I'm not saying you're wrong, but I will point out the Lakers have two of the ten best players in the world and the other three have fantastic head coaches.
Miami was in limbo since LBJ left. But they drafted Adebayo and got Butler. They also drafted Herro who looks like a very good player.I'm not saying you're wrong, but I will point out the Lakers have two of the ten best players in the world and the other three have fantastic head coaches.
Jokic drafted 41st LOL!
Nuggets looking great but also EPIC choke job by the Clippers. Nuggets looked pretty bad first five minutes of the 4th and the Clips couldn’t do a damn thing
PG III has never demonstrated he can be a top player on a championship team
5 first round picks and SGA for Paul George. Presti really killed it.
Presti is gonna end up getting a Boston/Brooklyn haul by the end of this. SGA alone is already a home run. A couple of those future firsts could be interesting..Leonard and George both only have 1 more year commitments to the Clippers. They don’t mesh into the dominant force they portrayed.
Obviously the coronavirus changed a lot. I think this season obviously will forever have to be evaluated in a different light. Now, everyone has to deal with it so not blaming that for LAC losing, just saying, I wouldn’t base serious long term decisions on this outcome. But the Clips are now under big pressure to deliver next season.
Kawhi went 1-10 in the second half of a game 7. 14 points on 6-22 shooting in total. After more than a year of hearing how he’s better than LeBron, tonight is a great night.
You have to wonder if Kawhi regrets leaving Toronto to team up with Playoff Paul. They likely would’ve been heavy favorites with the defense and length that they had. All season long the Clippers seemed like they were just going through the motions and thought they could just turn it on whenever. And both Kawhi and PG are only under contract for one more season. So much of the focus has been on whether AD will walk, but those two could too and the Clippers would be absolutely screwed.I said this last year when he was prematurely declared the best in the world after a season in which both LeBron and Durant were injured...if Kawhi really is the best player in the world then he’s the worst best player in league history. If you can’t affect the game with your passing and make your teammates better, you aren’t worthy of that title. And what’s a big time Kawhi scoring game? Like 35 points? Please.
I already hear a ton of excuses being made for the Clippers. But make no mistake - they were the only one of the eight western conference playoff teams to not have an injured or unavailable starter. In fact they had their entire roster! And their roster was absolutely loaded - two deep at every position. Their best players absolutely choked. And Kawhi was outplayed by Jokic in this series.
Yeah Lakers are if anything proof of how great it is to have the two best #1 picks of the past 25 years on the same team! Definitely not a team that is about hitting on low picks
You have to wonder if Kawhi regrets leaving Toronto to team up with Playoff Paul. They likely would’ve been heavy favorites with the defense and length that they had. All season long the Clippers seemed like they were just going through the motions and thought they could just turn it on whenever. And both Kawhi and PG are only under contract for one more season. So much of the focus has been on whether AD will walk, but those two could too and the Clippers would be absolutely screwed.
Also, at some point there needs to be a conversation about Doc Rivers. His teams have now blown three 3-1 leads. The rest of the teams in NBA history have done it a combined 10 times. Three other times his teams have blown 3-2 leads. He’s been living off the 2008 championship for a while now. I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets fired.