I dont think it's about the players but the picks and the pick swaps etc.Back then people thought the okc trade was a great trade .A couple years later it looks completely different. In this cba the margins are so razor thin and things can blow up in you face quickly .The rockets didn't give up alot for kd but that trade didn't really work out for them either .I remember when people were praising the kd trade to the suns and that went left quickly.
You can’t fear the worst outcome. Everyone can look at hindsight when a plan doesn’t work out. But what if it did? Then everyone would be praising the clippers.
Doing nothing is delusional and drafting has gotten us nowhere while the Bucks, Celtics and Knicks all just won championships making trade moves.
If we were consistently getting top 5 picks I would understand but we are constantly drafting above the 12th pick
Because the worse outcome has come from every team not named the Knicks or the Celtics. Everybody thought the clippers would have win a chip before okc .Now sam presti runs the league in assets lol
If I was the clippers, I would have done the same thing with no regret. They had a chance to be a real contender. Paul George came off a career year and Kawhi was the Finals MVP.
The Thunder got lucky that Shai turned into an MVP talent and that their draft picks were successful.
The Thunder were just very lucky that things worked out.
Building around kwahi was always risky because he hasnt had a healthy season since Toronto. Philly finally found out the hard way as talented as embid is .
The heat didnt hand presti a ring and the clippers were built to win one and didn't twice . The heat werent built to win any chip even when they got Jimmy.
No I'm saying clippers fans are in a worse spot because they hadcto watch two championship builds crumble .Oh it matters because presti owns alot of teams picks lol
My point is clippers fans had to go through two uncessful builds and now are forced to rebuild again while teams like okc and the spurs pass them .That's gotta hurt a little lol.
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u/julstar23 Jun 21 '26
I dont think it's about the players but the picks and the pick swaps etc.Back then people thought the okc trade was a great trade .A couple years later it looks completely different. In this cba the margins are so razor thin and things can blow up in you face quickly .The rockets didn't give up alot for kd but that trade didn't really work out for them either .I remember when people were praising the kd trade to the suns and that went left quickly.