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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:23 pm    Post subject:

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Clips are going to break up.


CP3 is staying, but I could see Griffin leaving, although he's probably better than 50/50 to stay. The Clippers were so terrible for so long that I could see them simply being unwilling to face the uncertainty of possibly going back to being bad, or a non-playoff team, again. They may just keep going with this, consequences be damned. They may like the relevance.

Assuming CP3 does stay, I could see the Melo thing happening. He may even tell them that it's a condition of him staying, and the Clippers would make it happen for sure if that's the case. Melo has Phil over a barrel in NY, and they may simply take Rivers and Crawford for him.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:24 pm    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
Clips are going to break up.


No doubt

And CP3 is the only piece I would take
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:24 pm    Post subject:

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Oh right, that's the end of Pau Pierce. Well bye...


Pierce was a great player, I won't deny it. But damn, that's a bad last game to end it.


Dude could ball no doubt but he was a dirty wheelchair Celtic and then a Paperclip, so to quote Draymond Green "They don't love you like that..."
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:24 pm    Post subject:

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Doc making up excuses now if their entire starting 5 is playing they move on....smh


He's still probably complaining that the Celtics would've won over the Lakers in 2010 if the immortal Kendrick Perkins could've played.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:25 pm    Post subject:

Cp3
Blake
Reddick
Speights
Fat Felton.

So on. Now way they're bringing that core back. Likely cp3 but what else can they do?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:26 pm    Post subject:

Damn there goes the Groupon to see the Warriors play in the 2nd round...
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:27 pm    Post subject:

yinoma2001 wrote:
Cp3
Blake
Reddick
Speights
Fat Felton.

So on. Now way they're bringing that core back. Likely cp3 but what else can they do?


They could conceivably re-sign everyone and trade Rivers and Crawford (and maybe somebody like Brice Johnson) for Melo. I don't know who the hell is playing defense other than DJ, but they could have a lineup of CP3/Redick/Melo/Griffin/DJ. Don't ask me who is playing on their 2nd unit though LOL.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:27 pm    Post subject:

Karma really b-slapped Doc for his undefeated starting 5 comment. He's had to rehash that same excuse every season since.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:27 pm    Post subject:

nash wrote:
yinoma2001 wrote:
Clips are going to break up.


No doubt

And CP3 is the only piece I would take


Tony Parker is going to be 35 next season and Chris Paul 32. So I could see CP3 going to San Antonio and taking on a prime role there with Parker's minutes subsiding.

A CP3, Melo, Jordan team would still go nowhere.

And I'm not sure what team Blake Griffin even fits on. He's a max money player that you can't win anything with if he's your best player.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:28 pm    Post subject:

Refs practically gift wrapped this game for the Clippers and they still managed to bungle it up. Never change.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:29 pm    Post subject:

Wheelchair is probably just pretending to retire.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:33 pm    Post subject:

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Refs practically gift wrapped this game for the Clippers and they still managed to bungle it up. Never change.


They really, really did try to help them lol. I love this tweet...

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:33 pm    Post subject:

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Damn there goes the Groupon to see the Warriors play in the 2nd round...


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:34 pm    Post subject:

Only the Clippers could have home court and lose 3 of those 4 games.......
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:34 pm    Post subject:

ChickenStu wrote:
yinoma2001 wrote:
Clips are going to break up.


CP3 is staying, but I could see Griffin leaving, although he's probably better than 50/50 to stay. The Clippers were so terrible for so long that I could see them simply being unwilling to face the uncertainty of possibly going back to being bad, or a non-playoff team, again. They may just keep going with this, consequences be damned. They may like the relevance.

Assuming CP3 does stay, I could see the Melo thing happening. He may even tell them that it's a condition of him staying, and the Clippers would make it happen for sure if that's the case. Melo has Phil over a barrel in NY, and they may simply take Rivers and Crawford for him.


Blake will be on the trading block in a year or two if he re-signs. Better to walk.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:34 pm    Post subject:

jonnybravo wrote:
Refs practically gift wrapped this game for the Clippers and they still managed to bungle it up. Never change.


Glad I wasn't the only one who felt that way.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:36 pm    Post subject:

ChickenStu wrote:
jonnybravo wrote:
Refs practically gift wrapped this game for the Clippers and they still managed to bungle it up. Never change.


They really, really did try to help them lol. I love this tweet...

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Wow now that's taking it to another level.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:38 pm    Post subject:

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https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/858808353832796160





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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:40 pm    Post subject:

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The Clippers are the first team in NBA history to blow a series lead in five straight postseasons.


https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/858808353832796160







With each postseason failure they taint our building more and more...
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:41 pm    Post subject:

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Boston has been surprising me all year. They will reach the ECF and hopefully get crushed by LeBron. But it's pretty remarkable how quickly they've retooled, while still maintaining prime draft position (superb GMing from Ainge). They're in a good spot to land a top star this summer.


They've won 5 playoff games in a row by 9+ points. They are hitting their stride. But 3-11 vs the Lebron Cavaliers over the last 3 seasons.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:42 pm    Post subject:

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The Clippers are the first team in NBA history to blow a series lead in five straight postseasons.


https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/status/858808353832796160







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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:43 pm    Post subject:

How many times has Doc blown a series when having a lead at any point? Happened like 3 or 4 times in Boston, and pretty much every season with the Clippers.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:49 pm    Post subject:

HeatCandela wrote:
Doc making up excuses now if their entire starting 5 is playing they move on....smh


He did pull that again, did he?
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:57 pm    Post subject:

If Balmer has any sense (big if, I know) the first guy to go will be Doc.
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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 3:07 pm    Post subject:

The clippers actual bad karma is coming from covering up the Laker championship banners at their 'home' games

We all knew no good would come from disrespecting another teams success like that....
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