You should do a video about player archetypes that are more/less likely to get injured based on play styles, frame, etc. For example, why were Zion and Giannis injured for the playoffs but Jokic wasn't? Why was Ja Morant injured for an entire season basically? Example title: What does it mean to be "Injury Prone" in the NBA?
Drafting Griffin had turned this franchise around, and they stayed relevant ever since. Having Kawhi and Harden still on the team should have the team still be competitive. I won't call them disappointing until they win only 20 games next season.
I feel like if they did the Kawhi Leonard move or the Paul George move and instead of doing both, they would have probably had a longer competing shelf life. I think it's time for the Clippers to rebuild. I think it's best that they pull the plug to know how to start over and not be forced into the rebuild.
This video made me realize that you NEED to make a video on the 2019-20 offseason, arguably the most insane offseason in recent NBA history. There's obviously Paul George and Kawhi going to the Clippers, but then there's Kevin Durant and Kyrie going to Brooklyn. There's Anthony Davis joining the Lakers. Jimmy Butler joining the Heat. Westbrook leaving the Thunder to join Harden on the Rockets. Zion and Ja were drafted, and so much more.
Call me delusional but I still believe in Kawhi more than I ever did PG. I don’t think PG ever had that killer instinct required for Kawhi. Hopefully this loss changes them up.
@@whatslaps That definitely could be. I think PG has had a little more embarrassing slipups than Kawhi and his recent comments on the podcast and trying to frame it like he got screwed by the Clippers is very disingenuous given his most recent playoff performances.
it does sound like Kawhi is focused on being the right guy at the right moment as it relates to his health. that sounds like a better mindset than he's had towards balancing his health and basketball availability towards team success imo
This Clippers team is not the only one that was ruined by injuries. Griffin's Clippers run had the same fate. This is not the Clippers they are the Cripples.
awesome vid man, love watching your stuff, its like chilling with your friend who's not a fanatic of the sport like you are but can get mad nerdy for the right stuff and you get to sit back and casually share the moment. love the other channel as well! watched this one with a bong and some dinner and a 1L glass bottle of cold water. such a vibe. lol keep chillin dude
Bro I haven’t been so tuned in over the summer but I’m back into watching u every week. Love the video. It’s a tough situation but ultimately they should’ve probably traded for only one star in 2019 and built around him or just let the team develop. Ig we’ll never know
Decided to check out your yt channel after ages of tiktok clips and I have to admit I am mad st myself for not doing it sooner. Great contenct , grest basketball knowledge while making it entertaining overall keep it up
leaving toronto was the worst thing kawhi could have done for his knees and im being serious. ofc we all know that toronto was getting kawhi on what was functionally a one year rental but the medical staff there pulled off a generationally good feat of load management and helping kawhi with his knee rehab. idk what’s going on in the clippers medical room, but since kawhi AND pg both got bad knee injuries around the same time there’s no way it’s good
a combination of 4 MVP/FMVP Caliber players, PG, Kawhi, Russ, and Harden. If that was a team in 2017-19 they are better than KD GSW, MJ Bulls, all of the above. Sad it's only ever going to be a memory.
You should make a video about player styles/archetypes that died out. Such as a guys like Isiah Thomas or Kemba Walker who were extremely short score first point guards or back to the basket scoring traditional centers or guys who were on the court to only play defense like tony Allen was.
loved this rundown on the Clippers total failure. I think the Lakers deserves one of these videos as well, especially after trading a championship team for Russ and missing the playoffs on the very next year, so many dumb decisions all around love the vids, man, thanks for being here every Monday
As a Knicks fan please dive into the rebuild of the Knicks organization under the man the myth the legend himself Leon rose, i think he only did 1 interview in 4 years of running the Knicks
I think acquiring Paul George is a bad decision by Philly. He’s too old to be given that type of money and I have no confidence he’s gonna be able to keep producing for the next 2-3 years. Philly only has one year to make it work because I’m pretty sure if we lose again Embid is gone.
I don't mind it. It's a risk, but I think it's time for a big risk. They had the cap space and they were able to bring in some bench guys as well. I hear you though.
Ever do any collabs? Would love to see you and Jxmyhighroller or A.M. Hoops talk about something. Also, I don't think I've seen one from you regarding where players went to college. I feel like when a point guard comes out of kentucky or a shooting guard out of Duke they tend to be solid. Love from Australia
It'd be fun to do something like that. Like which college has produced the best NBA players. I've talked to Kofie about doing something, but it hasn't happened yet. Definitely open to working with either of those creators.
@@whatslaps Yes they did but they didn’t win now for the Clippers on paper they did failure but who knew that Kawai was just going to be injured prone player.
The major leagues just have some teams no matter what they do, it'll always amount to nothing. NBA with clippers, hawks, kings, mlb with seattle, rockies, nfl with the cardinals, lions, jets. They might create the greatest team ever deep down we all know that nothing will happen. It's just a truth of the universe
Another double U of a vid. Wouldn’t mind one of these team “recent history” focused videos once in a while to keep the other topics fresh. Ate a corn dog last week 👍
Really fair and balanced take. I like you point that all their decisions were rational, but that sometimes things just don't work out. I saw another video calling The Clippers the "worst run team ever," and I couldn't get on board with that. So many teams are just flailing around with no clear goal. The Clippers had an opportunity and went for it. I would rather have been a Clippers fan in the last decade than a Chicago Bulls fan.
Yeah, the team was good. I always like going to Clippers games because you're going to see good basketball. It just sucks that they didn't take it to the finals. but c'est la vie
I don't think you can even call it disappointing because that implies they underachieved. But they didn't even have the opportunity to underachieve. The entire Kawhi-PG gets an incomplete. They had one healthy playoffs and it was in the bubble. It's one of the great what if teams in NBA history. The Clippers are seriously cursed though. The way the CP-Blake teams imploded and now this -- even when they catch a break it goes wrong
@@whatslaps I don’t see Balmer running the risk of multiple 20-25 win seasons to open his $2 billion stadium My guess is they are going free agent hunting in 2027 That’s why they wouldn’t do the extra year for PG. If Luka opts out in 2026 you can move your expiring contracts. Otherwise you go into 2027 with max space and pivot into 2028 if needed. Luka and Embiid both could opt out in 2026 but will be FA in 2027. Shai is up in 2027. Jokic, Giannis, Mitchell can opt out in 2027. Zion, Ja and Garland are up in 2028.
The Clips were a huge disappointment, I hope the same doesn’t happen to Giannis and Dame; especially because I think Dame has a few good years left and just needs to find his groove. The Bucks have made like ZERO off-season moves, though, which is crazy to me. What do you think they need?
I was waiting for you to upload so I could comment 😅😅 I am really curious to hear on your opinions on how Jokic would fit in with Spurs and heat culture/working with Pop or spo? Just curious on him or other players like Hali, Luka, and Steph that I feel like would make more unselfish decisions? You have become my favorite basketball TH-cam in the last 2 months btw I have binged all your videos
@@whatslaps 🤩🤩 which team do you think would benefit the most from having Jokic as their center/which team would win the most/get the most out of his prime you reckon?
Idk if shai would’ve been the same player he would’ve still been great, but i feel like Chris Paul him in his development of getting good mid range shots and iso in my personal opinion
I kinda disagree with the end. It's a failure but that's okay, even with the best intentions and maximum effort. Sometimes you fail, but that's fine. Just try again. Besides, because of all that spending and gutting the team assets. Yeah, that's...
Ur probably right about it not being all Doc’s fault, but firing him was the right move especially when they replaced him with a mastermind like Ty Lue
Kawhi is my favorite player of all time (not the GOAT) just my personal favorite, I really wish this worked out I want to see him have one more great playoff run even if it doesn’t result in a championship
Yet they are the most successful Clippers team of all time, as they went to the western conference finals, which is the furthest any Clippers team has ever gone in the playoffs.
Pretty good video overall, but as a clippers fan with a vivid memory of the 2019-2021 era, there’s a few things you missed. - The PG trade was very far from universally liked. Even without Shai becoming the superstar he is today, it was still the most amount of draft picks ever traded, and a lot of people didn’t realise that it was essentially a trade for pg and kawhi. - Doc Rivers was a major part of the 2020 collapse, but two other big factors were Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell. A lot of people looked at the clippers favourably not just bc of our two stars, but also our depth, in particular our two 6moy contenders with incredible chemistry. Our closing lineup was pretty much always Pat Bev, Lou Will, PG, Kawhi and Trezz. Lou Will and Trezz had really good chemistry and their pick and roll was one of the best in the league. The problem is that neither of them could defend to save their life. When we went up against the nuggets, jokic and Murray tore them apart. We ended up blowing so many leads bc Jokic and Murray could just keep getting buckets on Lou Will and Trezz, and no matter what, Doc refused to take them out, even despite Zubac doing a genuinely good job at guarding Jokic. The 2020 offseason wasn’t just about getting rid of Doc, we also got rid of Lou Will and Trezz, and brought in other guys like Serge Ibaka who helped in ways that Trezz couldn’t (shooting and Defense). 2020 was an awfully disappointing season, and the offseason addressed every issue we had (outside of 20 minutes of bad pg and kawhi basketball in game 7). - In 2021, you could legitimately argue that we would’ve won if not for injury (although you could say the same about the nets that year), and there’s no denying that we would’ve at least made the finals. That was easily our best year to win, but everything went downhill after that. - Losing Pat Bev was a major loss for us that didn’t get mentioned in the video. He was the heart of our team, and a fan favourite. After losing him, our team was never as exciting and our aspirations were never high. People clown on him a lot, but Bev was the most important clipper outside of PG and Kawhi, imo. - Also definitely worth mentioning that we had Jerry West working for us throughout that entire run. He’s arguably the greatest executive that we know of, and he has to get credit for all the incredible moves we made from 2018 until now.
I tend to think a lot about how the clippers wanted to get rid of Baron Davis so they traded him along with a first round pick that later turned into Kyrie Irving
@ indeed it was an unprotected clippers pick cause get this the clippers GM at the time said the draft was “weak” , the pick was projected to go 8th and they had a .028% chance of it being the first pick but then the lottery odds shot up and the rest is history
happy monday whatslaps I have the week off what do you think is the single hardest mechanical skill in basketball? I think that it's jumpshots (source: i practice daily and mine is still broken)
Yeah it definitely has been a wild ride to watch what has happened with this team for the past decade, and disappointing is certainly a good word to describe where it has lead thus far (here’s hoping for this season, right?). Ballmer has been an interesting character in the league since he’s become a part of it and not always for good reasons. Getting Kwahi and George was obviously a big deal, and I generally dislike “what if” scenarios like if Shai had stayed. Like you said we can’t play out alternate reality timelines so to me it’s just better to take whatever has happened and keep it movin. Usually pretty easy to scapegoat blame head coach for an underperformed season. Injuries are KILLER for when an otherwise good/fun/exciting team isn’t able to fulfill their potential. Can’t blame George for his decision and his reasons behind it. Not sure if this is still part of the “process” but this 6ers team got a real shot now, again. And yes a low pressure season for Clips should do them well. A bit of a roller coaster going through all of their story for the past few years in just a few minutes. Well done though again, you’re a good storyteller, always like/appreciate how you do what you do. 👍 thanks again poppa, always look forward to the slappin quality content of the week.
I like that you describe Ballmer as a character in the league. I seem him that way as well. I find him just as interesting an compelling as the athletes. What if scenarios frustrating me, I'm not sure why. Glad we're getting PG in a new situation. League is going to be a lot of fun this year. I'd like to see an over performant year from the CLippers. I'm subconscious Clippers fan. Even more so a subconscious Harden fan. haha
Kawhi gave his knee to win the raptors a championship and then left to burden another team's salary cap. He's a Canadian hero.
greatest rental of all time.
You should do a video about player archetypes that are more/less likely to get injured based on play styles, frame, etc. For example, why were Zion and Giannis injured for the playoffs but Jokic wasn't? Why was Ja Morant injured for an entire season basically? Example title: What does it mean to be "Injury Prone" in the NBA?
As long as the title starts with "How to spot" the video will do well.
Good suggestion
@@whatslaps How to spot injury prone players
@@whatslaps LMFAO it's the "whatslaps signature format"
Bench warmers for the win
I like that this channel explains a lot of things that people tend to talk about without explaining
I try to get in the weeds a bit.
i remember being so excited when the Clips got Kawhi then PG. now i’m shopping for clown gear 🤡
I'll see you at spirit halloween
What hurts the most about this is we'll never see Steve Balmer's crazy ass during a championship parade
He'd have a heart attack or sweat himself to skull emoji.
Clippers are just the unluckiest franchise ever. As a fan it's just been pain
I know. I think the worst part is the rebrand logo though 🚢
@@whatslaps😂 I don’t get it either why are they boats now
@@akeembrown7661Always been a boat
The legacy of this Clippers team unfortunately will always be: "What if they were healthy?"
yeah, for sure. shame.
Drafting Griffin had turned this franchise around, and they stayed relevant ever since. Having Kawhi and Harden still on the team should have the team still be competitive. I won't call them disappointing until they win only 20 games next season.
oof that'd be brutal. they'll get 40.
I think we all knew how this would end after the Bubble failure.
I still hoped.
I feel like if they did the Kawhi Leonard move or the Paul George move and instead of doing both, they would have probably had a longer competing shelf life.
I think it's time for the Clippers to rebuild. I think it's best that they pull the plug to know how to start over and not be forced into the rebuild.
Definitely time for a rebuild. I think they want a few decent seasons since the intuit dome is opening this year.
Hey man, just wanna say your channel and style is great. Keep doing what you're doing
Roger that.
This video made me realize that you NEED to make a video on the 2019-20 offseason, arguably the most insane offseason in recent NBA history.
There's obviously Paul George and Kawhi going to the Clippers, but then there's Kevin Durant and Kyrie going to Brooklyn. There's Anthony Davis joining the Lakers. Jimmy Butler joining the Heat. Westbrook leaving the Thunder to join Harden on the Rockets. Zion and Ja were drafted, and so much more.
THere were so many free agents that offseason. I feel like we'll never see that again in the era of extensions and trade requests.
Call me delusional but I still believe in Kawhi more than I ever did PG. I don’t think PG ever had that killer instinct required for Kawhi. Hopefully this loss changes them up.
I hear you, but it could just because Kawhi is a champion so we see him as a winner.
@@whatslaps That definitely could be. I think PG has had a little more embarrassing slipups than Kawhi and his recent comments on the podcast and trying to frame it like he got screwed by the Clippers is very disingenuous given his most recent playoff performances.
it does sound like Kawhi is focused on being the right guy at the right moment as it relates to his health. that sounds like a better mindset than he's had towards balancing his health and basketball availability towards team success imo
I like this narrative style video, I’d be interested in one about how Klay Thompson ended up with the Mavericks
yeah, I could do a video on players who got burned.
I pray if you ever get big you keep this video style it is really well done simple and understandable
it's all i know how to do.
This Clippers team is not the only one that was ruined by injuries. Griffin's Clippers run had the same fate. This is not the Clippers they are the Cripples.
In defense of the Clippers they've been a relevant NBA team for 10 years straight. Which is pretty rare.
Kawhi probably gonna be traded either this midseason or next offseason, I lowkey wanna see the return on the package
Unless he gets hurt 😳
2 first round picks + young player he's way too injury prone unless we're trading with the knicks 16 firsts
@@whatslaps honestly, its unless he is healthy, hes more injured than healthy
I love how compact, straight forward all with a casual style your videos are. hope you get 100k sub soon bro. Love from Turkey,!
Thanks man! send my love to Turkey!
awesome vid man, love watching your stuff, its like chilling with your friend who's not a fanatic of the sport like you are but can get mad nerdy for the right stuff and you get to sit back and casually share the moment. love the other channel as well!
watched this one with a bong and some dinner and a 1L glass bottle of cold water. such a vibe. lol keep chillin dude
Haha, that rules. sounds like a killer night, man!
Bro I haven’t been so tuned in over the summer but I’m back into watching u every week. Love the video. It’s a tough situation but ultimately they should’ve probably traded for only one star in 2019 and built around him or just let the team develop. Ig we’ll never know
RIght, but the thing is Kawhi was only going to join if PG came too. Word was Kawhi was going to sign with the Lakers.
Decided to check out your yt channel after ages of tiktok clips and I have to admit I am mad st myself for not doing it sooner. Great contenct , grest basketball knowledge while making it entertaining overall keep it up
thanks for the migration! 🪿🪿🪿🪿🪿
Alright, your style grew on me. I’m now subscribed
Welcome to the party!
Clips since 2019 were a great example of disappointment, not failure per se
Exactly. Just didn't go as planned.
Ah dude. They failed.
Thanks!
thanks for the support, my friend!
leaving toronto was the worst thing kawhi could have done for his knees and im being serious. ofc we all know that toronto was getting kawhi on what was functionally a one year rental but the medical staff there pulled off a generationally good feat of load management and helping kawhi with his knee rehab. idk what’s going on in the clippers medical room, but since kawhi AND pg both got bad knee injuries around the same time there’s no way it’s good
Toronto was super chill about resting him. I wish he would have stayed, but I think he hated the cold.
a combination of 4 MVP/FMVP Caliber players, PG, Kawhi, Russ, and Harden. If that was a team in 2017-19 they are better than KD GSW, MJ Bulls, all of the above. Sad it's only ever going to be a memory.
True that. Glad we at least got to experience the story.
you brought the energy in this one
c4 and sugar free red bull
The clippers have essentially been the Dallas cowboys of the NBA
Jerry ain't that rich though.
I like how you told it from the owners point of view
I fantasize about owning an NBA team all the time.
Kawhi please lock in for one more season. Pull off a miracle then you can retire 🙏🙏🙏
you're going to need more 🙏 emojis
@@whatslaps actually wild how u ratio'd him lol 24 likes to 22
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You should make a video about player styles/archetypes that died out. Such as a guys like Isiah Thomas or Kemba Walker who were extremely short score first point guards or back to the basket scoring traditional centers or guys who were on the court to only play defense like tony Allen was.
Kemba really just vanished. From all nba to monaco
loved this rundown on the Clippers total failure. I think the Lakers deserves one of these videos as well, especially after trading a championship team for Russ and missing the playoffs on the very next year, so many dumb decisions all around
love the vids, man, thanks for being here every Monday
that would be good. post 2020 championship lakers breakdown.
yup! As a Lakers fan it'll be a tough watch but we gotta face the facts that we fumbled the bag real hard lmao
I really wanted them to do good. I like all 4 of their stars, I like that they're all from LA area, but injuries damn.
I know. it was a great story.
I came from TikTok, love your content 🔥
thanx for the migration 🔥
I enjoyed everything u talked about 😊
glad you dug it, player!
As a Knicks fan please dive into the rebuild of the Knicks organization under the man the myth the legend himself Leon rose, i think he only did 1 interview in 4 years of running the Knicks
I might get into that. Maybe cover it in a video about organizations that have made huge changes.
that intro slaps hard😊
I bought the license for that song for like 12 dollars 5 years ago. best money I ever spent.
@@whatslaps for sure
I think acquiring Paul George is a bad decision by Philly. He’s too old to be given that type of money and I have no confidence he’s gonna be able to keep producing for the next 2-3 years. Philly only has one year to make it work because I’m pretty sure if we lose again Embid is gone.
I don't mind it. It's a risk, but I think it's time for a big risk. They had the cap space and they were able to bring in some bench guys as well. I hear you though.
Could you do a video explaining what the bubble was? :) please
that might be good
not really a topic but would love to hear any thoughts you have about boston
I'll try to incorporate it into next week's video, but I talked about them in the "boring playoff" video and the management video as well.
Ever do any collabs? Would love to see you and Jxmyhighroller or A.M. Hoops talk about something. Also, I don't think I've seen one from you regarding where players went to college. I feel like when a point guard comes out of kentucky or a shooting guard out of Duke they tend to be solid. Love from Australia
It'd be fun to do something like that. Like which college has produced the best NBA players. I've talked to Kofie about doing something, but it hasn't happened yet. Definitely open to working with either of those creators.
"you're a person, you know" that's iconic.
you've been lied to before and you didn't like it.
@@whatslapseverything is a lie of the truth
PG was coming of a top3 mvp and kawhi of a finals mvp, imo you do that move every single time no matter what you give up. they just got unlucky
yeah, it's crazy. the logical move was to give PG what Kawhi got but they couldn't just keep doing the same thing.
That has to be OKC when they had KD and Westbrook at that time 2 was at least top 5.
they did make the finals though
@@whatslaps Yes they did but they didn’t win now for the Clippers on paper they did failure but who knew that Kawai was just going to be injured prone player.
When you said “click, bop, zap, ding” I really felt that
Also bold of you to assume I’m a human whatslaps
snap crackle whistle sound timpani
The major leagues just have some teams no matter what they do, it'll always amount to nothing. NBA with clippers, hawks, kings, mlb with seattle, rockies, nfl with the cardinals, lions, jets. They might create the greatest team ever deep down we all know that nothing will happen. It's just a truth of the universe
Lions look good this year.
Brooklyn nets may be more disappointing tbh
I agree. I did postmortem on them last year. might do another one.
@@whatslaps If you actually had some sense in your empty head you would know that the Nets big 3 barely were on the court together
Underdog clippers were definitely the best version
they gotta get the gang back together
Cheeky AI generated caption I see it... We also lost our semi final :(
I put the notes into the machine and it spits them out like an essay. AI is out of control.
"If they pay you for it, you're worth it"
- Bench Simmons
or were worth it at one point in time.
@@whatslaps Zach LaVine?
Another double U of a vid. Wouldn’t mind one of these team “recent history” focused videos once in a while to keep the other topics fresh. Ate a corn dog last week 👍
they're fun to do. plus there's a lot of gifs from the past to use.
Really fair and balanced take. I like you point that all their decisions were rational, but that sometimes things just don't work out. I saw another video calling The Clippers the "worst run team ever," and I couldn't get on board with that. So many teams are just flailing around with no clear goal. The Clippers had an opportunity and went for it. I would rather have been a Clippers fan in the last decade than a Chicago Bulls fan.
Yeah, the team was good. I always like going to Clippers games because you're going to see good basketball. It just sucks that they didn't take it to the finals. but c'est la vie
I don't think you can even call it disappointing because that implies they underachieved. But they didn't even have the opportunity to underachieve.
The entire Kawhi-PG gets an incomplete. They had one healthy playoffs and it was in the bubble.
It's one of the great what if teams in NBA history.
The Clippers are seriously cursed though. The way the CP-Blake teams imploded and now this -- even when they catch a break it goes wrong
I'm excited for the future. I'd like to see an era of the clippers built through the draft as opposed to free agency/trades.
@@whatslaps I don’t see Balmer running the risk of multiple 20-25 win seasons to open his $2 billion stadium
My guess is they are going free agent hunting in 2027
That’s why they wouldn’t do the extra year for PG.
If Luka opts out in 2026 you can move your expiring contracts. Otherwise you go into 2027 with max space and pivot into 2028 if needed.
Luka and Embiid both could opt out in 2026 but will be FA in 2027. Shai is up in 2027. Jokic, Giannis, Mitchell can opt out in 2027. Zion, Ja and Garland are up in 2028.
The Clips were a huge disappointment, I hope the same doesn’t happen to Giannis and Dame; especially because I think Dame has a few good years left and just needs to find his groove. The Bucks have made like ZERO off-season moves, though, which is crazy to me. What do you think they need?
healthy Middleton really. I think that team has the juice. Dame has gotta play defense. Also not zero remember Gary Trent Jr. on the minimum.
I was waiting for you to upload so I could comment 😅😅 I am really curious to hear on your opinions on how Jokic would fit in with Spurs and heat culture/working with Pop or spo? Just curious on him or other players like Hali, Luka, and Steph that I feel like would make more unselfish decisions? You have become my favorite basketball TH-cam in the last 2 months btw I have binged all your videos
I think Jokic would thrive where ever he ended up. Takes direction and supports his teammates. Glad you're enjoying the content, man!!
@@whatslaps 🤩🤩 which team do you think would benefit the most from having Jokic as their center/which team would win the most/get the most out of his prime you reckon?
The clippers have been disappointing for so long now, it would suck to be a clip fan
I am one and it does.
Idk if shai would’ve been the same player he would’ve still been great, but i feel like Chris Paul him in his development of getting good mid range shots and iso in my personal opinion
that's true. He even talks about how impactful that was.
Do you think dames beard looks like Jamal Murray?
Nah, I don't see it.
I kinda disagree with the end. It's a failure but that's okay, even with the best intentions and maximum effort. Sometimes you fail, but that's fine. Just try again. Besides, because of all that spending and gutting the team assets. Yeah, that's...
that's a good point. definitely a failure, but I don't think there's much to regret.
Ur probably right about it not being all Doc’s fault, but firing him was the right move especially when they replaced him with a mastermind like Ty Lue
Ty Lue rules
Kawhi is my favorite player of all time (not the GOAT) just my personal favorite, I really wish this worked out I want to see him have one more great playoff run even if it doesn’t result in a championship
Kawhi achieved so much success so early we kind of forgot about the chips and dpoys
Naw, the Payton, Malone, Kobe, Shaq Lakers own that title.
true, but it was one season.
5:41 Just say his nickname was Panda McPee
You deserve a raise
the best nba ytber by far
you're too sweet to me.
Whats your Team?
Clippers/Lakers
@@whatslaps bro you can't support both 😂❤️
The clippers are cursed man
who will lift the curse?
Do you think bronny will be able to be a starter for the lakers this year?
I do not. 13th man.
Yet they are the most successful Clippers team of all time, as they went to the western conference finals, which is the furthest any Clippers team has ever gone in the playoffs.
this is true. I think they're going to be a solid team from here on out. they've got money and LA is a nice place to live.
Pretty good video overall, but as a clippers fan with a vivid memory of the 2019-2021 era, there’s a few things you missed.
- The PG trade was very far from universally liked. Even without Shai becoming the superstar he is today, it was still the most amount of draft picks ever traded, and a lot of people didn’t realise that it was essentially a trade for pg and kawhi.
- Doc Rivers was a major part of the 2020 collapse, but two other big factors were Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell. A lot of people looked at the clippers favourably not just bc of our two stars, but also our depth, in particular our two 6moy contenders with incredible chemistry. Our closing lineup was pretty much always Pat Bev, Lou Will, PG, Kawhi and Trezz. Lou Will and Trezz had really good chemistry and their pick and roll was one of the best in the league. The problem is that neither of them could defend to save their life. When we went up against the nuggets, jokic and Murray tore them apart. We ended up blowing so many leads bc Jokic and Murray could just keep getting buckets on Lou Will and Trezz, and no matter what, Doc refused to take them out, even despite Zubac doing a genuinely good job at guarding Jokic. The 2020 offseason wasn’t just about getting rid of Doc, we also got rid of Lou Will and Trezz, and brought in other guys like Serge Ibaka who helped in ways that Trezz couldn’t (shooting and Defense). 2020 was an awfully disappointing season, and the offseason addressed every issue we had (outside of 20 minutes of bad pg and kawhi basketball in game 7).
- In 2021, you could legitimately argue that we would’ve won if not for injury (although you could say the same about the nets that year), and there’s no denying that we would’ve at least made the finals. That was easily our best year to win, but everything went downhill after that.
- Losing Pat Bev was a major loss for us that didn’t get mentioned in the video. He was the heart of our team, and a fan favourite. After losing him, our team was never as exciting and our aspirations were never high. People clown on him a lot, but Bev was the most important clipper outside of PG and Kawhi, imo.
- Also definitely worth mentioning that we had Jerry West working for us throughout that entire run. He’s arguably the greatest executive that we know of, and he has to get credit for all the incredible moves we made from 2018 until now.
I gotta reply to a lot of comments but I will come back to this. good notes for a future video.
Legendary TH-camr
thanx baby
I tend to think a lot about how the clippers wanted to get rid of Baron Davis so they traded him along with a first round pick that later turned into Kyrie Irving
oof. Dang was that first overall an unprotected pick from the Clippers?
@ indeed it was an unprotected clippers pick cause get this the clippers GM at the time said the draft was “weak” , the pick was projected to go 8th and they had a .028% chance of it being the first pick but then the lottery odds shot up and the rest is history
How would you approach improving situations for "middle of the pack" teams? Do you see being in the 10-6 seed range as a death spot?
I'd try to get other teams picks, but never intentionally tank. I think tanking does something to player's psyches.
happy monday whatslaps
I have the week off
what do you think is the single hardest mechanical skill in basketball? I think that it's jumpshots (source: i practice daily and mine is still broken)
Jumpshots and defensive rotations. Jumpshots you have to work on from different places on the floor. They're all a little different.
Kawhi killed the Clippers. That’s all
with the injuries?
Yeah it definitely has been a wild ride to watch what has happened with this team for the past decade, and disappointing is certainly a good word to describe where it has lead thus far (here’s hoping for this season, right?). Ballmer has been an interesting character in the league since he’s become a part of it and not always for good reasons. Getting Kwahi and George was obviously a big deal, and I generally dislike “what if” scenarios like if Shai had stayed. Like you said we can’t play out alternate reality timelines so to me it’s just better to take whatever has happened and keep it movin. Usually pretty easy to scapegoat blame head coach for an underperformed season. Injuries are KILLER for when an otherwise good/fun/exciting team isn’t able to fulfill their potential. Can’t blame George for his decision and his reasons behind it. Not sure if this is still part of the “process” but this 6ers team got a real shot now, again. And yes a low pressure season for Clips should do them well. A bit of a roller coaster going through all of their story for the past few years in just a few minutes. Well done though again, you’re a good storyteller, always like/appreciate how you do what you do. 👍 thanks again poppa, always look forward to the slappin quality content of the week.
I like that you describe Ballmer as a character in the league. I seem him that way as well. I find him just as interesting an compelling as the athletes. What if scenarios frustrating me, I'm not sure why. Glad we're getting PG in a new situation. League is going to be a lot of fun this year. I'd like to see an over performant year from the CLippers. I'm subconscious Clippers fan. Even more so a subconscious Harden fan. haha
I swear I thought they’d be so good
we all swore
I will forever hate pg because he failed russ on TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS.
simmer don naw
always goin be lil bro to the Lakers
I've heard young LA kids like the clippers because they sponsor all the local courts.
When you post videos over 10mins >>>>>
I'm beat though
Basketball no man's land now
there's a few men over there.
@@whatslaps nah James Harden are Kawhi are bitches 😂
What team do you support ?
clippers/lakers
get his mans views and subs up NOW MFS
lol. I'm chillin.
What’s ur favorite team
Lakers/Clippers mostly
Watch this be the one season kawhis healthy for the playoffs
it would be both funny and awesome
bcs clippers are curse since the beginning
who cursed them though?
“Clippers taking over LA”
in their dreams
vid about nba podcasts
I've thought about it. might be too tangentially related to my normal content.
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@@whatslaps awesome video btw :p
bet you can't reply to this
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