@@PlayfulCloud3 My point is he still did it for the betterment of the team, but nobody wants to talk about that. If other players did the same thing the media would be talking about it non-stop
@@sydguitar99....i agree. I'm not a Harden guy but the facts are the facts. This is why he was so pissed at Morey. Morey lied and everyone knows it. He got away with it because some fans and the national media like having James Harden as a sort of "villain" because of how he left Houston and Brooklyn and i am not going to defend those actions. The man seems prepared to go all out for The Clippers and that's really all that should matter to Clippers fans. He's here to try to help you all win a title. He's still a really good player. Let's see what happens!
@@sammyslam1 and it's a shame, no one wants to give him credit or even want to take the time understand how bad of a situation he was in. And realistically if the Sixers had this Harden in the playoffs, they would have beaten the Knicks
Great job staying positive Dime and continuing to create Clippers content! Nico and Mo are interesting additions in my view. It tells me The Clippers will likely be experimenting with more five out offensive concepts while still having length on the floor. I think my boy Russ will be moved but i still believe The Clippers will win close to 48-52 games if they get at least 65 games with both Kawhi and Harden on the floor together. This is a perfect time for Terrance Mann to step up and show he can be a force on the offensive end. Keep going young man! Nothing is decided until it is decided and we'll just have to wait and see which is the best team in 2024/2025.... My Lakers appear lost and the fans don't want the organization to stay committed to development and team building. I live in the Bay Area and i think The Warriors are done as an elite team and probably done as a playoff(top 6) western conference team. The Nuggets have lost some key role players over the last two offseasons. Maybe The Clippers can get another healthy Kawhi postseason, this time with Harden rather than PG as his #2? Who knows?
Harden time and time has done team friendly deals and he did one that’s beneficial for him too if things go wrong. There is no bigger motivation than to have Pg sign a max with the team that didn’t give him one. Harden is clearly the better player but George had tons of leverage because morey specifically made moves for years to have this offseason available and it was Paul George or nothing. It’s cool. This season we will see a new version of harden. Assuming we don’t get derozan, harden will go back to getting more shots up. Kawhi is easily the best player he has ever played with and kawhi had a spectacular season before the injury. If we are healthy we are still the best team. And you are correct, George was only better than harden in 2022. Other than that, Paul George’s career is pale in comparison to hardens. It’s actually hilarious Paul went to Philly. I can’t wait for the season to start. And in praying we get a Philly clippers final but we obviously know that PG will not move the needle for them but hey least he got his money
The problem with James is he's inconsistent as hell and is an absolute disease on defense. Whenever he is in without PG and Kawhi the entire teams defense breaks down and nobody tries. it was pretty bad to watch
Also the Rockets offered him an extra 100mil for 2 years in 2020 i believe but Harden declined it bc he wanted to win a ring snd the new Rockets owner was hesitant to spend on another star
11:30 Broklyn offer Harden 4 years max 205 Mil Harden wanted to sign it later and everything with Kyrie happened and he didnt sign, but Broklyn was expecting him to sign for the max like KD did
Yes it sux to see pg go, yes it hurts that clippers could of gotten something in return for him, but I will say, All is not lost. Clippers actually have been doing pretty well for what they can in the free agency market, looking forward to seeing zu and mann having a bigger role, having prioritize defense over offense, we still got powell of we don't trade him. We're not looking g bad. Need a starting caliber pf tho and I think we can be solid in the west
Im not a big fan of Zu but him and Harden before he got injured were phenomenal. So hopefully now that he's on for this coming season he continues to help Zu grow as a player 🤞
Zu was crushing Gafford and Lively in Game 1. I swear I could see "a switch flip" as the refs gave Dallas a green light to foul late in Q2 and throughout the series. PG got in severe foul trouble in at least half the games. If this org is serious about winning it all, Ballmer should be hammering some league heads an earful and threatening to withhold further investment, while internally we MUST execute with better IQ at the player, coaching AND management level.
Zubac was only good in game 1. He got dominated by PJ and lively and gafford all series. He sss teeeible defensively. He’s just our last rotation guy so he played better than expected but he was awful. Mann was the only help that James harden had
@@andreslancheros2863 Negative Zubac scored at will, THE COACHHHHHH didn't use him. He scored every time in the series dam near. Ty is an ididiot. That's why Van Gundy is cleaning house already
If the Clippers & Ty Lue were really looking at the team construction, which Lue hasn’t shown to be a very smart or thoughtful offensive minded coach, they should think about playing Harden at SG instead of PG and let Mann play the point (or offensive initiator) bc Mann plays with more pace and has very good IQ which results in positive plays. Harden can still get his 20pts 7 or 8 assist, but his spot up 3’s would definitely give us a long ball threat. I would start Nico at PF & bring Jones off the bench as a 3 & D guy and lob threat. However, If they can trade a combination of these players (PJ, Russ, Bones & Dunn or one of the young guys who split time in the D League) for a guy like John Collins then they can bring Nico off the bench. I hear Denver is very interested in Russ so involving Nuggets to get a guy like Collins ($26M per) should be a possibility. What do you think?
Id keep Mann at 2. Maybe even start norm. Slide kawhi to 3. Maybe miles bridges signs and in that case he’d start at 4. Otherwise trade package to portland for jerami grant.
@@Wokonwater Clippers will not win with Harden pounding the ball and walking it up court … they need to get into their offense faster. Kawhi should be the 1st option every play, otherwise look for a fast break opportunity. Harden needs to be the catch and shoot guy, the #1 option on the perimeter, otherwise give the ball to KL on the elbow or post up. Zu should be the second option down low or pick & roll. It’s simple basketball. Lue is not a great coach and his style is easy to defense. Clippers may struggle to make the play-in 10th seed this season as currently structured, especially with a subpar coach.
The additions we have made so far are solid and improve our defense and gotten younger. Still got some moves to make but like how our squad is forming. Great point you made about 76ers giving PG that deal after harden outplayed him and PG folded once again.
I love what this FO is doing. Letting PG walk was the best decision. Now look at the players they were able to bring in. I truly hope there’s more big moves coming. We are a play in team in my eyes right now. But with a long season I think we could shock people. Harden Kawhi and company might be something. But that being said if this season is a mess and kawhi etc are healthy blow it up. Get more youth get draft picks.
Bruh I'm no huge PG fan (glad he waljed), but to say Harden outplayed PG while not mentioning Harden's zero on defense is suspect. PG is a better 1-on-1 defender obviously but also a wayyyy better team/positional defender. Harden messes up defensive rotations wat too often. PG not so much a problem. So 2-way PG is the more impactful player. But the Clippers have enough to replace PG especially with Batum/DJJ for 1/3 the price.
No serious baller thinks Clippers are a championship threat with Harden. His lack of defense is the Achilles heel in the playoffs regardless of offense even in Houston. And this ain't Houston.
Lesser of 2 evils to let PG walk. Problem is that even next year Harden at 35mm/per is not exactly a prime trade chip. This year is gonna be just getting Kawhi back healthy. Would have preferred to sign DeMar over Harden (or additionally sign/trade for DeMar), but Clips front office ain't exactly proving to be basketball brilliant.
@@LockedOnClippers if Paul George got a max and jerami grant and FVF , OG, etc then harden is a max player he’s just actually team friendly and wants to win
Also Harden has been one of the best rebounders for a his position many years (well around 7-8 a year for a majority of his prime and well after). 6 rebounds for your lead gaurds is solid also you can easily say he was a better rebounder than PG this year
he camps in the dunker, a lot. they're what I call "Lebron rebounds". I think he's a good rebounder for a guard but not the effort we needed the last 3 months of the season
@@LockedOnClippers fair criticism but (to praise him and Lebron for a sec) it definitely takes high BB IQ and great kinetic vision to know and see where to be off a missed shot that hits the rim or backboard at various angles and rotations
PG played more perimeter defense so was out of position for rebounds. Guys take a role and harden fit best in closer to the rim on defense. With harden you like to play him closer to the basket on defense on bigger or older players like SF, PF even. Not taking anything away from James, been watching him a long time. He needs those good defenders around him who can switch because getting screened alot or isolated on by smaller faster players was used by other teams to wear harden down. Batum is a perfect match with harden as are derrick jones jr and Kawi. Those three guys can switch 1-4. On offense harden will get the ball to these guys when they can do the most damage. Embiid(FG%), Maxey(FG%), Kyrie(50/40/90), KD(3 point%) and Kawi(FG%) all set some kind of career shooting highs playing with harden. IF they have the 3 and D guys to play around harden and kawi, that should solve the transition D problems and depth/rebounding issues. The clippers need more depth and a PG max contract would kill that ability to sign quality depth. And to be sure PG is 34, a 4 year deal @ 55M makes no sense for the clippers.
The Benny boys of PG talking about how PG stabbed clippers on the back!! Jealousy is the key why PG left clippers! Good riddance, he is no worth. He is a jealous guy who only want to lift himself and not about the team or his teammates. He is greedy!!
I don't think you can move Norman Powell now given the loss of PG. The team needs all the scoring it can get and Norm is the most aggressive scorer of the reserves(also Bones but at way lower efficiency) I'm not sure where The Clippers stand now relative to the first and second aprons after the recent additions? Both limit trade activity but the second apron is far more restrictive. I think Terrance Mann has an advocate in Lawrence Frank so i don't expect him to be traded. I think The Clippers also want to give Kawhi and Harden(and Coach Lue) a legitimate chance at staying in the postseason chase, so i expect they will try to retain Norman Powell as well. The expiring contracts of PJ Tucker and Russell Westbrook are the ones they are probably trying to offload. However i don't believe they can combine salaries in a deal now? They might have to make a few one vs one trades. I could see Amir Coffey also going out. Jones Jr can provide some of the things he provided.
There is nothing great about the clippers … harden didn’t even take a pay cut . He is overpaid, next season will reveal the truth . Keep trying to cope with the continuous losses I guess
If the Clippers & Ty Lue were really looking at the team construction, which Lue hasn’t shown to be a very smart or thoughtful offensive minded coach, they should think about playing Harden at SG instead of PG and let Mann play the point (or offensive initiator) bc Mann plays with more pace and has very good IQ which results in positive plays. Harden can still get his 20pts 7 or 8 assist, but his spot up 3’s would definitely give us a long ball threat. I would start Nico at PF & bring Jones off the bench as a 3 & D guy and lob threat. However, If they can trade a combination of these players (PJ, Russ, Bones & Dunn or one of the young guys who split time in the D League) for a guy like John Collins then they can bring Nico off the bench. I hear Denver is very interested in Russ so involving Nuggets to get a guy like Collins ($26M per) should be a possibility. What do you think?
a huge part of being a PG is vision to pick apar4et the defense. Harden>>>Mann there. Mann is not a PG. I think mann will do much better with a guy like derrick jones who will guard the best opposing wing. Man was so focused on defense, he was burning energy. Now they can rotate mann onto a top scorer when needed but derick jones will handle the wings. People often overlook what happens when your guy has to guard a shai or an anthony edwards all game. The celtics rotate 3 or even 4 different defenders onto a guy like luka or kyrie. Im looking forward to seeing mann take a step back to a scorer and get that 3pt % up where it was a coupole years ago, so he can space the floor. I especially like the derrick jones move so Kawi doesnt have to play the best wing too many minutes in the regular season.
@@thomasblank2353 I agree with you 💯 about TMann on the defensive assignments. However Jones is not a starting player on a championship team; he can spell T Mann off the bench which (to your point) allows Mann to have more energy to do other things throughout the game. Batum or a bigger body that DJJ is needed to play PF so Kawhi can get back to being the other perimeter defender and allow Zu & Batum rim protection. Batum I. Old, but he can teach Kobe Brown how to play that position. Kobe has basically the same body type as Nico. Now to my original point, Mann doesn’t need to be a point guard in the literal sense of the position. He needs to push the pace and get the team into the offense before they have a chance to double Kawhi (& Harden), which will do a few things; 1) increase the number of offensive possessions, which will 2) result in more points scored. 3) This also allows T Mann to be more aggressive on offense and create easier opportunities for players who run with him, like Kawhi, Norm, Big Zu & DJJ/Coffey. Before Russ was signed Mann was just fine as the “initiator “ of the offense, as I am suggesting. The Clips had something like an 11-4 record with him as the primary ball handler getting into their sets. As I said, Harden can still get 7 or 8 assist in the half court offense, he just won’t be walking the ball up the court and dribbling for 15 seconds into the clock. The Clippers are a much better team when the ball is moving and guys are not just standing around in the corner (Kawhi) while Harden “looks over the defense”. Thats a losing style of basketball, as the world witness in the Finals as Dallas got destroyed playing that exact style. Small ball & that bull💩”I am a system” has not resulted in any championships throughout Hardens career and I don’t see that style winning ever with him as THE ball dominant player, on any team.
As a measure of chips is pretty bad way to evaluate. The clippers were 24th in offense efficiency in 2021, 16th in' 2023(westbrook)_ and 4th in 2024 with harden running the offense. IN his first year with the Brooklyn the nets were 2nd in the NBA in passes per game with harden running the offense. But with the clippers that passing didnt happen, too much isolation not enough off ball movement. Too many gu7uys standing around waiting for the rock or waiting for kawi or PG to make a move. Harden brings better offense, that is proven over the years, but the isolation tendency of the clippers needs to change. The youth will help defensively, just have to get those young guys involved in the offense. Last year Hardens usage rate was 20%, PG was 26.6% and Kawi was 26.5. Before hardens arrival PG was at 30% usage for 2 years with the clippers. As PG's usage rate dropped from 33 to 26.6 over 3 years with the clippers his FG% went from 42% to 47%. I think mann will get a shot and his FG% of ~50% indicates he should get more shots as he is still very efficient. I think both westbrook(25.5% usage) and PG took shots away from mann, more so than harden
I'm very happy we're getting younger.
He took less money in Philly as well to help build out the team, something people in the media don't give him credit for at all
although it was useless with harris and pj on the line up
@@PlayfulCloud3 My point is he still did it for the betterment of the team, but nobody wants to talk about that. If other players did the same thing the media would be talking about it non-stop
@@sydguitar99....i agree.
I'm not a Harden guy but the facts are the facts.
This is why he was so pissed at Morey.
Morey lied and everyone knows it.
He got away with it because some fans and the national media like having James Harden as a sort of "villain" because of how he left Houston and Brooklyn and i am not going to defend those actions.
The man seems prepared to go all out for The Clippers and that's really all that should matter to Clippers fans.
He's here to try to help you all win a title.
He's still a really good player.
Let's see what happens!
@@sammyslam1 and it's a shame, no one wants to give him credit or even want to take the time understand how bad of a situation he was in. And realistically if the Sixers had this Harden in the playoffs, they would have beaten the Knicks
Lebron betta
Great job staying positive Dime and continuing to create Clippers content!
Nico and Mo are interesting additions in my view.
It tells me The Clippers will likely be experimenting with more five out offensive concepts while still having length on the floor.
I think my boy Russ will be moved but i still believe The Clippers will win close to 48-52 games if they get at least 65 games with both Kawhi and Harden on the floor together.
This is a perfect time for Terrance Mann to step up and show he can be a force on the offensive end.
Keep going young man!
Nothing is decided until it is decided and we'll just have to wait and see which is the best team in 2024/2025....
My Lakers appear lost and the fans don't want the organization to stay committed to development and team building.
I live in the Bay Area and i think The Warriors are done as an elite team and probably done as a playoff(top 6) western conference team.
The Nuggets have lost some key role players over the last two offseasons.
Maybe The Clippers can get another healthy Kawhi postseason, this time with Harden rather than PG as his #2?
Who knows?
💯💯💯
Harden time and time has done team friendly deals and he did one that’s beneficial for him too if things go wrong. There is no bigger motivation than to have Pg sign a max with the team that didn’t give him one. Harden is clearly the better player but George had tons of leverage because morey specifically made moves for years to have this offseason available and it was Paul George or nothing. It’s cool. This season we will see a new version of harden.
Assuming we don’t get derozan, harden will go back to getting more shots up. Kawhi is easily the best player he has ever played with and kawhi had a spectacular season before the injury. If we are healthy we are still the best team.
And you are correct, George was only better than harden in 2022. Other than that, Paul George’s career is pale in comparison to hardens. It’s actually hilarious Paul went to Philly. I can’t wait for the season to start. And in praying we get a Philly clippers final but we obviously know that PG will not move the needle for them but hey least he got his money
So ironic
I am kinda excited for next year, idk if we will be good, but we are going to be underdogs and scrappy
Nico, Baamba,Jones Jr, Dunn,KPJ
Avengers... assemble! 😉LFrank putting together an interesting group , can't wait to see it play out on the court. Let's go, Clippers!
@@oldmanyen2749 hoping for Zach Levine
What about derozan
@@luislemus5442No more Klutch players. Get Demar Derozan
Is it possible we get DeMar?🤨
Why are we not going after Jeremy Grant, he’s a lesser version of PG but at least he plays hard or what about Kuzma?
With what assets
@@LockedOnClippers💯
The problem with James is he's inconsistent as hell and is an absolute disease on defense. Whenever he is in without PG and Kawhi the entire teams defense breaks down and nobody tries. it was pretty bad to watch
Also the Rockets offered him an extra 100mil for 2 years in 2020 i believe but Harden declined it bc he wanted to win a ring snd the new Rockets owner was hesitant to spend on another star
Yuppp nobody wants to talk ab this tho. Tillman is literally the cheapest owner
That's what I said, Batum don't want to play with Paul.
DJJ dunks in the Intuit love it
Lebron betta
11:30 Broklyn offer Harden 4 years max 205 Mil Harden wanted to sign it later and everything with Kyrie happened and he didnt sign, but Broklyn was expecting him to sign for the max like KD did
Yes it sux to see pg go, yes it hurts that clippers could of gotten something in return for him, but I will say, All is not lost. Clippers actually have been doing pretty well for what they can in the free agency market, looking forward to seeing zu and mann having a bigger role, having prioritize defense over offense, we still got powell of we don't trade him. We're not looking g bad. Need a starting caliber pf tho and I think we can be solid in the west
Im not a big fan of Zu but him and Harden before he got injured were phenomenal. So hopefully now that he's on for this coming season he continues to help Zu grow as a player 🤞
TMann was our best player. Showed up 6 nights, Harden only showed 4.5. Zubac showed up 6 games too
Zu was crushing Gafford and Lively in Game 1. I swear I could see "a switch flip" as the refs gave Dallas a green light to foul late in Q2 and throughout the series. PG got in severe foul trouble in at least half the games.
If this org is serious about winning it all, Ballmer should be hammering some league heads an earful and threatening to withhold further investment,
while internally we MUST execute with better IQ at the player, coaching AND management level.
Zubac was only good in game 1. He got dominated by PJ and lively and gafford all series. He sss teeeible defensively. He’s just our last rotation guy so he played better than expected but he was awful. Mann was the only help that James harden had
@@andreslancheros2863 Negative Zubac scored at will, THE COACHHHHHH didn't use him. He scored every time in the series dam near. Ty is an ididiot. That's why Van Gundy is cleaning house already
@andreslancheros2863 also PG was being a bitxch, Zubac was fighting off 5 guys in his paint, so yes Gafford was alone.
@andreslancheros2863 Zubac gets help he will destroy Dallas paint, like he did when he was fed. Tf
clippers should try to get jerami grant
Let’s be real embiid didn’t win them no games against Boston harden won them games Embiid was the mvp who didn’t win them a game but yup blame harden
Blame the media for needing a scapegoat/villain
Exactly
Teas gone cold I’m wondering why
Since we let PG go and recovered so beautifully give them their name back :)!
If the Clippers & Ty Lue were really looking at the team construction, which Lue hasn’t shown to be a very smart or thoughtful offensive minded coach, they should think about playing Harden at SG instead of PG and let Mann play the point (or offensive initiator) bc Mann plays with more pace and has very good IQ which results in positive plays. Harden can still get his 20pts 7 or 8 assist, but his spot up 3’s would definitely give us a long ball threat.
I would start Nico at PF & bring Jones off the bench as a 3 & D guy and lob threat. However, If they can trade a combination of these players (PJ, Russ, Bones & Dunn or one of the young guys who split time in the D League) for a guy like John Collins then they can bring Nico off the bench. I hear Denver is very interested in Russ so involving Nuggets to get a guy like Collins ($26M per) should be a possibility.
What do you think?
Man harden is the best pg in the league
Id keep Mann at 2. Maybe even start norm. Slide kawhi to 3. Maybe miles bridges signs and in that case he’d start at 4. Otherwise trade package to portland for jerami grant.
@@Wokonwater Clippers will not win with Harden pounding the ball and walking it up court … they need to get into their offense faster. Kawhi should be the 1st option every play, otherwise look for a fast break opportunity. Harden needs to be the catch and shoot guy, the #1 option on the perimeter, otherwise give the ball to KL on the elbow or post up. Zu should be the second option down low or pick & roll. It’s simple basketball. Lue is not a great coach and his style is easy to defense. Clippers may struggle to make the play-in 10th seed this season as currently structured, especially with a subpar coach.
The additions we have made so far are solid and improve our defense and gotten younger. Still got some moves to make but like how our squad is forming. Great point you made about 76ers giving PG that deal after harden outplayed him and PG folded once again.
Yeah but they didn’t want to give Harden the deal after he won the 76ers two games alone and he kept the clippers in the series… make it make sense.
Win for Nico 🫡
Clippers fans are truly delusional about James harden
Why are you on a clippers fan page if you aren’t a clips fan then?? Who TF are you
@@Jclipcity96 This is sports talk in general dude... no one is safe
@@Jclipcity96cry 😢
I agree lol
Our organization may be "a jumble of wtf", but one thing us Clippers fans DO have is the BEST team podcaster, hands down!
Haha thanks man
Good deal for both side imo
Kawhi pulled another heist on the clippers. No mask or gloves
This dude needs to start a payment plan to get Steve ballmer his money back for that new arena
Your very lucky dude doing things that you love I wish I can be like that
How old are you
@@LockedOnClippersIm old man Im already 39
@@pats1836 damn
@@LockedOnClippers 😅
3:38 Batum!!!
What are the details of the Kris Dunn deal? How long did he sign for?
We still don’t know
I love what this FO is doing. Letting PG walk was the best decision. Now look at the players they were able to bring in. I truly hope there’s more big moves coming.
We are a play in team in my eyes right now. But with a long season I think we could shock people. Harden Kawhi and company might be something.
But that being said if this season is a mess and kawhi etc are healthy blow it up. Get more youth get draft picks.
Harden has never missed the playoffs and these signings look ok, guess we will be ok.
Bruh I'm no huge PG fan (glad he waljed), but to say Harden outplayed PG while not mentioning Harden's zero on defense is suspect. PG is a better 1-on-1 defender obviously but also a wayyyy better team/positional defender. Harden messes up defensive rotations wat too often. PG not so much a problem. So 2-way PG is the more impactful player. But the Clippers have enough to replace PG especially with Batum/DJJ for 1/3 the price.
Harden maximizes talent more than PG, in todays NBA offense reigns supreme.
No serious baller thinks Clippers are a championship threat with Harden. His lack of defense is the Achilles heel in the playoffs regardless of offense even in Houston. And this ain't Houston.
Fair points but it’s a longer discussion to have
Lesser of 2 evils to let PG walk. Problem is that even next year Harden at 35mm/per is not exactly a prime trade chip.
This year is gonna be just getting Kawhi back healthy. Would have preferred to sign DeMar over Harden (or additionally sign/trade for DeMar), but Clips front office ain't exactly proving to be basketball brilliant.
Harden and Immanuel Quickley make the same money in todays NBA 😂😂
That’s why it was a fantastic deal. Harden is a max player even at this stage
@@andreslancheros2863he’s not lol
@@LockedOnClippers if Paul George got a max and jerami grant and FVF , OG, etc then harden is a max player he’s just actually team friendly and wants to win
@@andreslancheros2863 I don't think PG should be but idk how you guys don't see what teams value in PG
Wow good hard healthy
Dude break down all the new signings.
It’s coming!
Also Harden has been one of the best rebounders for a his position many years (well around 7-8 a year for a majority of his prime and well after). 6 rebounds for your lead gaurds is solid also you can easily say he was a better rebounder than PG this year
he camps in the dunker, a lot. they're what I call "Lebron rebounds". I think he's a good rebounder for a guard but not the effort we needed the last 3 months of the season
@@LockedOnClippers fair criticism but (to praise him and Lebron for a sec) it definitely takes high BB IQ and great kinetic vision to know and see where to be off a missed shot that hits the rim or backboard at various angles and rotations
PG played more perimeter defense so was out of position for rebounds. Guys take a role and harden fit best in closer to the rim on defense. With harden you like to play him closer to the basket on defense on bigger or older players like SF, PF even. Not taking anything away from James, been watching him a long time. He needs those good defenders around him who can switch because getting screened alot or isolated on by smaller faster players was used by other teams to wear harden down. Batum is a perfect match with harden as are derrick jones jr and Kawi. Those three guys can switch 1-4. On offense harden will get the ball to these guys when they can do the most damage. Embiid(FG%), Maxey(FG%), Kyrie(50/40/90), KD(3 point%) and Kawi(FG%) all set some kind of career shooting highs playing with harden. IF they have the 3 and D guys to play around harden and kawi, that should solve the transition D problems and depth/rebounding issues. The clippers need more depth and a PG max contract would kill that ability to sign quality depth. And to be sure PG is 34, a 4 year deal @ 55M makes no sense for the clippers.
@@thomasblank2353this is facts nobody talks about how every star next to harden somehow shoots career high percentages. I wonder why…
@@renigate when you play with harden, you get great shot opportunities because he warps the defense when he creates shots.
Batum running away from PG x'D
Is he still with the team I thought he was Retiring
@@joeoliveriii632 Yeah he back with Clippers, wanted to run away from PG
Lebron is the greatest of all time
@@Lord_LeGOD_IS_BETTER nothing to do with this but, delusional suits you ;)
@@TheKennyGM you're just jealous because my king has more rings than your franchise.
Give Harden #13 back, he was the real thirteen to begin with.
He is over paid, fasho. But we needed him until we land this next star today or tomorrow
lol
Lol…the system….of losing……
The Benny boys of PG talking about how PG stabbed clippers on the back!! Jealousy is the key why PG left clippers! Good riddance, he is no worth. He is a jealous guy who only want to lift himself and not about the team or his teammates. He is greedy!!
2019 max salary was 40 45 Mil now 5 years later 60 Mil, this sh*t is ridiculous
70 mill for regular season play. Gottu
lmao are you a philly fan?
@LockedOnClippers of course I'm Philly all day
Harden going back to 13 I heard
This would be fire.
25 mil a year was enough for older Harden
Van vleet making 40mil ok 😂😂😂
@@heigherheights21 right, over paid too
@@thomastalentedong rockets should’ve payed Harden
Lol. Making so many excuses for clippers.. why are u a clippers fan? Enjoy this organization?
Rust and PJ are the only deadwood left to be get rid of. Let’s go.
I was happy when the Clippers traded for Harden. Maybe a full year with the Clippers might will make him better.
either one or both norman powell and terrance mann need to get moved for that last piece
Starting PF is the last piece.
I don't think you can move Norman Powell now given the loss of PG.
The team needs all the scoring it can get and Norm is the most aggressive scorer of the reserves(also Bones but at way lower efficiency)
I'm not sure where The Clippers stand now relative to the first and second aprons after the recent additions?
Both limit trade activity but the second apron is far more restrictive.
I think Terrance Mann has an advocate in Lawrence Frank so i don't expect him to be traded.
I think The Clippers also want to give Kawhi and Harden(and Coach Lue) a legitimate chance at staying in the postseason chase, so i expect they will try to retain Norman Powell as well.
The expiring contracts of PJ Tucker and Russell Westbrook are the ones they are probably trying to offload.
However i don't believe they can combine salaries in a deal now?
They might have to make a few one vs one trades.
I could see Amir Coffey also going out. Jones Jr can provide some of the things he provided.
Lebron will once again go further than the flippas
LeBron is a great player, I can't say the same about the mindset and the level of intelligence of his cheergirls, though! 🤣🤣
LeBron is a great player for sure, but I can't say the same about the intelligence of his fans
Lebum ain’t doing S H I T
James harden deal is terrible another first round exit if they even make the playoffs
There is nothing great about the clippers … harden didn’t even take a pay cut . He is overpaid, next season will reveal the truth . Keep trying to cope with the continuous losses I guess
Dude what? Do you see how much role players are getting paid like OG lmao? Harden is a 20 and 10 guy
You that much of a hater? Lol
He could have easily gotten 120-130 mil for 3 years from the clips. He did this to help the with CBA restrictions and build our depth. He wants to win
troll harder, we love it and it feeds the algo
@@EhhSenpai Plus there were rumors that LeBron was going to take less money to have James Harden come in for 2 years
If the Clippers & Ty Lue were really looking at the team construction, which Lue hasn’t shown to be a very smart or thoughtful offensive minded coach, they should think about playing Harden at SG instead of PG and let Mann play the point (or offensive initiator) bc Mann plays with more pace and has very good IQ which results in positive plays. Harden can still get his 20pts 7 or 8 assist, but his spot up 3’s would definitely give us a long ball threat.
I would start Nico at PF & bring Jones off the bench as a 3 & D guy and lob threat. However, If they can trade a combination of these players (PJ, Russ, Bones & Dunn or one of the young guys who split time in the D League) for a guy like John Collins then they can bring Nico off the bench. I hear Denver is very interested in Russ so involving Nuggets to get a guy like Collins ($26M per) should be a possibility.
What do you think?
a huge part of being a PG is vision to pick apar4et the defense. Harden>>>Mann there. Mann is not a PG. I think mann will do much better with a guy like derrick jones who will guard the best opposing wing. Man was so focused on defense, he was burning energy. Now they can rotate mann onto a top scorer when needed but derick jones will handle the wings. People often overlook what happens when your guy has to guard a shai or an anthony edwards all game. The celtics rotate 3 or even 4 different defenders onto a guy like luka or kyrie. Im looking forward to seeing mann take a step back to a scorer and get that 3pt % up where it was a coupole years ago, so he can space the floor. I especially like the derrick jones move so Kawi doesnt have to play the best wing too many minutes in the regular season.
@@thomasblank2353 I agree with you 💯 about TMann on the defensive assignments. However Jones is not a starting player on a championship team; he can spell T Mann off the bench which (to your point) allows Mann to have more energy to do other things throughout the game. Batum or a bigger body that DJJ is needed to play PF so Kawhi can get back to being the other perimeter defender and allow Zu & Batum rim protection. Batum I. Old, but he can teach Kobe Brown how to play that position. Kobe has basically the same body type as Nico.
Now to my original point, Mann doesn’t need to be a point guard in the literal sense of the position. He needs to push the pace and get the team into the offense before they have a chance to double Kawhi (& Harden), which will do a few things;
1) increase the number of offensive possessions, which will
2) result in more points scored.
3) This also allows T Mann to be more aggressive on offense and create easier opportunities for players who run with him, like Kawhi, Norm, Big Zu & DJJ/Coffey.
Before Russ was signed Mann was just fine as the “initiator “ of the offense, as I am suggesting. The Clips had something like an 11-4 record with him as the primary ball handler getting into their sets.
As I said, Harden can still get 7 or 8 assist in the half court offense, he just won’t be walking the ball up the court and dribbling for 15 seconds into the clock. The Clippers are a much better team when the ball is moving and guys are not just standing around in the corner (Kawhi) while Harden “looks over the defense”. Thats a losing style of basketball, as the world witness in the Finals as Dallas got destroyed playing that exact style.
Small ball & that bull💩”I am a system” has not resulted in any championships throughout Hardens career and I don’t see that style winning ever with him as THE ball dominant player, on any team.
As a measure of chips is pretty bad way to evaluate. The clippers were 24th in offense efficiency in 2021, 16th in' 2023(westbrook)_ and 4th in 2024 with harden running the offense. IN his first year with the Brooklyn the nets were 2nd in the NBA in passes per game with harden running the offense. But with the clippers that passing didnt happen, too much isolation not enough off ball movement. Too many gu7uys standing around waiting for the rock or waiting for kawi or PG to make a move. Harden brings better offense, that is proven over the years, but the isolation tendency of the clippers needs to change. The youth will help defensively, just have to get those young guys involved in the offense. Last year Hardens usage rate was 20%, PG was 26.6% and Kawi was 26.5. Before hardens arrival PG was at 30% usage for 2 years with the clippers. As PG's usage rate dropped from 33 to 26.6 over 3 years with the clippers his FG% went from 42% to 47%. I think mann will get a shot and his FG% of ~50% indicates he should get more shots as he is still very efficient. I think both westbrook(25.5% usage) and PG took shots away from mann, more so than harden