Steve Balmer is the luckiest top 20 billionaire on the planet. He left and the man succeeded him made him ultra mega rich in less than a decade. MS went from 240 billion to 3 trillion.
Greatest flip ever. In my mind, after Denver was down 0-2 losing both at home and game 2 a blowout. I was convinced Denver was a fraud. But now, I'm back on the Jokic Train!
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@@hardwood_ytI remember before thë first game of thë series you me and someone else in thë discord we’re talking and I said T-wolves win in Denver nuggs in 6 that may not happen but if that’s true 😮💨 I cooked
I will give him props for leading the Clippers to the Western Conference Finals for the 1st Time since that’s never happened before but yeah this is a Super Team that Can’t Win
They got eliminated in the Bubble because they choked a 3-1 lead. It's not rocket science. The Clippers or Nuggets would've been heavily praised if they won the "Mickey Mouse" ring instead of the Lakers
I'm not a Clippers fan at all, but here's my take. The quote on the just because the same happened the past 4 years doesn't mean it'll happen next year...what's the definition of insanity? The Clippers can't stay healthy. How the Clippers decided to give Kawhi that ridiculously huge contract for per year salary is beyond me. You shouldn't be giving someone that amount when you can't trust that they'll be healthy when it matters the most. Doesn't matter how good they are in the regular season. If they do resign Paul George and/or James Harden, it cannot be for that high of an annual salary that they were earning. If they want to get that same amount of money, then they can go somewhere else. You can't bow down to the needs of superstars all the time.
Kawhi’s private area should be numb, crazy how his meat was sucked and his status in the NBA and the fanbase rose….yet by now with his injuries, load management (paid time off) and lack of championship presence should make him a joke yet the media and the fans are 🤫
Trey is the problem. Teammates don’t like playing with him bc he 1) doesn’t give any effort on defense, 2) takes horrible out of structure shots, and 3) is selfish. In reality his best asset is his ability to pass but he is constantly trying to score. In the nba anyone w the ball as much as Trey can put up relatively efficient looking numbers (see Brunson, Maxey, Fox, Alexander) but he is too selfish to use the tool that could make him an effective player and make scoring a secondary element of his game. He wasn’t liked by his HS or college teammates, so it’s not a shock his pro teammates don’t like him either.
Three all stars on a 15 man roster is not a super team. Bad title for this video. An all star team or an Olympic team is a super team. And NBA salary cap rules will never allow that many good players on one team. It’s a 5 on 5 game. With three or four players coming playing off the bench . Three all stars is not a super team.
Their best chance was the bubble and they blew it in spectacular fashion. That was the healthiest Kawhi was going to be for the rest of his career, and they blew a 3-1 lead. They had a chance. They still would've lost to the Lakers, but at least they would've had a chance and we would've gotten the much hyped Battle of LA.
Clipper's have had only 4 healthy playoff series... 3-1 record with that loss being the choke job against nuggets. Ever since 2021, they haven't ONE healthy series
It’s not the players. There is something else that degrades the health and performance of these players. It’s too late for this season, but we still have time for next season. Figure it out! (Hint: You must close up the new arena and take comprehensive further steps.)
As a Spurs fan, I’m glad Kawhi left. He was never healthy going back to his college days and it was a miracle he stayed healthy for the Raptors Championship run.
PG has a player option and therefore cannot be traded without his consent. It’s unlikely that any team will give up anything substantial since he’s essentially a free agent.
When you get to the playoffs most of the teams have 2 star players. But so does the other team. Those players usually cancel each other out. It then comes down to 3-5 and bench players. Prime example is Lakers vs Nuggets. The Nuggets 3-5 players are game for game better than the Lakers 3-5. The Lakers were swept last year and they ran it back this year. Same results. This year look for D. Russell to be gone for sure and they will try to get bigger at center.
If your best player can’t/won’t play during playoffs there is no way your team can win. Per Reggie Miller this is the 3rd straight year that Kawhi has not been able to play in the playoffs, and don’t forget those games he couldn’t/wouldn’t play while he was in SA. Supposedly injured but went into hiding in NY with his medical team and refused to let the SA medical team examine him. Clippers are banking on wishful thinking.
These analysts get paid for pushing narratives cause anyone who watches basketball knows that with kawhi being a number one option the clippers will never win now if they would use him as a 6th man they would stand more a chance than to have him start this guy is always injured he has no stability but off the bench he would strive better he’s not a starter he’s a 6 man
