![]() It was a prime opportunity to gain ground in the packed Western Conference standings after Minnesota, Golden State and Phoenix, all surrounding the Clippers in the standings, had lost in the previous 24 hours. But we tried to do as much as possible on Dame.” We had to dial in on him and if other guys make shots, they make shots. “The fact that we saw Steph early, we were better prepared for Dame. “I think it would’ve been vice versa, if we would’ve saw Dame early, we would’ve been prepared for Steph,” said Paul George, who scored a team-high 29 points. ![]() The Clippers won that game - and left better prepared for Lillard. The Clippers had watched Curry hang 50 points on them Wednesday. Odds are they're better off just running it back and hoping the injury gods smile on them for once.“We wanted to be physical with Lillard and we always wanted him to just make the pass and make somebody else make things happen,” said Eric Gordon, who scored 20 points off the bench, making four of his five three-pointers, and was again entrusted with crunch-time minutes, playing the final 16. I doubt the Clippers would get an offer good enough for Kawhi to make them want to trade him. After what happened with the Raptors, how confident would any team trading for him be that it was more than just a one year rental? And that's even before you get to his health concerns. And honestly, players who have yet to play an NBA game are just too much of a question mark, it's very tough to pin everything on someone like that.Īlso, I would be highly skeptical of how good the return would be for trading Kawhi, simply because he can opt for free agency next summer, and it sure seems like being in LA is his number one priority. Going all in on picks now means basically this is your one shot to land franchise cornerstones because it's not like a few years of tanking will bring in a lot of high lottery picks for them. I also think that trading Kawhi and PG for picks in an effort to start a rebuild is probably just as risky as simply running it back because the Clippers already owe so many upcoming picks to OKC. They could probably flip #3 to OKC for #12 and their next three years of picks too if they wanted to. "They owe their next three picks to OKC" this team will be bad anyway the next three years, Kawhi and George are getting way too old. ![]() You have to take this if you're the Clips, don't you? Paul George is old and has missed a lot of games and is due for another super max extension. If it doesn't heal naturally, Kawhi will probably have a near training camp knee surgery that will keep him out for most of next year. Kawhi is putting off his meniscus surgery to hope it heals naturally. Portland, sources said, is targeting forwards with size at the top echelon of the league’s player hierarchy - someone like Adebayo or Clippers All-Star Paul George." For all the speculation about Minnesota sharpshooter Karl-Anthony Towns, there has been no apparent interest from either the Wolves or Blazers, sources said, on deal frameworks surrounding Towns for the third pick. Zach LaVine, the Bulls All-Star guard who flirted with Portland as he reached unrestricted free agency last June, also does not appear to be a legitimate target for the Blazers. 3 selection, league sources told Yahoo Sports. The Blazers have been linked by league personnel to both Raptors forwards Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby, but Portland doesn’t truly covet either Toronto player for the No. If Adebayo ultimately marks someone on the Blazers’ wishlist and nothing more, at least Portland’s pursuit of the two-time All-Star reveals the type of talent it will take for this front office to part with the third selection. New Post Game Thread Nikola Jokic dominates the 2023 NBA Finals and earns Finals MVP, averaging 30.2/14/7.2 for the series and the Denver Nuggets are NBA Champions! Top Team Subreddit Postsġ Thunderbird inspired logo redesign and city jersey from a graphic design project I did for school.ģ NBA media wants Trae in LA so badly they’re trying to talk it into happening.Ĥ Mikal Bridges had the whole Team USA bench doing his celebrationĥ An NBA executive says teams weren’t lining up for Damian Lillard before his agent requested only Miami.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |