[Lowlight] No one on the Clippers went to get the inbounds pass š³
That’s Chris Paul’s fault, obviously.
CP3 would yell at his teammates for that incompetence and the Clippers can’t have that kind of disobedience.
Ty Lue got to be collecting checks under the table from somebody. I’ve never seen such a careless error from players met with even more unbothered reaction from the coach. Joe Mazzulla would put whoever was not paying attention in a rear naked choke at half court and I would praise him for it.
Joe would do an interview the next day, and with a completely straight face would say something like āWhen players make low IQ plays like that, I think more coaches should be choking them to get them to take the game more seriouslyā
“You reboot your computer when it stops working. I just did that with his brain.”
Lmfaoo this one got me
Would also toss in something about his favorite movie
Reporter - “Joe some of the players have spoken to us off the record that your form of discipline after last nights terrible showing against the Bucks was a bit excessive. Some of them seemed quite shaken up by it actually.. Do you have anything to say about that?”
Joe - “I will only respond with the same thing I tell them after every practice…. That the first rule of Fight club is we DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB!”
I have. But it was also Ty Lue after JR Smith did what he did in game 1 of the 2018 Finals.
This is exactly why I didn’t want Lue when we first signed Lebron to the Lakers. Folks were killing bandwidth crying about Lue and I’m staring at the screen like “wtf? Why?”
Because lebron hyped him up, and you were talking to bron stans (he hyped him up because ty is signed to Klutch)
Because lebron hyped him up, and you were talking to bron stans
Oh I know. I meant in the sense that why would they want him as a coach when he’s git a ring because Lebron and Kyrie went nuclear. He’s not done anything of note since.
he hyped him up because ty is signed to Klutch)
This however I didn’t know. Ty Lue is Klutch? TiL.
CP3 would have drawn an emergency foul to reset the clock
We’ve really had some great point guards who know how to steal a time out. Jason Kidd getting drinks spilled on the court, running in to coaches on purpose, etc. Cp3 shenannigans. Steve Nash vs the table. I mean, they really acted perfectly! (Just kidding about Steve. Lol).
Untucked jersey is my favorite
That was what got CP3 dismissed. He was trying to call out this bullshit in a nice way, but the coach didn’t like it.
Chris Paul on his couch yelling at the TV: I told you!
āI TOLD YOU, MAURY TY! I TOLD YOU!!!ā
Back in the day I thought Ty Lue is a hack riding LeBrons coattails. Then he was painted as a good coach, especially here on Reddit. Iām glad the pitchforks are out again. Fuck Ty Lue!
I feel like this is a front office problem above all. Like last year’s Suns, no one could turn this steaming turd of don’t-give-a-shit into a functioning team.
Thank god we rebounded from that shit show
Heās a good coach in a term of tactics especially in playoffs. But he has only a couple of years until his team goes from respecting him to walking over him. Happened to him with the Cavs and again with the Clippers.
why do they walk all over him
Dunno man letās ask Allen Iverson bout that one
Because in leadership, you can only act like “one of the guys” to a point. After a while, your underlings realize that you’re getting all the benefits of camaraderie but also have authority to tell them what to do. So they stop respecting you.
the A.I. step over š
He always kills the Warriors so we at least think heās a good coach.
CP would have told Batum not to over step the line.
That play would have blown a fuse in CP3’s brain so maybe the clippers letting him go was a lifesaving measure on their part.
Clearly the Clips immediately got better after they cut ties with CP šš¤£
Ah no biggie, probably an inconsequential possesā¦(checks scoreboard and game clock)ā¦SWEET MOTHER OF JESUS
This team is such a joke man. It would honestly be hilarious if OKC didnāt own their pick
it’s funnier that okc owns their pick š
things like this seem more catastrophic
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Get your life insurance policy readyĀ
lmaooo!! what’s even worse (and funnier) is that it isn’t even like they’re a bunch of young guys making mistakes but will be able to learn from them and get better… these are dudes who have spent more of their lives playing basketball than they have not playing basketball!
the likely hood of growth or adaptation is very slim and by the track record of their stars not something they’ve really even shown they are capable of! it’s all very (hilariously) bleak, unless youre a clipper’s fan (sending love and light to them ā¤ļø)
At least we did the smart thing and made our one top 8 protected.
In a bubble its hilarious, but the fact its OKC truly sucks.
Idk I think itās pretty sweet
The league is going to need a prairie apron. Where the luxury tax kicks in once you go above a certain number of players who can both hit 3s and play defense.
This is my exact sentiment
If JJ was their coach his hair would go white from this play alone
Heād do a Tokyo Ghoul ghoul transformation on the spot.
Youād also be able to hear him.Ā
Wtf was Lue doing? A Darvin Ham impression?!?
Ty Lue is the Lebron James of Darvin Hams
Luckily Taliban Lue is our coach, so we are just vibing.
It almost couldn’t get worse than that
What the HELL is this shit? I was like, oh that’s weird. Then I saw the score… Man, I know we traded Luka and everything, but at least I’m not a Clippers fan. I feel for y’all.
You guys have Cooper Flagg and some tradeable assets. Clippers only tradeable asset is Zubac.
The Mavs are in a perfectly fine place in terms of roster.Ā
But that’s like telling a person making a million a year they’re still doing pretty good when their salary drops to about 200k a year.
“Fuck I need this big fat yacht for, such a gas guzzler” –Nico
Harden could be worth something too. He’s old but he’s dropping 26/5/8.
I’d trade Quickley, Dick, and maybe a late pick for him.Ā
Not sure how valuable that is to LAC. But Harden probably only has a couple more years like this.
Why would you trade dick???
Cause Dick aināt Harden(ing).
Yeah, but when he ain’t Harden(ing), you can’t beat him.
Heās not developing well. His thing is supposed to be shooting but he hasnāt been landing his shots.
He’s a floor spacer that can’t shoot or play defense.Ā
He’s shown flashes in the past, so maybe that potential would allow the Raps to not include a draft pick.
“What did he say?”
“He said he’d like some Dick, Harden, Quickley.”
So you would trade a quick dick pick for harden?
Zubac, DJJ, and Collins is an expiring contract. All have positive value. Harden may be able to get back a good player as well
If you can get a good player out of harden, more power to you. I just feel that even though harden clearly has some gas in the tank, heās not worth what heās getting paid. Let alone someone actually wanting to trade for him.
Itāll depend on how desperate a team gets for a PG. Rockets and Timberwolves seem to be the most speculated
Speculation about the Rockets is only coming from people with more nostalgia than common sense. The Rockets arenāt blowing up their team to bring Harden in.
James harden is 36 years old and is not lebron James. Good luck with that
Luka fucking doncic got traded for a bag of chips and a wheelchair. I canāt put anything past this league anymore
That only works if youāre the lakers
You don’t think his training and diet are on par with the king?!
Some things just never change
“At least I’m not a Clippers fan”
“At least I’m not a Kings fan”
“At least I’m not a Pelicans fan”
The places where basketball goes to die.
Even in the āat least iām not a _____ fanā conversations, the Hornets still get forgotten
That’s because they have no fans
When I was a kid, the first basketball cap I had was the Hornets, and were even ok in NBA Jam with Mugsy and Larry but, it was all downhill from there.
I’d honestly rather be a Hornets fan right now over any of those.
Pels have a bright future with good assets and owning picks and the Hornets got Kon and Kalk in to be franchise legend talks, don’t put them in the same category as the “Sacramento Kings*
I did not forget about them. When I read that post, my mind immediately went to the Hornets
Are you saying that youāll trade Sabonis for the overpaid corpse of ADnp?
Can he play Point Guard? Then maybe Vivek will hear you out.
wow clippers nation, this is coming from a fan that had nico as there GM
The Mavs didnāt help create the OKC Thunder. Imagine they luck into another number 1 pick or trade for Giannis lol
Donāt kid yourself. Weāre both in hellš¤£š¤£trading Luka would have me denouncing my fandom
Crypto.com Arena had four corners on the inside. One is for the Lakers and their banners/retired jerseys. One is for the LA Kings and their banners/ retired numbers. Another corner for the LA Sparks, same thing. And then…there is a plaque for Taylor Swift selling out a show. They held a spot for years and years for the Clips, yet they STILL had never retired a jersey and STILL have never even won the Western Conference, so they had NOTHING to display. For decades. Incredible really.
And they traded SGA. Not as easy to see without hindsight but might even be a worse trade.
What was harden mad about? He clearly didn’t want the ball
Probably wanted Batum to take his time picking up the ball so they can set up whatever they were wanting to do. Basically delay the start of the 5 seconds. Teams do that a lot to the point where they don’t even pick up the ball they just wait out of bounds until the ref picks up the ball and gives it to them lol
Looks like Batum asked a question and just said āOh.ā So probably this case.
This
Exactly
He wanted someone to receive the inbound so he could run around and get open off ball. Same thing Kawhi was doing. Hence why no one went to get the ball lol. They all wanted to take the shot by getting a pass off ball.
He wanted Batum to take his time inbounding the ball and he was also waiting on one of his teammates to come down so that he wouldnāt have to bring the ball up while getting pressed 74 feet from the basket. Itās easier to get the ball around half court rather than driving it up the full court and looking for your shot.
8 seconds is enough time to do anything
…. its a lot more time to get the ball at half court and get a better shot, instead of being pressed over 70 feet
Wings stuck in his teeth
If I was coach Iād be fucking livid. Whole practice of constant running. Suicides for the whole fucking practice
The players would just refuse to do it. The entire issue with this team is that the stars set the tone and that tone is “fuck hard work, just cash the checks and don’t show up for work.” They cut CP3 because he was trying too hard.
Chris Paul was trying to hold people accountable and Steve Balmer was having none of that. He imagined what it would be like if someone held him accountable for his aspirations and knew Chris had to go.
Steve Balmer 2007, “There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share. No chance”
Hopeless players, but what can you expect from the clippers
quiet quitting and coffee badging has made it to the NBA level
Ty Lue is completely checked out tbh I doubt he even gave a crap, probably just staring out into the distance as usual
He was imagining what fish flakes taste like
the same ty lue who forgot to call a timeout during G1 of the Cavs - GSW finals in 2018
kawhi will do his weird laugh at that
Wasn’t there a video going around, in an interview they said the coach had a rule where if airball they need to run or pushups or smth, but kawhi refused, saying, what is wrong with airball?
That was a player rule for banter not a coach rule
Their punishment should be Lue being replaced by Thibs.
Yeah a bunch of 35yo making millions running suicides
That aināt gonna work boss lol
They just say.. no. What do you do?
Kawhi will load manage even more then
These coaches seem to be more worried about placating the players
They play exactly how Ty Lue coaches!!!
The coach should be fired. Itās on him if the players are like this
the vibes are dogshit
Use the dogshit to plant more trees #aspiration
This would be fucking hilarious if they weren’t going to gift wrap a top three pick in a loaded draft to one of the youngest teams in the NBA that just won the title and also looks like they could break the regular season wins record.
As a Clippers fan, I think we should get to count Thunder championships as our own since we built that team
It’s been my running joke that Ballmer may have successfully created a dynasty š
You guys are the Thunder’s G-League team now. G meaning Geriatric.
It’s gunna be the number one pick for OKC.
You can feel it, right?
Batumās gonna file for divorce
Come back to Philly, I loved Batum here.
This might be one of the most unacceptable things I’ve ever seen in a basketball game.
Yep. Iād fire everyone: the coach, the players, the shoe guy. Everyone.
Embarrassing.
Iād hire CP3 back as coach.
Newer fan here.
Can you explain what happened?
You have five seconds to inbound the ball before a violation is called by the ref. With 8.7 seconds left, it’s do or die time for the Clippers to try and tie the game with a three. The Rockets players are trying to prevent the inbounds and are playing good defense by sticking to their man and keeping the Clippers players near the half court line. They aren’t allowing any space for a successful inbounds. Batum, the inbounder, starts to panic as time ticks down. In his panic, Batum steps forward a little too much and his foot crosses over the out-of-bounds line and onto the court. That’s a rules violation. If you watch inbounders throughout a game, the refs will allow a little cheating just for the sake of keeping the flow of the game. However, Batum stepped forwards just a few inches too far and basically forced the ref’s hand to make a call that rarely gets called unless it’s super egregious. Batum also tried to call a timeout to reset the inbounds. Unfortunately for him, the Clippers didn’t have any timeouts left. The refs could have dinged him for that, too, but the result is pretty much the same, either way. Although, I think the Rockets would have also gotten free throws if Batum had been called for the timeout violation.
The unacceptable part of the possession, at least for me, is that no one on the Clippers was within 30 feet of Batum. If at least one player was within the three-point line, even a little bit of movement by the offensive players can scramble the defense and force them to make a defensive mistake that allows for a successful inbounds.
This video gives a better view of the play.
Thatās a great response.
Thank you for your time.
Canāt believe they actually did this, but then again itās the Slippers š
This happened like 3 or 4 times in the rockets opening game. Which, I think was against the thunder, and maybe went into double OT? IDK it was a while ago. But, I would imagine it happened for similar reasons. The rockets have (had?) Basically one guard. And run 4 forwards. So in order to defend well, they are probably running one guard? So Noone thinks it is their responsibility to bring the ball up. Edit. Watched the clip. Dumb wrong. Clippers are screwed my former favorite player harden is a joke. At least I can hope Jordan love doesn’t turn into Brett farve 3.0.
Chris Paul pointing at this shit like that one Shannon Sharpe meme.
Ty Lue as a coach is a joke.
Ty lue is just doc rivers v2
20 years from now we’re still gonna hear about that one championship and how Doc and Ty are “proven winners” lol
At least with Doc Rivers we get good RDC skits
Brother, no way can you fault Ty Lue for this. I knew (watching live) the moment Harden told Batum to take the inbound, it was fucked.Ā
Already some bad miscommunication (you can’t see it cause tik-tok cropped Batum out of frame b4 Harden called him), followed by Batum immediately picking up the ball and staring the 5 seconds, the spending 3s relocating because there isn’t A FUCKING CLIPPER IN SIGHT. Almost had a 5s.Ā
Egregious inbound play from vets.Ā
Players are constantly lost all season and play with minimal energy and attention to detail. Isnāt it a coaches whole job to manage these specific things!?
Also the reason all of this is happening is that he didn’t keep a Time Out for the last play. And NBA coaches get a million timeouts
Itās not just this play. Itās the total lack of structure and direction. This team constantly rolls over and gives up after the 1H. They were supposed to be a top seed in the West, they won 50 fucking games last season lol
Also, if itās true he legitimately wasnāt on speaking terms with CP thatās embarrassing as fuck.
The looks on Ty lue face be making me so sick. Some one beat his ass
He is debating whether to order the shrimp tacos or the fish tacos.
CP3 was right
Iām so over this shit man
Type of plays that result in a Dybantsa 6MOTY/ROY in OKC
Oh lord have mercy if this happens
Shai x 6’9 and athletic as fuck Shai
I really think Presti takes Boozer though
Ty Lue looking checked out in a 1 score game with 9 seconds leftā¦ Clippers management has to be full of nepo hires cause this is embarrassing levels of fuck it.
All the veterans on this team and not one of them decides to come back to the ball. I know who wouldāve knew what to do but heās no longer on the team.
The last 1 min of the game lasted 10 mins lol due to multiple review and challenges. š
Am I the only one seeing the Rich Paul Podcast clip under the majority of the titles? Whatās going on here
Your Reddit app is broken. A lot of people have this problem apparently. Uninstall and reinstall it
okay i thought this was a meme i wasnāt in on or something. i keep seeing the grayson allen clip of him egregiously traveling š
The 90s Clippers are BACK baby!
Streetlights btw
they’re waiting for Aspiration to plug in another 30 mil
This might be the worst thing I’ve ever seen.Ā One time Lamar Odom forgot to inbound the ball after a made basket and just dribbled it in himself. This is a million times worse.Ā
The worst one I’ve seen is when the Warriors ran an OOB after a time-out and got an uncontested dunk because all five Mavs were playing defense on the wrong side of the court lmao.
Hmm. CP3 somewhere laughing right now and saying āsee, this is the bullshit I was talking about.ā
Im sorry, but thats on Batum.
I have never seen a player sprint for a ball to inbound before their team is even set up. Just walk over there at a normal pace.
Now, once you have sprinted to get the ball, do not panic. You still have 5 seconds.
Batum stepped on the court at the 3 second mark. Absolutely no composure at all. The whole situation just 6 panic.
Ya, his team didnt do him any favours, but he wasnt thinking either.
That’s a team without leadership at all levels. Coachs, players. Harden and Kawhi have never been leaders.
They need a veteran leader, maybe a Chris Paul type to step in to that role
Wouldnt that be nice! Just make sure they dont bruise the egos of your “superstars”
He was probably trying to avoid a technical foul due to a delay of game. clippers were already late in getting over there to start the 5 second clock.
It’s not his fault no one else came to inbound the ball or receive the inbound
You know who wouldāve made sure someone got that inboundā¦
Blame Chris Paul
Wtf, why didnāt harden try and get the ball?!
That is not on Harden. Low time on the clock, he was setting up for a half court set play, you see him trying to direct the offense.
8.7 seconds left and wanted to take the last shot from a set position, not bring the ball up the floor.
Clippers reddit perm banned me cause I asked them are they good after their fan ran out on the court so I can’t post there lol. but CP3 might be an asshole, but it’s not like dude didn’t recognize incompetence with their coaching staff
In the first quarter this would be bad. At the end of a tight game?? What in the actual fuck is going on? Embarrassing
Needed a pan to Steve Balmer here.
As an unbiased Thunder fan, I donāt see anything wrong with this play myself
If AJ Dybantsa ends up on the Thunder because of these fucking morons Iām going to be fucking livid.
Clippers gonna clip
Gotta love the āno name on it, just playā approach. Ty Lue cooked with that oneā¦ and now nobody even goes to get the inbound.
CP3 saw this coming when he said there was no structure lol.
Came too close to winning.
They lucky CP is on vacation because he would have wordsā¦
Good thing they sent CP3 home last week.
The players are trying to speed up the Lue firing š
This is a Professional NBA team yāall
Batum is the only one with a pulse. Heās gotta be really thankful his wife forced him back to LA.
CP3 would never let this happen, washed Angeles Clippers
Thats why we need Chris Paul back. To get the inbound pass
SAME OLE CLIPPERSš
4th quarter yellin why the fuck Batum in
Fuking send this team to the GLeague. Pathetic.
They need a smart point guard to take control of things
Well, well, well. Maybe CP3 has a point huh, Ty Lue? Maybe you guys need someone to yell at all of you from time to time.
Reminder: These guys are getting paid millions to do their jobs
Harden and Kwahiās leadership is on full display
CP3 was clearly the problemā¦ā¦
Gotta be one of the worst ever fuckups
Why the fuck is Batum even in the league lol
š¤£And everyone is getting an extension
Why would Chris Paul do this?
This team is mentally checked out. They have no desire to play together.
Never seen a team THIS BAD both on and off court. There’s literally no redeeming qualities š¤¦š»āāļø
The egos man
Honestly, fire the coach
Ty Lue is the greatest coach since Phil Jackson though, according to like every person who’s paid to talk about the NBA.
Chris Paul was right.
But we are supposed to believe that Chris Paul was the problem lmao, sure
CP3 vindication. Clippers are ass
So rockets doubled harden. KD was by the free throw line and there was 9 sec left down 3
3 defenders below half court and they couldnāt even get a shot off on a 3v2. Thats rough id be pissed
I bet Chris Paul would have done so.