This Is The Worst Managed Franchise In NBA History
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- The Los Angeles Clippers are the NBA's most mismanaged franchise. Here's how they ruined their own present and future.
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Charles Barkley: "I've been poor, I've been rich, I've been fat, I've been in the Hall of Fame, and one thing I can tell you is that the Clippers have alway sucked."
Corny just like Chuck
@@wonderfulperspectives2674Salty Flippers fan spotted 🤣
@@wonderfulperspectives2674Spotted the salty Clippers fan (btw y’all use the word “corny” far too liberally)
You (and Charles) have a strange definition of sucking.
@@Puvwilmo00 It's regional thing. In MA they still say "wicked". In the south, they say "bless her/ his heart". I agree w/your statement btw.
Does the Sixers think PG isn't going to bring his injury prone shenanigans to Philly or something? 😂😂😂
Nah does pg think moving from Kawhi's injuries to Joel's injuries is gonna be better? Lol
He's still an upgrade over Tobias Harris. Tobias is good but inconsistent and certainly not worth what 76ers were paying him.
PG got Injury Prone cause he played on a Cursed Team.
@@elizabethgeorge168you think PG is consistent come playoff time?
@@markneil6892 I mean it's not like the Sixers aren't themselves cursed with a 23 year streak of not making it past the 2nd round of the play-offs.
I feel bad for Ballmer, he seems like a cool guy, who actually cares for his franchise unlike many other owners
Fax, that arena is the coolest shit any owner has ever tried. Just a shame he keeps betting on injury prone/selfish players at times.
He had that same energy in the Microsoft days too 😆
Feeling bad for a billionaire is wild but I get what you saying though
@@bobbysmoove4796 Regardless of how much money you got, it’s a different level of hurt when you’re the only one who cares about something and everyone else is just half assing
just like his tenure in Microsoft, all talk no action
The thing I find crazy is he left for the team James harden came from 😭🤦🏿♂️
Mann I ain’t even realize that until I saw your comment😭
Even crazier is that Harden demanded a trade from that team because Morey "promised" him a max contract, then had to settle for a 2 year 70 mil deal a year later while one of his fellow stars departed to join Morey's team.
@@bigbrytunney8753 Karma baby!
kawhi going to a cursed franchise after winning a ring gotta be one of the worst decisions i’ve seen in sports history.
Looking at it another way, Kawhi and his cursed knees are the perfect talent to represent what the Clippers are all about as a franchise.
He is living in his hometown with his family and earns a lot of money. Not a really bad decision.
How many rings have player like Embiid, KD and Chris Paul after 2019?
Should have tried for another ring in Toronto.
@@frankpagel39 99% of players don't play in their hometown. I don't get why Kawhii is getting a pass for this. Most players care about which team will give them the best chance for winning.
@@One.Zero.One101 I think Kawhi won his first ring too early. After the second one in Toronto, it wasn't his first priority anymore.
Also, I don't know what Andy is saying about Kawhi being totally healthy in Toronto. Guy was load managing and even limping in some playoff games. He was clearly still injured, but the part about Kawhi putting in extra (playing through injury) during contract years is totally true. The Spurs wanted him to play through injury during a non-contract year, and Kawhi was smart in not following in the footsteps of Isaiah Thomas.
Never forget that "This is his city” New Balance ad for Kawhi when he first got to LA😂😂
to be fair, it got new balance alot of publicity lol
The Spurs got so much slander after the TOR trade and after he won a ring 😂 look at the situation now 5 years later
The Spurs have been vindicated, and now have Wemby. Thanks Kawhi!
Honestly, Kawhi should have just stayed in Toronto. He would have probably had better luck with them instead.
@@crazyluigi6664 Him with that bubble team probably makes another run but I think that it all of those guys peaked in Kawhis year there...
the true evil is uncle dennis
Can’t believe he left a repeat with the raptors for losing in the 1st and 2nd round 😂😂
He didn't leave the Raptors to lose in the 1st and 2nd round. He left the Raptors to get paid big Microsoft money to live in Los Angeles. He's not a serious competitor anymore. He won his titles in two franchises already with 2 final mvps. He has nothing else to prove, he's just coasting on his laurels now.
@@ktvindicare bruh raptors were giving him the max contract, he could have just done 1 year 35 million and win another chip then go for that clippers money
@@camnewton5550 The Clippers would have dumped their money on someone else if he hadn't come right then. He knew he had the franchise by the balls, he still does. They're so desperate for relevance they'll do whatever he wants. No point staying in Toronto when his plan was to come to Los Angeles and the team was offering him free keys to the kingdom right then.
They weren’t beating lakers 2020
@@ktvindicare Kawhii treats basketball as a part-time job now.
kawahi getting the bag from the clips to occasionally hoop is a major W lol
Kawhi and PG blew their chance in the bubble for sure, but after that it was FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS of injury luck. Players cant help getting hurt. Kawhi has a degenerative knee....Also anyone who says they saw Shai developing into an MVP candidate is lying their ass off.
@@JawaPenguin16 Here's the overlaying issue, it wouldn't have been any absolute issue if they just gotten Kawhi Leonard. But knowing the trade package they gave up for Paul George, it gave them a very limited shelf life to compete for a championship. Even back then, I wouldn't have traded for Paul George with that steep of a package.
@@manzac112 you still make that trade 10/10 times if you're get back a top 5 player in the league with it. Clippers aren't like the Cavs or Hornets where their some small market that needs to build through draft picks. Its Los Angeles, rich basketball players will always want to live/play here. The Lakers currently being a circus just makes the Clippers even more appealing.
I'll take this year Shai's playoff performance over any PandemicP playoff performances, lol. You're talking as if PG has ever been top-5 player, chill out @@JawaPenguin16
@JawaPenguin16 One point you made is very accurate. Any GM would have pulled the trigger on bringing in PG, and no one would have predicted Shai becoming an MVP candidate.
It's nice to have all of those draft picks, but it's the GM's job to scout and utilize those draft picks effectively.
@@JawaPenguin16 PG has never been a top 5 player in the league; and players historically have not exactly been clamoring to sign with the Clippers.
Hard to say this is the worst managed, cursed is the better word. The Charlotte Hornets and Wizards are worse. The Clips are the unluckiest for sure. That move for PG13 was very short-sighted without contemplating the long-term consequences. When they had PG and Kawhi, the roster they put around them was pretty decent, so its hard to say its the worst managed. Its just Kawhi and PG kept getting injured....and the two best shots they had at a title were hampered by something. In 2020, it was Doc River's shitty coaching decisions. In 2021, it was Kawhi's injury.
The big thing I'm going to fault them for is keeping Doc Rivers in 2020. That was a terrible management decision considering his reputation even back in the day.
Charlotte is by far the worse
After Kawhi screwing Lakers like that in2019, I am glad Kawhi could not win the other title
I agree. Doc River should be blamed for their failure in 2020. Still, Doc landed a few good jobs after 2020.
Now raptor fans & nba fans are laughing 🤣
raptor fans laughing all the way to the draft lottery for the past 4 years and paying quickly 160 million lmfao
@@dukiino739 clippers haven't won a championship after that PG trade so who's really losing like wtf are u talking about
@@dukiino739Raptors won more playoff series with Kawhi than you and we’ve been in the draft and we have a trophy
@@IXCANADATV probs the dork that lives in canada lmfao
@@dukiino739nah we laughing cuz we still can’t believe we won a chip
Kawhi had it all in Toronto but got greedy
Got greedy cause he wanted to go home?
He wanted it be close to home. How’s is that bein greedy?
Naw he had a choice between living in Toronto or LA and like any sane person he took LA over Toronto
as a Toronto native, the dude just wanted to be home and I don’t blame him.
You say this as if playing somewhere he didn't want to live would have magically made his knee stop degenerating.
PG, KD, Westbrook, Harden, CP3 just need to accept who they are and just stay on the same team together
Going to form the retirement team on the lakers haha
Getting paid millions to play basketball isn’t enough for Kawhi, he wants to get paid millions to do nothing
Playoff P, The System Harden, and Westbrick is what the Clippers chose to give Kawhi. Not sure if it would have been more helpful to put Kawhi’s feet in a bucket of cement…🤣🤣🤣
I told y'all this Kawhi-PG duo will not work out the moment they blew a 3-1 lead against Denver
Acting like this was such a bold take
@@joefrankenstein5553 right, everyone knew this 😭
Good thing that you told us😂😂😂😂what would we do without yo smart and predictful ass😂😂
they blew it year one but 4 straight years of injuries need to be acknowledged as TERRIBLE luck.
Clippers are a cursed franchise nobody is surprised
Kawhi need to hire the raptors doctors because they've got the special touch
No, they're not. I wish people could distinguish between process and results. Sometimes you try something and it doesn't work. It doesn't mean it was wrong to try it.
Poorly managed is adding Bradley Beal to Phoenix when he solves none of your issues and eliminates your ability to add depth. Poorly managed is when you hang onto Beal for five years too long and give him a no-trade clause like Washington did. Poorly managed is whatever the hell the Chicago Bulls are doing. Poorly managed is when the PROCESS doesn't make sense. Adding PG and Kawhi to a team with quality depth was not bad process.
A year ago, everyone was slamming the Wolves for trading for Gobert. But now they make a WCF and suddenly it's a great move? It's so silly to judge everything on results when there's so much luck and health involved.
You're absolutely right. Trying and failing isn't necessarily indicative of bad management. However, the Clippers ignored evidence that could have allowed them to avoid their current mess.
Look at the injury and his actions with the Spurs. If he and his people were right, he was a damaged asset that wouldn't ever be reliable and would go downhill quickly. If the Spurs were correct, he was putting himself first and ignoring his teammates, his contractual obligations, and the desires of the organization and fans. So, the Clippers knew they were getting either a part time player or someone who wasn't team first.
Either way, go ahead and sign him, but don't structure your team's future to placate him. Kawhi is a historically great and historically flawed player; both of those facts were apparent before they signed him. The Clippers thought they were getting MJ, but they actually signed Sam Bowie.
100% agree.
People love acting like they knew Shai was going to become a top 3 mvp.
Obvs the trade in hindsight looks horrible but go back in time and most GMs are trading a rookie and picks for Prime PG13 and kawhi
I remember those clips fans saying they will win a championship first before the lakers, i bet they are crying right now
Not crying actually at all. The circus show your team is will attract LA bound free agents to us. Good luck with coach JJ
@@JawaPenguin16 How many superteam did your 0 achievement franchise make again and choke hard in the playoffs?
@@jeze2432 One choke in the playoffs and then 4 years of injury. What happened to the lakers this year and last year vs the Nuggets? or the year before that when you missed the playoffs entirely. Have a nice day.
@@JawaPenguin16it doesn't matter 😂
Flippers fans are goofy 🤪
Now @UrinatingTree needs to do a Legacy of Failure on this franchise.
Mike korzemba did one kind of awhile back. He definitely needs to update it
Not until Kawhi bails out
The Clippers are a cursed franchise. They’ve had all this talent (CP3, Blake Griffin, Deandre Jordan, JJ Reddick, Jamal Crawford, Kawhi, Paul George, James Harden.) Yet can’t do a damn thing with them. Regular season or playoffs. They’re always injured and they always come up short.
putting JJ on that list of names is criminal
As a Raptors fan and 6ix native, I have no doubt that if Kawhi stayed, then the Raptors would've repeated, or maybe even got a 3-peat. But I guess some players are just stupid 🙃
The buffalo bills and clippers both just need to move their franchises to different cities because they just have the worst luck
When you think about it, the Clippers also started their franchise in Buffalo. Maybe it's Buffalo that's bad luck 😂
Add the Cleveland Browns and Indians to that list 😂
The clippers were originally the buffalo braves just in case you don't know the fact.
If any trade requires giving up pretty much a whole decade's worth of draft picks, especially 1st rounders, that trade isn't worth it. You might just be better off letting your player walk and get nothing back. Draft picks mean possibilities.
I agree, unless youre getting a superstar mid prime i.e. 27-29 y/o id never
I agree, the raptors got Kawhi with 1 first round pick and none of their young guys. Brilliant
I had high hopes for the Clippers after they made the WCF in 2021.
Being drafted or traded to the LA Clippers is like an early death sentence for most star players. A lot of bad luck and questionable team management in this franchise.
What questionable management by the Clips has resulted in a death sentence to a players career?
Quoting words from The Urinating Tree:
“Do you know how f-ked you guys are if you don't win a championship within the next 2-3 years?”
This was after the Clippers broke the bank to acquire Paul George. Now, the Clippers are truly screwed.
"You're going to make the Nets trading for Garnett and Pierce look like a mere Andrew Bynum to the Sixers!"
@@ActivBowser9177 That 2-minute rant highlighted the second 3-1 series lead blown by the Clippers. It’s still one of the most hilarious vids uploaded by Tree.
@@CJEstradaMartinez Facts.
_Will the Clippers ever build a great homegrown team that can at least reach a Finals one day?_
No
Best homegrown type team they made was lob city.
How is this possible? The Clippers have had a winning record for 13 straight seasons. No other team in the league can say that. Yes, they never won anything and they have underperformed. but to say they are the worst manage team is so crazy. You look at teams like the Hornets and Pistons and still day that. I get it, everyone hates the Clippers. Its an easy team to hate, but let's not pretend like they haven't been a great franchise for over a decade now.
Agreed “worst” is crazy to say, unluckiest is probably the better word.
Worst isn't a reflection of purely results, but considering the talent they've had, the hype they've garnered, and their future prospects, yes, they definitely are in the running for "worst managed franchise". If for nothing else, being so desperate that they caved to Kawhi's demands to get PG demonstrated their weakness. Then signing the two most overrated players in NBA history (Harden and Westbrick) were bad. Now, they straight up picked Harden and Kawhi over PG.
They should have signed Kawhi to a contract that had heavy incentives, given PG a better contract option and let Harden go. Now, they've got two guys that are famous for coming up short when they're needed the most.
@@brushylake4606 feel pretty confident that every team would have made the deal to get both Kawhi and PG. Of course they have always underdelivered but not because of management. It has been injuries to Blake, CP, Kawhi, and PG. They signed Westbrook for the minimum, bad take to say that's a bad signing. I do think the Harden trade felt a bit forced. But again, what does management do? Stay mediocre for the past 13 years? NBA is a players league, teams always meet their demands. This isn't the NFL. So you think the Clippers would have been better off being a bad/mediocre team over the past decade than make the trades they made? Most teams aren't built through the draft anymore..other than maybe the Celtics with JB and Tatum, most teams are made through trades and free agent signing. So I don't think the future has been sacrificed.
See, this is why sometimes it's easy being a Kings fan. The bar is so low, that even a play-in spot is considered success 😅
And people had the audacity to compare them to the Lakers 😅😅😅 and also compare Kawhi to Lebron 😅😅😅😅
It was a legit conversation in 2019-20 but the Clips blowing that 3-1 lead changed everything
@@bobbysmoove4796 Oh you mean the season the Lakers won another banner and the Clippers choked in the second round? Yea that year pretty much solidified what everyone already knew about the two franchises.
@@bobbysmoove4796Flippers 🗑
KPJ will give the Clippers a bigger boost than most people realize.
When the tanking was over in Houston at the end of the 22-23 season there were about 6 games left, KPJ averaged over 30ppg.
Paul George thinks anyone cares that he left. I didn’t even know he played in the nba anymore
Cba rule is a thing and if he stay clippers will got the second apron that will limit their move
Bro quit riding Hardens jock strap
He's a certified choker who won't do shit for this team
The clippers will always be cursed😭
I mean they went to the conference finals for the first time and they had that core together for 5 yrs. I think the only problem is last year trading all those picks for Harden.
I wonder how many games Embiid and PG are gonna play together in the post-season with the injury history.
They had Shai..
Do people not realize Maxey was the best player in the playoffs last year for the 76ers over Embiid. I think PG would rather play with Maxey than Harden if Kawhi is always injured
Toronto got more from 1yr of Kawhi than the Clips got after 5+ years
Also anything positive about his career in the NBA will be his time with the Raptors. How ironic the same team he could not wait to get away from
The Lakers Will Always Be Better Than The Clippers That Will Never Change
i’m positive the Ballmer would of blew it up after the 23 season if it weren’t for Intuit Dome. You can’t move into a new arena without star power.
I can't believe Kawhi still getting contracts,
I'd been got him off books, I'm good
Detroit, Charlotte: hold my beer
I already knew it was going to be the clippers 😔
When Kawhi retires we will probably not hear from him again but if that’s not the case I don’t wanna hear how he wishes he stayed in Toronto cause they treated him like royalty… yes he shoulda stayed in Toronto but what’s more important… winning championships or playing at home ?
If it weren't for the mighty dynasty of the 90s, this video would've been about the Bulls
I mean, Chicago Bulls still exist, kinda.
remember doc rivers is the one that signed off on the deal to bring in PG.
Ballmer had no choice but to extend Kawhi because of the new arena. They need to sell tickets.
They had SGA!…one of the best top 3 youngest player in the league, if not the best, and they traded him away. SMH 🤦
People dont understand how good Kawhi is.
Can you imagine saying with Kawhi will not be able to contend cos its just him on the team
But then say having PG and Kawhi are a superteam.
Also, they keep saying Kawhi faked an injury
Then they say, he is playing for the money.
If the Olympics was in may june, he will be injured.
If postseason was olympic month, Kawhi would be available
great vid mate
Thanks for the chip and dip Kawhi. I'm glad things didn't work out in LAC. You should've never left the Raps. You took that franchise for granted
i used to have the belief that the clippers were this elite team to be feared but now im of the belief that they are a paper tiger all show no bite😊
thats been the case since like 2012
Blake Griffen’s huge body and pounding style destroyed his body.
Bro the first 0:00-0:20 was awesome. If I wasn't an NBA fan I wouldve thought the Clippers won like 10 championships in a row. Great video keep up the good work
To say Clips lost PG for nothing is a disaster pretty shows that you have no idea about basketball team chemistry and the latest CBA rules. These contents are even worst than the low quality ESPN late-reaction “analyst” saying the clippers’ future are doomed, the same group of people who said the clippers are title favourites several months ago.
Just in case you don’t know, RW has played his last game with the clips despite opting in. You can’t even get the facts right.
They definitely have their issues but worse than Brooklyn? KD/Kyrie signed same summer as Kawhi/PG and the Nets were way more of a cluster
Great video and happy you're not promoting betting houses
Milwaukee, Indiana, Atlanta, Minnesota, Cleveland, Houston, the LA Lakers, and Knicks are some of the teams that traded away 3 1st round picks for short term success in recent years, and could potentially find themselves in a similar situation, so I really don't agree with how the PG13 trade was a bad idea at the time, when thewe other teams did the same thing. The PG13-Kawhi era was a failure but only because Kawhi was never healthy...
They traded away SGA and the picks that became Tre Mann, Jalen Williams and Jaime Jacquez for Paul George, who left the Clippers with nothing by departing as a free agent. That’s pretty bad.
@@nocturne311 Man, that team with Kawhi could’ve been crazy lol
NY and Houston are big to great sized markets so it won’t hurt in the long run, Milwaukee and Indiana do not care bc they never get high lottery picks so when they don’t even draft that good majority of the time, they legit do not care as they are teams that prefer trading players anyway bc of their smaller markets. Minnesota is a team that has proven itself (more than the Clippers have tbh) to be a major team to stay in the west regardless of what happens. The only ones that are really going to truly hurt from this RIGHT when one single domino falls is Atlanta and Cleveland, especially if Cleveland messes up this Garland trade.
The Lakers and Bucks at least have a championship to show for it. Kawhi was healthy that first year but they choked after being up 3-1 so no “bubble” excuse
@@nocturne311SGA wouldnt develop the same, and the Clippers scouts suck so they probably wouldnt have picked those players anyway. They were in a win now mode at the time and it made sense to get BOTH PG+Kawhi (a fact alot of people forget when they see this trade)
Hell yeah just in time for my workout🔥🔥🔥
New Jersey Nets has entered the chat room
I remember how the media was blowing up the moment news came out that Kawhi and PG were going to the clippers, talking about how “they already won the championship before the season even started”. Those days are long gone
Yep that included Andy hoops are other NBA RUclipsrs as well
Yeah, this is what James Harden needed. A guy who literally can’t even ball out in the playoffs anymore and also he’s a choker year after year. Yeah good job Andy.
Thank goodness the Clippers took the title from my Nets as the team with the worst future in the NBA
PG left an injury prone star for another injury prone star.
Shoulda never got Harden imo i blame that for Russ performances. Russ was a diff player when he started.
6:53 so basically the Clippers' front office just got absolutely "Kahwi'd" at that point
Can't wait for clipped part two 😂
I'm early. Well who we thinking winning next season? I see thunder vs Celtics in finals
Kawhi's load management "New Balance" formula...
20% hooping + 80% stooping =100% duping Steve Balmer 😁😁
Just remember this will potentially just make the Thunder even SCARIER. The Clippers are one Kawhi injury away from the Clippers being ass next season, 2026, and 2027. Theyve already gotten Shai, and Jalen Williams from the clippers.
That Paul George for SGA trade might be one of the worst trades in NBA history
If SGA actually leads OKC to a championship
I love how dropping PG13 is exposing all these so-called "experts." Everyone bashing the Clippers FO has no clue about the CBA, salary cap, and aprons. Dropping PG13 brightens the future of the Clippers and made their team *BETTER!* The Clippers are now ahead of the curve of other teams in with the new 2nd apron rule. The Clippers dropped a choker (PG13), signed a better defender, got Nico back, got a decent backup C, and they're not done. They're getting rid of Westbrook and Tucker. They lowered their ceiling (that they hardly ever reached with PG) and raised their floor. They got rid of the whiny low IQ guy who wanted to be overpaid and kept demanding point guards and offense changes around him. Everyone on the West except for the Wolves and Thunder got worse, while the Clippers got deeper. Wolves are the same, Thunder got better. The Clippers are #3 in the West even without PG and they still stack up on paper against #1 and #2.
Remember when Pat Bev went like "THE LEAGUE IS OURS" when Kawhi and PG signed? 😂😂😂
As a chosen NBA team Los Angeles Clippers' fan,I am feeling entirely with this team but your explanations in this video about them are spotted on,good friend Andy Hoops!!!I am only hoping for the team to galvanise well despite no drafts picks until 2030,so lets see how this management is going to solve the problems well,good friend!!!🏋🏻♂️
Patrick Beverley said 'the next five years are mine' in 2019
Which Franchise is more cursed. The Wolves or the Clippers 😅
the wolves are getting back onto their feet, and becoming a good team.
Clippers have been cursed for leaving Buffalo the way they did. Break the curse by having a proper farewell game in Buffalo and allow Buffalo to raise the number 11 of Bob McAdoo to the rafters in the Buffalo arena
Id like to understand the nature of kawhi injury, he sat a whole season in san antonio moved to Canada , made it all the way to the finals , now he can barely make it half the season with the same injury he's been playing with for years now
It's a degenerative condition, one he'll have the rest of his life he can only manage the symptoms. Kawhi being damaged goods has been the worst kept secret in the NBA. Raptors and Clippers knew that going in otherwise they could sue Kawhi and his camp for lying about his medicals.
The team came from San Diego. I know they didn't start there. Padres, Chargers, Clippers...all cursed franchises.
Who knew throwing money at a problem isn't gonna solve the problem.
The revisionist history on the Paul George trade is kinda wild.
-Kawhi Leonard leveraged the hell out of threatening to just sign with the Lakers and joining Lebron James if the Clippers didn't trade for Paul George.
-The Clippers essentially traded SGA who, at the time, was just a promising 20 year old rookie and control of their draft from 2022 to 2026 for arguably the best two way player in the NBA in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George who was coming off a season in which he was 3rd in MVP voting.
Yes it was a lot and yes it has ended with three playoff series wins, but people are simply lying if they're telling you they weren't making that trade at that time.
Even if Kawhi leverage it would be impossible!! Kawhi most likely just stay with Raptors. Kawhi has no gm power.
Paul George already signed 5 year maxed with OKC after losing to Portland Blazers.
If anything Paul George value was inflated in 2018-2019.
I bet Jerry West did some sweet talking for the OKC behind close door to agree with the trade. Even when PG makes it sound like it was a done deal trade. Sam Presti emotion response was the opposite. Sam Presti didn't want a rebuild unless he's given a lot of capital.
Why you think PG keep saying the LOGO.
Paul George owe his bum from Jerry West.
9:52 its a slap in the face to the fans.
Will if he didn’t try to play in the Olympics it’d be a slap in the face to his country.
The Clippers are actually cursed. I don’t know if it’s someone cursing Donald Sterling years and years ago in the 60s-80s or something else but they’re absolutely cursed.
The Kawhi situation was so unique though. You have at the time, the best player in the world (or at least top 3) coming off of a finals MVP with a team that really had no other star aside from him (Siakam had a postseason but his play actually suffered once Kawhi left and he was given the keys) wanting to come join your organization and you have to give up nothing but a salary all 29 other teams would gladly pay themselves. On top of that you have a billionaire owner.
But Kawhi was always a package deal. In essence, the Clippers traded that insane haul to the Thunder not only for George but also for Kawhi. There’s no guarantee he signs if they’re not able to get him a sidekick like George and those guys aren’t just growing on trees.
The one major red flag was Kawhi’s behavior with the Spurs. That organization did nothing but win and that regime molded 4 Hall of Famers (5 including Kawhi). If you have a problem with them then YOU are the problem and that’s exactly what happened.
I think Kawhi’s reluctance to really put in the hard yards and training that could risk injury in the offseason has made his body susceptible to injury. That’s why he’s so broken down all the time.
It was a tough call but the Clippers should’ve just brought back PG, tried it one more year and if it failed then you tear the whole thing down.
I know their luxury tax bill would’ve been substantial but billionaire owner Steve Balmer has shown that his checkbook is always ready to go.
Bring back George, bring back Harden, Russ has to come back and you have Kawhi under contract. I believe Norman Powell and Zubac, two key role players, are also due back.
Remember there was a time earlier last season after the Clippers added Harden that the West went through the Clippers or Denver. You HAVE to give that one more chance.
What’s the worst case scenario? It’s another injury riddled campaign, you pay heavy taxes for a year but then you begin your rebuild and get quite a bit of valuable assets unloading Paul (we saw how robust his market was), Harden, Powell, Zubac and Kawhi. You start from scratch.
Instead the Clippers….. Clippered. They let a guy who they traded a half decade of their future and a future MVP contender go for absolutely nothing. NOTHING. Zilch. Not even a bogo coupon. You bring back basically the same squad last year minus quite arguably your best player and definitely your second best player and you bring back a guy at $25M a year who is a shell of what he was a few years ago.
What exactly is the point? The clippers will let their entire roster walk in free agency and begin the longest, dumbest and most painful rebuild in North American history unless they get a miracle…or 5.
Clippers WORST ORGANIZATION & UNLUCKY 💯
I feel bad for Balmer, he seems to care so much about basketball but his star players dont
I hate to say this but the players have proven every chance they that they shouldn’t be making roster moves. The starts should have their input but they shouldn’t make the final decisions
I don't understand the love for Kwahi, this guy never plays basketball, screwed over San Antonio, basically screwed over Toronto, and continuing to screw over the clippers and Steve ballmer
Clippers and Wolves are worst run all time. But the last 20 years Philly have been abysmal. Sooooo many bad mistakes its crazy.
It was a great idea at the time but they gave up wayyy too much for George and trading for harden was not the move imo
Inuit dome is built on native american burial ground. They need a new city to get rid of the Clippers curse
Never thought I would think Kawhi would ever do a Julius Randle, but here we are
2024 is the breaking point for this video? If anything they’ve been making all the right moves this off season. Paul George isn’t worth it
They should’ve never traded for PG13. That team they had before just needed Kawhi. Him and SGA. And maybe a legit PF/C would’ve been lethal
We got "This Is The Worst Managed Franchise In NBA History" before GTA6
The same people who are criticizing Paul's departure are the same people who would have criticized if they gave him the max.
The Clippers were garbage and an afterthought before Ballmer bought the team and made the Kawhi/PG moves. This management team made them relevant for the first time ever, and opening a brand new Clippers arena in LA this season.