How The LA Clippers Season Came Crashing Down
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2024
- The LA Clippers season is over. It came crashing down in Dallas with Kawhi Leonard in street clothes for the 4th consecutive season. They were once the #1 seed and now they are out in the first round.
In this episode, a dejected and frustrated die hard Los Angeles Clippers fan and Host Darian Vaziri reacts to the season ending. He also talks about the details of the game, how the Clippers lost control of it, and how the stars went out.
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Rumor has it Leonard is going to be able to play game 7 against Mavs.
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oh man this is huge!!!! hope we have a game plan ready
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As a mavs fan, was honestly impressed with Zu. That man treated our centers like kids early in the series (especially game 1) and kept up competent play even when they got going
Accusing Gafford of “stiff arming” on that dunk is rich coming from a team that employs PG13, who notoriously pushes off on almost every shot he takes and gets away with it…😂
How does that change the fact that Gafford did an offensive foul?
@@fredowithsped8034waaaaa
Clips played dirty the whole series… Any team with floppy Hard-on doesn’t deserve calls…
Love that Dallas ended the Clippers “Staples center” era with a 30 point blow out. Fitting
Clippers owned operated and controlled every cell of the Dallas mavericks for YEARS. They finally broke through because main player Kawhi
Was out.
@@MM-oj2pfblah blah blah 😂😂
@@MM-oj2pfthe Mavs franchise got 1 ring y’all never even made a finals your franchise is terrible
What's the pride in beating an injured team? Lol
@@MM-oj2pfcope, goodnight LA 😂
LET IT RIIIIIIIIIDDDDEEEEE
Clippers still own the poverty Mavs😭
@@cenastar00at least the Mavericks have a ring yall dont😂😂😂😂
@@Kelbonobo I'm from Germany and since Nowitzki is the only relevant player from that poverty franchise that ring belongs to Germany and not any American lmfaooooo
@@cenastar00 So what youre saying is you cant find a way to make a poverty franchise look good compared to a championship franchise 💀
@@cenastar00 Luka has already made it as far into the postseason as the CLIPPERS FRANCHISE ITSELF 😂 And thats with a significantly worse roster. Flippers dont own jack kid, they dont even own their own stadium 😂
Maybe Paul will address it on his next podcast from Cancun 🤣
Mavs are still poverty
Kyrie's unpredictability loading...and Lucas tantrums when he doesn't get every questionable foul.Unless the refs carry mavs. It's about to get real for their fans against a young healthy OKC.
@@kev-Kenyanno its not stop spewing nonsense
Bro not impressed because Kawhi “wasnt playing” as if the mavs didnt beat the Flippers both times when he was playing lmao.
Played on one knee. He was more of a liability while playing that hurt.
Kawhi vacation mode every April
Exept the time he guarded lebron giannis and klay right
Rumor has it his ready to play game 7…in cancun 🤣
@@Heat3955that was a lifetime ago man he’s not the same player
@@mikestone8756 it’s ok they got kawhi who’s took Toronto and sa to finals he has lock down defence on lebron wade as well as Giannis and clay
@@mikestone8756atleast he had 2 rings 2 finals mvp 😂
How's the weather in Cancun? LET IT RIDE............#raccoonsquad #KYRIEOWNSHARDEN #LUKAMVP
You will fine out in a few weeks unless hospital happens first 😊
@@alvinuk9504 INVINCIBLE!!! Batman and Robin got a whole Justice League with them homie.....The BIG D ENERGY is real........#LETITRIDE #raccoonsquad
@@alvinuk9504 You ll look dumb after 2 weeks,the only way OKC can win if Luka or Kai get injured and 1/3 of the mavs team doesnt play
@@alvinuk9504clips are better than the kids in OKC
Very few of our guys played with HEART and you can’t teach that, I honestly don’t know where we go from here but I’m rocking with the clippers for life🏀
Good attitude!
You are a true fan!
If you notice all the older featured stars are done.
Of course those last two games did not look good for PG, Harden, and Russ but it was their body language as leaders that surprised me the most....
I didn't see that postseason when the team lost Kawhi....
Same results but i saw more fight....
Here here
I say we build around kawhi with young talent we will be fine but harden James gotta go , i can live with PG , but we need to build around them
@@delanodobson7697why u think yall got James 😂😂😂 cuz Kawhi and pg struggled manning the offense at this point in they career you relying on a guy who hasn’t been healthy for the past 4 years ?
Welcome to a lifetime of disappointment then buddy 😝
Honestly if the clippers were just more transparent about the kawaii situation. People wouldn't really have much of a problem, but it just seems like there's like an air of mystery behind the guy that makes him look really bad
It isn’t necessarily because of the Clippers it’s because Kawhi uses his own “medical team”. Part of him leaving the Spurs had to do with him not trusting their medical staff and there were early reports of the same thing when he first came to LAC.
I called Mavs in 5 at most in 6. Yall laughed about me, I was right, yall were wrong and now yall going to Cancun. Cheers!
Most likely laughed at Mavs in 5. Because nobody took that seriously.
@@TheStranger513 it almost happened if it wasn’t the Mavs easing into game 4 and going down by 20
Dallas ended the season on a roll. Astute fans, pro-clipper or not, were well aware of that.
Hey Darian, Isaac from Liberia here really respecting your love for the Clippers. Go Mavs though.
Who ever put Dallas to Cancun on the billboard, Thank you!
Dallas did it, finally beat the clippers after 4 years, I am glad they are 2nd round exit though 🎉
@@alvinuk9504 duh no more baby luka its big luka now for ya now bitches
congrats on beating young Luka and Boban😂
@@alvinuk9504 cry more
@@alvinuk9504 There are 3 things guaranteed on this planet….
1) Death
2)Taxes
3) Clippers/Suns will never win a
championship!!
The ref tried their best to help the clippers
You meant mavs?
@@alvinuk9504 nope the game would have been over at halftime if the refs didn't help the clippers in the first half
Sore 'Winner' much? 😆
Oh, they _absolutely_ succeeded in doing their best to help the Mavs - since the end of H1 in G1, at least - and you know it.
@@shaft9000 The clippers couldn't score without free throws.
Your team won the series on you still cry about the refs? Pathetic
Well Again, who's excited for Cancun?! Cmon Boyz!!
Coming as from a mavs fan, and I'll drop a like and sub, gg this series. I watched all your pods this series and you do a great job bro. Sucks that Kawhi was hurt man I wanted to beat yall so bad because of the last series we had but I really wanted Kawhi healthy. sucks, but good luck next year man
LET IT RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE
Hahaha, imagine Luka's adrenalin seeing their destination...
Clippers fan since your Momma was wiping your nose. This has been the greatest drop from potential at its peak to finish at the end since I’ve followed these boys. I’m almost numb to it all now.
Dude at this point we didn’t beat you injured, everybody knew kawhi wasn’t going to play. He doesn’t play for the clippers. Your team is Paul George, James harden and Russell
Kawi is the clippers
exactly
Facts, lol
He doesn't play for the Clippers, so yall lost twice to Clippers with no Kawhi?
This is immense coping I’m impressed 😂 reality is you’re still 0-2 vs a healthy Clippers team
Keep up the great work, appreciate the time and effort you put in. A true professional and yup it was another rough year but can only move forward now.
Disrespect to Mavs. Did you really think kawhi would lead you all in the playoffs? Wake up... Hes done, harden is old, and PG disappears.
The disrespect. Y’all been talking trash saying you didn’t need kawai then turn around saying not impressed. Take that L. Blow it up or prepare for more of the same.
Preach
So Mav is -2 to 1 for the 1st time in 4-5 years now? GJ
Mavs 2nd round exit 😂
I always said we weren’t gonna win without Kawhi
@@alvinuk9504 different teams. Odd take. And considering the mavs weren’t picked to be a playoff team. But play in at best. Kai will never work. Luka can’t play D. Most injured playoff team this season. Yeah. Second round better than first. L
pack up and enjoy cancun 😂@@alvinuk9504
R.I.P. Flippers 🫡, enjoy Cancun 🌴🍹🐠🍍🦜 and say your goodbyes to PG because he wouldn’t come back if he knew what was good for him, save travels 🚕🚎🛫 and LETS GO MAVS!!!!🔵🐴🔵🐴🔵🐴🔵🐴
Who wants PG back
@@chefantoniowooten6779 yall don’t want him back, yall need him back
Clippers owned operated and controlled every cell of the Dallas mavericks for YEARS. They finally broke through because main player Kawhi
Was out. Congrats
Need what 18 points in a close out game
@@chefantoniowooten6779 better than not suiting up (Kawhi), better than Westbrook, and harden but hey your call, either way enjoy Cancun
The top 7 oldest teams in the NBA either didn't make the playoffs or got knocked out in the first round. Clips got out worked and out muscled by a younger team. NBA GMs need to start looking at their teams' rotations, because youth matters.
Good stuff Darian. I'm a Mavs fan and think you're stuff is quality work. Keep it up, and good luck next year.
what you said about PG and Harden is so fucking true bro all the talent but they just don’t want it bad enough
Did you see the plays when the mavs would shoot a shot and Paul George just staring at the ball not getting a revound. That shit was pissing me off the whole game
@@LorenzoC2314so tired of PG man impossible to win with a player who doesn’t care and is inconsistent
Mavs defense made life hard for them though.....
Don’t forget kawhi who wouldn’t play if he farted weird in pregame
It's like they lack killer instinct
I am a Mavs fan,, you make me laugh when you spiel your intro "locked on Cancun Clippers" you make my day. I love your show man, please keep it up. I only watched you since game 1 but already subs to your channel and to your dime dropper channel too.
In 2020, Dallas played most of the series without their second best player, lost in 6. Yet I have rarely heard that context from Clipper fans to help explain why they won that series. Thats because you play the opponent lining up on the other side and not the "on paper" version.
The bigger story is how much has changed. The finesse team vs the power team in 2020 flip flopped in this series.
When the Clippers went bonkers from 3, they held their own and won two games. That was the only way theu could compete with this year's Mavericks.
That gafford dunk on zu was def a push off foul, but damn that was nasty.
They were battling tough against zu all series
Did you see PG push on DJJ? Or harden every damn play his push off? Lol let's stop
Bro in the bubble you beat us in 6 without KP and Brunson and having to play Boban at center. The other series u won in 7 with us still playing Boban at center but was more legitimate of a win this was the best mavs team you faced. The clips was 2 60% from 3 games away from getting swept or losing in 5. Kawhi wpuldnt have made a difference. He's older and his knees are his knees.
So did Clippers go to Cancun directly from Dallas?
Yea that's why they did the Dallas to Cancun ad in LA.
The poison pill was the SGA trade. Imagine if the Clips had let Kwahi sign with the Lakers, and kept SGA and all those draft choices. I've been waiting for a rebounding PF for 5+ years. I would blow the team up, keeping Powell, Zu, Mann, and seeing what comes our way after Paul George signs with the Sixers...opening up his salary. Kwahi is a great player, and a terrible GM.
Wow that is a crazy what if.
Clippers would've been rebuilding until this year while Lakers three peat.
SGA on Clippers wouldnt be the same thing as with OKC. Give PG the calls SGA is getting and I am certain he would do just as good.
@@arguseyed9982 one word.. Nope!
Bro really hurt 🤣🤣
Love your work Darian, I enjoy your raw honesty. Enjoy Cancun 😊
Dude stop it. The Mavs simply were the most physical and locked in team. If y’all weren’t shooting lights out in game 1 or4 for the 1st half, y’all would’ve got swept. And that is with or without Leonard. He played 2 games that y’all lost in case you forgot.
is this an actual belief, like do you actually believe the this because this is so insanely stupid i cant believe its real
The worst part is Shai is still in the playoffs 😂
Even with Healthy Kawhi, you guys were off to Cancun, Darian. This series went to 6 games because Mavs got lazy in 2 quarters in the entire game 1 and 3. But we hope you guys a bright future. ✌️ from 🦊 squad.
The clippers lost every second half.
Nah, you dont even know what you saw, is what.
With a healthy kawhi the series would have went like it always does between kawhi and luka
With luka at cancun & kawhi advancing
Dont ever forget reality , cope harder
@@fredowithsped8034 guess we’ll never know 😂 ✌️
@@fredowithsped8034 To be fair Luka's team is always injured against the clippers and was doing everything alone. KP was never healthy and it took the clippers to 7 games with prime Kawhii and PG13. To add to that in all the series Clippers always have players with better accolades and more experienced players in their roster while Luka still under 25 yrs. old.
With a proper team and 1 all star, Luka took clippers in 6 @ 25 years old.
Clipper fans called me a clown and a piece if shit when I said there was no chance you guys win with the players ya'll had. Even with Kawaih, ya'll would've lost. Now yall are quiet. 🤦
Enjoy while you can OKC is coming
@scrapperd7827 🤣 I wouldn't be surprised if we swept OKC. We can come back to this if you want 🤷
@@Yeah.ItsMe.yeah. Same peeps coming at me after clips last win. I told them if it’s takes superhuman shooting to barely win two games. You are in trouble.
i hate when i’m up and i hate when im down fuck dallas yall ain’t winning shit
Aaand you're _still_ troll diarrhea
so yeah....*Get a Life, creep*
Hey Darian, I enjoyed tuning into your show as a Mav fan. Great work as a content creator. Wishing you the best 👍
WTF…. This guy really said he’s “not moved” by the ass whoop the Mavs handed him. The Mavs can end up winning the Finals, but you’ll hear whoever this guy is say that he’s “not moved.” 🤡💯
Mavs aren't winning the finals be real. Taking 6 games and giving up 30pt leads without Kawhi is decidedly not championship material. They might beat the Thunder if they're lucky, but probably not.
@@ctoaun23we still beat y’all sorry asses, have fun in Cancun
@@unbiascowboy1537 I'm not a Clips fan 🥱🤡
@@ctoaun23 good for you because I’ve never seen a sorrier super team in my life. How the hell you have 3 hall of famers playing and you’re still making excuses about Kawhi not playing lol.
@@unbiascowboy1537 For real, and somehow the Mavs still dropped 2 games to a bunch of washed HoFers with no depth and without their best player. Championship contenders is laughable.
Lmao. This was a rant of a disappointed fan. I loved this. I'm subscribing.
Kawahi legit had 1 month of prep
Yall saying hes the difference with how yall played w/o him is sad
not impressed because the claw did not play ?😂 mavs were the favorite coming in with or without him. TAKE THE L GRACEFULLY AND ENJOY CANCUN
At least Harden came through with his usual close out game. He never disappoints.
I don’t think you can use an injured Kawhi as an excuse when you have an injured and illness stricken Luka on the other side of the court. The difference is Luka toughed it out while Leonard once again sat it out, and Kyrie is a proven closer against PG and Harden who are known playoff fizzlers.
Neither Luka nor Kyrie have won more than ONE single conference finals game as the leader of their squad, George has 7 Ws
S E V E N....so show some respect and historical knowledge, kiddo
Harden took a squad without CP3 7 games vs "the 'greatest squad ever' '18 DUbs...WHAT has Luka done like that? Or ever sniffed The Finals as Harden has on OKC?
You can clown PHX all you please, but you're down 1-2 in this rivalry. It is what it is.
@@shaft9000here you go again you are all over RUclips claiming the Mavs will lose in 4!! Now you are changing the subject.
Be reminded that Luka is only 25 and yes he has won titles unless you are one of those unexposed obscured people that think basketball is only played in USA. Luka by the time he gets to even 28 he would have gone places that none of
your players combined have ever been to.
Take that loss and go to dirty ass water in Galveston!
Mavs going to NBA finals better get used to it now otherwise you will have heart attack!!
And Paul George has 7 what???? Are you hallucinating dude has never even been to NBA finals !!
LET IT RIIIIIIIDEEEEE!! I enjoyed Locked On Mavs-Clippers crossover episodes and I like your analysis.
Haha clippers lost 2 games with kawhi. Stop with the excuses 😂😂 cancun Clippers 😂😂
@@nnj1991he’s the definition of a dickriding casual lol
Kind of sad how you’re going to clippers pages just to talk smack. Get a life
@@nnj1991but kahwi is Always hurt in the post season & clipper fans should be tired of the situation. & Luka was hurt
Luka was hurt, he played anyway
@@nnj1991 No excuses. Clippers fan never bring up Porzingis getting hurt in their first playoff series a couple years ago.
T Mann on Luka 40.5% FGs, 23.9% 3s. But 153 attempts.
🚮🚮
Stop it. OKC played against Mavs with Mavs either missing Luka, or missing Kyrie, or both. But when OKC and Mavs played with both healthy lineup, Mavs clobbered them by 30+. Mavs in 6
@@leonarronquillo593 irrelevant to what I said
Kids can't read English
@@thomastalented You're posting stats of an OKC player when guarding Luka. It's that simple. Irrelevant and lacking context.
You're obviously lacking comprehension because you're posting these stats but fail to provide the whole context. Try again.
There are 3 things guaranteed on this planet….
1) Death
2)Taxes
3) Clippers/Suns will never win a
championship!!
Correction. The Clippers will never win a conference title.
Wish Kawai was healthy so this series win could feel better but its next man up era and Luka played hurt and sick. So with that i have to be proud to be a Maverick fan amd cnt wait to face the Thunder lets go Mavs !
As a Westbrook fan, thank y’all for the last big memories…. Whoever put that banner up is foolish
Hey bro I feel it imagine me being a all los angeles fan of kings dodgers and clippers for 35 years from nyc I love kawhi and George but as a loyal but real sports fan this is not working and I was at a brooklyn cyclones game yesterday with my family and I was getting trolled even in coney island .but I feel because of our new arena they are running in back great show great energy man I'm almost 51 and have endured more pain than u have
RACOON SQUAD! LETS GO!
GG’s clippers. It’s a shame we didn’t get a series with our teams at full, but that’s life. I underestimated Zu big time and was really impressed with his grit and heart. Not to mention Terrence Mann and Norman Powell are very impressive players who want it… I think they both can become really intriguing players with greater responsibilities. I kind of saw those three as your leaders, which is of course disappointing, but also encouraging--when you’re looking down the road of things. I’m kind of good after three series now, but hell we’ll probably see each other again, sooner or later
as a mavs fan, earlier in the series, i wanted kawaii to play, because those were the games we won. Made me nervous to see that he was sitting before every game, clips seem to click without him.
Darian, you are good at this. Good luck to your broadcasting/podcasting future. But the Dallas defense was a problem for yall… every time yall got going the Mavs adjusted.
Have a great summer. Good luck next year…
Well at least you took out one of our best bench players in Kleber.
Coffey must be really proud of that! Great sportsmanship by that guy...
Tell your boy Kleber to chill. He tried to injure Covfefe and got what he deserved.
@@nby333Him driving to the rim is not trying to injure a player genius
@@lando9670 Dude has no bounce and tried to jump over a guy, how is that not maliciously trying to injure someone lmao.
@@nby333 Morons will be morons... good luck the next years trying to make the play in...
Cancun on 3 😂
We took yall out twice with Kawhi so... i think youre pushing it a bit to say he would have been a huge difference maker for you guys. Best of luck next year folks! Enjoy Cancun!
Have fun in Cancun
Excuses... Whatever help you sleep at night. 💔💔💔
Everything you said about PG is what ive felt for years. I truly hope PG goes somewhere else.
You play the team in front of you. GG Clips.
Darian, you do an amazing job! Very passionate, knowledgeable, and realistic with your analysis!! I just started listening to you this year and I, like most of Clipper Nation, had so much hope for this year. Unfortunately, it ended so poorly. But Keep up the great work👌🏽🔥💪🏽🤓!
I completely agree with everything you’ve said. However, I somewhat disagree with Ty Lue as the coach. I feel like he did a very poor job this whole year with the way he didn’t give more rest to James, Paul and Kawhi throughout the season so as to prevent injuries like Kawhi and burnout like James and PG when we needed them most in the playoffs; like getting Bones, Brandon Boston and Theis more minutes in each game where it wasn’t super close so our older stars could get some rest and keep The Young bloods engaged and develop as well. I felt like he relied too heavily on James and our stars to run the offense and letting them do what they wanted to which in the end, left them tired and injury prone as a result. So many times they seemed like they were disorganized or the rotations/matchups were poorly used or questionable at best. In short, I think he relied too much/overused our stars in the regular season to try and get a better seed, but ended up backfiring in the end with Kawhi getting hurt and James and Paul looking tired and unengaged when we needed them most. And also the rest of the team seem disengaged as well not getting many minutes.
And I don’t see why he didn’t at least try to throw the very athletic Kai Jones to battle Lively and Gafford as well as use Theis more. They just seem so much more athletic than us and I think adding the very long and athletic Kai Jones and a hustler like Theis would’ve helped spark some energy and athleticism in our team. But he didn’t even try.
I like Ty Lue as a person and I know he has coached very well in the past, but I don’t think he’s done very well for the Clippers the last couple years (I know we’ve had really difficult injuries with our stars to deal with) but he uses too many excuses to why we lose and look so horrible often times. The intensity of the players and the way they play usually reflects the coaching.
Remember when the clippers were talking shit when KL and PG landed?
MAVS IN 6 FLIPPERS 🤣 😂
Told you so many times now 👍
The Clippers is a CURSED TEAM 👌 no money can buy a NBA CHAMPIONSHIP 🏆
3 hall of famers eliminated in the the 1st round of the playoffs 😂😂😂
4 hofers. Harden Westbrook PG 13 and kahwi are all future hofers
Not as bad as 4 HOF'ers not even making the playoffs.
Steph, Klay, Dray, and CP3.
I think we just have to accept that the youngsters are seizing control of the nba and may not let it go..
Meaning it's likely the championship windows for all the older feature players is over.....
From what i am reading this trio is coming back with Coach Lue, so let's see what they can do....
Try losing some weight
The Clipper curse is real 😭😭😭
We’ll always have Cancun 🦝
Definitely rough. I been a Clippers fan since they were the San Diego Clippers and it's always been rough. Better now than before though, Donald Sterling is no longer around. We now have Balmer who has pockets and the desire to win. However because of the lack of picks, the cap situation, the age and health of this roster, we are looking at 4-5 year fix window of no title hopes.
Always enjoy your podcast… hope you continue with locked on clippers … at 76…. I lived through watching 1990s NBA ball… no need for me to rewatch it…. NBA athletes are the best-conditioned, highest - skilled in the world of sports- to see the “ powers that be” turn this into professional wrestling on a basketball court…. Just demonstrates a modern example of the king who cut open the goose that laid the golden eggs in order to get all the gold at once…. So I’ve discontinued my league pass subscription and ending my RUclips tv subscription… and resigning my lifelong membership as a NBA fan…. Take care…. Oh by the by….remember…the clippers finished above the lakers….
We would have beat yall with KL, too. Our team isn't the same as before. Enjoy your summer.
Ty Lue should get the blame for trying to use Russ as a Ray Allen
Mavs fan here. Listened to your podcast since Game 1 Darian, kudos for a great channel it's very entertaining. Hope next year your Clippers find a way. Thanks for the series coverage
i did severely underestimate dallas but i also thought we would get a healthy kawhi by AT LEAST game 2 maybe 3
Mavs fan, but I have a lot of respect for you Darian. You do a great job and are obviously passionate about ball and the Clips. Hopefully your GM will stop being a star F'r and build you a team. Good luck next year!
Now we know why the advertised Dallas to Cancun in LA. How does Kawhi have anything to do with PG and Harden go8ng missing offensively? And Westbrook going absolutely missing.
Few thoughts and then looking forward:
Lineups:
Again, why no Theis? To me, he's just more versatile than Russ or Plumlee so he gives a lot of flexibility to the lineups. Russ is not good off-ball, don't play him off-ball. I would like to have seen a bench lineup with Russ, Powell, Coffey, PG, and Theis. Obviously, it's a small-ball lineup but you're not giving up too much size and you can give Harden a rest, let Russ handle a bit or don't play him.
I would like to have seen, at some point this season, a lineup with Harden, PG, Kawhi, Theis, and Zu. I'm not saying it would have been amazing but it's worth a shot to see if it could be a useful tool when you're up against a team like the Mavs who dominated the interior especially when the Clips were without Zu.
PG:
I love PG but it might be time for him to go. For better or for worse, the Clips are locked into Kawhi, and having another older and injury-prone secondary star just isn't going to cut it, pair that with PG's bizarre inconsistency (and it is bizarre) and it just doesn't make sense. I do think we should appreciate him as a defender and I do think it gets missed a lot just how good he still is on that end but that's not worth a max deal. If you could resign him for 2 years at $60-65 million? Yeah it's probably still worth it but no way can he be given a max.
It's so frustrating cause every once in a while he comes out and plays like an MVP, but then disappears like a role-player. His growing dependence on 3-pointers is infuriating too.
If you can resign him could you trade him for someone like OG Anunoby or Mikail Bridges, what about RJ Barrett? Obviously with some other compensation.
Player development:
I think time investing in Zubac, Coffey, and Bones will be valuable. They won't all hit but it's worth a try, Zu clearly has the makings of one the best bigs in the league. Bones has a lot of talent and athleticism along with length that could make him a solid guard defender if he puts in the effort and there's clearly potential for a great shooter in there.
Coffee just needs more reps and he'll become a solid role player and those turnaround jumpers suggest he might be able to have some pop as a scorer in future.
Russ:
He makes so little that it doesn't seem necessary to trade him or waive him but man, he has to get less minutes. He either runs a bad team or he barely plays, he just doesn't work in other settings. This will never happen but, if he wants to extend his career he needs to go watch a lot of GPII footage and become another little big man.
If you blame kawhi being injured you are smoking hella copium my boy.
this is no simple matter of "1 culprit', otherwise why suggest a re-build
Dallas fans know damn well they wouldn't beat a healthy Kawhi 😂
@@scrapperd7827 this is severe cope…..sorry for your loss homie.
@@shakeyclay likewise for you in a couple of weeks, if that.
@@scrapperd7827 when does kawhi became healthy in clippers? kawhi is already good after signing his new big contract. he can chill now. 😭🤪
Kawhi ready for game 7…in cancun 🤣
I don't understand starting PJ. One of the big issues in this series has been rebounding, apart from Zu the Clips don't have another strong rebounder in the starting lineup. PJ gets you middling defence, almost no offence, just corner threes and isn't a good secondary rim-protector. So my question is, why not start Theis instead? He's a better defender, better rebounder, better shooter by not being confined to the corners and he's a lob threat. Like at this point do you think PJ is a much better perimeter defender? If he's better, it's not by much and you're giving up all this other stuff.
Ty Lou plan was put pj and once the big sets the screen switch zubac onto him. Like what kind of fucken game plan was that
I think it was another Robert Covington type mistake.
Daniel Theis should have been part of a Clippers gameplan for some small ball minutes....
I feel ya, Darian. I've said enough in the DD stream comments.
Ballmer _should_ send the HoFer's packing if he wants to return to elite status in 3-4 years,
but the Q is if he WILL rebuild amidst the unveiling of his shining hoops Tech-Mecca.
Ha ha ha you picked Clippers to beat Mavs in 4 your basketball IQ must be the size of a nostril! Did you honestly believe the old worn out Clippers can win a 7 game series against Luka and the Mavs???
welcome to another edition of tuned out clippers!
No Kahwi no hope. The better team won. Raccoon Squad
tbf at least yall arent in as bad of a position as the suns
Bruh Kawhi literally needed to go full terminator god mode to beat an early 20yo Luka 😂
Kawhi wouldn't have changed the outcome but only pushed it to a game 7 🤷♂️
Bruh mavs in 4 ( game 4 2nd round exit)
@@alvinuk9504 XD
@@alvinuk9504 Lmao bitter ass Clippers fan. 😂😂
I’m a Mavs fan, now I can be honest. Kawhi is failing you guys…. Luka is sick and limping all over the floor, but he’s still playing. The crybaby Luka Doncic is tough enough to play and still be effective enough. Kawhi you know, everyone calls him the cyborg. He’s gonna need a full year to deal with some knee inflammation. It’s a little bit sad, wish the clips didn’t sign him long term already…. Yall need to think about what to do with this team! PG and Harden are just too reliant on jump shooting, and aren’t consistent enough to do it in the playoffs.
Yeah, and people talked about crybaby, when he played some time ago with broken nose and mask, with stiches on his lips, with sore anklee, with bleeding knees, never complaining, always want to be with his guys...
And refs who revarded him all the time with technicals...
But, hey, Luka, other guys and fans...we're tough!
luka 25 kawahi 30 something do the math old vs young boy
@@ivarivar1875 You called Luka young boy?
I hope I misunderstood it...Luka was man at 16 when he started to play with grownups!
@@ivarivar1875 The kind of thinking that gets Kawhi that much money for that amount of games played. Keep it up! lol
Let it ride!!!
Clippers really went to Dallas THEN to Cancun 🤣🤣Your cute banter aged well
Thank you
Thank you Kawai and PG for Shai and JDub and the other picks! Wish us luck! Be nice to Russ and we don’t care about Harden 😂
Man imagine shai and jdub on clippers shit got me fucked up 😂
If both teams were fully healthy I’d still pick the Mavs. They were the best team since the trade deadline. Luka wasn’t himself and you have to acknowledge it.
Yea I agree the Gafford dunk looked like an offensive. Probably would of been if Zu sold it
Hey Dime, is your heart going to be into it next season if the organization brings back the trio of Kawhi, PG, and Harden with Coach Lue?
That seems really tough for you because i know you are not a big fan of the way Harden plays.
I think you should do a segment where you grade the moves made by Lawrence Frank.
The way i see it is the team made a huge trade and did not improve at all....
A first round exit is a first round exit....
The James Harden trade has to at least help the team advance and win a series without Kawhi...
Anyway, i will still check in and help keep the comment section popping...
I don't think Russ will return next season but i will now always have a rooting interest in both The Lakers and Clippers.
I don't care how other Lakers feel or think about....😂
I think The Clippers organization and most of the fans have welcomed Russ and see him as a warrior, an asset, not a liability.
It was just a rough series for him.
I'm watching how Coach Thibs uses Josh Hart and that's what i would like to see for Russ, a head coach that just lets him play 34-40 mins of basketball...
That won't happen with Coach Lue unfortunately...
He did it last postseason because Kawhi and PG were out....
It's been fun chatting with you!
You really know the game!
I tried to be optimistic about the trade because i don't hate James Harden the person but i truly believe Lawrence Frank screwed up a potentially good thing....
Oh well....enjoy the offseason and i look forward to seeing your offseason clips!
It's not only about health this team. They are getting older.
Clippers need to blow it all up and try something different
Load manage works for Kawhi, it worked for Pop and it worked for Nurse. The result speaks for itself if you want him playing more regular season games then the risk of getting injured playoff time will be high. I see 90% - 95% of the clippers not built for the playoffs mentally.
You forget, Dallas had a similar problem with Porzee. Chemistry - we were fixing with Kidd, and I am sure we could have. He was an even better fit next to Luka if channeled properly. We moved away from him to Dinwiddie and Bertans, of all people. So having an injury prone star is your problem, and the injury concerns are probably part of the reason he is available for your team. So don't use that lame cop out man.