The NBA's Biggest Failed Storyline: A DISASTER

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To this day, we've yet to be able to fully see the battle of la play out between the lakers and clippers. Here is how those events have unfolded over the years.

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[@Soosss]

I remember when the Nets/Lakers/Clippers were supposed to run the league. Crazy how much things changed.

[@TheJohnWick1]

Fr tho 4 years and only 1 championship total is crazy

[@MsKarl101]

Yeah it´s crazy to think of that the Nets were the clear-cut favorites to win it last year (before the season obviously).

[@HookedonChronics]

The concept of a Super Team fizzled out. The good teams build through the draft and then add maybe one or two FAs where needed. Hoops is still a team sport at the end of the day

[@yokun1885]

A superstar talent with perfect pieces to fit him > Your average superteam attempt

[@alexp8785]

The nets would’ve won at least one if it weren’t for complete freak odds

[@MrMikeandJason]

I remember how hyped this was going into the season

[@DCJ9]

Same good times

[@KleinpeterHank]

The 2019 summer was the wildest moment in recent nba history. So many new duos and storylines waiting to unfold, and for better or worse, pretty much none of it has gone according to planned.

[@DCJ9]

Facts

[@paquinraino8180]

Only Giannis rise actually happened and that's all

[@laurocoman]

Kyrie and KD joined the Nets in 2019... to win nothing together. I think we've seen this before when it comes to Luka and Kyrie...

[@user-rr7bu9fe3k]

Did Jimmy go to the Heat in 2020? Sure he hasn’t won a finals but he’s definitely done more than pretty much anyone expected of him when he first went and joined the Heat.

[@cretentreane1454]

we (Raptors) broke the Matrix

[@user-dp8ij2ev3f]

Every game they played in 2020 was hype asf. It was always a competitive game, never a blowout. After the blown 3-1 lead no one bothered enough about the Clippers to really care about it again.

[@marcusreyez]

That’s hysterical. After the lakers won the chip and then fell off the face of the planet no one bothered about the rivalry. Clippers have beat them since 2020 so idk what ur on about

[@factzfromakt1860]

@@marcusreyez the clippers aint won SHIT 😂 DID you really compare winning a championship to winning a regular season game? 😂

[@dominiquejones3805]

Pat Bev with the swipe. Man we just knew the WCF was gonna b the battle 4 LA

[@tylergary5953]

@@dominiquejones3805 I still think in an alternate reality that we would’ve got that wcf. I think there were a lot of factors that led to the clippers choking the 3-1 but if the season hadn’t been delayed the way it was, and pg wasn’t depressed, we would’ve got that wcf easily.

[@tjx8463]

@Ali Chaudhry no, the clippers should have won the series long before it even reached that game 7. That loss cant really be blamed on Kawhi, regardless of his game 7 performance. Furthermore, do you not remember the series against the 76ers? Even if one of the players that you mentioned played good for a game that series, that level of perofmance could have easily been replaced. KAWHI won them that championship, because lets be honest, those raptors players were replaceable during that playoff run.

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

It feels like boxing. We are teased and it never happens. Then all of a sudden, when both are over the hill, it comes together and happens - yet leaves everyone wondering what it would have been like at their peaks and if the result really counts in their minds.

[@laurocoman]

It happens a lot in every sport. In the 2018 World Cup, Germany had to beat Corea to meet Brazil again, but they lost. And Brazil had to defeat Belgium to meet France in the next round... and they lost. God, what a shitty World Cup.

[@tobiaschaparro2372]

@@laurocoman belgium was just a better team than brazil

[@laurocoman]

@@tobiaschaparro2372 yeah, but France against Brazil would have been lit!

[@lucaslonchampt613]

@@laurocoman Still got great matches like France vs Argentina or Belgium vs Japan, as well as the best final since 2006, possibly of the 21st Century as well

[@musyarofah1]

@@laurocoman It's more of the late 2000's-early 2010's era during the prime years of Messi & Ronaldo, how football fans were always getting teased about the possible El Classico UCL Final, only to see it never happens.

[@Gio-pn9qn]

Those regular season matchups were super hype tho they felt like playoff games, man I wish they met in the playoffs

[@adriandaliva1341]

don't let all of this distract you from the fact that danny green became a back-to-back champion

[@NinjaFingers19]

Patrick mccaw 3peated

[@laurocoman]

The Cavs and the Warriors met 4 times in the finals. Two teams from the same city in the same conference can't meet once in the play-offs.

[@Odysseus1999]

If you have LeBron in his prime and Steph Curry in his prime, that’s bound to happen.

[@georgeprchal3924]

One team had LeBron at the time and the other didn't show up.

[@joshuafrancois7522]

Ppl forget they should’ve met in the 06 semifinals but my lakers blew a 3-1 lead to Nash’s suns 😢and the suns faced them instead

[@offside4207]

9:02 laker will need a hell Mary trade 5 months later this man jinxed it

[@JoeMama-tl4tr]

I remember when 99% of the sports media said Kawhi ran LA and was gonna win easily and then immediately walked that back when the Nuggets stunned them

[@brucesuckemoff795]

I remember when the lakers missed the playoffs last year too smh

[@tywaters9596]

@@brucesuckemoff795 least the lakers have won since bron has been in LA

[@christheclamper6614]

Than lakers beat a injured Miami heat team 😂

[@mikmaks7393]

@@christheclamper6614 Nope. The only player injured then was Dragic. They got injured during the finals. They won't win anyways even if they were complete.

[@vary2794]

If things go right, maybe there will be the battle of LA, but most likely the Clippers would've already settled into their new arena by then. will it still be a city battle? absolutely, but u can't help but feel that fighting in the same arena that u both share would've made things so much better

[@matthewshepherd7843]

I agree it could still happen, but both teams have had so many injuries and pieces moved both teams are unrecognizable compared to what they were in their primes. In my opinion the arena is the smallest factor in this rivalry and wouldn't really make a difference.

[@javianjohnson8746]

Nice touch in adding how the Lakers/Clippers playoff matchup was supposed to happen in 2012, because I definitely didn't think about that. Crazy how they were literally 1 reg season game away from this happening

[@splashnskillz37]

It was gonna happen in 2006 too, but Kobe couldn't carry past the Suns

[@dusk6159]

@@splashnskillz37 Yeah, couldn't carry... The Lakers had a 3-1 lead on the crippled Suns.

[@blake8640]

@@splashnskillz37 I'm pretty sure Kobe threw game 7 of the 06 playoffs because the media called him a ball hog.

[@hdvids24]

usc vs ucla in football became a more intriguing battle for la before lakers vs clippers

[@DenniDownBad]

When was the last time that was a thing? Since Josh Rosen was at UCLA or Maurice Jones Drew was?

[@saucegod8852]

@@DenniDownBad this year was pretty good

[@georgeprchal3924]

The Raiders are still probably the most popular football team there and they haven't been there since the '90s.

[@earlnosweat]

We’re gonna remember this as lost potential man. This was set up to be amazing

[@noyce.]

This made me recall that people were trashing LeBron for losing the 2011 chip to Dallas but the very same Dallas also clapped the defending champions Lakers. That Dallas was out for blood! Jason Terry and Dirk drank from the Michael's Secret Stuff bottle.

[@georgeprchal3924]

Having Tyson Chandler and Jason Kidd didn't hurt either.

[@richcantgame]

This is one of the biggest reasons we know the league isn’t rigged. No way they’d pass on a pLAyoffs series by now

[@sharifbrown3567]

Oh no, it's definitely rigged in certain aspects, like all the BS reffing on LBJ, but overall it's pretty free flowing.

[@richcantgame]

@@sharifbrown3567 why would they rig it against him? 😂

[@luke_wil.22]

I’ve been watching your videos for 5 years now Dom. I’m not even a huge NBA fan anymore, but when I see your videos I watch them. You do such great research and your dialogue is always spot on. Feels like I’m watching a legit sports show/podcast. Much love to you my guy.

[@BLACKSTA361]

Add brooklyn nets vs Lakers too 😂😂

[@jrdb04]

Nah only year that coulda have happened was 2021 and when Brooklyn got harden and la got hurt most people tuned out

[@AJ-sw8uf]

at least we making the playoffs bro lol

[@DTS_I]

I’d add Suns vs Warriors to that lol

[@danielvasquez3758]

Bruh is Sunday when my favorite NBA KZbinrs post??? Swear everyone posted today!!

[@isaotron]

This is why I hate the media fabricating storylines like this, JUST because of location. Let the actual players and games speak for themselves. Just like the Clippers blowing a 3-1 lead is all anyone remembers, and not the couple of competitive regular season games these guys played. Since then neither team has been healthy and/or good. It's hilarious to me.

[@cloudzino]

man imagine if the lakers won the bubble, next year kawhi doesn't get hurt leading to clippers winning the tittle, lakers don't trade for Westbrook and the battle of LA finally happens that next year. coulda been so dope

[@paquinraino8180]

I prefer seeing Giannis and the small market Bucks winning then seeing a draft made GSW winning than that personally

[@BayAreaHoops415]

I think Harden going to the Nets is what fucked it all up. I think the Lakers thought they needed to match the super power as it was still the super team era in 2021.

[@justnahayo8490]

I always say that too, if Covid had never happened it would’ve definitely been Lakers Vs Clippers conference finals😩🍿😭

[@life0093]

Covid made Paul and Kawhi choke?

[@jonathanc3570]

What did Covid have to do with a 3-1 loss?

[@ray101892]

Lakers and Mavs didn't battle each other in the playoffs during prime kobe and dirk either and when they did, both franchises were never the same again after.

[@Reardon.]

hindsight 20/20 but it's crazy how the Raptors have been the only team to successfully use prime Kawhi as a first option

[@KyleLowryRaptorsGOAT]

The Spurs in 2017 had a shot at doing it before Kawhi got injured in Game 1 of the WCF and they got swept

[@musyarofah1]

@@KyleLowryRaptorsGOAT that injury is still one of the biggest what if for Kawhi and Spurs. If Kawhi didn't got injured and Spurs won the WCF or Finals, then he'll take Tim Duncan's throne and Pop will build another dynasty with him.

[@ninoescxbar7424]

@@KyleLowryRaptorsGOAT the spurs wouldn’t have won in 2017 but wit a healthy kawhi they y would’ve had a better chance in 2018 & 19.

[@paquinraino8180]

@@musyarofah1 Even if he don't got hurt, The Spurs don't win the WCF, but I see them going in 6 or 7 games. Houston were closer to win in 2018 than the Spurs would have ever been, that was a Game 1 not a Game 5

[@enanebres6481]

Love this content

[@gc033]

Kawhi’s new balance commercial with the crown keychain….shot in the hills with palm trees…that was a subliminal at LeBron…

[@Slow.Smooth]

Then Bron won a chip

[@michael-paulware7330]

Great narration 👍

[@Book.of.Treason]

bruh do you and jimmy have the same schedule or sum lol

[@urbaindelva7869]

In sports, to get the matchups we want to see, literally everything has to go well at the right times for both sides. Lakers vs Clippers in the WCF is one of those that epitomizes everything going wrong at the worst times.

[@hepatitiscyalater7269]

Well at least the lakers got something to show for it. Even though they suck ass now

[@dominiquejones3805]

Just knew we were gonna see Clippers v Lakers battle 4 LA n the WCF.

[@PlayGame-wv1jd]

This off topic but is no one gonna mention how john issac hasnt played in like 3 years.

[@paquinraino8180]

That man was leading the DPOY race ahead of AD and Giannis while being a sophomore, he had one of the craziest defensive talents I've ever seen. I hope he play well when he come back

[@JakeFromYoutube]

1:28 I still haven't gotten over it and it still makes me mad to this day. TO THIS DAY!

[@connor_phillipz5689]

The clippers really are just cursed.

[@justnahayo8490]

I knew I wasn’t tripping, I said to myself “damn why haven’t I seen a DOM2K video in a minute” and then I went to your account and saw that you haven’t uploaded in a month😭😂. We need you back dom🙏, you the goat fr

[@LonelyHoops]

The clippers and laker facing each other in the wcf has the same likelihood as me getting a girls number.

[@uhok6712]

lol @ 6:25 Paul complaining to the ref like lebron didn’t just let him miss.

[@Parkafterrdark]

The tweets of the of the pg trade woke me up in the middle of the night and I lost my shit😂

[@tylergary5953]

I saw it in the morning. I was like wtf!!! I was on my phone when the russel westbrook trade happened. I see the notification “russel Westbrook has been traded to the Houston rockets” I yelled it at my sister and she like, the fuck?

[@thedamianlillardfan9498]

Everyone talks about how the bubble was easy and then fails to mention how guys like Paul George or Giannis mentally collapsed in the bubble, Paul George blew a three-one lead and Giannis got gentlemen swept.

[@cloudzino]

no one says the bubble was easy lol there were just some crazy statistical anomalies. tj warren turning into mj, pg13%, giannas not looking as good, siakam turning into a gleague player, rondo shooting like curry, etc, also not to mention the fact that there was a 4 month rest period before the bubble adding to the weirdness and making it a truly one of a kind playoffs

[@harrislaurent429]

I thought Giannis was injured during the bubble

[@cloudzino]

@@harrislaurent429 was he? honestly cant remember its been so long but it also hasn't

[@thedamianlillardfan9498]

@@harrislaurent429 He got hurt for one game in the playoffs after being down 3-0

[@jonathanwashington9199]

@@harrislaurent429 Giannis Was Injured In The 2021 Eastern Conference Finals Definitely

[@AR-en6qx]

If covid didnt happen so is lakers chip. Lakers is the one that most benefited from the covid. Ad didnt need to be injured during the regular season, thats the only season where he is healthy because the season was very short. If no ad then no chip for lakers.

[@danielvasquez3758]

Even when the Lakers are garbage, the Clippers can’t take advantage!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Pathetic!!

[@lllightskindude]

The clippers can't stay healthy is there problem

[@ViolentKknight]

Dom2k and JxmmyHighroller posting on the same day is a blessed day

[@TimDaGoof]

Just goes to show ya can’t be lazy and just have 3 star players on a team and disregard everything else, also the chemistry between the star players

[@JoshHart316]

This feels like Khabib/Tony in MMA/UFC

[@stephenyip2814]

It was super lit for the few moments when both teams were healthy and faced off in 2020

[@its-dg2987]

Oh I loved how this aged so much. How does LeBron look now?

[@alovesupreme76]

literally everything that could've gone wrong happened to prevent this matchup. I truly don't understand this

[@laurocoman]

It almost happened so many times!

[@skipbayless4375]

This is just like how Barcelona and Real Madrid never met in a champions league final while Ronaldo and Messi were there

[@laurocoman]

And they only clashes in the Champions League ONCE. It was almost a full decade of them making it to top 8 and sometimes even top 4 and somehow they kept avoiding each other. Also Manchester United happens become sh*t right after Manchester City becomes good to ensure they never clash in Champions and that each derby is as irrelevant as possible.

[@alxx292]

Sad that this will never happen now 5 years later man

[@isaiahK0V]

crazy how the lakers are now title contenders, and the clippers, if they were healthy, would probably be meeting the Lakers in the conference finals

[@davidgubser2280]

Bruh the Kawhi Town commercial had me so hyped

[@ama101000]

wow this was such a good video

[@domclegg1225]

"LeBron does not look the same anymore" hasn't aged well 👑

[@liftbread]

everytime the outro music cuts in I get reminded that I want a ratchet and clank 3 remake on ps5

[@Jetanium]

See, if the NBA was “rigged” they would’ve made sure this was an orchestrated rivalry.

[@NeverwascooL]

Let's not forget the time the clippers were thought to beat the sun's to have a 2nd round match up that Nash suns said naw

[@CC-bw7im]

Never even got to see em play each other

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

The best performing team from California is, wait for it, drumroll ... The Sacramento Kings with their weird purple laser

[@DonSMDT]

yeah i ttoally bought the nets/lakers both being 65+ win teams hype, though i did at least *think* the warriros were a sleeper team, i thought they'd get rocked by the Nets/Bucks if the Bucks beat the nets though (Milwaukee *Were* defending champions after all)

[@demonkingbadger6689]

I wasnt too hyped but i thought the Lakers would win 50 last year, somehow, and get knocked out in the first round. The Nets, great scoring, but no defense, and i have found in sports, the "sports gods" make you pay eventually for ignoring defense.

[@orlandowoodson7978]

The NBA/David Stern chose a worse trade in the Clippers trade. Stern was influenced by whining by other owners.

[@AJ-nf3bn]

And NO is doing good now so it was a win win trade one for now and future

[@carlosacosta1290]

Wish we got this matchup in the 2020 WCF

[@cdeleon3494]

Clippers are cursed asf...

[@amadoanthonyiiimendoza3646]

Anyone who thought the Lakers could and would compete this season is on some really good stuff.

[@dbreezertf]

You forgot to mention to could have played each other in the first round but clippers decided to lose game so there seed could change which results in them not wanting to face them. Doesn’t make sense because as we know subs we’re not afraid at all even though there a meltdown of a team

[@dbreezertf]

In 2021 playoffs

[@Jaykerz]

"babe be quiet, Dom2k posted a new video"

[@gabe75001]

Regardless of what happened in real life, that 2012 Laker team is a menace on 2K

[@July9326]

I'm glad it hasn't happened and hope it never does. I don't think it's fair for a city to have double the chances to win a title when others only have one team. Move the clippers to Seattle and it'll be a fantastic move.

[@AtlanticCanadianAstronomy]

Kawhi vs lebron was still pretty great when the actually played.

[@johnbeardshall2898]

When Kwai was in San Antonio he was my favorite player in league if he got fouled he didn't bitch he doesn't flop he just played the game like MJ and Kobe a 2 way beast and being a raptor fan I loved him here ,and wasn't upset when he left because of ring and we heard that his uncle was trying to milk raptors for alot of special bonuses plus we could only get him back if we could get PG and the cost was high in picks and players including OG Sakiam Freddy which was insane

[@destructhor77]

it's starting to feel like Kawhi is NOT an upgrade for your team, more like the start of it's downfall, and I think Raptors got lucky to have the best of it all in one year, and got out of the mess before too late ! Since then they retained their identity, solid group, always in the battle and always there even if you don't expect them. Respect.

[@cdeleon3494]

I remember Dom riding hard for this lmao...

[@skinneybob4984]

I hate that nugget run just because the clippers had a chance to play the laker. The saddest shit watching that clippers team man. THEY SHIT THE BED

[@theclap6540]

What happened to the Pod?

[@sonicdash29]

🐐

[@Lurrkiing]

These variances from what is expected is why we watch sports.

[@gbafongbafon]

The league should retire the number 23 #Jordan

[@animelytical8354]

I remember hearing that the trade didn't happen NOT because NBA didn't think the package for CP3 wasn't good enough. The wage bill in Cholarlotte after the trade was going to be too high. Basically, they didn't do the trade because they wanted to sell the make the Hornets as attractive as possible to a buyer.

[@paquinraino8180]

It's because the others owners didn't find the package good enough ( rightfully so, Stern was about to give CP3 for almost nothing to the LA) and then all the others owners of the league vetoed the trade. The NBA itself and especially big market lover Stern would have loved to see this trade happen

[@riveenwickenham8392]

the hail mary came and the lakers are real

[@dthrust9037]

People really be forgetting that kyrie is available next year when Brodie’s contract is up and Miami is open to trading lowry . Wait till next year

[@luislimon427]

Stay tuned for the Battle of LA January 1st 2023 Rams 🐏🏆 v Chargers 🔌 🏈

[@claudineg6870]

Lambs ain’t miking playoffs

[@RwandaBob]

i’m thrilled that the league never had to deal with an insufferable rivalry between two teams from one of if not the biggest and richest cities in the us. i’m tired of big market teams dominating league news when teams like my pelicans, the jazz, the bucks, and the cavs are tearing up the league with exciting rosters and players. nonetheless, the nets and the lakers and clippers are still taking every single nba headline with their dis-functionality. i’m thanking god that it hasn’t worked out for the lakers or the clippers or the nets or 76ers. bc the media is bad enough as it is with them being shit.

[@JohnMezzo]

I was mostly interested in LA vs LAC because of the "7 home games" meme.

[@200money2]

Real battle of LA. Who can play the least amount of games 😭😭

[@jasonsandhu3760]

Toronto cursed LeBron and kawhi f em both

[@Master-vh2wm]

There’s never gon be no battle for LA when the lakers got 17 and the clips have 0 😂

[@alxx292]

11 in a row bud clippers run La

[@alxx292]

@lavxbesdolp164 Still own the lakers bud 🥱🥱🥱

[@jwa1006]

Bro, Lebron is currently averaging 24.9 ppg, 8.8 rpg and 6.9 assists....What are you talking about he doesn't look the same?

[@SuperSilver316]

Well the Lebron comment did not age well

[@TheBlunkBeanie]

honestly would not be surprised if this seasons finals would be blazers vs hawks. Because the nba is just whirlwind torpedo right now lmao

[@svmatt14]

“They need a performance center”

[@stephenwa7417]

Me and the boys were ready for the lebron vs kawhi bloodbath.. can't believe Clippers blew that lead

[@chettywap1620]

I true heartedly believe a prime Russ could be the best player on a championship team, but the team would have to be a Giannis type build where u just surround him with solid 3 and d type guys

[@TheJohnWick1]

It was hype during 2020 & 2021 after that people gave up on it

[@yungali9999]

The dom2k curse is going to strike again

[@savagecabbage138]

maybe in the playin game

[@KKOPPONG]

LA got 4 superstars purely because of location. LeBron & AD delivered themselves. So did Kawhi and PG.

[@claudineg6870]

Davis, Kawhi and PG are all grew up in LA area and Lebron is a global star so it makes sense he would go to Hollywood.

[@KKOPPONG]

@@claudineg6870 ohh yeah of course. I’m just making the point that the Teams allure(in those specific trades) had nothing to do with the team & organisation but rather players handing themselves over on a silver platter. The same can be said about Brooklyn.

[@ImBarryScottCSS]

Flippers fumbled the bag so hard. They should have met and likely beat the Lakers in the bubble and instead they choked a 3-1 lead to the Nugs.

[@lllightskindude]

They should've won in 2021 but they got hurt in the wcf 2020 wasn't the only opportunity

[@jimbobfisher8904]

Maybe soon we can get Knicks and nets to make up for this you never know

[@Walkerlovevtbers]

Los Angeles clippers all way

[@hanschristopherson8056]

Still crazy to me that the lakers won the championship 2 years ago feels like an eternity considering they gone to shit