Its crazy to think trading Shai is the biggest reason for the Clippers downfall
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That's long over with even though we're still suffering from the effects. Just stop passing up prospects and players with potiential when we don't have much draft capital. That's all.Its crazy to think trading Shai is the biggest reason for the Clippers downfall
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The championship window for this team is shut. They're going to be treading water until they get their picks back. No one that has left the Clippers has gone on to play winning basketball besides Shai and Hartenstein. Everyone has only gotten run on bad, tanking, or injured teams with no stakes.
Kawhi showed flashes like he might be back to 80% and has looked cooked ever since.
Kawhi showed flashes like he might be back to 80% and has looked cooked ever since.
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Any time you can dump all your bad contracts, escape the luxury tax and somehow come out ahead on draft picks, that has to be worthy of applause.I don’t think the Clippers’ deadline work is getting enough attention, even if much of it was undoing previous mistakes. LA entered the deadline saddled with a regrettable extension (Terance Mann), a player option for next year they didn’t want to be picked up (Kevin Porter Jr.’s) and $17 million in non-performing money (P.J. Tucker and Bones Hyland).
In a series of three trades, they turned those four players into Bogdan Bogdanović and three expiring contracts (Drew Eubanks, Patty Mills and MarJon Beauchamp) and netted out at three seconds inbound and only one going out. Bogdanović has had an awful year in Atlanta after starring off the bench in 2023-24, but his team option for 2026-27 means the Clippers can cut bait after next year if he can’t rediscover his mojo.
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Not exactly true. Its not BBJ's fault that Zion doesn't give a sh*t, BI is always injured, now traded, and Dejonte Murray blew his achilles. Moussa is balling, but he's not the star of team. That's on Melo, Brandon Miller, Miles Bridges, and Mark Williams. If everyone is healthy those aren't bad teams at all on paper. Keon Johnson is the only one on a team that's blatantly tanking. They're a few unknowns on winning teams, a few of our ex players could've ended up as pickups to higher seeded teams. And PG's situation is supposed to be magnificent, but they're one of the most disappointing underachieving teams I've ever seen.
Start of a new day today. Bogdan, Simmons, Beauchamp, Eubanks... well Eubanks just twisted his knee and that's like the third back up big we've gone through in the last two months. I just want to see Simmons run some point and give Harden a rest when needed instead of him playing entire 2nd halfs. Jordan Miller as a two way player only gets 50 games with the main team. He's currently at 48 games. They're not giving him a standard NBA contract. Adding Bogdan sealed his fate. Would like to see Kobe get some more run over an aging Batum. He looks like he's starting to turn the corner. We'll see.3. LA Clippers
Any time you can dump all your bad contracts, escape the luxury tax and somehow come out ahead on draft picks, that has to be worthy of applause.
I don’t think the Clippers’ deadline work is getting enough attention, even if much of it was undoing previous mistakes. LA entered the deadline saddled with a regrettable extension (Terance Mann), a player option for next year they didn’t want to be picked up (Kevin Porter Jr.’s) and $17 million in non-performing money (P.J. Tucker and Bones Hyland).
In a series of three trades, they turned those four players into Bogdan Bogdanović and three expiring contracts (Drew Eubanks, Patty Mills and MarJon Beauchamp) and netted out at three seconds inbound and only one going out. Bogdanović has had an awful year in Atlanta after starring off the bench in 2023-24, but his team option for 2026-27 means the Clippers can cut bait after next year if he can’t rediscover his mojo.
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This year’s deadline was a lot of information in a short amount of time. Let's evaluate everyone's work.
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Miller didn't have the level of success I was expecting. He's kind of in a purgatory where he's too good for g league but not good enough for the main team.
He lost confidence in his jumper and stopped shooting it and his slow motion Euro-step in the paint got shut down. Him hitting the three ball and defense is what was going to get him a NBA deal, but that's pretty much done now. Kawhi is back and too many other options on the squad now at his position. Beauchamp is considered a bust in Milwaukee. I though he was going to get waived but it looks like the front office is going to keep him and see if Lue and "unlock him" like they attempted to do with Mo Bamba, but failed.
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NBA is difficult as fukk
It’s tough to stick around for 3 years much less rise from the ranks of 2nd round pick to rotation guy. Deuce McBride, Pritchard, Reaves, Max Christie etc. Those were all luck considering none of them jumped off the page in terms of ability
Clippers aren’t a draft pick team…they’re a Get More From Depreciated Assets team.
Can’t have it all
All them guys The Clippers let go were reclamation projects.
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What they did with Mann and Coffey is great. Norm having the leap he did. They've done some good work but their drafting and player development overall has been hit or miss.
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Holy shyt I forgot. At this point Amir gets minutes on any team. That’s a testament to team development
Yeah 2nd rounders have a major uphill battle just to become an end of the bench role player. They're more even considered draft busts anymore if/when they don't make it or stick to a team. Lob City was dying for wing help and looked far and wide but always came up empty. Mann, Coffey, BBJ, etc. would've been a godsend to them. But all you had was two rounds of the draft to work with. Now its the draft, a hundred prospects in Europe, Africa, S America, Australia, and a packed G League to pull players from.
When a team without much draft capital like us can release BBJ and Moussa and then pick up Cam Christie, Trentyn Flowers and reclamation projects in Kai Jones, KPJ, and Marion Beau champ, things done changed. That's why I believe we'll be able to get past "The Trade - 213 Era" debacle if we play it right and not suffer major injuries. Might not be lottery picks, but young talent is easier to come by now than in the past
Agreed, my only thing is that I thought BBJ & Moussa should've gotten one more year, especially with PG Russ, and Plumlee bouncing. They weren't going to get much looks with all the vets and 213 on the team last season so this would've been the year to really see if it was sink or swim for them. Unfortunately the Mo Bamba project played out just like how I thought it would.
Norm the people's All Star, Harden, and Ben Simmons was nice! Wish he had some type of jumper but his defense, rebounding, play making, and semi-running the offense will have Harden spending less energy. Lue did Zu dirty though. Can't bench a guy like that in the 4th with or without Simmons. When everyone was gassed I thought a few post ups for easy twos would've gotten us by in regulation instead of having to go into overtime. Still a badly needed win tho. Heading into all star break on a high note. We got some good pieces now. Can Ty figure it out?
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The game turned once Utah’s quick guys couldn’t matchup hunt. This wasn’t a Zu game