The Failure of The Clippers Should Be Studied For Generations
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ก.ค. 2024
- Paul George just got traded to the 76ers, Kawhi and the Clippers NBA experiment failed.
It all went so wrong. The Clippers didn’t even make the finals in 4 years, *but why?* Why did these Clippers fail? That’s because the entire world failed to account for one big thing, something we should have seen from the beginning *and that’s what we need to talk* about this week, to serve as a warning to never fall for the trap again.
There are 3 pieces to the downfall of the Clippers, but before we get to some of the biggest issues on the Clippers, we would be remiss to not mention one of the only runs the Clippers had where they had both Paul George and Kawhi Leonard healthy, 2020.
The Clippers would finish second in the Western Conference Finals, they had a 72% win rate when Kawhi and PG played together, they were dominant. Kawhi averaged 27.1 points, PG with 21.5, Lou Williams with 18.2, Harrell with 18.6 who would be 6th man of the year.make the second round of the playoffs despite Paul George struggling and I mean struggling (*lowlight).*
But here’s where Piece #1 comes in.
And Max Kellerman, I still want my public apology.
Doc Rivers was not meant to lead the Clippers. His leadership didn’t keep the team calm nor did he develop offensive schemes that held up, as you’re about to see.
But perhaps the key reason for the Clippers downfall was obvious. Kawhi was the king of load management. He had just won a championship with a completely new team Raptors in 2019 while load managing. Paul George also would miss several games and they only played 43 of 72 games.
And so going into the playoffs they realize, oh despite our insanely talented roster, we don’t have chemistry. Kawhi led the Clippers with 4.9 assists? Oh we didn’t figure out our weaknesses of not having a floor general or play starter until the playoffs. Shiii
*But what I’m about to say next should be alarming.* Over the last 5 seasons, of a possible 410 regular season games, Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum played 290 games, Giannis and Middleton played 246 games, Jokic and Murray have played 224, even LeBron and Anthony Davis played 210. Kawhi and Paul George played 181 games together, 44% of their games.
This is what I said in 2023.
Oh… and this year, Kawhi played 68 games, the most he has with the Clippers. PG Harden and Westbrook are healthy.
*But 2024 was different because they had James Harden.* They had one of the best playmakers in the NBA. This was a super team. But without Kawhi, PG or Harden had to be the main scoring option and while that can work for a game or two, it’s hard for a series. Especially since we’ve seen Harden’s recent body of work… 9 points in a game 7…yikes.
Because we haven’t gotten to what they lost in this, piece #3, and no it wasn’t just the last 5 seasons.
Kawhi Leonard was a star on the Spurs. Former MVP candidate that was doing it on both ends in 2017. Game winning 3, game winning block. But that was before injuries took hold. They saw the Spurs saga where Kawhi straight up also refused to play, but gave him the benefit of the doubt.
Paul George had his health scares. This health report is insane, it’s a lot of small and big injuries, the shoulder surgery, knee sprain, the injury that shall not be named. - กีฬา
Who's the favorite to win the chip now?
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Celtics just won the championship and the season is over Kawhi Leonard should go back to Toronto Raptors and win his 3 💍
In the East: Celtics clear favourites. NYK 2nd, and depending on the health: veteran teams: PHI, MIL.
In the West: OKC, MIN, DEN, DAL are on the similar level.
Don’t call the Clippers a failure when the 76ers that Paul George just went to is a failure and I just checked another TH-camr about that
Kawhi should have never left the Raptors
He should have never left the Spurs. With Manu and Parker they could have easily won one more ring.
@@vikramkrishnan6414they weren’t gonna beat the okc and def not the warriors after ‘14
@@SioocWhat do you mean by that, they almost won in 2018
Facts
I'm glad he did and took play off p 🤣 with him this thunder rebuild wouldn't have been possible without him
How can they have a downfall when they were never up???
Zero minus zero is still zero, so they can sell it as "we remain consistent" 🤣😂
Seriously though, it's a downfall, given the money, assets, and hope they've invested. Many NBA teams have grim futures, but the Clippers are the worst. They have no picks, injury-prone and declining KL, and are not bad enough to tank or good enough to win.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I’m a lifelong Clippers fan, I’m used to this. I’ll probably never see a championship banner raised at the Intuit Dome in my lifetime. I’m still ride or die.
The Clippers basically traded PG + 3 1st round picks to the 76ers for Harden…..great job
I called this when Leonard went there….I said he was going home…to never win a championship ever.
Kawhi should’ve stayed in Toronto. He’d’ve won at least one more ring.
No they wouldn't have.
@@georgeprchal3924 I think they were awfully strong in 2020. They had nothing at one wing position and still came within an eyelash of making the EC Finals. If you add Kawhi to that, they probably also keep Danny Green. The bubble Lakers didn’t scare me, especially minus one of their few shooters.
@@va3svd LeBron doesn't lose to Toronto.
@@georgeprchal3924 Um, he did in 2019. It was the home loss to Toronto (without Kawhi, IIRC) by like 30 points that caused their whole season to go off the rails.
@@va3svd not in the playoffs. When it counts.
The worst mistake the Clippers made was trust Kawhi, this ended up being PG's team, dude dragged them to the conf finals before getting injured, whereas Kawhi always got injured in the playoffs... now they are left with the broken remains of Kawhi, a washed Harden and Russ that might dip or get traded away, nothing more.
Pretty sure russ is all ready gone. Got waived or something.
Harden is washed you fans are something else 😂😂 Harden was better than PG in the playoffs. PG is not that guy at all, he is full of excuses. Him and Embid will get injured again.
@@billiamlarson608russ not gone yet
@@graceamadise2049facts, averaged more points in the playoffs the. PG, casuals won’t know that
@@graceamadise2049 of course he's washed, he's not Houston Harden, that's the standard Harden set, being almost impossible to guard. Today he is not that hard to guard
Clippers said LOAD MANAGEMENT???? let me get on the phone with Kawhi and Paul and sign them to max contracts.
Don’t let this distract you from the fact that Dejounte Murray went from being a Hawk Tuah Pelican.
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Goated comment Bro 🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥
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WINNER! 🏆
OkC fan here.. idk what the big thing aboot PG is.. didn't like him before, during, or after his tenure here. Thanks clippers tho.. you set OkC UP!
he will be a 2nd/3rd option in philly. That's the fit he needs.
Be funny if Leonard ask for a trade now its just harden and westbrooks for the clippers
All the hype about Kawhi winning in Toronto…how insanely good he was to lead the team to championship on his own…all he did was leading them to the championship ROUND. KD and klay were eventually injured. He’s good, but all the overhyping is nuts.
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Raptors were 3-1 with Klay playing warriors had a better record without kd in that series raptors were winning no matter what Draymond shattered that team.
@@isaacmurray5048idk about that dawg. I remember KD came in and went 3/3 from 3 instantly and then got injured again. If he didn’t get injured it would have def gone to 7. Idk who would have won
@@J-jizzy_ it was the first quarter of his first game back that would’ve died off eventually raptors also had to compete with refs I think raptors were better coached and warriors were just a mess that year
@@isaacmurray5048 KD was still seen as the best offensive player in the world at that point. They took the raps to 6 games without him; I’d be hard pressed to believe it wouldn’t go to 7 and possibly have won it all. I’m a raptors fan bro I’m just using logic.
Sorry, plenty of us knew the Clippers would fail and Kawhi was no King.
Facts
He was no King 🤓 ok glazer
@@CombatCorgiॐ Glazer? Mofo did a whole a s s commercial rolling up in a 69 with a crown key chain talking about, this is my city.
Kawhi glazed himself and did nothing to match the hype.
If you wonder why clippers "giving up" on PG, it's because of the new CBA rule
If i remember correctly it's the same reason why nuggets letting go of KCP
3:26 Kellerman really said nonsense 💀
Problem is, people hate Kawhi for it, not Max.
Paul George has one foot in retirement, he just wants his bag….🤣🤣🤣
The basketball gods punished them for not taking the "bUbBlE cHiP" seriously. That was the only chance they had and they f'd it off.
Funny how the Clippers was advertised as the new king in town, yet here they are about to get blow up and rebuild😂
Raptors’ wouldn’t have won if Klay and KD were both healthy, it would have been a massacre. Leonard got lucky on that championship run.
Klay only missed the 4th quarter of game 6. He wasn't a 100 percent throughout the series, but he played throughout the series, and toronto beat them when clay played. The only excuse golden state can use is that Durant was out. If he played throughout the series, golden state wins in 5. But he had no business on that team. The trade shouldn't have been approved. This is the one exception I'll make when it comes to whether rings are tainted or not. Toronto beat a golden state team that played everyone but Durant. So, I count it.
@@matthewclear4936 ya that’s why I said when they were healthy. No one, I mean no one is capable of beating that GSW team in a 7 game series if everyone was healthy, but it’s a sport and injuries are a part of it.
A Lakers fan here. Things have been rough in Laker country since the dastardly leprechauns won it all, JJ "Lebron's BJ" Redick being hired as a coach, and burning a pick on Bronny "If Papa Leaves, You -> Door" James. Still, I can always take solace in the universe punishing The Clippers for sullying our holy pavements.
Everybody getting what they deserve for trying to throw lebron off since cav and early laker days ¯\_😭_/¯from kyrie leaving, to kawhi duping us to go to the flippers. It's all coming back -boomerang
Welcome to Philly PG.
"The best ability is availability"... so well said. It's a message ingrained in me after seasons of fantasy basketball.
Kawhi's people hid him from the Spurs medical staff. We were wrong indeed....he couldn't play much. Thank goodness we traded him away and got ourselves Victor Wembanyama. He is the Clippers' problem, not the Spurs'.
Man as an OKC fan I look at our team. It's loaded now. Big 3 plus crazy depth. And we added Topic who will red shirt a year but could be a very nice PG in the future. And we still have like 20 picks in the next 6 drafts and we might just even get a couple of lottery picks from The Clippers if Kawhi hurts himself. We were supposed to use the massive draft haul to build a contender but we built the contender and now have like 80% of the picks still available.
Despise yall for getting Hartenstein
Clippers were the best team in the league until they traded the team and the future forever Paul George. They trade away the league leading scorer and cap space for forever injured George.
I have been right all along and PG13 quitting the team proves me right - Kawhi is one of the wisest, if not the wisest player out there as he gets to sit on the bench for most of his career and still be the highest paid player in the Clips. He has been injury prone since his Spurs days and has always been a PART TIME player anywhere he goes. I would have quit the team if I have a teammate like him. To be the highest paid player and always injured = he is so clever. Even yet when he plays, it's still 50/50 if the team wins. Kawhi fan boys are suckers.
Lol, PG went from injury prone Kawhi to another injury prone Embiid. Dunno what point you're making here.
It’s not 3 phases. It’s poor decision making from an organization that’s known for poor decisions. Talent development…none. Injuries…plentiful. Again organizational decisions. It’s no secret that PG and Kawhi are injury prone. It’s the front office. Starts with the GM. They’re a mess. Just like the Lakers.
"Cursed they are"
-Yoda
Duo ring count
LBJ & AD - 1
Jokic & Murray - 1
Brown & Tatum - 1
Leonard & George - 0
That sucks 😅
He’s made hundreds of millions for nothing - he did just fine. The clippers should have never bet their franchise on a dude that doesn’t show up for work.
The 2019-2024 Clippers are literally no different than the Lob City Clippers from the mid to late 2000s. Sure, they arguably had more star power and looked better on paper in terms of talent but they are equal in terms of playoff futility and mediocrity. All that star power and talent for what? Just to lose every year and never make it past the second round of the playoffs? Phil Jackson saying they know how to lose epitomizes just how mediocre the Clippers really are and why they have always been historically known as the “other LA team”. Until the whole Clippers organization is completely revamped from top to bottom and the team is better managed and properly constructed, LA will always be Laker Town.
Brooklyn nets failures were much worse. Clippers at least have injuries to take some blame.
kawhi used up all his remaining durability during that raptors run 😅
How many times must we hear of "trades that will break the NBA", only to realize it means nothing because regular season means nothing compared to the playoffs?
karma for dippers
Signing James Harden should be any fan's nightmare. He is garbage.
Been an NBA fan since 1991 and for that long I remember the Clippers being the worst or one of the worst teams in the NBA. But I really like Steve Ballmer as an owner because he cares. Yes he wants to make money but he actually cares about bringing in more fans.
Daryl Morey really pulled through. And the cherry on top destroyed hardens last chances to win a ring. Excited for this season.
Kawhi should never be allowed to make decisions. Him and PG never seemed cool in the first place.
Lou williams said in a podcast i think that the reason they lost was there would be an asterisk on the 2020 championship. 🤣🤣🤣 What a fckn dumb excuse for their collapse against denver.
What a tragedy
Honestly never thought they would amount to anything. Many people crowned Kawhi top 5 all time after that Toronto chip and I'm like 😒😒😒😒😒 WHERE??!!!! Lob City Clippers did more than they ever did( which isn't saying much either)
Doc: Paul George, look at me when I say this, you are trash. Kawhi Leonard, I don't want to hear your bame compared to LeBron again unless trash comes after Kawhi Leonard's name.
All the load management, trades, & 1st round picks given up for 1 WCF & to let PG13% go for NOTHING lol.
INJURIES is the answer nothing more. The failures all started and ended with injuries.
Nobody can blame PG for wanting to be off this team. Kwahi is always hurt and staying with him is betting on his body.
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It's cool pretty damn cool
10:26 No Diddy & 12:26 Price was too God damn high
The Clippers could’ve kept Shai, now they have NOTHING
Shai gilgeous-Alexander scores 31+ a game.
I still wanna know how clippers blew a 3-1 vs the Nuggets
Clippers gonna clip
Chargers of the NBA fr fr
The clippers backed the wrong horse. Kawhi will never be able to play long enough to make a difference. His knee problems are career ending type of injuries that he keeps trying to play through but you can see it leaves them with inconsistency
Leonard had a better chance at a repeat with the raptors then winning a chip with the clippers. What nimrod
Damn like 7 different TH-cam channels made a video the same day bashing the clippers 🤦🏽♂️ shit crazy how yall all on the same shit
*sometimes u gotta pop out and show ninjas*
Certified boogeyman I’m the one that up the score w/ em
@@xgamewinnerwalk him down, whole time I know he got some hoe in him.
Kawhi is 100% unreliable or available when you need him the most. Should’ve never given his broken down ass an extension.
This won’t age well !
OMG 😂😂😂 no wonder Steven A hated Max
KAWHYD YOU DO THIS TO THE RAPTORS
hows embids health? isnt he always getting hurt?
Hurt or crying
Sixers fan here. Thank god daryl didnt give harden the money
Speaking fax once again
wtf are you talking about I put the Nets and Suns in the upper tier of failure to even start.
Dont let this distract u from the fact that Westbrook just want to have fun
6:11 WTF HAHAHAHHAA
W vid pg is gonna get my Sixers a ring
Kawhi refused to go without PG
Now oft injured PG joins oft injured Embiid. Should be MUCH different this time!😅😂
PG and Kawhi was NEVER going to work. Every fan that I know knew this. Sure, they're great when it's going well. But, they are a train wreck waiting to happen. Throw in Harden and you have a losing combination that ranks with the KD, Kyrie Nets and the KD, Booker Suns. They were NEVER going to work.
The stars simply can't stay on the floor...but it's a thing of beauty when they are out there.
07:39 Paul George showed Chris Paul who the real Paul is.
No the most disappointing team is the Nets, then comes Suns. Clippers never look like they were guaranteed.
The Clipper curse continues
Injury prone superstars are never reliable. These new children are not as tough or it's over conditioning or the lack of steroids. I personally dont think the 76ers or Clippers will win anytime soon 😢❤. Joel can't get to the finals healthy. KL is injured often. Phoenix, same scenario. Bank on Celtics Denver, okc, Indiana, Dallas, & Bucks best bet.
Kawhi is a bust.
Clippers have really screwed themselves.
Why did this team fail because they are the clippers enough said the more things change the more they stay the same
2023 with Russ they coulda definitely won it all, prolly beat Phoenix with just Kawhi back, this & 2021 were their best shot
I still blame kawhi and his personal team for being a bi- ass no show. At least for pg when he gets hurt, he comes back in a reasonable time frame. Hes actually the glue tht kept the clippers tgt.
Chemistry? Kawhi had that in one year with Toronto!🤣After 5 years, no chemistry in LA🤡Good decision to leave Toronto Kawhi!
I don’t get all this hate about the fact everybody is hating on the clippers. The tried it with PG and Kawhi. Injuries is something you could not influence totally. With the new salary cap rules we will see stars walking in free agency more frequently in the future. It is a way to let him go and try to get a deeper roster without having a lot draft picks in the future. I am looking foreword to see the second chance clippers getting Miles Bridges in free agency. Maybe they are not the favourites in the west. Having a deep roster will be a possible approach
thanks PG for nothing
They lost for one reason only. They are the clippers. You could have curry, mj, Kobe, bron, and Shaq on the team, 6th man KD, and Phil Jackson coaching them. It’s the curse. Clips gonna clip. They will always find a way to lose. No other reason.
All that “load management” to just be a disappointment year after year 🤣 atleast the Lakers won a chip. The Clippers still haven’t done shit aside from hang selfies.
Kwai a chump. Dont care about his rings
Funny how both LA teams just suck 😂
pg has never done anything important for any team. he didnt bring the clippers a ring and wont anywhere else
Legacy of Failure
0:26 🤖
I have it would be the Phoenix Suns
Doc Rivers is unquestionably a better coach than Ty Lue. I have no idea why people think Ty Lue is a good and only small brains think Doc is a bad coach.
Lebron durability?? With juice or no juice??
dream team? nah, more like nightmare team
Dude comes with common takes and acts like it’s some huge revelation
A summary of Clippers achievements in Kawhi/PG era
1. Pat Bev's "Don't Talk To Us" celebration
2. Clipper players on a podcast claiming the next 5 years is theirs to take
3. Blowing a 3-1 series lead in what they say as weak tournament
4. Kawhi/PG = MJ/Pippen comparison
5. Kawhi held the Lakers and Clippers as hostages
6. Pandemic P & Kawhi meltdown performances
7. Milking Steve with close to half a Billion dollars
8. Kawhi claiming King of LA
9. Trading away SGA and their future for PG13
10. Letting PG walk away with nothing in return
Keeping the lakers as hostages helped the lakers more than kawhi, right after Kawhi went to LAC, the lakers built their champion team off of old vets, Howard, Rondo & Bradley.
Kawhi must request a trade too, he will be crippled in l a he must play for piston or wizard or hornets
The clippers might not win a chip this season but they will be a top 5 defense this season after losing PG and retooling the roster
If you pick the clippers you get what you deserve. It’s like betting on the cowboys.
Thank you kawhi Leonard you was a big part of the thunder rebuild i guess that old saying is true there's a sucker born every minute sam Presti bent the slippers over and stuck to them big time 😂
Actually get out the second round with this squad before you talk
OKC/Seattle did nothing but build teams that almost win. So you’re kinda like the Slippers.
@@Magirawashi yeah but see the difference in the thunder and the slippers is the thunder isn't a squad of overpaid has beens the thunder will win the West next season and I doubt if the slippers even makes the playoffs I'm hoping the slippers has one of the worst records in the league because it's thunder still has a couple of their first-round draft picks that are unprotected so they might actually get another lottery pick for playoff p 🤣
@@Magirawashi it was impossible to beat the Mavericks and the referees it's obvious that the referees what's doing all they can to help Luka
Why don't you mention some of the worst coaching of the 21st century
Ty lue out there with coloring books, drawing dinosaurs and gumbi
Ty Lue is a great coach. He did the best with what he had.