The Clippers Are A DISASTER Waiting To Happen...

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[@duMaurier15]

SGA staying in LA would have been different. OKC has a better development staff and also a more family orientated enivornment.. LA is Los Angeles.. Too many Diddy like parties happen there.

[@maximillianschauer1439]

Not only that but that one year with cp3 in okc really helped him develop too.

[@lilstogie]

That year with CP3 was also big for his development.

[@alexmonteiro166]

Ain't no party like a Diddy party WORD IS BONDDDD

[@cdeleon3494]

Having a young player like SGA is still better than what Kawhi is giving the clips right now lmao

[@jonathantolbert6554]

Someone didn’t watch rookie shay

[@rdd16]

are we really surprised that this didnt work out? everyone was saying it was way to much to give up for that “big 3” any team with kawhi is basically a big 2

[@zergmare7]

I mean, it worked out for OKC

[@ry_an.]

@@zergmare7it worked cause Shai got as good as he did

[@blakehobbs6577]

The raptors just proved it was possible to win a championship with Kawhi that previous season.

[@AntMcLeod]

Fuck no, they are clowns.

[@Odysseus1999]

Yes, we are. Everyone at that time was thinking the Clippers would come out of the West. They just had a great playoff run without them the previous year. Kawhi had just won a championship. It’s easy to say what you’re saying in retrospect. People were saying it was a lot to give up, but they expected them to at least make the finals anyway. This is you just hating on Kawhi and PG, and I’m not even a Clippers fan.

[@rome8180]

You made a great point in this video. The Clippers made a risky move with high upside. It didn't work out. That doesn't mean it was a bad decision based on their information at the time. Just because something didn't work out doesn't mean it was wrong to do it. I wish more people could wrap their head around this. Too many people can't distinguish between process and results.

[@jonathannovembre4562]

Thank you bro, basketball talk getting bad bc of ppl like the ones you mentioned mfs react with emotion and no logic

[@jacobglorgenhak6394]

Rip mutombo

[@deemeaks8135]

Fr bro Bol Bol’s son right!?

[@arcellmcgowan1517]

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[@deemeaks8135]

@@arcellmcgowan1517 🎯

[@JordanGurney]

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[@deemeaks8135]

@@JordanGurney 😢

[@zombiesheepherder1482]

As a Thunder Fan, I can’t wait 😂

[@MihoyMinoy-si8fb]

Lol I wouldn’t get too excited. The Clippers aren’t going to be anywhere near bad enough to get the number one overall pick. They’re more likely to fall out of the lottery entirely than to get the number one overall pick.

[@zombiesheepherder1482]

@@MihoyMinoy-si8fb it’s all icing on the cake. Thunder already set with lots of potential to still improve.

[@MihoyMinoy-si8fb]

@@zombiesheepherder1482 You are right about that. I’m just saying the Clippers are probably going to go all out since they have no incentive to tank. They’ll probably a worse than .500 team if I had to guess. They’ll miss the playoffs but won’t be bottom 5. Maybe bottom 10. Thunder got lucky for sure. Exciting to watch

[@22Paolologarta]

@@MihoyMinoy-si8fb I don't think the thunder need to go to no.1 overall pick I mean its a dream scenario for sure but they dont really need to go for no.1. Realistically I can see the thunder goin from 6-12 range and the next draft is loaded with High end talent... So if the thunder can go reach no. 6 (And that's if the clippers are worse then I expect them to be) that's still pretty good for a loaded draft next season.

[@cruzloera4931]

As a lakers fan, I want thunder to win the chip and then get the first pick

[@bryan.flores]

Insane that SGA alone is worth more than Paul george

[@Goatlikeitornot]

Way way more now

[@melaninoncode7555]

Traded away the farm and then pg 13 walks away for nothing?????? 😖

[@markrinella4436]

Leonard should never have left Toronto.

[@AntMcLeod]

They are a clown organization. Khawhi should have gotten surgery game 3, last year. But instead they acted like he was fine until Grant Hill cut his ass from Team USA. Then they lied and said Khawhi was fine & bullshit. Everyone is sick of Khawhi's bullshit except the Clippers.

[@ivanjimenez7202]

Lol you sound miserable. As a clipper fan I am sick of the situation he has us in, but one can only hope to get a playoff run from him. It is what is, no point in being miserable and mad

[@nousername1524]

​@@ivanjimenez7202That hope died years ago. Kawhi isn't gonna be healthy, Kawhi isn't in his Raptors form anymore, Harden chokes a lot in the playoffs, there are so many teams better than the Clippers. All happen every year. Just being real.

[@SM-vx6zq]

@@ivanjimenez7202he’s right. Leonard is a quitter and just wants to pad his own career rather than help the team

[@RE1GN_BLOOD]

They got fleeced just by trading Shai forget the picks. One of the worst trades ever

[@IRequireMedication]

Sure, in retrospect. But if these two were healthy, multiple championships. He brought up a very valid point; All that the Clippers gave up for PG (and boy was it a lot) can be looked at as it was for Kawhi as well, seeing how he would only sign if they brought in PG. The Thunder were sitting on pocket aces, with two aces on the flop.

[@tahinarajaobelina2486]

Worst trade ever ? Really ? Who, back in 2019, wouldn't trade assets and SGA for Kawhi + PG ? Seriously ? Who ?

[@JimBob-jr5up]

​@@tahinarajaobelina2486He said "ONE of the worst trades ever" and to be completely honest, its pretty hard to not see it already. But if the Clippers end up as a lottery team and OKC gets a say, top 5 pick... my god... its already terrible for the Clippers but adding that is disgusting.... people should be fired.

[@tahinarajaobelina2486]

@@JimBob-jr5up One of the worst trade ever ? Seriously ? SGA and all-in in draft pick for 2 pluri-annual All-Stars. One of them was top 3 MVP at that time, and the other had 2 DPOY and 2 FMVP... is it worse than trading your draft pick for Mikal Bridges ? trading your draft pick for fatty James Harden ? trading all of your draft pick for KD in 2023 ?.... It is easy to judge an event that happens in 2029 with 2024 perspective. But where was all that comments in 2019 ? Because at that time, everybody was ok to say that it was a genius coup. And finally, you seem to forget that the goal for every franchise is not to have 31 1st round pick for the next 5 years. The ultimate goal is to win a title. And, sacrificing those assets to increase drastically your chance may worth it. And at the end, in sports, it's more the move and the process that you can judge, not the results. Because, you can do everythings right, if luck is not on your side, you can lose.

[@wolfbane610]

​@JimBob-jr5up SGA, JDub, possible high lottery picks for the next 3 years from Clippers. Plus multiple first round picks from multiple teams in a deep 2025 draft. Incredible

[@JHPG5]

People posting about the Clippers for views now lol

[@MrMDMPOfficial]

That's the point right? The Clippers are and have been a story. Just for all the wrong reasons

[@angelondilou5669]

Lol if they didn't make bad choices he wouldn't make this video

[@Toddlemosh]

@@angelondilou5669duh. There bad choices are what make them interesting! 😂

[@josecaparas5015]

It all made sense back in 2019. No one saw how good SGA would become back then.

[@iguesss]

Watch this be the best Clipper team in league history 😂

[@dankonishi9644]

They lost a 34 year old player that didn’t deserve the max. They only signed Harden for 2yrs which is a smart move. Clips picked up good role players. They have added Jeff Van Gundy in their coaching staff and still have an elite head coach in Ty Lue. Signed & extended Kawhi, Mann, and Zu. It won’t be one of their worst season. It will be a fun season. All the pressure and expectation is on PG / Sixers to win a chip after this move or anything less is a complete failure. So I don’t agree with your take.

[@nousername1524]

Is a 33 year old Kawhi and a 35 year old Harden going to be doing anything though? Fun as it may be, their careers are being wasted; especially when one gets injured near playoff time and one always dissapears. Coaching staff is good and role players are decent but how far will theose take the Clippers? Second round if lucky. Not to mention their picks are just gone, so what trades can they do? This team ain't winning a championship, any less is a failure. They're done - time for a rebuild.

[@dankonishi9644]

@@nousername1524 expectations are on PG and the Sixers for signing him to the max contract. They are expected to win a chip if they don’t, then signing him was a failure.

[@dankonishi9644]

@@nousername1524 you missed the take on this clip which was “this season is going to be the worst season in the Clippers franchise” which is absolutely not true.

[@holdmyweight3597]

All it takes is Kawhi to get injured and go down for a long period of time and their season is essentially over. Clippers are trusting Kawhi now more than ever. You really think they have a chance with Harden?? The West has gotten better. I would be surprised if they make the playoffs but we'll see 🤔

[@dankonishi9644]

@@holdmyweight3597 I’m not predicting a championship this season for the Clips. It’s certainly not going to be their worst season in franchise history as this clip states. It will be a exciting season. One thing about the Clips regarding Kawhi getting hurt, there are other players that get more opportunity and pick up the slack. For PG leaving, it as a good thing. No way he deserves the max contract at his age and history of injuries must have taken a toll. 76ers are gambling hard. All eyes and expectations for the 76ers are championship or bust for them. I am not predicting a championship for the Clips. Just a fun and exciting season at their new arena.

[@noisepuppet]

So you're telling me, if I put five bucks on the Clips winning it all, and they do it, I'll be a millionaire? Better odds than the Lotto

[@gwenweight6916]

Is it though?

[@RR-in7do]

Where are you getting these numbers from?

[@inamorta47-playertwist]

Thats not how betting works. Lol

[@MrSparkyss]

Should just give the new arena to OKC while your at it 😂😂

[@chrisgomez8747]

We're really sleeping on this potential of the clippers for this season. Yes, i understand kawhi is still on the team, but let's just say if he is healthy for once. The team can still be pretty good. Those players hear everything the media is saying. This aint the same old team from last year

[@1000rogueleader]

All of this depends on Kawhi being healthy for once, for the entire year, or at least most of it. And we all know that ain't happening. The Clippers are screwed.

[@kingkanyon]

We gotta do better with our hot takes. They have a better team than last year

[@Robi2009]

I think NBA should add some "Injury salary" rules, like if a player can't play for more than 66 % of the season, they get paid some equivalent of a minimal wage, let's say - same as No. 14 on a rookie scale; and the difference between the actual contract of an injured player and this "injury salary" could be spent on some G-League guy on a two-way for the lasting of the injury

[@StevenSkoczen]

Guaranteed contracts for people who put their bodies on the line are how things should work, and align the incentives for the best version of the game. In your system, nobody is diving for a loose ball or going all out - there's just too much risk.

[@Robi2009]

@@StevenSkoczen So? Health of the players should be league's No. 1 concern - NBA's stupid (in my opinion) decisions to prevent workload management by coaches (MVP award etc.) made Embiid come back to soon, same with Haliburton. I'd rather get 15 seasons of a healthy but slightly less hustling Embiid, than 10 of him going 110 % but in 20-30 games per season...

[@kjjr3270]

if you are a grown man writing this, you are actually embarassing. Get some info on who pays the wages. Also this shi would just cause problems, especially with star players

[@LukeTrovisi]

Modern NBA contracts have clauses for this. They make X dollars when they reach a games played threshold.

[@Peter-hz3vs]

I think it would make more sense to have actual salary tax exemption so the team has money to put on other guys. It would at least give the incentive for more guys to play in the league.

[@tammydj9941]

Hindsight is a pain in the ass, right?

[@brushylake4606]

Clippers: So we have a guy who can't play a full season and gets injured every year in the playoffs...give him the MAX!

[@urbaindelva7869]

Re-signing PG was gonna be a lose-lose situation. He was not worth the money that he wanted, but losing him for nothing was not ideal, either. I think the Clippers are gonna be decent this season, but I don't have much hope for them. Just as sure as the sun rises in the morning, Kawhi is injured AGAIN. Harden is not what he used to be, and the players they acquired in FA are not gonna move the needle that much.

[@one2many1030]

OKC about to get Cooper Flagg now lmao

[@MihoyMinoy-si8fb]

Not a chance LAC is bad enough to get the number one overall pick. There’s just no way. The Clippers are fringe play in. Team good for a mid first round pick.

[@donnyg9993]

@@MihoyMinoy-si8fbit’s possible with lottery odds. Atlanta were nowhere near the worst team and got the first pick

[@one2many1030]

@@MihoyMinoy-si8fb They are already halfway there with Kawhi already being hurt; if both Kawhi and Harden are missing significant time, they are no better than the Portland Trail Blazers out in the loaded West; and plus, you don't need the worst record in the league to get the No. 1 pick with the way the NBA rigs the lottery lol

[@MihoyMinoy-si8fb]

@@one2many1030 Idk if you’ve actually looked at the Clippers roster. There’s quite a few quality players. If they were to blow it up. You’d have playoff contenders calling on at least 5 of their guys. Harden, Zubac, Terrance Mann, Norman Powell and DJJ are all very solid players and they have a pretty good coach to boot. It’s absolutely possible for the Thunder to get the number one pick. The odds are just very low and we should be realistic about that. The Clippers also have no incentive to tank.

[@imsalty5539]

@@MihoyMinoy-si8fb they are a fringe play in team while healthy if kawaii or harden get hurts they are a bottom 10 team

[@EugeneMao-op3ot]

Sure hindsight is always 20/20. I remember when the nets were scorching the entire league. Blake turned back the clock in to lob city Blake, Aldridge was playing some pretty good ball, Joe Harris shot the lights out, and of course, you had Kyrie and KD. Everyone thought the nets were going to run away with the title. Oh and those Clips. The day after the news broke, they were head and shoulders above everyone in championship odds. We were praising on how Mr. West just pillaged the league ONCE AGAIN. Remember, they got not 1 but TWO top players for the package. If you were trading 4 firsts, a player that was drafted outside of the top10 the year prior that wasn't tops in ROY voting, and a couple of vets no one really wanted for a PRIME PG, and arguably the best player in the league that just won a chip with a franchise that had no business in the chip conversation. I'm pretty sure you do that trade 10/10 times.

[@jonathannovembre4562]

THANK YOU, everyone but the clips can make moves to try to win a chip. It’s dead weird sl

[@emeraldteen]

As a Thunder fan I remember that 2020 season after we traded russ and pg that offseason i thought we were gonna be rebuilding for a lot longer than we did with this past season being the first time we made a real playoff run with our guys now. I give it all to presti for his basketball knowledge and prowess as a GM for a team. Presti is one of the only GM that I would be scared to talk to aside from Danny Ange.

[@smoothsavage2870]

Presti also is the one who didnt keep the core of KD, Russ and Harden together though. He let Harden go after their finals run in 2012. I wouldnt give him too much high praise. He knows how to put a great roster together. Keeping them together is a different story. When contract time comes for SGA and Chet Holmgren, (especially with the current CBA) lets see what he does.

[@jaebuudhatv8514]

​​​​@@smoothsavage2870 I give presti all the praise cuz he's managing a small market team and has had major success perk already told us harden wanted his own squad and with OKC budget they couldn't afford a superstar in exchange for harden KD went to the 73-9 warriors I mean thats not prestis fault take away the fact they didn't win a chip he's only managed the team since 2008 and has been in the playoffs more than most tanking teams. success in a small market is not easy

[@smoothsavage2870]

@@jaebuudhatv8514 Y'all have to give the small market stuff up. There are teams that are supposedly big market that struggle too (like the Knicks and Nets). I'm not giving anybody extra points because of the market they're in. KD left because they were never gonna get a chip as they were constructed. That IS on Presti because he should've found a way to keep Harden.

[@jaebuudhatv8514]

@@smoothsavage2870 the knicks and nets do not struggle financially it’s New York 😂 I will always make an excuse for the smaller markets they are not FA destinations they simply don’t have the financial backing to keep great players nyc might struggle with management but they absolutely have the money to sign any free agents Okc was literally about to lose their stadium last year until the city signed off on a deal to keep it guess who’s paying for that? The citizens of okc when KD left he didn’t go to a small market team neither did PG or harden

[@smoothsavage2870]

​@@jaebuudhatv8514 The Bucks and Blazers gave their stars supermaxes. The Bucks now have the star that the Blazers paid all that money, but they're sooo poor. I expect that you're preparing for Presti to let either Chet or SGA go in the future. When KD went to the Warriors, they were in Oakland. Oakland is a small market. They were the most expensive team at one point being in that small market. Oakland only has 440K people. Denver have nearly 300K more people and they're considered a small market team. San Franscisco is a vastly bigger market though, but KD was gone by the time they moved there. Market size is determined by the amount of potential customers in a given area. If Presti would've kept important players around KD, he'd have never left, so that's still Presti's fault.

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

R.I.P. Dikembe Mutombo LEGEND

[@alexjjgreen]

I am glad to be at the end of the trying to collect 3 of: Kevin Durant Russell Westbrook James Harden Kyrie Irving Kawhi Leonard Paul George and calling it a superteam era...

[@davidstring8301]

Thank you for covering the Kawhi aspect of that PG trade. I HATE when people act like the trade was just for PG.

[@ACTS-1631]

Exact opposite, harden already stated back in 2019 he was going to sacrifice his scoring to play teamball, and in his recent interview he said hes done with that bs. He's coming back averaging 30 and 10, soon as kawhi get healthy its over for the league

[@cubbwatch]

Congrats on the baby reveal Tucker!! Hoping she's delivered healthy and happy!

[@bamiseogundipe]

Anyone who said they would never make that trade is lying to themselves

[@infiniteuniverse9528]

There is a tremendous lure to play in LA. Playing in LA was a decisive factor for Kawhi to follishly leave the champion Raptors. But playing for the Clippers actually may bring more pressure than playing for the Lakers due to their long history of not winning anything. Still trying to remove the stench/curse of Donald Sterling.

[@benwelch6554]

Nah Kawhi needs to be studied. Great with the spurs, legendary finals run with the raptors, then played an entire max contract with the clippers where he missed significant time every year and he gets rewarded with another max contract💀💀

[@MarcoBrolo]

What is there to study hes been hurt. And he didn't get the max

[@benwelch6554]

@@MarcoBrolo dang yeah I know a lot of players who were elite, got traded, dominated a championship run, signed a super max with a different team, barely played the entire contract then signed a $50 million a year extension… weird reply bro idk what you getting at

[@AnotherStatsGuy]

The Clippers’ problem is that they included their own draft picks. If they had stopped at the 2 MIA 1sts and the PHI 1st, things go a lot different just because the Clippers have more assets for reinforcements.

[@blueredlover1060]

The PG trade felt like going to the roulette wheel and putting everything on green. If it works, you're a genius, and ultimately nothing matters. If it fails, you're going to make the 7 win Bobcats look competent.

[@maxgarrett8135]

What do the Thunder even do with a lotto pick. Like package them in a trade but for who and they have to match salary too so I feel like the Thunder suffering from their success to the point it might be an issue

[@maxgarrett8135]

Like they already were the 1 seed and likely to be again, who do you trade along with the picks?

[@Joefdgtr]

Probably do what Spurs did this year - E.g. Convert the pick to a long term future unprotected first + swap or something like that (If they dont like the lotto player of course) At least they got the "best problem" to have i.e. Too many positive assets

[@treycdd]

Y’all forget that kawhi said he wasn’t coming to LA unless they sign Paul George so you were trading for both of them really

[@trey_baker]

This clown needs to find some other team to hate on. “The Clippers are disaster “ hot takes are getting boring at this point

[@HoopsAficionado]

Calling the Clippers a disaster and having Harden as the thumbnail is nasty work.

[@urbaindelva7869]

Yeah, that's disrespectful. As if the Clippers did not have these problems already before he got there.

[@ManiacMcCurtis]

It is what it is and going back to when the trade happened; would have done it 100x over. However, SGA was showing a lot of talent after his rookie season. Seeing how Boston developed, would have opted to naturally build and develop your team through the draft. Hindsight is 20/20

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[@SonnyK248]

It's great being a Thunder fan. Its crazy enough that we were able to snag Nicola Topic in last years draft after being the 1 seed. If that guy wasn't hurt he's have been top 5 minimum. Now next year we have The Clippers unprotected first and have an option to trade it for Houston's first if we want along with Miami's first that's lottery protected so it should come in because they always make the post season, Philly's first which is 1-6 protected which will surely come in and probably be in the mid-late 20's, and Utah's which is protected 1-10. And our pick. All this in one of the most loaded drafts ever for a team that is one of the favorites for the title next season 🤯 We could get say a 10th pick from LA if they miss the playoffs. A pick in the 11-17 range from Utah if they go out in the first round or just miss out on the playoffs, Maybe 15-20 from Miami and ours and Philly's who will be in the mid-late 20's range. Obviously we cant use them all but some rebuilding team who values quantity over quality in such a loaded draft may be willing to let us push up the draft if we give them enough in return. So we could get another future star for our already loaded team next summer.

[@MarcoRoberto1]

And people had the AUDACITY to compare Kawhi to Lebron 😂😂😂

[@MrJman967]

Im blaming this on Kawhi. Dude always has some mystery injury that causes him to miss 60 games a season. I genuinely believe he doesn't want to play basketball anymore but wants the paycheck that comes with it.

[@MarcoBrolo]

So he gets fake surgeries and the media is lying he's a perfectly healthy player ?

[@sydneychukwukelu]

Doc Rivers said that the deal could have gone thru if they didn't add SGA. I knew SGA was going to be an All-Star. I didn't understand why they had to add him to the trade

[@peytonlong5573]

I disagree, they’re not contenders so playoffs expectations mean nothing, Harden gets to ball hog this season, they win 43-46 games with this squad that’s a success in my books

[@kristfur]

"when healthy" that's the catch. Should have been a giant red flag to the Clippers. Can't keep giving max-contracts to 30+ guys who play 1/2 a season, and disappear in the payoffs.

[@manegrindshard]

I think in few years you're going to be making a video like this about the Knicks. They are good on paper and everyone is hyping them just like they did the clippers and nets but they kept falling short.

[@johncarter2423]

People forget that everybody had the clippers winning it all that first year. Hindsight is 20/20

[@bpdmf2798]

I liked that clippers team they broke up to get Kawhi. They looked really good in the playoffs the year prior and they looked like they had a good number of legit playoff caliber players.

[@urbaindelva7869]

They did not break that team up. They were still together when Kawhi signed.

[@agirotto1]

You know what would've been hilarious? If PG has signed with OKC instead of Philly.

[@Outright_Mike]

I disagree with your point. Yes, winning the title is important, but I don’t think a team aiming to build a dynasty or sustain long-term success should risk their entire future for just one shot at winning. When the Clippers acquired PG and Kawhi, they weren’t just ‘one piece away’-they gambled by completely reshaping the team. That’s not a smart gamble in my opinion considering their injury history at that time. Jeopardizing the future for a title run isn’t always the right move. Look at the Raptors-they did swap some key pieces for Kawhi without mortgaging their future, and it worked. It’s not the same.

[@urbaindelva7869]

If they had signed Kawhi and left it at that, then they would've been better off. The PG trade was where they messed up. In hindsight, of course.

[@mrf19741]

The Clippers Curse Continues!

[@WHITEPERSUAS1ON]

Barring health, Clips will be fine and probably surprise a lot of people. But thats a big IF with Kawhi

[@rob.parsnips]

Being healthy would be the surprise

[@bye7555]

James Harding is the problem...... Every team he goes to look GREAT on paper but can't win a pick up game 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dcrbdh]

Kawhi had a better shot at a title with the Raptors than he ever had with the Clippers

[@dunaif]

I think the squad is better than many people think. They are definitely stronger defensively and have more depth. They are under no pressure and maybe Cam Christie, Jordan Miller, Kevin Porter Jr. or Kai Jones will develop better than expected. No championship pressure and lots of options. I'm excited about the season! 😄

[@brandongordon2392]

The front office should've never let Kawhi convinced them to think that they didn't have enough... especially when that 2018-19 Clippers team took the defending champions and eventual Western Conference Champions to nearly seven games... especially with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander now being an MVP candidate and someone who proved even in his first year in Oklahoma City to be a force to build around. Now look at them, a team that lost PG because of the second apron, and now has to unfortunately depend on a playoff choker and a player who doesn't have the durability to carry a team into the playoffs. The Clippers better hope that Terrance Mann breaks out, after years of hoarding him for some reason?!?

[@justtimes9257]

2021 was there best year to win a ring & they missed it Nets & Clippers

[@jonathannovembre4562]

They didn’t miss it, mfs got hurt. Literally every team wouldve made that trade in 2019 but bc it’s the clippers mfs gotta get they jokes off 😭😭😭

[@justtimes9257]

@@jonathannovembre4562 they still missed their opportunity and it doesn't matter what happened to cause them to mess, but that was their years to win a chip

[@samuelito39]

Man, Young Tucker was the same animal but a different beast

[@michaeltucker224]

I have a feeling Kawhi is going to be really petty about this situation. It seems like the Clippers prevented him from playing in the Olympics, even though they and the Olympics team are both saying otherwise. We all know the Clippers' front office played a role in Kawhi not playing in this year's Olympics. Now, they're telling him that the only reason he signed with the Clippers in the first place is on another team. We might not see Kawhi play this year. 😂

[@nitoshadow]

plot twist we get prime harden back

[@YungBoiWetDream]

Suns, Thunder, Lakers, Nuggets, Mavs, Grizzlies & Twolves in 4. Spurs and Warriors in 5 🤣

[@nitoshadow]

@@YungBoiWetDream spurs not winning shit you over hyping Prime wit the clips roster beating the current warriors And I doubt they’d get swept against the other teams harden gon get you atleast 1

[@kjjr3270]

Could see harden average like 23 and 10, but he wont even get near his prime stats

[@nitoshadow]

@@kjjr3270 I’m not necessarily talking 30+ but he can do like 26/27

[@YungBoiWetDream]

@@nitoshadow you are drastically overlooking Harden’s track record in the playoffs, like he hasn’t shown us YEAR AFTER YEAR he disappears when games actually matter.

[@chriskaitatzis226]

harden is not injury prone, he was injured in brooklyn, slightly declined thereafter

[@parrot11]

Kawhi had a top notch med staff with the Raptors. They managed his situation about as well as possible. It just wasn't the case with the Clippers and the results showed.

[@adityaprakashbv6365]

Getting kyle kuzma kind of player at this moment is equal to paul george. Clippers have to go hard and get in kuzma or another equivalent pf and they can still contend.

[@TheJuvenalis]

Trade Kawhi for Kuzma? Who will you trade? No picks anyway.

[@FunNHonesty]

Kawhi will retire after his contract is up. He is not only always injured but he is also not really passionate or even interested in the sport much

[@damien388]

The paul george trade was a surprise but the clippers were the favorites to sign kawhu

[@LakerTriangle]

Stop saying it was for Kawhi and PG - that's not how it works.

[@itsTouEasy]

I loved the video, but you forgot a major point in part of why they also got nothing, they REFUSED to deal with the dubs and chose this outcome over their young players and two really good draft picks. They cut off their nose to spite their face.

[@JKLauderdale]

Clips don't control their own picks until 2030. Even if they tank the season, it's only going to benefit OKC. Sorry, Kawhi was already dealing with injuries coming out of San Antonio. If POPOVICH couldn't get along with Kawhi, you already knew he was going to be trouble. Add in the drama with his uncle and a brand new owner, it was just a bad move all the way around - You don't leverage yourself 10yrs into the future for the POSSIBILITY of 3yrs of relevancy 8:00 Nets had the same issue as the Clippers, NO LEADER. Superstar players but not one of them was leadership material. You can have all the talent in the world but that doesn't make you Rajon Rondo, Draymond Green or Jimmy Butler. They are/were not the most talented players on their team but they're the leaders, the MOTOR that drives the team.

[@naballer]

Funny enough the one year the Clippers had Rondo they made the conference finals for the first time ever. And then they got rid of him and haven’t made it back since.

[@timskaggs3762]

This could have worked, But Steve Ballmer let the inmates run the asylum.

[@frozenmallet09]

Harden still has a lot of worth

[@Point001Machinist]

La Strippers went from bad to worse team in NBA

[@JordanGurney]

They let go of Shai.... OOops.. they'd be a damn dynasty (even with all those Postseasons without Kawhi) if they would've just held onto Shai.

[@rayw8363]

Not gonna lie I thought they would win when this came together in 2019 for sure, people forget PG was 3rd in MVP voting the year before and Kawhi coming off a championship. I definitely understood them going for it, I remember Patrick Beverley was walking around with his chest out for a few months🤣

[@jollibee_weirdo7933]

this aged well

[@patrickoakley7890]

Kawahi is stealing money at this point. His knees will never be the same and he knows it, but he just keeps stringing the Clips along.

[@kjjr3270]

if i can get paid without working i would easily do that. Also Clippers can just waive him so tf outta here with this stealing shi

[@JosephM4316]

Stealing money from the NBA at this point. Kawhi is a mess.

[@vranthis]

Harden is on a team, the team is a mess and also the sky is blue.

[@williamtang2477]

They were never relevant.

[@Leven727]

2021 wcf

[@sting114]

Clippers traded Paul George for batum, mo bamba, Kris Dunn , Derrick jones , and Kevin porter . Clippers won this trade and have flexibility to add stars players next summer and summer of 2026.

[@urbaindelva7869]

They did not trade PG for those guys. They signed them in free agency. They're all decent players, but they don't move the needle for them. Also, what star is gonna sign with them to play with two superstars who are shells of their former selves?

[@sting114]

@@urbaindelva7869 If clippers resigned Paul George, they can’t sign all those players. So it’s almost the same as trading. Steve ballmer always has something up his sleeve.

[@troyhines3219]

Harden will try to be Rockets Harden and it will be disastrous! They will like be in the lottery with no picks 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@arguseyed9982]

When you ride the trend, but have no real insight...

[@juju31897]

biggest mistake leaving the raps

[@seralbatross6115]

Hey dude, you do a video ranking potential starting 5s for this season

[@yurrrrrr6708]

the thing that pisses me off is the Thunder are gonna get better for free because this org cannot put shit together. They've been hitting every draft pick out the park and they will just keep on doing it because this team will be trash.

[@jackxiao9702]

lol "waiting"? Both PG and Clippers made the right choice to not extend PG. Clippers need to tank, trade away Harden, get picks.

[@urbaindelva7869]

Who is gonna trade for Harden?

[@DaffyTaffy93]

Honestly does this Paul George almost make up for the James Harden Trade in 2012?

[@n701204x]

Covid year might have cost them a title... Joe Ingles being dirty might have cost them another one. And that's a wrap.

[@chicomdelatorre]

worst thing is those potentially great picks going to the already stacked thunder 😂

[@Johnbeardshall-m8r]

Paul George destroyed clips future

[@urbaindelva7869]

He didn't destroy anything. The Clippers did it to themselves and Kawhi helped. They did not have to trade for PG and they wouldn't have if Kawhi had not manipulated them into doing so.

[@Johnbeardshall-m8r]

What I mean is they gave up Alexander plus others and alot of picks so when George left for nothing clips got nothing for all that talent @@urbaindelva7869

[@MehdiZenati-n4i]

Il y a pire comme situation si les Clippers sont au-dessus des Rockets ils gardent leurs pick . Pour 2027 ils ont le droit d'échanger avec Denver top 5 protégé. Enfin ils peuvent toujours échanger leurs choix de 2031 pour garder leurs picks comme l'on fait Minnesota.

[@pfpchad2747]

Clippers made 2 mistakes. 1 was trading for PG and 2 was not trading him after the Bubble. Not giving him a new contract was a smart move because he's not worth the money. But they should have gotten something back instead of letting him walk for nothing. Lawrence Frank and that front office is overrated af! Ballmer was mislead by the pundits in the media in thinking that Frank was the answer. Even Ballmer didn't want to give up all of their assets for PG but the front office and then coach, Doc Rivers, thought it was worth it.

[@urbaindelva7869]

They traded for PG partially because Kawhi threatened to not sign with them unless they did. Also, how stupid would they have looked if they had traded PG ONE YEAR after giving up their future to get him? That would've been one of the most pointless trades ever.

[@kennymacbaby1938]

The Bubble year was the year..that was tuff

[@Unqualifiedtake]

I can't even make a decent team in 2k after PG left.

[@renejohnson3877]

Hindsight is always 20/20 and I understand why they did the trade but remember the clippers that year took the GSW to 6 games with no real star. Just one star would have put them in a prime seat even if it wasn’t klaw nor PG. Clippers organization if you believe in the basketball gods , are cursed for what they did to Blake, and how they quit in the bubble. Yea they signed harden but all those years they could of thrown money at other players to seal the deal like how the knicks are trying to do or philly

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

These teams need to stop spreading their cheeks for these injury prone players who then hijack the franchise.

[@LouisVirigl12]

What a time to be an OKC fan... #CaptureTheFlagg

[@rx1026]

100,000% agree