09-16-2020, 03:26 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-16-2020, 03:29 AM by SleepingHero.)
(09-16-2020, 02:09 AM)omahen Wrote:(09-15-2020, 11:10 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Like where the hell do you go from here with zero picks the next decade.
Their team is still good. They have plenty of options to improve the roster with their bunch of good contracts and interesting young players like Zubac and Shamet. They are far from Houston situation, plenty of reserves left.
Most important thing they need to do is to be honest internally and admit what went wrong. Why there was no chemistry. Why there was no wish to win, no killer instinct, no fight. Paul George has to take responsibility for bad performances not make a bunch of excuses.
I think the Clips situation is a bit more precarious than that. They have almost zero draft capital to sweeten any trades. For them to actually improve and get quality players is going to be tough, considering they'd have to slowly chip away at their already balanced team. Like you said, no team is just going to gift good role players, and the Clips weren't even in need of good role players. They're team this year was on paper, top 2 in the league and the favorites to win it all. Basically had 2 6MOY guys on their bench, with a great mix of forwards and bigs. How do you improve that? They fell apart because of their lack of chemistry, poor coaching, and Pandemic P.
The reason why I think the Clips are in a dire situation is precisely because of how all-in they went. Both Kawhi and PG are going to be free agents next year. They're at a crossroads. Do they try one last time, to compete with this same roster? If they turn out another disappointing season, it dooms that franchise for at least half a decade. Or they can flip all their assets now near their highest value to try and recoup whatever assets they shipped out and try again growing a team?
Basically as boom or bust as it gets. I guess thats the by-product by making the deals they made. There isn't a chance in hell they blow it up. But I don't see what they could do roster wise to even improve. Is a coaching change all they need? Who knows. The West next year is going to be stronger than ever, and the all-in Clips are going to be facing a rejuvenated Warriors, Lakers, Denver, older Mavs, Jazz, and whatever Houston and OKC does. Add in Wolves with Towns+Russell+1st pick, never count our the Spurs, Bubble Suns, Dame Time, and a new look Pels and we have a 13 deep Western conference. Tough year to be do or die.
EDIT: Forgot Memphis. Make that 14 deep.
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