05-23-2021, 12:32 PM
(05-23-2021, 12:20 PM)Tyler Wrote: It's completely expected, but that's the same typical homer viewpoint that we heard out of LA last year. And we saw how that worked out. Personally I think the Clippers fans just haven't quite figured out that all the hype from the Kawhi/George free agency summer was overblown and that their team as a whole is extremely overrated. But they'll learn soon enough.
Mavs in six. (Or less)
They've definitely pushed all their chips in for a championship-or-bust season.
I think they will be under tremendous pressure to win Game Two. If they go two games down, they won't be out of it, but they'll be in a world of hurt.
If they lose the series, I think they have to re-think their whole construct. It's not like the Clippers ever particularly wanted Paul George. Kawhi persuaded him to go there, and the Clips just cooperated with that. They've already dismissed the coach who was supposed to lead them to glory.
Even if they win the series, they might have to reconsider the KL-PG core if they don't go on to win the championship, or at least make the finals.
Listening to a few Clippers broadcasts, they seemed supremely confident going into the series, and pretty downcast not to see their team perform as expected.