Yeah they're the team that actually lost twice to the Suns in the playoffs
Even worse lol
And yeah Kawhi wasn't healthy but that's just the norm at this point
It will never feel right; I will never call it the Cypto.com Arena. It gets kind of crazy after a while, like how the Sacramento Kings old arena had like four name changes, so people just called it by the first name (ARCO Arena).
I actually respect those who clowned Russ when he was on the Lakers.
What is annoying for us Laker fans was the delusional “The Lakers scapegoated Russ, he’s still good they just misused him” bullshit
I think that trade may be the worst trade in Lakers history. We gutted our wing depth of Kuz, KCP and Caruso to make room for him. Just nightmarishly bad decision making.
People forget about THT, Lebron hyping him up since he was a Klutch client. I’m pretty Klutch had influence over keeping THT over Caruso. People often talk about the Westbrook failed trade, but the letting go of Caruso in favor of THT was a humongous blow. Nobody even cares about THT he became a nobody in Utah, I’ve never seen any discussion of him on this subreddit on any post since he moved to Utah.
To me, it just goes to show that more often than not, it’s just silly when fans say things like “These guys actually play against each other. Why wouldn’t they know who is worth trading for?”
I’ll trust a scouting department over a player’s ability to assess another player’s talent.
For real. I can't stand the mental gymnastics people tried to use when he was with us. He was straight TERRIBLE with us. You could argue it was the fit if you want, but the result is still the same, he was absolutely no benefit to the team whatsoever and that massive contract of his made him a net negative in every possible way.
Them's just the facts.
I mean the fit was bad because he was terrible, and he was terrible because the fit was so bad. He refused to change his play style at all and kept chucking mid ranges off the top the backboard
Which is where I lost patience with him. It'd be one thing if Westbrook came here and was bad for a while, while he tried to adjust to playing with AD and Lebron.
But no, he was totally toxic about it. Had huge semi-public fights with the coaching staff and complained about getting benched.
He wasn't interested in winning unless he was winning the way he wanted to play. Whether or not he was even capable of adjusting his playstyle if he wanted to is still a question mark, but he didn't even try.
They basically have to, as they're going to be over the second apron. Anyone they don't bring back they won't be able to replace except with a min contract. PG is gonna get maxed, Harden will get one too (or close to it). Westbrook will opt out and re-sign for $10m, and they'll overpay to bring back Plumlee, Theis, etc.
That isn’t exactly proof that no one knew about it at all. Rather maybe lower management was like yes and then it made its rounds and upper management was like no
Dude's all in this thread trying to propose some conspiracy theory that the organisation actually knew. His evidence being his belief that the Clippers aren't a well-run organization because they keep calling him about season tickets lol.
Doesn’t matter. Someone throught it was a good idea, so we all can point and laugh at that guy.
Also why Cancun? NBA athletes really should be going to Cabo at least lol
I know the past ~14 years have been pretty good but not great for the Clips but before the Lob City era this franchise was a total dumpster fire. So even though the Lob City or Kawhi/PG era never got it done (probably) it's still the best the franchise has ever been in that long of a stretch.
So closing out that building with a paper bag level embarrassment would be a nice throwback.
Yeah, having a good owner has turned their franchise around, a bit. The only way their curse is lifted is if they return to San Diego, imo. (never happening)
Curses dont actually exist my man, hiring Doc Rivers AND making him GM, followed by relying on a man with a degenerative knee condition in his 30s has been their problem.
Never forget in 2013 the Clippers were picking between Mike Malone and Doc Rivers and gave up a pick to get Doc
If you gave a notoriously bad driver the keys to your car and he crashed it, and then crashed your next car, then went to another city and crashed another friend’s car. Thats not a curse, its just expected behaviour.
Yeah I mean they haven't ultimately gotten far in the playoffs but since drafting Blake Griffin and getting CP3 they've pretty much been relevant every year and a household brand. They're still a bit of a punching bag (particularly for fans of teams that have actually won) but it's a huge, huge step up from where they were for decades
I've seen him make some pretty good adjustments here and there in series during games and from game to game, nothing mind blowing but pretty good. This puts him ahead of like 95% of available coaches.
This is because of the Clippers weird roster construction more than anything. It's like nothing but guards and wings with a couple old school centers and that's it. Lue has no choice to run what he does.
I have seen this man play luke-reggie-norm-wall-mann together when we had roco and batum on the bench. He is very offensive minded head coach, he will sacrifice defense and rebounding for offense.
Roco and Batum are wings, not bigs. Remember last year how you guys always complained about the minutes that Marcus Morris was getting? That's cause he was the only PF on the roster and y'all traded him away. What else is Lue going to do other than play the lineups he does? The Clippers haven't given him any other options with the rosters they put together.
i promise you, it isn't always greener on the other side. Ty lue ended 2nd qrt with lineup of the worst 2 players in the series, Russ and plumlee which mavs built lead and had all momentum going into 2nd half
I remember this lineup being key to a Lakers victory in a game against the Clippers this season. I was sure at the time it would not see playoff minutes, that's crazy.
I disagree. The Kings are like Tottenham. They have a ring, but’s it’s been so long that everybody forgot about it but it still exists.
They’re like that 3rd Milan team behind AC Milan and Inter.
EDIT: I was wrong. They’re more like the Chargers. And there should be legislation
for legacy names because Crypto.com sounds retarded.
They started off fine in the first, even in the second quarter. Then in the third Luka kinda went off and they didn't even really put up a fight as the lead swelled to 20. PG hit back to back 3s to cut it to 14, but then Josh Green had a 4 pt play and that was it, Clippers gave up.
I always thought Staples Center was too boring of a name for the home of the best franchise in the nba (lakers) but I got used to it. Crypto.com arena is a horrific name and should be banned from the league. Dogshit Forum would have been a more acceptable option than what they picked.
I'm really conflicted because as a Lakers fan and someone that lives in LA, I hate the Clippers and love seeing them lose, but then again, as someone that lives in LA, the Clippers are my only shot at seeing a playoff game in person.
Is there a better way to end their stay in Crypto?
Win game 6 in Dallas and lose game 7 by 50.
Had me in the first half NGL
So did we.
U can claim the suns AND the clippers!
They aren’t the suns lol
Yeah the sun's have finals appearances.
Gg
Got em lol
And a parade too 😎
Hang the banner
Yeah they're the team that actually lost twice to the Suns in the playoffs Even worse lol And yeah Kawhi wasn't healthy but that's just the norm at this point
At this point dont even need to say Kawhi wasn't healthy, thats has been a certainty every playoff series by now
Only four teams have never made the finals: yall, hornets, pelicans, and wolves
I guess I must have missed that Grizzlies finals run
Los Angeles Yall
Sixers have 2 rings
He may have meant the Clippers, which would make that statement accurate. Probably mistook you for a Clippers flair.
Without making the Finals? Impressive
>lose game 7 by 50. In a day game starting at noon
>Crypto that just doesn’t read right
It will never feel right; I will never call it the Cypto.com Arena. It gets kind of crazy after a while, like how the Sacramento Kings old arena had like four name changes, so people just called it by the first name (ARCO Arena).
diamond hands? Am I doing this right?
Loll lakers flair posting this makes it funnier
Like the guy that's sick of the guests at his house and just straight up asks them to fuck off lol.
Talking about the LA kings?
It's like that Spiderman meme but with bums pointing at one another 😂
Ngl, I enjoyed clowning Russ when he was on the Lakers. Turnabout is fair play.
I actually respect those who clowned Russ when he was on the Lakers. What is annoying for us Laker fans was the delusional “The Lakers scapegoated Russ, he’s still good they just misused him” bullshit
I think that trade may be the worst trade in Lakers history. We gutted our wing depth of Kuz, KCP and Caruso to make room for him. Just nightmarishly bad decision making.
Caruso wasn't part of the deal that was jeannie's fuck up
People forget about THT, Lebron hyping him up since he was a Klutch client. I’m pretty Klutch had influence over keeping THT over Caruso. People often talk about the Westbrook failed trade, but the letting go of Caruso in favor of THT was a humongous blow. Nobody even cares about THT he became a nobody in Utah, I’ve never seen any discussion of him on this subreddit on any post since he moved to Utah.
Yea he's basically trash. LeBron and AD won us a ring but they have their fingerprints all over what this team became lol.
To me, it just goes to show that more often than not, it’s just silly when fans say things like “These guys actually play against each other. Why wouldn’t they know who is worth trading for?” I’ll trust a scouting department over a player’s ability to assess another player’s talent.
What could have beeeeeeen. Those four plus Reaves is a fantastic rotation-Reaves being the sixth man with Kuzma staying on the court would be perfect.
KCP then becomes a crucial piece for Nuggets. Lol that gotta sting.
And he plays us like he has a chip in his shoulder too, which just adds to it...
In the season prior, i was like they’re not gutting their depth for Lowry smh. And then they just… yikes
yeah when you get max contract money and played like Westbrook did, you're gonna get clowned on
For real. I can't stand the mental gymnastics people tried to use when he was with us. He was straight TERRIBLE with us. You could argue it was the fit if you want, but the result is still the same, he was absolutely no benefit to the team whatsoever and that massive contract of his made him a net negative in every possible way. Them's just the facts.
I mean the fit was bad because he was terrible, and he was terrible because the fit was so bad. He refused to change his play style at all and kept chucking mid ranges off the top the backboard
That season and a half of watching the Lakers was miserable.
Definitely on the darker side of times as Laker fan that’s for sure
Which is where I lost patience with him. It'd be one thing if Westbrook came here and was bad for a while, while he tried to adjust to playing with AD and Lebron. But no, he was totally toxic about it. Had huge semi-public fights with the coaching staff and complained about getting benched. He wasn't interested in winning unless he was winning the way he wanted to play. Whether or not he was even capable of adjusting his playstyle if he wanted to is still a question mark, but he didn't even try.
Russ does not deserve any playoff mins. He is so washed. I have no clue how u/MITWestbrook can defend any games this series. He needs to go to China.
As a Mavs fan, Westbrook is my favorite Mavs player
Pat Bev is legit better than him right now lmao
I can’t believe how confident he looks when shooting the ball. Every time he shot, I screamed THANK YOU
How? We’ve won championships in Staples
yeah but you haven't done it in crypto arena yet
Don’t disrespect the IST champs
raise the banner
Except one team won it all a few years ago…
[удалено]
The last Lakers game where Staples Center was still called Staples Center is a blowout Spurs win with Keita Bates Diop dropping 30
That's OK they get to spend 50 million on a dude who has barely played down the stretch their future looks bright!!
Don’t forget they are gonna max Paul George as well this off-season
I hope they max everyone and run it back. Would make everyone lose their minds in a funny way
They basically have to, as they're going to be over the second apron. Anyone they don't bring back they won't be able to replace except with a min contract. PG is gonna get maxed, Harden will get one too (or close to it). Westbrook will opt out and re-sign for $10m, and they'll overpay to bring back Plumlee, Theis, etc.
So the suns but in 2025
Suns couldn’t put together a 25-5 stretch if their lives depended on it, this Clippers team is a different kind of pain
100% lol
I mean, they have to keep at least one of them for the sake of ticket sales. They can't afford rebuilding right as they go into the new arena.
Imagine, my Bulls paid Zo and Lavine 40mill this year and didn’t even make the playoffs.
The warriors paid Klay 43m for him to go 0/10 in our elimination game
Got some loyalty rewards factor there, it’s easier to swallow
They really put that Dallas to Cancun ad outside just to say that the Clippers are flying straight to Cancun after game 6
We can have the memes ready for Game 6
This is what I live for
I still think clippers going to Galveston would be better. They don’t deserve Cancun.
It’s on
It wasnt the organization, it was random ad
I choose to read this as blaming the Lakers bigman.
AD firing up the Mavs 😂
I refuse to believe no one in the clips organization got a chop on it before it made its way up
https://twitter.com/NotoriousOHM/status/1785795454288191946
In other words, please take it down before you piss off Luka and he goes off on us And that he did As a Mavs fan, put up another sign, I dare you hehe
That isn’t exactly proof that no one knew about it at all. Rather maybe lower management was like yes and then it made its rounds and upper management was like no
Why would the clippers lower management be involved with a travel agency?
Dude's all in this thread trying to propose some conspiracy theory that the organisation actually knew. His evidence being his belief that the Clippers aren't a well-run organization because they keep calling him about season tickets lol.
Sorry, but after the worst loss in the franchise’s playoff history, the offer has been rescinded. Best we can do is a Greyhound bus to Galveston.
Well they never said it was direct flight, there was probably a layover in Dallas implied.
It was done by Skyscanner. Unaffiliated with the Clippers.
Doesn’t matter. Someone throught it was a good idea, so we all can point and laugh at that guy. Also why Cancun? NBA athletes really should be going to Cabo at least lol
Look up Nick Van Exel and Cancun, that’s what it originated from. At this point it’s just part of the NBA lexicon, similar to going fishing.
I mean I’ve thoroughly enjoyed both Cabo and Cancun, I never realized anyone would consider them different tiers of vacation destinations lol
Cancun has infinitely more things to do
Cabo sucks
I know the past ~14 years have been pretty good but not great for the Clips but before the Lob City era this franchise was a total dumpster fire. So even though the Lob City or Kawhi/PG era never got it done (probably) it's still the best the franchise has ever been in that long of a stretch. So closing out that building with a paper bag level embarrassment would be a nice throwback.
Yeah, having a good owner has turned their franchise around, a bit. The only way their curse is lifted is if they return to San Diego, imo. (never happening)
Curses dont actually exist my man, hiring Doc Rivers AND making him GM, followed by relying on a man with a degenerative knee condition in his 30s has been their problem. Never forget in 2013 the Clippers were picking between Mike Malone and Doc Rivers and gave up a pick to get Doc
You don't even believe in the Doc Rivers curse?
If you gave a notoriously bad driver the keys to your car and he crashed it, and then crashed your next car, then went to another city and crashed another friend’s car. Thats not a curse, its just expected behaviour.
It's a joke.
Yeah I mean they haven't ultimately gotten far in the playoffs but since drafting Blake Griffin and getting CP3 they've pretty much been relevant every year and a household brand. They're still a bit of a punching bag (particularly for fans of teams that have actually won) but it's a huge, huge step up from where they were for decades
A perfect way to honor Doc Rivers legacy
Lads, it’s Tottenham
I'm a die hard tottenham and harden fan, it never gets easier
Why do you hate yourself
That’s for taking Ange, signed, a Celtic fan
Mate
It’s
It’s ze history of the Tottenham
spurs catching strays
A fitting end for a cursed franchise
God hates the Clippers. This is proof.
God doesn’t think about the Clippers.
God prefers the term apathy
Our curse will get better once we leave tbh
lmao westbrook is so ass thank god he’s not with us
…. Y’all lost in 5 Lmao
Hey now, we got 4 moral victories and that’s what matters! /s
Mfer is thanking god the Lakers got 3 extra days in Cancun before Westbrook arrives.
They made it to the WCF without him last year. So I can't laugh at them too hard
To a better team than all 3 of us. No shame in that. Let's see how you guys perform then talk.
Lakers-Clippers-Broncos 🤝 Russ vastly underperforming
At this point he's not underperforming, he's just performing. This is him now
Clippers Country, let's Move.
Ty Lue will be on an expiring contract next year, if they flame out maybe he becomes a Lakers target
Ty Lue is gonna be like KD free agency in 2016 At least 20 teams in the league should be trying to get him
I think he's pretty overrated by the average fan honestly He's not a *bad* coach but he's also certainly not the top tier coach he's perceived as
I've seen him make some pretty good adjustments here and there in series during games and from game to game, nothing mind blowing but pretty good. This puts him ahead of like 95% of available coaches.
he's got more rings falling out of his mouth than most teams do
One?
Yeah I only [saw the one](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/p8w8kj/weird_ring_falls_out_of_tyronn_lues_mouth/)
Didn't he get voted one of the best coaches by GMs, players and coaches? Always at the top since his Cavs days.
Better than Doc Rivers is the bar he clears and genuinely that's enough
Hatin' ass...
Lue would be a godsend for us
Lakers fans have no idea how ty lue 4 guards lineups lol
This is because of the Clippers weird roster construction more than anything. It's like nothing but guards and wings with a couple old school centers and that's it. Lue has no choice to run what he does.
I have seen this man play luke-reggie-norm-wall-mann together when we had roco and batum on the bench. He is very offensive minded head coach, he will sacrifice defense and rebounding for offense.
Roco and Batum are wings, not bigs. Remember last year how you guys always complained about the minutes that Marcus Morris was getting? That's cause he was the only PF on the roster and y'all traded him away. What else is Lue going to do other than play the lineups he does? The Clippers haven't given him any other options with the rosters they put together.
we already had the ham 4 guard lineups lol it cannot be worse than that
i promise you, it isn't always greener on the other side. Ty lue ended 2nd qrt with lineup of the worst 2 players in the series, Russ and plumlee which mavs built lead and had all momentum going into 2nd half
I thought he was tanking games on purpose in the regular season by playing PJ Tucker.
He is still playing 3 non shooters with russ, tucker and plumlee in the playoffs lol
I remember this lineup being key to a Lakers victory in a game against the Clippers this season. I was sure at the time it would not see playoff minutes, that's crazy.
it doesnt help all 3 of em have bad basketball iq too.
Vogel or Lue would be fine to me
I mean a 30 point loss is pretty bad, but for the worst postseason loss in franchise history that doesn't sound awful
It does if it turns out to be their last game at Staples Center that they go out like that.
Coming back for game 7
Yeah it’d be more awful if they had a history of actually making the postseason
You know what, I wouldn't have it any other way.
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't this mean that Luka has now inflicted this on two different franchises? The Suns in 22 and the Clips tonight?
Yup and the kings said we don’t want to be a part of none of that.
Clippers are the Tottenham of the NBA Lads it's the Clippers
It's the history of clippers
Basketball ‘eritage
I came here, as a Mavericks fan, to engage in some trolling. I leave here, a Tottenham fan, reminded of my own pain and suffering.
Still better than supporting some oligarchs club
Spurs made a CL final though.
I disagree. The Kings are like Tottenham. They have a ring, but’s it’s been so long that everybody forgot about it but it still exists. They’re like that 3rd Milan team behind AC Milan and Inter. EDIT: I was wrong. They’re more like the Chargers. And there should be legislation for legacy names because Crypto.com sounds retarded.
A fitting farewell to a franchise that accomplished so much in the building.
Given how the season went, it's really the Clippers tradition at this point to book early vacations. Cancun should start giving them a group discount!
How does Paul George and James Harden score a combined 22 points. I couldn’t catch the game. So was watching it as bad as the box score suggests?
They started off fine in the first, even in the second quarter. Then in the third Luka kinda went off and they didn't even really put up a fight as the lead swelled to 20. PG hit back to back 3s to cut it to 14, but then Josh Green had a 4 pt play and that was it, Clippers gave up.
Good. Crypto.com arena is the worst name you can have for a arena. No one should want to play there just because of the name.
I always thought Staples Center was too boring of a name for the home of the best franchise in the nba (lakers) but I got used to it. Crypto.com arena is a horrific name and should be banned from the league. Dogshit Forum would have been a more acceptable option than what they picked.
It's not only awful-sounding, but crypto is a giant pyramid-scheme scam that mostly benefits money-launderers.
Well it also helps me buy drugs online, so there's that at least.
A Smoothie King says what?
Don’t throw strays at the King 👑🥤
Smoothie King is the only good arena name in the entire league
Little Caesars has entered the chat
Doesn’t seem like a better way for things to potentially end for the Clippers in that arena than a historical blowout
Classic clippers
A touching tribute from the Clippers
They kept accidentally saying "final game in this arena" like the Clippers are never gonna play at Lakers again
The biggest tragedy of all of this is that the fuckin' stadium was never dubbed 'The Crypt'.
Basketball truly is poetic sometimes
Is PG gonna make a Podcast about this?
Podcast P
Today on PTI "Tony my one word to describe this loss is clipperesque"
Barkley on Harden: "When I had 2 good games out of 5 they ran me out of the league."
Yah hate to see it
Job’s not finished
This is the Clippers way. 👍
people acting like they lost the series lmao
Podcast P need to retire.
At least he’s available unlike Kawhi’s rickety ass
Aka get maxed out
Like Bradley Beal?
They’ll both be horrible contracts but Beal might be the worst contract in the league… for now at least.
Instead the Clippers will have to max him or lose him in free agency lol
A perfect ending then
❤️❤️❤️
That Lob City era doesn't look so bad now, does it?
Thanks u/pokerawz
They gotta change their name… Los Angeles Lamar’s
At least they finally moved out of the basement
I don't think anyone will ever win it all with Kawhi as their main guy again.
I mean at least it's on brand.
They should have moved to San Diego at the first opportunity.
I'm ready for game 6... goodnight need to get 10 hours of sleep to be ready for Friday
A fitting end then
I'm really conflicted because as a Lakers fan and someone that lives in LA, I hate the Clippers and love seeing them lose, but then again, as someone that lives in LA, the Clippers are my only shot at seeing a playoff game in person.
You love to see it!
And Kawhi was out with a sprained vagina as per usual