw.: SGA is not 24, but 25 soon turning 26 and older than Doncic.
@@antifaschi7869 I root for a miserable, unpopular team, that everyone hates. Media, referees, RUclips ppl (like Bill Simmons, or Casey Keirnan, etc) Can you guess? It is easy I suppose
@@ShadowKnight1980 Just tell me. Fans of almost every team would claim that they are hated by media, refs etc., I guess. xD Btw....I never watched Bill Simmons and had to look him up. I am from Germany and started to follow the NBA again during the season Milwaukee won the chip after a very long abstinence. I am not that familiar with all these media guys you have. Who cries currently the most about refs and is indeed a miserable, unpopular team? Maybe the Sixers with their flopping playoff-choker Embiid? xD I just saw the channels you follow. So nevermind. Poor guy. :P
This team needs to be blown up. I’ve said this since 2022. People underestimate how easy it could be. Zubac/Mann/Powell/Bones could get you picks. Then you have tons of cap space next summer. Maybe Warriors take Kawhi for a pick and salary.
Honestly A for effort it's nice seeing an owner put so much into the team. But some of those things are stupid af. Clippers sales are mainly Lakers fans who can't afford laker tickets. I went to a clipper playoff game for a good deal. Going to a laker playoff game is like two weeks of groceries.
Kawhi played every game in 2020's playoffs which was 13 games, 11 games of a possible 18 in 2021, 2 games of a possible 5 in 2023, and 2 games of a possible 6 in 2024. That's 28 playoff games out of the Clippers' 43 playoff games since the '19-'20 season. Where is this "4 of 19 since 2019" coming from? Some *really* bad math?
As a clipper fan It has been a disappointment but you can’t just blow it up, at least not now, the Clippers don’t have there draft pick until two more years, so you keep running it back until Kawhi’s deal is up and if they can’t win, blow it up after, when they will have there own pick If they decide to blow it up now, The Thunder will be an even bigger winner from that PG13 trade because they will have even higher picks at there hands
@vlada damn why u so mad all I said is kawhi should've stayed with the raptors he probably would win another ring I never said anything about the city of Toronto or LA calling Toronto s*ithole tells me alot about what type of fan u is
The GOAT of sports arenas and it's not even close. But the team is very flawed and damaged so the fans can spend their whole time on their iphones/androids instead of the games. 🤦🏼
🤣🤣🤣You can’t kick people out for not cheering the Clippers!!! Those are grounds to sue! If I go watch the Clippers to watch them lose to the Denver Nuggets, I’m going to cheer whoever I damn please if I paid my money. You might as well call the new Clippers arena the Social Justice Arena!
Why do people pretend like what the Clippers did was so outer worldly? There isn’t a team in the league that would have done a thing differently. Getting the FMVP to paid with a guy who was 3rd in mvp voting and the role players are a Friday team that made it to the playoffs without a all star player. C’mon man. I don’t blame Steve or Jerry for that. Look what LA gave up for AD, Clippers didn’t make all that trade for PG, they made it to get Kawhi & PG.
It would be so awkward for the clippers if none of the 4 washed up superstars stayed. Then they would have young guys and rookies play in this massive arena which is so pressuring for them
Clippers revamped defense over offense, faster, stronger, more athletic, more defense by far, more swagger, more energy, more hustle...... Clippers make perfect sense.
I feel PG for this. He's always available for his team every night to play ball. but that guy Kawhi Leonard. No where to be found. Street Clothes Kawhi..
Call me crazy but if I was the Bucks I would have offered to trade Lillard for Kawhi Yes Kawhi is barely healthy but in an organization like the bucks you just need him to be healthy in half the games and the Bucks struggled the most in defense this year. I think he would be a great addition to Giannis. Clippers would get in return an all time scorer and 3point shooter in Lillard Clippers need a consistent scorer to their roster and Lillard is a top 3 scorer and clutch player in the league It’s a win win in my books
You say it's a win-win, but Kawhi played 2 playoff games this year and last year. Giannis has been injured in back-to-back playoffs years and you think trading for Kawhi is a 'good move'? You'd make Milwaukee worse than they already are. And I'm not even a fan of or think of them highly since they won their championship. Since 2021, both franchises have been irrelevant come playoff time
@@ColdHoops it’s true but if you are Milwaukee you need to gamble. Giannis played 2 playoff games in 2 years but he played over 65 games each year so it’s just bad luck that he gets injured around playoff time Kawhi most probably will miss a lot of games but in my opinion they should gamble with him since Lillard wasn’t a good fit to them and there isn’t much trading value on him due to his age Also because Milwaukee has a decent all around team they wouldn’t force Kawhi to play every single game in the regular season On the other hand Lillard is a player the clippers could really use right now scoring wise
@@TheOtherGuy021 I don't think you understand. If they trade Dame, who's their point guard? They'd have the same issue Phoenix had this season. You can say it's bad luck but injuries are part of the game and always happen. Let's say hypothetically, they trade for Kawhi and next season in the playoffs both Giannis and Kawhi barely play in the first round and Milwuakee lose AGAIN. What would you say then?
It's completely understandable as to why they'd keep this foolish dream alive. Unless the Clippers want to have the new arena filled with opposing fans, which would mean a lot of kick-outs.
They don’t have to let Harden walk because there’s really not much cap space out there now. A sign and trade is very likely. They could get picks and an expiring deal. They can trade PG and Kawhi for at least 5-6 first rounders. Then maybe trade Powell for a first. Harden then can net you a first. I’d rather do this than continue to hover around mid.
Thanks for acknowledging how crappy it’s been with these crappy game times in Staples/Crypto !! Three years ago in the playoffs, the Clippers had to play every other day for 2 weeks straight. 😖
The issue is ... Kawahi out here getting 150 mil for 3 years.... And he is barely able to make it thru the regular season healthy. Any of the other starters, pg, harden , zub would be thinkin.... 'this fool gettin 150 mil for nothin , why am I expected to perform at a high level ?'.😏
You don't know how the League works and it shows. Tucker is one of Harden's closest friends. If they add him to the deal, then Harden would be over the moon and can settle into a new team with a player he knows well and played with both in Houston & Philly
6:34 that math is wrong, nba players pay state taxes for each game in the state the game was played in so half of the games pay would be taxed at the 12.5% then the other games pay would be taxed at the state tax rate that they are playing in. Example: play the magic in Orlando and you pay ZERO state tax..play a game in Sacramento you’d pay the California state tax rate. The math is complex but you misrepresented it as if it was super simple
Regarding Westbrook's statement. The first part was defensive enough: sounds like Russ wrote that or dictated that to a writer. But the overall writing style doesn't sound like how he talks, nor what he talks about. Someone else wrote that statement, then Russ gave it his imprimatur.
Now look I would fully understand if the Clippers were asking him to take some kind of massive pay cut, but if they're offering him the same deal that Kawhi got? At some point, you do just look greedy when either contract would set your family up for generations AND you've already MADE enough to set your family up for generations. The only thing PG13 should be aiming at is a ring and his legacy at this point. The Clippers have the talent, but need a top-shelf big to compete in the Western Conference playoffs. Freeing up a little cash from the contracts of PG13, Kawhi, and Harden to do that should be something worth having a conversation around.
I expected the Clippers ,at least once, to sit Kawhi & PG an entire season while healthy then just bring him in the playoffs. At this point they just can’t be trusted to be left to their own devices and stay healthy🤦🏿♂️
Spurs were blessed that Kawhi's uncle was greedy and got his injury-prone nephew traded. Now the Spurs have the next GOAT and the #4 and #8 pick in this years draft and probably two lotto pick in the deeper 2025 draft. Can you say "super team that is young, too"?
@AMHoops Why do you lie about James Harden beeing 0/6 from three when he actually was 1/7 from three. I know it doesnt change the narrative much but still you did it intentionally. Maybe so you could paint him in a bad light even more?
I went on vacation to LA in November 2019 and caught one of PG-13’s first games as a Clipper (I think Kawhi was injured at the time)… anyway I went to Staples Center and saw PG-13 set the Clippers single game record for most 3PM in a game. It’s been all downhill since for them it seems.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem like Kawhi's body is going to let him continue to be the 1A on the Clippers and PG doesn't seem like he wants to be that guy, Harden wants to be that guy but he isn't able to do it, Westbrook is willing to be 'that guy' but knows that he can't at this point in his career. It's like the Clippers washed up on the island of misfit toys.
@@emilfrederiksen.1622 and I’m not disagreeing. All I’m saying is there are previous times they said blow it up and they didn’t and they won. It’s not all black and white.
I think 2018 raptors is better than this clippers, cus yeah they got destroyed by LeBron cavs without Kyrie but they finished as number 1 team in Eastern conference so that team is good team and only need few adjustments and need another player to step up like Fred van vleet
“One acre of LED lights” right above the court is actually insane
Corny
Distracting from what really matters. The action on the floor.
I'll take our banners over their lights.
It’s 43,560 square feet but “an acre” sounds so much bigger, the one is sofi stadium is over 70,000 sq ft
Alright I’m sold this clippers arena is the best arena of all time.
too bad their team is the most cursed one of all time
@@jerrychacko2661 not true
Did you missed the part where everyone is under surveillance that comes with forced participation under threat of being banned due to not cheering enough.
This some North Korea rules: Forced to cry and cheer for the Great Leader or suffer the consequences.
@@blue-phoenix115 thats for the "Wall" where you cant cheer for the other team and get loud for the home team to give a soccer stadium vibe 🤦♂️ you are not gonna get banned for not cheering enough its seats for clippers super fans. Where the hell are you hearing this crap from and comparing it to North Korea?? Its a sports stadium not the government
No phonix suns and Brooklyn nets have worse luck even pistons have no hope.
'the wall' sounds like something out of Robocop. "Lack of enthusiasm detected. You have 10 seconds to comply"
Yea, creepy af.
@@mattbphotograph8973 u scared of a basketball arena
@@mattbphotograph8973the wall already weeding out the weak nba fans lol
@@manz7860I’ll be damned if I pay for those expensive ass tickets just to be kicked out because I hit legs in morning.
You know your team sucks when you have to threaten your fans into cheering
part of the problem with the NBA is that all these teams are TOO LAZY to build a good team. They rather go out and BUY players who ain't accomplished s**t. Props to all the teams that draft and develop.
100% agree. None of the moves seem to make sense. It feels like they don’t take complimentary players into proper consideration anymore. These players help win championships and evolve teams.
It's more the owners that want immediate results and are not patient enough
Buy players that ain’t accomplished shit!? What did Kawhi do the season before he joined the clippers?
@@BigPlasticPlantaccomplished shit for other teams but not for the clippers, unless you consider always injured being something😂
I think it's a little harsh to say lazy in the Clippers case
In 2019, they chose to compete with the pieces they had instead of tank. People praised them for anti tank culture. And their reward was attracting free agents like Kawhi.
I get they can be better at player development, but it's not like the Clippers method was super lazy and disrespectful. It's a gamble you take as a business
Being obligated to cheer on threat of being kicked out sounds like a spectacularly bad decision. Not being allowed to wear the opposing team’s jersey also sounds like a bad decision. Imagine showing up with a Paul George Pacers jersey and being kicked out lol
Very big brotherish with the chips in the seats
North KoreArena basically
@@mekacrab Nah it makes sense bro you don't go support the clippers wearing a suns jersey that makes total sense nobody forces you to buy the tickets.
It makes sense also who cares if you don't like it don't buy the tickets in that area of the arena.
@@emilfrederiksen.1622 That is okay, but forcing you to stand up and shit... I mean I guess you can just sit elsewhere, but it's kinda weird. They go to lengths just to control the crowd, not a fan.
Kawhi's decision to go to the Clippers as the reigning finals MVP in a weak conference made no sense in the first place.
It made all the sense. He fucking HATED being in Canada (from the taxes, to the nightlife, to the weather) and wanted to go home (he's from LA). He's already won his rings and secured his legacy. He wasn't playing for that shit no more.
He and his uncle were trying to force their way to LA from the Spurs. The Spurs correctly diagnosed that he had a degenerative knee, and it would never truly get better. But Kawhi got his own doctor to lie about it, because he wanted to get that bag in LA.
Spurs traded him to a contending team outside of their conference, and he won a chip. But he was never going to stay anywhere he went. Then he completed his master plan of getting to LA. Too bad he ain't won shit since, but that wasn't part of the plan. Getting a bag in LA was always the plan. And he has gotten the bag, and the injury karma for such a scheme.
I can explain They soothed he and his greedy hustler uncle egos so kawhi can be lazy and not stay healthy spurs fans are owed an apology for how they’ve been called out for warning us about kawhi Leonard
Canada kinda sucks
@@Cooe. Did you seriously just tell me Kawhi cares about the nightlife? 😅
Did everyone miss the part where you are forced to stand up and cheer under surveillance, or get banned for lack of participation.
Just like North Korea: Better cry and cheer for The Great Leader or face the consequences
Yeah that's exactly what I was thinking. North KoreArena
If you go to an arena and are a fan and then don't cheer the team up you shouldn't be there lol why are you so butt hurt over something that actually makes sense.
yeah the only difference is Clippers fans are willingly paying money to attend these games and North Koreans are stuck there against their will 💀 nigga really said North Korea
@@emilfrederiksen.1622that guy who made the original comment is a bot
@@emilfrederiksen.1622An arena doesn’t dictate how you should cheer. Peak stupidity right there. That’s like a grocery store telling you how you should shop.
I’m from LA and a Clippers fan and ur right about our fan base. We do have a “decent fanbase” since LA has a large population but it’s like 10 Laker fans for every Clipper fan.
Only reason I choose Clips over Lakers is cuz i grew up watching the Lob city days. But that new arena should’ve been built in San Diego, in a city where the team would actually be appreciated.
But fs I think PG gotta go.
SD does not care about sports like that. But PG got to
Go. It’s time. Abysmal.
Let PG walk and let Norm cook
The fact that we saw a healthy Kawhi and PG in the playoffs year one and the blew a 3-1 lead should’ve been enough to know this team would never be able to get it done. These guys aren’t getting younger, Kawhi will regress in terms of production with these injuries. The few games the Clippers won were without Kawhi. I’m glad he didn’t re-sign in Toronto now tbh. Great player in his peak but needs a deep roster to support him.
Nowadays he's the most injury prone athlete ever, to your point and if you're a Raptors fan, you're to be glad he didn't resign, and if you're a Clippers fan (like me) be miserable and angry with the front office
@@ShadowKnight1980 Yeah as a Raptors fan i'm glad he didn't re-sign. I doubt they'd be in a place to draft Scottie if he was still on the team. Clippers have always been a cursed franchise. Great owner but they've greatly capped the amount of moves they can make with basically no young prospects with all star potential. They may as well blow it up this off season, the draft class after this coming one is supposed to be pretty good.
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My theory is that Kawaii wanted Clippers to give up all their draft picks to basically make rebuilding impossible, and bascially force the clippers to pay him well into his 30s and avoid ever have to settle for a vet minimum contract. James Harden is also now part of that action. Pretty sure Clippers are gonna give big contract to James Harden soon cause they have been back to a corner that is the only option.
Kawhi is an undercover Laker who’s sole purpose rn is to torment and bankrupt the Clippers💀
Atp they don't have any choice either. They signed kawhi to an extension. Harden is a free agent. PG has a player option he can either opt in to and clippers can trade that, it's not gonna get them a whole lot tho but it's 1 year so that might interest some team willing to clear cap space next year. Or PG might decline and maybe they resign him. Westbrook is for sure gonna be declining his player option. So do you resign 1 of them and maybe get under the tax. Or sign them to run it back again and risk going into luxury tax, which is gonna penalize them even more as time goes on they're on there.
Again they don't have a choice unless they blow it up and decide to trade kawhi and in turn PG might just decline the option as he doesn't want to rebuild. At that point tho you're gonna go to your new stadium with a bunch of nobodies trying to tank.
Hilarious theory but definitely possible 😂
He bullied them into taking Paul George they lost a player that could’ve been the greatest clipper of all time shai gilgeous Alexander kawhi Leonard James harden Westbrook Kevin Durant Ben Simmons and kyrie Irving have ruined player empowerment for everyone
Kawhi is a great player but i dont think he gives 2 shits about winning anymore, if he does great if not he's still making bank and has the team by the balls
Him signing there was a semi retirement plan for him and uncle Dennis all the choke jobs And injured postseason in the world wont change his mind on that
Who made all of that happen? LAWRENCE FRANK, the GM, needs to be fired.
You also called the Gobert trade the worse deal in NBA history
This feels like an ad for the new clippers arena lol
But besides kawhi not being able to stay healthy. I knew this season was done for the clippers when Harden tried to block kawhis shot in a game. He doesn't even close that hard against opponents. Blow it up!
Clippers owner should just bring some full time basketball fans from Serbia and Greece and pay them to attend the games.
Get 1.000 of those and ask them to make an atmosphere.
Have you seen the Euroleauge games of the Greek and Serbian teams ?? The fans are insane and they never stop singing and cheering.
And it would be a lot cheaper than this Wall thing he is installing lmao
So many teams are regretting giving up their draft picks and young players for stars.. Had LA kept SGA and developed their young guys they’d be setup for success in a new arena. Instead they’re about to lose their “stars” for nothing and pay the others millions for them to sit on the bench or under perform when they’re needed most.
Imagine if they just kept SGA. They probably will be better than this Kawhi/PG era
Not probably, for sure, because they'd had kept also all these picks. But now they are doomed 😢
There was no way for anyone to know that SGA would turn out to be the player he is. He hadn't done anything in the league yet.
He took the warriors with Kevin Durant to 6 games with Lou Williams and Danilo Gallinari as his next best players. 2018-2019 was a magical season.
He had no signs of stardom when they traded him. He had potential but he was looking like he'd be a good roleplayer. PG was top 3 in MVP voting, All-NBA first team, and an established star.
Paul George put his all into every team he was on. I’d be really sad if it all ended with him never getting a chip
He dont show up in big games. He'll never win unless he the 3rd option on a team.
Dude is one of the most inconsistent players in nba history. What is there to be sad about? The man has been selling us on what exactly? Look at this years playoff line. His own podcast he admits he shoulda coulda woulda. He’s Tobias Harris in a tougher conference.
@tydenerrek05 Paul George lost to a rookie in the 2018 playoffs, who he (& Chris Paul) recommended to not play another year in college and declare for the Draft...
You CAN'T MAKE THIS SH* UP🤣🤣🤣
@@cl91 Tobias wouldn't have taken the Heat to 6 or 7 games, but I HEAR you 😂😂😂
i'd honestly forgotten just how truly unreliable kawhi has been until you pointed out he's only played in 4 playoff games. that really put it into perspective
you are forgetting the 4% philly city tax to it is 7.5% state and local taxes
He also didn't account for Jock Taxes. That's going to cut into those percentages a bit too when every California game will cost him 13.3%. Not saying the cheaper market doesn't save you $, it's just not as much as the straight tax % of your state.
3:53 Nice little symbols from James. Evil people.
Big love for you man
Westbrook, George, Harden and Leonard are all part of generation that can’t win you a chip anymore. Time to move on.
I'm not maxing either one of these dudes
hi
It sounds crazy to some, but trading Kawhi would get you back valuable assets rather than just paying him to sit for vital parts of your post season.
They should F around and trade him to New Orleans. They never get stars in free agency anyway 😅
Assets? So you're counting on idiots that haven't paid attention to NBA the last 5 yrs to offer valuable assets for an aging player with chronic injuries that have kept him from playing?
Chances are minuscule that someone is so stupid but I guess you can believe in miracles.
You can't demand the fans to cheer for specific team. You gotta be so good that they can't help but cheer for you. I don't see the Clippers turning around this decade...
It makes they wanna a create a hard home atmosphere kinda like MSG.
@@emilfrederiksen.1622 Artificially? Kinda weak that they have to fake it to make up for it.
@idiotrun1997 One thing's for certain. Ballmer better learn his lesson from the Kawhi and PG experiment and not repeat it in the next 6 years.
If Ballmer isn't committed to a rebuild, I can see him selling the team after Clippers host All-Star Weekend in their new arena
@@emilfrederiksen.1622 That large screen ain't it.
What was the interior designer thinking? 🤦
they'd be better off banning people who cheer for the other team & not allowing people to sit in such a designated area if they can't get excited when the team is playing well.
I haven’t even finished the vid and I already know this is gonna be another masterpiece from you 😆
can you make a comment that sounds more like a bot please ?
@@mekacrab
This video is so epic for real lolololololol 🤯! Time to dig into some cold melon and toenail soup!
The new arena is going to be a great selling point for new players.
The title of this video should be “The Clippers New Crazy Arena”
Kawhi sabotaged the Lakers, giving them a false hope of signing.
Had he chose the Lakers, he would have LeBron and AD carrying the regular season instead of PG.
Yeah. It's his fault. 😂😂
Imagine crying that a player didn't want to join a superteam but have his own. Especially a LeBron team and all the drama he brings.
@@vlada and how many rings the Clippers got?
Why do people call that the PG trade bad? That trade was for two players not one because if they didn’t get PG they wouldn’t get Kawhi so essentially they traded SGA, Galinari and all those picks for “Kawhi & PG”.
Big facts
They call it bad because it was bad.
@@xander0901 it’s bad in hindsight. It wasn’t bad when they made it🤷🏿♂️…just as a personal opinion I don’t think the Clippers were gonna get SGA to the level he’s at now in OKC. I don’t trust the Clippers to draft as well as OKC and I don’t trust them to develop a young star: I mean look at Blake, just entertaining but nowhere near a competitive force like the OKC have done with SGA.
Hi Casey, what happened to the pod? Your pod was great!
Kawhi looks stoned out his mind in that thumbnail
Maybe he's related to Brandon Ingram...
Dolan: "No, you can't make it here."
Balmer: *Drops 4 million*
Dolan: "I'm out."
Sign and trade PG to the Knicks
The disrespect towards Luka and the Mavs, who actually beat the Clippers, is kinda ridiculous. You mention Edwards, Jokic and SGA as young superstars leading strong teams in the Western Conference and not him? Btw.: SGA is not 24, but 25 soon turning 26 and older than Doncic.
Who cares about this joke of a team from Texas
Who cares about the Mavs 😂
@@ShadowKnight1980 Maybe not you, but obviously a lot of people do. Who are you rooting for?
@@antifaschi7869 I root for a miserable, unpopular team, that everyone hates. Media, referees, RUclips ppl (like Bill Simmons, or Casey Keirnan, etc) Can you guess?
It is easy I suppose
@@ShadowKnight1980 Just tell me. Fans of almost every team would claim that they are hated by media, refs etc., I guess. xD Btw....I never watched Bill Simmons and had to look him up. I am from Germany and started to follow the NBA again during the season Milwaukee won the chip after a very long abstinence. I am not that familiar with all these media guys you have. Who cries currently the most about refs and is indeed a miserable, unpopular team? Maybe the Sixers with their flopping playoff-choker Embiid? xD
I just saw the channels you follow. So nevermind. Poor guy. :P
This team needs to be blown up. I’ve said this since 2022. People underestimate how easy it could be. Zubac/Mann/Powell/Bones could get you picks. Then you have tons of cap space next summer. Maybe Warriors take Kawhi for a pick and salary.
Laughs in San Antonio Spurs
They need to sell tickets to their new arena 😂😂
Imagine getting kicked out of a stadium for being a fan of another team or not cheering.
Honestly A for effort it's nice seeing an owner put so much into the team. But some of those things are stupid af. Clippers sales are mainly Lakers fans who can't afford laker tickets. I went to a clipper playoff game for a good deal. Going to a laker playoff game is like two weeks of groceries.
Kawhi played every game in 2020's playoffs which was 13 games, 11 games of a possible 18 in 2021, 2 games of a possible 5 in 2023, and 2 games of a possible 6 in 2024. That's 28 playoff games out of the Clippers' 43 playoff games since the '19-'20 season. Where is this "4 of 19 since 2019" coming from? Some *really* bad math?
2020 isn't a real playoffs
Bet. He still played 11 playoff games the following year before tearing his ACL. 7 against Dallas, 4 against Utah. 4/19 since 2019, how?
Blow it up completely and move the franchise to Seattle. Makes no sense why LA has two NBA teams.
As a clipper fan
It has been a disappointment but you can’t just blow it up, at least not now, the Clippers don’t have there draft pick until two more years, so you keep running it back until Kawhi’s deal is up and if they can’t win, blow it up after, when they will have there own pick
If they decide to blow it up now, The Thunder will be an even bigger winner from that PG13 trade because they will have even higher picks at there hands
If you wait for Kawhi's deal to end then you get nothing back from his departure.
Should've stayed with the raptors huh kawhi 💀
Living in San Diego next to the ocean or an urban sh*thole like Toronto. Hmmm...
But yeah, playing in weak east does have advantages...
@vlada damn why u so mad all I said is kawhi should've stayed with the raptors he probably would win another ring I never said anything about the city of Toronto or LA calling Toronto s*ithole tells me alot about what type of fan u is
The GOAT of sports arenas and it's not even close. But the team is very flawed and damaged so the fans can spend their whole time on their iphones/androids instead of the games. 🤦🏼
🤣🤣🤣You can’t kick people out for not cheering the Clippers!!! Those are grounds to sue! If I go watch the Clippers to watch them lose to the Denver Nuggets, I’m going to cheer whoever I damn please if I paid my money. You might as well call the new Clippers arena the Social Justice Arena!
Why do people pretend like what the Clippers did was so outer worldly? There isn’t a team in the league that would have done a thing differently. Getting the FMVP to paid with a guy who was 3rd in mvp voting and the role players are a Friday team that made it to the playoffs without a all star player. C’mon man. I don’t blame Steve or Jerry for that. Look what LA gave up for AD, Clippers didn’t make all that trade for PG, they made it to get Kawhi & PG.
Steve Ballmer is a mad man, i love it
Many superstars don't understand the meaning of teamwork, trust and unity because they are selfish and egomaniac. That's problematic for the Clippers.
Why's everyone surprised abt Kawhi? He strung Spurs for years and he's gotten 2 rings and getting paid. He doesn't care one lick.
0:40 had me dying
😂😂😂
It would be so awkward for the clippers if none of the 4 washed up superstars stayed. Then they would have young guys and rookies play in this massive arena which is so pressuring for them
What about people who want to watch the game? Or if they're idk.....DISABLED? Having to stand up constantly is absurd. Can you not just clap?
SGA IS 25 turning 26
Clippers revamped defense over offense, faster, stronger, more athletic, more defense by far, more swagger, more energy, more hustle...... Clippers make perfect sense.
I feel PG for this. He's always available for his team every night to play ball. but that guy Kawhi Leonard. No where to be found. Street Clothes Kawhi..
Call me crazy but if I was the Bucks I would have offered to trade Lillard for Kawhi
Yes Kawhi is barely healthy but in an organization like the bucks you just need him to be healthy in half the games and the Bucks struggled the most in defense this year. I think he would be a great addition to Giannis.
Clippers would get in return an all time scorer and 3point shooter in Lillard
Clippers need a consistent scorer to their roster and Lillard is a top 3 scorer and clutch player in the league
It’s a win win in my books
You say it's a win-win, but Kawhi played 2 playoff games this year and last year.
Giannis has been injured in back-to-back playoffs years and you think trading for Kawhi is a 'good move'?
You'd make Milwaukee worse than they already are. And I'm not even a fan of or think of them highly since they won their championship.
Since 2021, both franchises have been irrelevant come playoff time
@@ColdHoops it’s true but if you are Milwaukee you need to gamble.
Giannis played 2 playoff games in 2 years but he played over 65 games each year so it’s just bad luck that he gets injured around playoff time
Kawhi most probably will miss a lot of games but in my opinion they should gamble with him since Lillard wasn’t a good fit to them and there isn’t much trading value on him due to his age
Also because Milwaukee has a decent all around team they wouldn’t force Kawhi to play every single game in the regular season
On the other hand Lillard is a player the clippers could really use right now scoring wise
@@TheOtherGuy021 I don't think you understand. If they trade Dame, who's their point guard? They'd have the same issue Phoenix had this season.
You can say it's bad luck but injuries are part of the game and always happen.
Let's say hypothetically, they trade for Kawhi and next season in the playoffs both Giannis and Kawhi barely play in the first round and Milwuakee lose AGAIN. What would you say then?
It's completely understandable as to why they'd keep this foolish dream alive. Unless the Clippers want to have the new arena filled with opposing fans, which would mean a lot of kick-outs.
They don’t have to let Harden walk because there’s really not much cap space out there now. A sign and trade is very likely. They could get picks and an expiring deal. They can trade PG and Kawhi for at least 5-6 first rounders. Then maybe trade Powell for a first. Harden then can net you a first. I’d rather do this than continue to hover around mid.
PG doesn’t really fix Philly’s issues which are mainly 3 pointers and perimeter defense
PG max contract is wild, whoever will give him that contract regret it.
Bro didn’t even need to drop this we all know this no disrespect
Expensive and giant scoreboard to remind the home team and fans how much they trail the visiting team.
Thanks for acknowledging how crappy it’s been with these crappy game times in Staples/Crypto !! Three years ago in the playoffs, the Clippers had to play every other day for 2 weeks straight. 😖
The issue is ... Kawahi out here getting 150 mil for 3 years.... And he is barely able to make it thru the regular season healthy. Any of the other starters, pg, harden , zub would be thinkin.... 'this fool gettin 150 mil for nothin , why am I expected to perform at a high level ?'.😏
I don't know why they took Tucker over Batum, but it says a lot about their decision making
You don't know how the League works and it shows.
Tucker is one of Harden's closest friends. If they add him to the deal, then Harden would be over the moon and can settle into a new team with a player he knows well and played with both in Houston & Philly
Man spent more than half of this video describing this stadium. Tells me the clips deserve this less and less
6:34 that math is wrong, nba players pay state taxes for each game in the state the game was played in so half of the games pay would be taxed at the 12.5% then the other games pay would be taxed at the state tax rate that they are playing in. Example: play the magic in Orlando and you pay ZERO state tax..play a game in Sacramento you’d pay the California state tax rate.
The math is complex but you misrepresented it as if it was super simple
I wouldnt extent Kawhi
Paul George, Kawhi, james Harden and Russell Westbrook are from LA. They will all take less money to stay
Dave>Underdog🙏🙏
Cool arena 👍
The new era of players are dominating
Im sure if it is just 10M more he wont leave he loves his hometown
"oh a million other teams would love to be us" really?? there are only 30 NBA teams... 60 if you count the G league teams
Remember when they traded SGA (and two 1sts) for PG13? Good times.
4/19 playoff games played and yet they are paying him 50+ a year for the next 3. I thought Ballmer was a smart guy
Imagine this, San Antonio signs PG, they trade their 2 top 8 picks for Trae Young. How scary would a big 3 of Trae Young, PG, and Wemby would be?!
Regarding Westbrook's statement. The first part was defensive enough: sounds like Russ wrote that or dictated that to a writer. But the overall writing style doesn't sound like how he talks, nor what he talks about. Someone else wrote that statement, then Russ gave it his imprimatur.
4:53 is that actually a rule? Because that’s some bs. I’d never go there
It’s all good, KL got that sub max contract extension before he injured his knee, shrewd dude is covered for a few more years!
Now look I would fully understand if the Clippers were asking him to take some kind of massive pay cut, but if they're offering him the same deal that Kawhi got? At some point, you do just look greedy when either contract would set your family up for generations AND you've already MADE enough to set your family up for generations. The only thing PG13 should be aiming at is a ring and his legacy at this point. The Clippers have the talent, but need a top-shelf big to compete in the Western Conference playoffs. Freeing up a little cash from the contracts of PG13, Kawhi, and Harden to do that should be something worth having a conversation around.
I expected the Clippers ,at least once, to sit Kawhi & PG an entire season while healthy then just bring him in the playoffs. At this point they just can’t be trusted to be left to their own devices and stay healthy🤦🏿♂️
If Kawhi plays ALL of Team USA's games this summer, Clippers really have to question him before next season's training camp
Spurs were blessed that Kawhi's uncle was greedy and got his injury-prone nephew traded. Now the Spurs have the next GOAT and the #4 and #8 pick in this years draft and probably two lotto pick in the deeper 2025 draft. Can you say "super team that is young, too"?
How is the Spurs have a 200 IQ front office as Laker Fan im jealous
Makes perfect sense if your a Thunder fan 👌👌💪
@AMHoops Why do you lie about James Harden beeing 0/6 from three when he actually was 1/7 from three. I know it doesnt change the narrative much but still you did it intentionally. Maybe so you could paint him in a bad light even more?
I went on vacation to LA in November 2019 and caught one of PG-13’s first games as a Clipper (I think Kawhi was injured at the time)… anyway I went to Staples Center and saw PG-13 set the Clippers single game record for most 3PM in a game. It’s been all downhill since for them it seems.
Even the lakers and warriors managed to win titles in the last 5 years.
Meanwhile I just wanna see Fox in the playoffs again...
Unfortunately it doesn't seem like Kawhi's body is going to let him continue to be the 1A on the Clippers and PG doesn't seem like he wants to be that guy, Harden wants to be that guy but he isn't able to do it, Westbrook is willing to be 'that guy' but knows that he can't at this point in his career. It's like the Clippers washed up on the island of misfit toys.
I love how max contracts are thrown out like crazy to guys who never made the finals or are serious playoff threats.
Shout out to Lame Dollar😅
I would’ve moved the team to Seattle immediately after realising the Clippers need their own arena.
State taxes aren’t that simple but I get your point
Just retool around Kawhi and sign and trade PG. Their fit together was always redundant.
8:44 SGA is turning 26 this coming July.
Your right the clippers gotta be like the warriors team in 2022 especially if kawhi is healthy tho for next year
Russ is such a beautiful soul, that's all I can say
The Media said the same thing to the Toronto Raptors after their 2018 season. They made a few adjustments then a 2019 championship.
Lol the Raptors had a young team and had insanely good depth it was only starpower holding them back exact opposite of the Clippers.
@@emilfrederiksen.1622 and I’m not disagreeing. All I’m saying is there are previous times they said blow it up and they didn’t and they won. It’s not all black and white.
I think 2018 raptors is better than this clippers, cus yeah they got destroyed by LeBron cavs without Kyrie but they finished as number 1 team in Eastern conference so that team is good team and only need few adjustments and need another player to step up like Fred van vleet
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