It's absolutely ridiculous how a team with THREE all stars and a decent supporting cast has never managed to reach the finals(let alone the conference finals).
Every year I think to myself, "Hey, the LA Clippers may do it this year!", but something ALWAYS goes wrong. If you recall last year, they had a 3-1 lead against the ROCKETS and lost. Yes, a 3-1 lead, were up by 20 in game 5 by the end of quarter 3, but still lost.
This is getting embarrassing. Even KD+Westbrook and LeBron had supporting casts worse than them, but both managed to at least reach the finals
Chris Paul is going to decline soon, with many other key players getting older as well.
This is a $2 billion franchise that will be in a serious mess if they can't even get past the semifinals. Besides, they traded many of their draft picks away. Their chance to make a small rebuild is unlikely. Most NBA free agents will probably be too expensive for the clippers to afford.
To be honest I think they deserve to be beaten by Portland. Portland was constantly mocked by people to be lottery-bound, but look at where they are at right now. Their average age is around 24/25, the youngest team currently in. They're actually making use of their chances.
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12/22/2016- Made a bet with Ganoncrotch that the first 6 months of 2017 will be worse than 2016. A poll will be made to determine the winner. Loser has to take a picture of them imitating their profile picture.
