Clips: Grif breaks hand on equipment manager's face (34)

They seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place.

It's their 4th postseason in a row and they've still yet to get past the 2nd round.

The good news for them is that it looks like San Antonio and perhaps Dallas may be heading to the pasture pretty soon unless either of them can steal a superstar.

The bad news is that the younger teams like the Warriors, Thunder, Rockets, Pelicans, Grizzlies, and Trailblazers aren't going away anytime soon as long as they keep their rosters intact. The Clippers have lost postseason series' to the Grizzlies, Thunder, and Rockets in the past 4 postseasons. Teams they beat 1 year ago, the Warriors, have significantly improved while the Clippers look like the same team from 4 seasons ago, still stuck in 1st round/2nd round purgatory.

Doc told the press that he thinks they can improve by adding/subtracting role players. The Clippers have been adding and subtracting role players around their 3 core players for the last 4 seasons, and nothing has really changed. At what point do Doc and the Clippers FO admit that the core group may be the issue?

 

Seattle...

 

Clips are an embarrassment to the city of Los Angeles. At least when we blew a 3-1 lead, we had a pathetic roster AND we didn't have homecourt advantage so it made it at least somewhat acceptable. To be up double digits in the 4th quarter and at home and blow it, WITH Harden on the bench. There's no justifying that.

I'm not sure where they go from here rev. You outlined it pretty well, they've lost to 3 different teams and there are more than a few younger teams on the rise. I don't think simply adding and subtracting role players is good enough. I think they need to trade either Blake or DeAndre.

 

The Rockets move onto the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference finals, and the Clippers move into the summer with an anvil hanging over the franchise. DeAndre Jordan will become an unrestricted free agent, and it'll take a five-year, $100 million max contract to re-sign him.

The Dallas Mavericks are chief among several significant suitors, and the questions for Jordan are these: Does he want a larger offensive role elsewhere, and does he think the organization can win a championship with the co-existence of Paul and Griffin?

"You can't take anything for granted, but DJ loves being a Clipper," Rivers told Yahoo. "DJ loves being here. We have an amazing relationship."
Once the Clippers make him the franchise's third max player, they're paralyzed to make the roster much better. Nevertheless, Rivers insists the Clippers don't need an overhaul of the Big Three, but an upgrade of the role players surrounding them.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/after-...clippers-are-back-on-the-brink-043705162.html

 

the future? more selfies and 2nd round banners?

 

All jokes aside, as asinine as it may sound, maybe trading CP3 would be the best thing to do. While both Blake and DJ seem to have made some progress and have improved their game compared to last year, he's still the same immensely talented player who for some reason prefers flopping to actually trying to win the game by beating the opponent in the game of basketball. And he's still clearly the leader of that team while it seems it's time to, as some might say, pass the torch to Blake.

Most probably they won't get equal talent if they decide to trade him, but to me it seems the right move long term

 

CP2 probably told him to make some FTs

 

Doc and CP3 have a lot of explaining to do on the colossal collapse. Both of them should be put on notice. One of the bigs has to go for pieces. Letting either walk doesn't do them much good. Honestly, they need a deal like OKC got for Jackson. If they could get 3-4 solid rotation, team first guys and a pick or two; that's the route I'd take.

 

For the sake of conversation, real, you put out better advice for the tenants than what Rivers and Ballmer likely have in their collective heads. The may both LURK here for crissakes ...... and get helpful ideas. Makes me a little nervous.

 

No reflection to you gcc, at all and yeah that would make me smile even more in my "pile on" mindset right now. But what a puss article (unless my rapid read missed some meat) that offers no context on what the falling out might be? WOJ still "reports". Big Nasty Joe McDonnell was a "reporter" with sources as well. Too much we get this kind of (??).