Russell up Kawhi to Book KD & CP3 for a show in the desert.. Official Clippers(#5) vs Suns(#4) 1st Round Thread

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Sure, but that doesn't mean it was a good decision if your goal is to win rings. Remind me again how successful the Clippers have been since he got there?

The Clippers not winning is a product of Kawhi. Whether poor play or unavailability. That’s it. Not sure of many teams that would win four playoff games when their best player gets injured but LAC did.

He left
He’s injury proned

Life Goes On

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

Y’all funny af , y’all hyped them wakk ass Lebron stats while gettin sonned 1-9 vs the warriors in the finals (cuz they beat dude at his team stacking ways) but caping hard for Westbrook putting up these hollow stats in L’s vs a team that would beat Phoenix fully healthy

We about to have a real ass convo about the Clipps shortly. I ain't forget.

 

[Rayzah]

Firmly believe if they ran back the 19 team, Raps had a great chance to get back to the finals

Ah well...he made his choice

Yea I alsways said he and KD were dumb for leaving their teams after making the finals. I hate to say it but these dudes have too much power in free agency. They make stupid decisions based on emotion

 

[Schadenfreude]

We about to have a real ass convo about the Clipps shortly. I ain't forget.

 

[LexDiamonds]

Imagine calling Westbrook a loser because he can't beat KD, Booker, and CP3.

Without his 2 best teammates at that.

Yall are straight dumbasses if you couldn't see LeBron clearly holding Russ back.

Lebron James and Russell Westbrook had a 2-man net rating of +6.8. For reference, Russ and Kawhi were +2.8 (-20.4 the first 2 games in the playoffs).

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The Lakers issue was roster construction. 3 max players (2 of them very injury prone) and rest were vet minimums and tax payer exceptions. It wasn't a Lebron and Russ issue.

 

[FAH1223]

I would if we were able to sign a pg. DLo isn’t good but Dennis is worse

We'll give you Monte Morris in the deal so that he can stay united with his fellow Flintstone

 

[VegetasHairline]

 

[god shamgod]

We about to have a real ass convo about the Clipps shortly. I ain't forget.

It’ll be a disingenuous conversation cuz pg & kahwi out but do your thang. We’ll have that same conversation WHEN the warriors get eliminated but get them victory laps…for now

 

[MyApps]

Lebron James and Russell Westbrook had a 2-man net rating of +6.8. For reference, Russ and Kawhi were +2.8 (-20.4 the first 2 games in the playoffs).

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The Lakers issue was roster construction. 3 max players (2 of them very injury prone) and rest were vet minimums and tax payer exceptions. It wasn't a Lebron and Russ issue.

You dumbass nikka.

Do you know how many times Bron stans came up with stats saying THE EXACT OPPOSITE??

Now that Russ is playing like a Superstar again, yall wanna say he actually worked great with Lebron.

If that was the case, then why the fukk did everyone want him gone?

This is why none of you fukk nikkas are to be trusted.

 

[VegetasHairline]

Notice how NBA players always showing Russ love and giving him credit. It's only fans that try to discredit and downplay everything he's done.

 

[LexDiamonds]

You dumbass nikka.

Do you know how many times Bron stans came up with stats saying THE EXACT OPPOSITE??

Now that Russ is playing like a Superstar again, yall wanna say he actually worked great with Lebron.

If that was the case, then why the fukk did everyone want him gone?

This is why none of you fukk nikkas are to be trusted.

Don't be emotional. He had to be traded to create better roster balance. They got three rotation players for him and the results have been solid for them. They went from the 13th seed to the 7th seed. Look at their previous roster. A bunch of vet minimum players and all of their depth was at guard. Zero wings.

 

[Primetime]

The whole getting styled on by geriatric CP3 while ppl shake their fists in the air saying if only Kawhi were playing… that’s so 2021.

LAC past the point of moral victories and need major roster reconstruction this offseason. Now, how they can do that is a whole other can of worms. But their lauded depth since 2020 has routinely failed them since... 2020.

It was always Kawhi (and now Russ) having to go life n death while the rest of the supporting cast look like stormtroopers to the opposition. Torrey Craig outscoring and out-defending Batum, Morris, and RoCo combined. Zubac a liability. Bones a liability.

 

[DTXwavey_02]

Damn man the basketball gods stay fukking with us. Imagine if kawhi and pg wasn’t made out of a box of Clorox tissues and worn out duct tape

This had the potential to be an all time great series

 

[MyApps]

Don't be emotional. He had to be traded to create better roster balance. They got three rotation players for him and the results have been solid for them. They went from the 13th seed to the 7th seed. Look at their previous roster. A bunch of vet minimum players and all of their depth was at guard. Zero wings.

They got to the 7th through a cake schedule to end the season. The players they got in trade been playing like shyt the last few weeks.

Beasley is the shooter who can't shoot, Vanda can't do Shyt but play defense
And DLO is miserable playing with Bron and it's showing.

So what the fukk was the point of trading Russ then? Rui was still there, as was Reaves. Hell, they coulda kept Thomas Bryant too for bench scoring.

So, fukk u nikka.



And You were one of the nikkas talking shyt earlier.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Putting up those numbers in 3 straight losses.

Isn't that what yall discredited Bron for against the Warriors? Great numbers in L's

Eh that’s disingenuous. Clips were in every one of these games competitively and Sabo was the reason for it.