The LA Clippers are now 3-16 in their last 19 games and 14th in the West
https://www.nba.com/game/lac-vs-min-0022500355
Being bad is one thing but they’ve been straight up horrific
The league is cooked too, we all know who owns their pick
Harden hamstring away from OKC getting a top 3 pick
Gonna need David Stern to rise from the grave and bend the corner of an envelope
Yea would be a shame if OKC got unlucky. You gotta lock in the dynasty.
They have so many assets that luck doesnt matter
Clippers downfall > Thunder dynasty
Yeah, my petty ass will take a couple years of SGA dominance if it means Kawhi has to spend the last of his prime years on a nursing home tank.
As good as they are, at least the end of the season doesn’t feel like an inevitable conclusion like the KD GSW years.
this is why the spurs have always been my second favorite team lol
People bitch but you guys suffered for a long time, bro. I’m glad to see a home grown small market team have this kind of success. It’s gonna be some serious battles if we meet in the playoffs like we haven’t seen since the 2010 days.
I was a westbrook fan before I really became a Thunder fan so there was a period when I loved the spurs during their beautiful game offense
Spurs are also my second favorite team, if it’s not okc I want the spurs to dominate
Saying okc fans have suffered for a long time is hilarious, they’ve had what like 2 bad years in the teams existence.
How has okc suffered for a “long time”?
Couple years? SGA is 27, Chet is 23, Jalen is 24. Then you got Wallace and Ajay for couple years depend if they bring em back and you add that to whoever they draft from this draft. This is not just couple years.
Yeah, I bet OP isn’t going to be sharing those same sentiments 5 years down the line when Wemby still hasn’t gotten a ring because OKC is too unbeatable lol
Brutal. OKC dynasty.
They’re 22-1, it’s inevitable, you’re just not seeing it yet
Exactly
I will forgive Adam Silver for sending Cooper Flagg to Dallas if he rigs up some devious shit and gives OKC #14
Careful what you wish for
Last time they had a lottery pick that low they drafted Sengun
If they draft a player like Sengun and trade him for two nothing picks like they did that’s fine
And Ousmane Dieng
Houston drafted him not OKC
Wait until you learn where Shai was drafted
Clippers would have to fall to 10th in the reverse standings for that to be a possibility, and I don’t see that happening
Can always trade up to around #10-12 and draft a JDub/Cason/Topic/Adams even SGA
Monkey paw curls
We get the 14th pick from Philly
The 9th from Utah
The 1st from the Clippers
I for one welcome our new basketball warlords
zihuatanejo… that’s where I want to go. the ocean has no memory there, they say
u/RapsareChamps_Suckit explain why you’re a Clipper fan with that username
Maybe he’s a Kawhi fan?
Maybe he’s a bot
Maybe he likes sucking things
Occam’s Razor.
LOL
watch it Chrissy
yup that proves it
But I’m a superstitious man and if some unlucky slander should befall on my flair/username combo, I’m going to blame some of the people in this room, and that I do not forgive.
Why don’t you just answer the question Flint
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Ah a troll, thx, now I can block you justifiably :)
Used to have a raptors flair and jumped ships immediately in fall of 2019
I wish I could tell you that the Clippers fought the good fight, and the Thunder let their draft pick be. I wish I could tell you that - but the NBA is no fairy-tale world.
norm powell really held this all together
If you have the fortitude to do so, watch some of our offensive possessions, we play 3v5 out there because no one respects a single one of our role players, it’s Kawhi, James, and Zu trying to play with no spacing.
Aint that how yall lose to Denver in G7 lol, they left all the role players open
Norms scoring was definitely nice to have but i dont even know if he could save this
They’ve had a lot of close games where they just choke in the 4th. Another all star level offensive player would really help them keep their foot on the gas instead of john collins playing like booty and bradley beal.
I know their plan is definitely just to get hot again in the 2nd half of the season but I don’t see it this year
The hole is going to get too deep
I’m a Thunder fan so obvious bias, could see them realistically getting ti 35 wins?
That may even be a stretch as they’ll have to go .500 and if anything there are less outright bad teams. As an example the Kings just beat the Heat.
With the start that its been, they are almost certainly going to finish in the bottom ten teams.
Genuinely I assume nice things don’t happen for me. They’re about to win 50 games.
The Thunder won a championship last year, what are you on about
Defending champion and 22-1 this season mind you
Yeah but they could’ve been 23-0! Don’t you see how horrible they have it, they are truly cursed 😔
Yeah ok buddy
Thunder fans are so fucking delusional
Didn’t they usually get hot by Kawhi returning to the lineup?
Now they just suck with Kawhi already playing
Also, last year they were still firmly a playoff team even before Kawhi came back, Norman Powell and James Harden held down the fort really well.
Kawhi got 2 jobs and Hardens in love.
recipe for disaster
It blows my mind that the Clippers are still holding onto Kawhi and have not parted ways with him yet. Why are they not blowing it up?
You really think they could get much back for Kawhi? Dude is constantly hurt and is under investigation for breaking the rules of the NBA
What’s there to gain from blowing it up right now? I mean check my flair, I’m not opposed to them getting rid of Kawhi and Harden but I don’t think there’s much for them to gain.
Taking a chance and potentially having future success instead of running Harden and Kawhi into the ground. They are basically trying to run the 2018 Rockets offense with diminished versions of harden and kawhi without any respectable role players
Yeah but what does losing do for future success for them right now?
Anyone’s pick they take will have just gotten James Harden. I guess Kawhi is a little safer. He seems like a guy that’d have a no trade clause but I have no idea.
Im pretty sure Beal and lebron are the only ones with a ntc but im not even referring to picks specifically maybe they should make a play for some young player(s) throw in a veteran or two and just hope they can light it it up because theres 0 upside to just letting the current contracts run out
Ballmer refuses to admit hes wrong and cut losses when things dont work. Instead he throws more money at the problem until its supposed to work idk?? But this is nba basketball
I mean, we were damn good last season after letting PG go. We just had a horrible geriatric offseason.
Y’all just suck.
Ty Lue gets fired and Chris Paul makes his head coaching debut. Hollywood
I’d hire Ty Lue mid season
Just getting rid of Doc is the victory already
i’d pay money to see this happen
$2B Stadium to watch this team is like building a rocket ship to go visit the planet where all the poop goes.
New Jersey ?
I feel bad for them. But at the same time like please keep losing
Yes. I think we should avoid being sore winners on this. Thunder fans should probably just be as gracious as we can be about what’s happening without rubbing it in.
Eh, it’s the clippers. Rub that shit in.
!Definitely not biased on my part!<
How could CP3’s 12 minutes a game do this?
But i was told it was because chris paul was telling guys to switch on defense???
Checked the score when they were up 20 and jokingly told my buddy it was OKC’s second loss this season. I’m so sorry clippers bros.
Balmer doesn’t even care. As long as he isn’t punished by the NBA for the aspiration scam he’s fine
This is legit the most pathetic season ive ever seen by a team that was supposed to be decent.
2022 Lakers
This is miserable for everyone except okc
Silver is gonna step in and rig it against the Thunder, don’t worry y’all.
lol you know damn well OKC are getting a top 3 pick, don’t kid yourself
The Thunder have actually had pretty bad draft lottery luck in recent years. They had a year where they could get two Top 5 picks, but the Rockets’ pick jumped up into the protected zone and the Thunder pick fell to 6 (where they got Giddey).
Then last year it was looking like they could get a Top 10 pick from the Sixers, but theirs also jumped up into the protected zone. Overall, they’ve only had one Top 5 pick (Chet), and the roster only has one other Top 10 pick (Cason Wallace, who they traded up for).
So you’re saying we’re due
I’m thinking top 5. I anticipate the clips go on a winning streak or 2. They just can’t be this bad.
They are that bad. I can see them getting 2 win streaks, though.
And then Sam Presti somehow finds an even better player with a later pick.
He’s just challenging them to be better is all
Oh, that’s for sure.
I heard a prediction on a podcast that they’ll get the #2 then trade it to one of the desperate teams to continue filling up the picks war chest.
That sounds like the most Thunder thing to do. Would Dybantsa even get minutes there when their second unit are all playing winning basketball? Lol
Dybantsa isn’t who they’d draft at #2. They’d for sure pick Cam Boozer, and he’d almost certainly be part of the rotation from Day 1. Presti and Daigneault would both love him.
I don’t watch much college ball, I just picked a name that I remembered I did watch Boozer play very well against UF in the recent game though so I can see it
Honestly, he should. The Thunder are already a juggernaut, they don’t need any more top five picks.
Can we move the Clippers to the MLB plz
Kawhi gonna blow out his knees running to first base.
What’s extra crazy is Harden and Kawhi and still really good players
Are they?
Yep
Kawhi sucks. He throws up 20 midrange shots a game at 40 percent, he’s not good anymorem
Stats say otherwise
As a Thunder fan I approve of this message.
3-16 is insane
Gooooood goooooood
They are probably gonna blow it up/ make a drastic move very very soon. I just dont see how they’ll continue this much longer. I feel like Shams posting a “Breaking news clippers fire Ty Lue” post is gonna hit anyday now. Also feels like they’ll be a team that may have a major firesale at deadline and look to unload anybody with value.
Thought they would go on a huge winning streak now that they got rid of the issue /s
As a LA resident, this is one of many great sports stories this year 😂. Dodgers are champions, Lakers and Rams are good, and Clippers are bottom of the barrel. The vibes in the city are amazing.
They’re stink
Silver is going to let the Bucks trade Giannis for Kawhi.
Their defense has been back the last three games (holding the hawks to 92 in a win, the Grizz to 107, and the Wolves to 109) but their offense is still giving them nothing.
Karma
Beast mode! Thank you
Harden in houston after the buyout is going to go crazy
I WENT TO AP
Cackles
This is a conspiracy to get the thunder that pick so they can fuck is in perpetuity.
Clippers ownership and Kawhi, take a bow
boozer is thunder bound
Could everybody involved be tanking so everybody feels pity on them and doesn’t punish them too badly for the aspiration fraud?
But Chris Paul was the problem.
But sure CP3 was the problem /s