Press S to the franchise that rigged the system only to win fuckall in the endS
>fuck them picks
RAPTIE BROS WHERE WE AT???WE WON
>finally give away the last of the Paul George trade picks>new set of 5 picks lost for nothing of value in returnlmao
KWABOTY
>Be Kawhi>Win Raptors a ring against a juggernaut>run away from a successful franchise like they have leprosy because you're a retarded snake>suffer the Clippers for half a decade>force them into bankruptcy on the weight of your demands>come crawling back to the Raptors and win two more rings for them as punishmentIt's so fucking deserved.
Fraud ESPN writers
>>157572237>george acquired by clippers since leonard wanted him from okc for 5 1st rounders and other stuff>clippers fined 5 more first rounders because their owner's a cheater>yfw leonard cost the clippers 10 1st rounders and they got absolutely nothing out of himlelrofl
He didn't know how right he was
>How many picks?
>>157572330>Letting the monkies run the zoo
>>157572237imagine thinking kawhi and uncle dennis are gonna ride off into the sunset scot free
>>157572237Most surprising part is Silver wasn't a complete spineless fraud about this whole thing
>>157571086It's not even a formal legal case it's being done outside of the courts so there's no reason it had to be public info they just did it for us to see the evidence which was unexpected.
>>157572237Balmer kind of comes off like a psychopath now after he went on live TV and acted like he knew nothing about any of this.
10 firsts and a generational perennial MVP that went on to win a championshipHope the rental was worth it you dumb fucks
>"We vehemently reject the NBA's findings, which are the result of a heavily biased investigation seeking to justify a predetermined narrative rather than facts and evidence," the team's statement reads. "What the league told us privately differs from what it announced today publicly, and they have not held themselves close to the standard Commissioner Silver set at the start of this investigation to ensure its fairness and accuracy."
>>157572313How did that even happen? NBA leaked false info to out their moles like a spy movie? Based silver. Wasnt shams part of it too? Guy needs to be cut off forever
>>157572237S and S to OP for not linking the previous thread
>>157572386It gives their lawfirm even more free publicity to just make it public.
Reply S to Spit on the clippers
>no suspension>only have to pay $700K after getting paid millions off the booksBiggest win of Kawhi's career.
>>157572389Not everyone who lies to try to get out of trouble is le psychopath. The masses learning about psychoanalyst terms was a huge mistake
>>157572389You don't get that rich without being a psychopath. Guy will run you over if it meant making money
>>157572408Kawhi is not exactly out of the woods yet because the SEC is now investigating his Daktronics deal
How will this affect Kawhis legacy
>>157572454Not like people were rating Kawhi for his Cloppers tenure either way lmao
>>157572405True. I wonder how the information gathering goes. I cant imagine clippers cooperated
>cheat to get Kawhi and Paul George>win jack shit for over half a decade>cheating comes to light>get fucked for at least the next decadeKWAB of the century?
>10 (TEN) first round picks plus SGA to sign this autistic injury prone charisma-vacumm retardJesus christ it might legitimately be a worse deal than deshaun watson to the browns
Had Kawhi retired in 2019, his achievements would have been immortal. Had he move from Clippers in 2022, he would still have been a great man but flawed. But he moved from Clippers in 2026. Alas, what can one say?
The league just needs to fold the Clippers and add another expansion team.
an idea, make clippers' lost picks to be the prize for in-season tournament
WE
If it was ever a question what the worst ever franchise is this settles it.
>>157572478deservedS
>>157572498not a bad idea lmao
>>157572478unironically a worst deal in the history of the sport, is there anything worse?
>>157572498what if they win?
>>157572478Also the opportunity cost of being unable to sign anyone else with those 2 max contracts.
>>157572515Yeah clippers are officially KWAB of the century so far.
The media spent years and years praising Ballmer and then making excuses and now he's easily one of the worst owners in league history.
>>157572498They should do this a rookie getting fucked out of a first rounder contract because the pick no longer exists sucks
>>157572237So Leonard made $18 million within a month of some endorsements being aigned but was only fined $700k?
Please stop humiliating my clippies now, it's bad enough as is. Just stop please...
>>157572585Forgot pic:
I genuinely wouldn't blame Clippers fans that give up and stop following the team. Even those that switch teams. The team honestly shouldn't exist.
Ballmer lost, Kawhi won, Torre won
>tfw my Pellies can finally not be the laughing stock of the league now with the Clippers taking that award for the foreseeable futureBased, thank you clippers, I can feel less bad about my shit team now!
>5 First roundersWTFfuck the lakersfuck the knicksfuck the jews
All they had to do was AI generate a video of Kawhi planting some trees and everything could've been avoided
That'll be three hundred million dollars plus tip
How do they even recover from some shit like this?
this shit is funny as fuck
I honestly think kawahi is too fucking retarded to set all this up, it had to be his greedy ass nigger family members
>>157572585NBA didn't want to hurt a player too much for something they like because the punishment needed to get through the NBPA otherwise they can challenge it
I think everything to do with Kawhi and the Clippers might be up there as one of the biggest KWAB in American sports history. At least two decades of failure.
Don't think I forgot about Mark Cuban posting this shit either
>>157572612>wahh the Joe Smith rule doesn't apply to my Clippies
>>157572638>hey kawhi stand in front of a classic car with your arms crossed and our tshirt onSee Ballmer, it was that easy to get away with this.
Holy fucking kek, the clips are over
>>157572613ONE SINGLE TREE. 15 minutes in and out right outside the stadium. And he refused to do anything kek. He refused to do anything for Daktronics too.
>>157572667Mark Cuban has a knack for always supporting the losing side.
>governs the NBA without ever sending over a native playerFilipinos? GODLY fucking race. Imagine our era once we retire from hunting Ballmer-tier opponents and our countrymen deign to join this quaint little league
The Clippers don't own their first round pick until 2034. That player is currently 10 years old.
so is journalism back? What does espn actually do outside of live games? Why should anybody take them seriously?
>>157572738>Why should anybody take them seriously?Does anybody?
>>157572738imagine taking a television network that prominently features stephen a smith and perkins seriously
Another good section: the 'zero carbon emmisions' stadium claim was also a lie to funnel money to Kawhi
>>157572667Billionaires support their own. Cuban used to have such good will with Dirk, now he's fucked it all up by continually trying to shift the Luka blame when he should actually have just shut the fuck up + playing ball for ballmer. Now he's just another piece of shit
Wow.
>>157572667>didn't pay Nash>didn't pay Brunson >sold the team to Jews who proceeded to trade Luka>believed Ballmer
>Mark Cuban>Jeanie Buss>Steve BallmerWho is the next owner to get KWABed?
>>157572277The best part is that the docked picks is actually an extension of that, since Kawhi only went there with the agreement of payments to be made under the table AND the acquisition of Playoff Piss. Lost 5 first rounders to the former aspect, 6 to the latter. The Kawhi/George acquisiton can officially go down as the WOAT now, surpassing Herschel and Deshaun by quite a bit. Just yesterday it was a tossup
>>157572644His uncle is the main driver for most of this, but Kawhi saying he didn't know what was happening is obvious bullshit
fuck the clippers
>>157572786Um no sweaty Mark Cuban said it was all circumstantial evidence. You lose, Ballmer wins on appeal.
>>157572806Uncle Dennis is actually the GOAT agent. He got Kawhi multiple maxes plus like $68m off the books in no-show deals AND he took 99.9% of the punishment for Kawhi.
>>157572791Dolan, hopefully.
>>157572237>2 billion to buy the team>2 billion for the new stadium>1/2 billion for Kawhi and PG>0 rings, 0 iconic moments, 0 notable seasons 0 future in over decadeKWABBBBBBBB
Kawhi kind of a pos through all this though, he absolutely knew what was going on yet he just lies to the camera about it. How can he live with himself? And how isn't he punished more harshly?
>Shelburne writes article 2 weeks ago saying the Clippers dindu nuffin and that Kawhi is innocent>now has to pretend that she thought all along that the Clippers were in the wrongNice journalists you got there.
>>157572868once you have enough money, you can pay to live in a bubble full of people who insulate you from criticism. Only drama-feeding psychos like KD or legacy-chasers like Lebum spend their emotional energy listening to normie opinions at that point,
>>157572541ball don't lie
>>157572400Shelburne is a known LA mouthpiece, for both the Lakers under the busses and then Ballmer
>>157572806Kawhi just pulling Ohtani and having someone else take the fall for him.
>>157572498>let the best teams get more draft capitalanother commie yuro take
>>157572791Josh Harris will be the fall guy for the epstein files, trust the plan
It’s a great day in NBA Land. If there was no penalty for this, league would’ve never recovered.
im just saying james harden wished to be the one getting paid under-the-table when he was at clippers
kawhi really nuked the clips from fucking orbit, 10 firsts and a 2-time MVP for nothing lmao, that's like shooting a special needs child with an RPG
The Clippers are the Clippers they're the Clippers and will always be the Clippers. Even at their peak, their star was CP0, the ultimate Clipper, never won, unceremoniously dumped by the Clippers after being promised something they never intended to deliver. They're the Clippers
>>157572876Pablo will investigate Shelburne next, that bitch probably getting paid by Ballmer off the books too
>>157572237>y-you can't enter the building you own nor watch the team you ownGood luck Silver. He's just going to show up every game like he always does and pay the meaningless 50k fine they throw at him each time
Give me 5 reasons why the Clippers should still exist
Uh oh Ballmerbros we got too cocky....
>>157573017>takes another frp away for every game Ballmer attendsThe fuck you gonna do now?
What does this mean for Silver's legacy? Is he redeemed?
K-Love to the T'Wolves would not only be a decent basketball fit since he could play the poor mans Naz Ried role, but also if they win the championship I think he'd be the first and only player to win the initial championship for two seperate franchises.
>>157573031If the precedent is that they just take picks away for paying people under the table, just accept never having draft picks and keep paying guys under the table. Though perhaps ones that actually contribute this time
>>157573041nothing to redeem. Already the goat at getting this paper
>>157573041Honestly a huge win for Silver. I really thought he was going to do nothing here for his billionaire master, but he came through. Forced by Pablo but whatever we take it
>As I return to Toronto>As I return to Toronto>As I return to TorontoToT Kawaii!!!!
>Pablo no longer looking into Brunson contract as per Yahoo SportsKing stays the King
I wonder how many death threats Pablo has had like from the higher ups
>>157573098If you have the say any of that shit, it isn't true
>>157573098>fully committed to fulfilling my obligationsSo what did he think his obligations were as a celebrity endorser for the 10 scam companies Ballmer used? Sitting on his couch not talking to anyone ever?
A single tree. That's all it would have taken.
>no picks until 2033lmfao where do you even go from here as a clippers fan. like this is going to take 15 years at minimum before you have a chance at competing again. you may as well stop watching whats the point? just go into a coma or pick a new team. just shut the franchise down at this point
>>157573080Silver can always alter the penalties to put restrictions on FA signings or whatever. I wouldn't have said any of this yesterday but he's shown he has the balls to lay out punishments if the evidence is there
You know what's fucked up? Kawhi just completely destroyed an entire franchise and has been exposed as a crook to the whole world, and he STILL has a home where he is not only welcome, but they actually want him.Kevin Durant does not have that.
unironically, if they could they lessen the financial punishment by actually, verifiably planting all those trees, would you accept it? Pick forfeiture stays the same.
>>157573167rapties are such a cuck lol
So Brunsons next, right?
i'm not buying lebron *only* getting 8m for 2 seasons in sixers, investigate the fucker
>>157573167Olden State would take him back but he wouldn't be able to mentally handle being called a bus rider again
>>157573172$30m would create a lot of jobs and do a lot of good. Just shows how stupid money has gotten in professional sports that it's barely a drop in the bucket for anyone involved.>>157573193unlikely. not much there.
>>157572400Yeah Shams was apart of it too he’s a fraud.
>>157573080What kind of retarded low IQ logic is this? He will get punished even more including lifetime bans and forced to sell the team. When you buy a team, you sign a contract as an owner to abide by the collectively bargained league rules>>157573116All of Southern California will take a bullet for Pablo right now. Thank you Pablo fuck the Clippers
>>157572667KWAB
>>157573145The best part for me is that there is a significant chance, owing to his high-stress and fatass lifestyle, Steve Ballmer could genuinely be dead before his team ever competes again.
>>157573244>Steve Ballmer could genuinely be dead before his team ever competes again.This day just keeps getting better
>>157572714probably because he's a retard domain parker who got lucky as fuck and spent the rest of his life larping as a genius businessman
ESPN is a KWAB.
>>157573244nah some anon explained what's happening behind the scenes. ballmer is gonna sell the clippers and buy the seattle expansion team.
>>157573228>a jeet is a fraudimagine my surprisein b4 saaaar he is pakistani
>>157573278Would make sense, their valuation would be high since they have their own private arena included.
>>157573278there's actually a buyer too: jeanie buss
I wish it was 6 picks
>>157573232From the day one as an owner he's been attempting to bypass the cap rules, starting with DeAndre Jordan. He's just going to move on to his next scheme. Hell he can just probably just try this same one again with a semi-functional company instead of a completely fraudulent bankrupt one and it'd probably work
Develop some guys, collect expiring contracts, sign a few up and coming players, take on bad contracts for young talent, flip controllable players and good contracts for future assets, manage your cap space, buy low, sell high.it's easy. stop whining, clippies.
Why isn't kahwi banned for TAKING THE MONEY????
>>157573023Why is reddit like this?
I don't know how anyone else will make a case for KWABOTY after this
>>157573351Or go to one of the (relatively) broke owners and offer to pay them 1 billion personally to go down to their GM and force them to trade their next 5 firsts to the Clippers for Brook Lopez
The Clippers are a cursed franchised. Just delete them and let Seattle have a team.
>>157573391Clippers is nothing compared to what an entire country did to cheat at the Olympics in multiple sports, talked a ton of shit for a year straight and still lost
Losing 5 first round picks is brutal. Basically guarantees they will be bad for the entirity of the 2030s
>>157573353Its not his fault for taking money the team offered, the teams are supposed to not break the rules.
Clipsisters….
>>157573452why didn't the Raptors and the Lakers snitch on Uncle Dennis back then?
>>157573434I and millions of people in SoCal will help the Clippers pack their bags and leave
>>157573446they've been bad for their entire existence so it won't change much
>Clippers get their picks back>but Danny Ainge gets to pick the players
>>157573458Brother they did. Kawhi taking shady endorsement deals has been well known by those of us who have been paying attention since the summer of 2019. The running meme was Ballmer had to pay Uncle Dennis to get Kawhi to suit up. It turns out we were only half joking and actually correct
I agree with ESPN, and Bill Simmons, the Pablo tore stuff is overblown and uninteresting
>>157573471>but Danny Ainge gets to pick the players
>>157573391I dunno. Hypothetically, that $100m/yr french slenderman snapping his own knee in half while trying to injure an opponent will send me into fucking orbit.
>>157573471couldn't be that bad. Not like anybody will die or something
>>157573477Not only is it massively interesting, it shuts up all the Crappers fans from thinking they were going to get away with cheating. Motherfuckers thought they were going to get an apology
>>157573484he's nearly making a swats sticker
Surely there are no real Clippers fans, at least in /nba/.....
The Clippers punishment was so harsh cause they found out how many other teams were doing it and used the dumbass clippers to set an example to the other teams to cut that shit out. Will be interesting how many players are suddenly unhappy about their salary or start doing goofy meme promos to pay for their cap avoidance bucks.>>157573477>Bill SimmonsIm pretty sure he was always behind Pablo for the clippers story, its the story about Belichick and his trophy wife he didn't like.
>>157573499There used to be one
clippers deserved this from how they treated CP3 in his retirement tour
nba needs to do this with the other cheating teams too. start with the Knicks and the very odd underpay that Brunson took>>157573391still tony but its up there
Kawhi getting off with no consequences rubs me the wrong way
>>157573525Brunson got the maximum money he was eligible for at the time.
>>157573530He got off light cause he sold the clips out to save his own skin.
>>157573515>Im pretty sure he was always behind Pablo for the clippers storyThat anon is literally making fun of Simmons one tweet with that verbiage
>>157572478Don’t forget al the money that was circumvented for him as well ;)
>>157573518I wish Clips4lyfe was still alive to see this
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You think Uncle Dennis and Kawhi tried to do this with the Spurs and they told them to fuck off?
How does PG13 cope with the fact that Ballmer didn't even try to pay him under the table
>Torre keeps winning>Simmons investigated for proxy biddingWILD 24hrs
>>157573598I mean considering the only reason he was even traded for was kawhi not much
>>157573585Absolutely. Remember that year or so where Kawhi was just fucking around being "injured" and Pop didn't want to say anything to the media?
>>157573391This is (basketball wise) a contender for KWABOTC(entury).
I’m 287 bro
>>157573477Bill Simmons is a neurotic autist. Pablo is a real journalist.
I feel bad for clippers fans
>>157573499We all used to wanna fuck the Clippies poster. Probably scared her (him) away for good
>>157573532yep, he coulda got more money by waiting a year but chose to lock it in
>>157573391>kawhi ruined his 15 year career legacy in 1 offseason and will be hated by an entire franchise for the rest of his life until the day he dies and on and still made more conference finals appearances before joel embiid made 1
>>157573585Yes that's pretty clear by now. Only difference is Spurs never made it public because they were too "classy" so everyone shat on them for fumbling Kawhi
>>157572237>5 first round picksNIGGA WHAT PICKS THEY TRADED THEM ALL
>>157573515
>>157573585>According to the lawsuit filed in late 2024, Shelton alleged that the Clippers engaged in a multiyear, covert recruiting effort that violated the NBA’s anti-tampering rules. >He claimed a Clippers executive first contacted him in 2017—while Leonard was still under contract with the San Antonio Spurs—to discreetly acquire private medical and health information following Leonard's ankle injury in the 2017 Western Conference Finals. >The lawsuit asserted that this contact led to roughly 15 phone calls and seven face-to-face meetings aimed at studying Leonard's health and contract status before he ultimately signed with the franchise as a free agent in 2019.kawhi has been on this shit forever. he thought he was michael jordan or something.
clipshits couldn't even win NBA cup, all those riggy and it's for nothing, nussin
>>157573530Kawhi is pretty much just the embodiment of greed. Punishing him feels like trying to punish a force of nature. There's not really a point to it.
>>157573703the ones in the future>2029>2030>2031>2032>2033
>>157573732okay this is crazytime to rev up some strippers podcasts
so what are clippers fans gonna do until 2034, 8 years are pretty long
>Mark Walter sells Lakers >to a fucking Kushner>Artie Moreno FINALLY sells the Angels (To Kroenke) >Ballmer punished L.A. Owners gon’ wild
So he can't talk to clippers management or coaches?
>>157573750Researching 10 year olds that will be 18 years old in 2034 kekkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
>>157573665Never, EVER, feel bad for someone who chooses to be a fan of a soulless corporate franchise who has the most heinous ownership in league history. The people who choose to be Clippers fans over the Lakers have deep psychological issues
>[BREAKING] Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer found bald in his home today at age 70WTF It's real
Clippers need to rellocate and change the name of the team
>>157573778Holy shit he fucking killed him
>>157573750Return to the past.
When I was a kid I got a Clippers starter jacket because I liked the color scheme....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmMoJEGe4eM>Kawhi is ultimately a worker in the system of the NBAI've seen this with people defending Wemby too, but retarded fat communists really think NBA players (who make 50%) are "workers". I love how retarded these people are, and the fact most fans get their opinions about basketball from them
Why were the Clops and Ballmer punished but not Kaload?Even Uncle Dennis got a 5 year ban, I just got back here again after watching the news
>>157573814He's still smarter than you.
>>157573820Kawhi has to play in Canada.
>>157573820His punishment was wasting his prime years playing for a shit team accomplishing nothing. And now his legacy will be that of a fraud and cheater
>>157573832He's as retarded as you are Indian, so not very likely
>>157573820it's worse when the big institutions do shady shit so when they're caught you have to drop the hammer. Kawhi is also culpable but ultimately he was just asking for shit and nobody had to agree. He still should have gotten hit harder
>>157573820i think kawhi gave them everything. if you read the lawfirm's report, they clearly considered cooperation in their findings. they found zucker and ballmer misleading, but not lawrence frank.
>>157573391katie dms got leaked where he flamed his own teammates, then he faked an injury and forgot which part of his leg was injured, then he got completely shut down in a 2nd half, then he refaked an injury, then he was banished from the sidelines by his teammates for the remainder of the series
>>157573814>>157573832Most the basketball YouTubers are phony as hell. Kenny and Funky are the only ones I can tolerate
>>157573846Pipe down lolcow, literally every player and team you gas up gets BTFO and humiliated kek.
>>157573814this dude is a total herb
>Kills your franchiseNothing personal lilbro
If Kawhi had just stayed on the Spurs none of this would have happened.
>all this happened because the company went bankrupt>they went bankrupt because they had to give kawhi his no show job and couldnt use him to get more celebrities to then actually make moneykaWHY DIDNT YOU JUST PLANT THE DAMN TREES
>>157573889Fact: filipinos are the most powerful race
>be me>be epic kinoer
>>157573863Kenny is the only one I'll really watch desu>>157573884Hindu seethe didn't read
>>157573907spurs win in '17 if zaza is removed from the timeline.
>>157573863i'll tune into game theory sometimes, that's it
>>157573855That's bad but he's hasn't been shipped to the kings or anything because of it
>>157573889Even billionaires can bleed...
ballmer did nothing that every other owner isn't doing, the only issue is he had that lazy ass nigger not able to even take a single selfie with a tree
>that file name
>>157573987It's been really funny to me over the years to watch all of Kawhi's mystique fall apart. Back in the day he was quiet and reserved and it made him seem kind of cool and chill, maybe even a little mystical. But now we know he never says anything precisely because he's just kind of a retard and not very smart.
>>157573987actually i think you'll find that 98% of the other nba owners don't want to get into a bidding war with steve ballmer
>>157573992was meant for >>157573919
>>157573993Also to avoid incriminating himself.
Ballmer is half jewish.....is that really not good enough for you Adam?!?!
>>157573987we told Kawhi to fuck off like any upstanding franchise should then won the title
>>157574004actually he played your front office lmfao
>>157574004The last time the Lakers won a championship, Kawhi wasn't drafted yet
>>157574004RondGOAT leading us to the 2020 title was magical. Still the best team of this decade
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>>157574022>The last time the Lakers won a championship
>>157574036what did they do to my boy
>>157574044That's Ballmer after a coke bender
Is there any other team more hated in their own region than the Clippers?
Woj wouldn't have been ballmers mouthpiece unlike SHAMs
>>157574069that's Ramona. She is to journalism what Steve Ballmer is to ethics
>clibbers unironically spent a quadrillion dollars to win two playoff series with kawhi 'king autismo' leonard
Are Clippers fans even a thing?
>>157574004God I miss my comfy family owned and operated small business Lakers. Fuck this new jewish owned kushner era
KWABOTD
Jeffery Epstein predicted this btw
>>157573452>>157573476So the NBA knew and let it go?
They wouldn't listen
>>157573772Thinking one soulless corporation is great and another is evil. Kek.
>>157574124>So the NBA knew and let it go?read the report https://www.wlrk.com/docs/Report_of_Independent_Investigators_Concerning_the_LA_Clippers_and_Kawhi_Leonard.pdf
Kawhi should be forced to play out the rest of his career in LA as punishment, no rest games, no load management
I don't know what's worst, Kawhi's greed, Ballmer's sloppiness, or the weird Lakers fans flexing in this thread like it's 2010 again.
>>157574069you mean ramona shelburne, who was literally gargling ballmer's nuts while typing out that absolute shitpost of a PR puff piece for them a couple weeks back? and is inexplicably still employed?
a lot of clowns got exposed, but it won't matter. shelburne, van natta jr, holmes, sas, all gonna wake up tomorrow with jobs.
What's their legacy?
>>157574273i hear those docked first rounders are all going to OKC too
>>157574126westCHRIST hooped for our sins
>>157574273peas in a pod
E!SPN always gargled that Cloppers team looking back on it. Consistently had them as contenders "oh this year they'll put it together and actually be healthy. wow what an exciting team!"
>>157574273>gives canada a ring and an mvpleafgoat
ALL THE LOB CITY CLIPPERS HATE THE ORGANIZATION TOO LMAO, WHO DO THEY HAVE???
>>157574126Fuck anyone who thinks the flop king Haren should have won MVP over WestJOSEPHSMITH
have you done anything with your life during the offseason /nba/be honest
>>157574331
>>157574273The single worst acquisition in the history of sports, which with 99% certainty you can say will never be topped. Since everything falls under the umbrella of Kawhi's demands, you can say it is 10 firsts for a single player, 300 mil (that we know of) in money beyond the cap/fines, and an owner not even allowed to set foot in a building he built himself for billions of dollars. THEN you throw in the fact that they did not even do an ounce of any winning, and the players/picks they traded went on to win multiple MVPs and form the core of a championship team (with more still TBD)Not too long ago Herschel Walker was the undisputed champ in the category and Kawhi lapped him like 10 times
>>157574239If you lived in SoCal you'd understand. Lakers fans want the Clippers to leave LA and go as far away as possible. The richest owner in pro sports took cheap shots and dirty tactics towards a mom and pop family business that is revered all over the world. Lakers fans are raucous and overzealous so any victory they're going to be loud about. Steve Ballmer is BAD for pro sports and the Clippers are BAD for the NBA
>>157574356The Walker trade netted the Cowboys 3 Super Bowls. OGAYC can't even beat Wemby
>>157574425OKC got a championship
>>157574326>promise to retire your jersey>get rid of you weeks laterAt this point it's like Charlie Brown trying to kick the Field Goal
>>157574126>The last playoff series Clippers played WestGOD manhandled them in game 7I KNEEL
>>157574428Yeah but they woulda lost if Haliburton's achilles didn't tear. It's like Toronto 2019 nobody respects that title
this generals average IQ is like 10. easily one of the dumbest generals on this site.
>>157574414Since the dawn of time the Lakers fans liked the Clippers and had them as their secondary team, since they were the hopeless eternal loser little brother whose tickets were a fraction of the cost if they just wanted to go to a random game. Then they were better than the Lakers for like one season and that's all it took for them to become despised
dumb? or maybe we are just far beyond your comprehension :)
>>157574435>nobody respects that titleand? the banner is hung, its in the record books, injuries are a part of the game. lets not count any championship where injuires happened, you fucking retard.
>>157574437>Lakers fans liked the Clippers and had them as their secondary team, Until the CP3 trade. That was 2012. It has been almost two decades now of everyone hating the Clippers so not sure why you holding onto old narratives. Flop City was so easy to hate
>>157574436Agreed. It didn’t always used to be this way though.
>>157574441cool, still doesn't change the fact nobody respects it and will ALWAYS have an asterisk. The Warriors were clearly the best team that year
>>157574331was i supposed to
>>157574450>nobody respectswho is nobody? every basketball fan, regardless, what a loud minority does matter, what any NBA fan says doesnt matter, what matters is that the championship was won, and its in the record books. nothing can change that.>ALWAYS have an asterisk.show me it. show me the asterisk in the record books. is this official?
>>157574414>If you lived in SoCal you'd understandwhy would anyone want to live in a shithole filled with mexicans.
>>157574450The only asterisk ring in the post-Stern era (where basically all of them are laughably rigged asterisks) is the Bucks, since every actual competitive team had a deep run the year in the bubble and the short season turnaround from covid had them mail in the season or die on the courtClippers, Suns, Bucks, Hawks. Just look at that final 4 and try to say with a straight face that that's totally normal
staying healthy is a part of winning a championship.
>>157574478To stay far away from losers like you>got em
>>157574467>show me it.
>>157574502
Balmerbros and Clippersisters it’s not over….
>>157574528>ESPN reporterYeah I'm not going to trust Steve Ballmer's Network at this point after the BS lies they've tried to peddle during this entire investigation
>The NBA is set to vacate all NBA championships and conference titles the Clippers won during Kawhi’s tenure with the team, per @SharmsCharania.
>>157574557kek
the clippers are literally done for a decade unless that lightskin dude is MJ reincarnated
Adam Silver has exactly two instances where he put his nuts on the table, and they both involved the clippers
>>157574583both warranted
>>157574557
>>157574596
>>157574583>one org commits 100% of the crimes, gets 100% of the punishment
I wish I knew a clippersfan
STRAIGHT OUT OF COMPTON
>>157574603I know one and he thinks the Clippers are still gonna come out clean after the lawsuits. Schadenfreude to the max for me
so what year are the clips going to win a playoff series? Before or after 2038? Note they haven't done it since 2021.
Donald Sterling doesnt look bad now
>>157574619Donald Sterling did nothing wrong
>>157574617Ballmer can literally pay max contracts to all his players and it wouldnt put a dent at his networth. Once the second apron shit is taken out its over for the league
>>157574619Donald Sterling just said a few colorful remarks about black people. Steve Ballmer has federal investigations and caught committing major violations of a billion dollar corporations bylaws to gain competitive on court advantages illegally
>>157574621
>>157574619He might've been racist, but atleast he wasn't a cheater
>>157572258Were back
Clippers will just sign free agents. Not sure why you mouthbreathers think it's the end for them. People are always gonna want to play in LA.
>>157574622The thing is anon he had a chance to do that already and still couldn't win
>>157574642and how has that worked out for them over the years?
>>157574642real top level free agents don't exist anymore. Players just max out then demand a trade unless they're washed/ring chasing
>>157574628>sir, the question was 'Is this your handwriting?'
The only FAs the clipshits can look forward to are the ones who want to be overpaid like Kuminga and Duren lol
>>157574654If I got my dick sucked by a chick half my age as an old man I'd gloat to everybody I knew
>>157574652no!...NO!
>>157574665I just feel like the Wizards are going to have a Nuggets type run one year one of these years. I woulda laughed in your face if you told me the Nuggets would win a ring back in 2002
>>157572498This is a good idea
We got the Clippers downfall before we got the lindsay clancy verdict
>>157574642Yeah just like how it worked out with Kawhi and PG
his Clippers situation once again confirms that while Harden is HOF quitter, basically every time he’s been right to quit on the franchises he has
>>157574676that 23 nugs team was legit good and the best they have ever been with the most depth. It's weird as hell that people try to underrate them because they didn't play some shitty kangz or jizzlies team or whatever fraud the east was pushing out
>>157574694well for one they kinda got lucky against the Lakers. That coulda easily been a sweep going the other way for the Lakers. Jamal Murray hit some of the luckiest shots of his life
Make a tribute video for Kawhi, clippies. I dare you.
>>157574719Murray destroying the lakers is what he does especially with some of those bums who were guarding him and Ham's gameplans
>>157574719how did they luck themselves to 4-0 my dude
>>157574771they got lucky that the lakers had the least clutch player in nba history
>>157574004we told kawhi to come and won
ayooo trinity rodman??
>>157573167We here at Canada think Klaw us based and raptorpilled
>>157574004Also your org is now owned by the kushner saudi trump faction you guys are no longer upstanding lmao
>>157574771didn't plumlee score a game winner? A lot of those games could have gone either way
>>157574436NBA audience in general has a sub-room temp IQ, I don't know why you'd expect here to be any different. It's a soap opera for braindead nogs and zoomers
Most sports fans are morons. The more merchandise they have the dumber they are. Have you ever seen a smart, well adjusted man wearing a jersey
>>157574789The Lakers are both kosher and halal simultaneously. Lakers promoting world peace! alhumdulilah mazol tov
>>157574801>Have you ever seen a smart, well adjusted man wearing a jerseyyes, myself
>>157574802The last time the lakeshits promoted world peace he decapitated James Harden
don't let the kawhi news distract you from the fact that klutch has begun disseminating anti-embiid propaganda and the bronsexuals are amplifying it.
>>157574810based fuck Harden
>>157574828sixers brought in lecancer and hotep, they deserve everything they get.
>>157574829how do u know that elbow to the head didn't put harden onto the path of the player he became
Why is Labor day on the 1st week of september though?
>>157574902he was already doing his flopping shit by then
>>157574914Hi jbhoops25
>delusional simps for billionaires
>>157574828It's not propaganda if it's true
>>157574936that Raptors series wasnt the CF?
Apologize
Sixers really have an ultra team
>>157574949Stern is looking up at him and smiling
Dybantsa gonna be averaging 20-8-4
>>157574949you first, pussy
who the fuck gave brazil the internet
the thing about kawhi if he does get punished of not being allowed to play for a season, there's a chance he'll just retire instead
>>157574969he would definitely be the goat if he didn't have an uncle named dennis and if steve kerr didn't send zaza out to intentionally injure him
>ended LeBum and Heatles>buckbroke Larden multiple times>ended Spurs 20 years of dominance>ended 76ers "superteam">ended Warriors>saved the Craptors>almost ended the Lakers (saved by Disney)>ended the Clippers>is going to save the Craptors by buttfucking Heat "superteam" and 76ers "superteam" yet againIncredible legacy(fixed)>>157574981KD was the one who ordered Zaza. He was afraid Kawhi was gonna surpass him (he was already greater). It didn't work>>157574979>who the fuck gave brazil the internetUncle Dennis personally paid for it.
>>157574949I gotta admit. Despite how shit Silver is at literally everything else, he knows how to punish this kind of league fuckery
>>157574984I endorse this version of history
>>157574984You mean Uncle Dennis. My theory is Kawhi is retarded and being abused financially with how much he seems to be influenced
He won.>>157574993I do think there is a very high chance Kawhi was just letting his uncle do everything despite knowing how shady he can be. Man doesn't seem to have an ounce of stress in his life besides his injuries.
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>kawhi is a retarded slave with no autonomypathetic
>inb4 Clippers give Duren the max
>>15757495820 minutes 8 points and 4 rebounds
>>157574435Everyone respects the raptors title it exposed kerr and gs as the monsters they are. It was an open secret that KDs tight hammie was a bad Achilles ready to blow and they pressured him to play knowing there was a good chance he could pop it, which he did.
>>157574450Nobody thinks that was an * youre just mad you have to cheer for drayboon
>>157574435>sacrifice your whole bench to sign a pussy bitch (KD) who happens to be an all time great>play said pussy bitch all year long>said pussy bitch gets injured>play him injured anyway>faggot breaks his cloaca and lose>wah wah it doesn't countShould've kept their bench then lol
>>157575031>>157575040>>157575043
https://streamable.com/u6y63v
>>157575071We love this man in SoCal
>>157575040Drayboon might be a thug who hates euros but atleast he wasn't a cheater
>>157574943
>>157572237
>>157574795I've been a fan of the big 3 sports in Cleveland for 25 years now . I don't and never have had any merch from any of them. My IQ is 91 though. Your assessment is incorrect
Pablo Torre its probably best you don't visit LA ever again.
>requires money under the table to ruin your team
>>157575279
Silver is gonna learn the hard way, Ballmer bout fuck Silver and ESPN it's gunna be bad.
>>157572415thanks for correcting the record you hero
I don't watch basketball but I just saw how raped the clippers got. It's kind of insane that they're basically killing a fan bases hopes and dreams for the next decade.
>inb4 Clippers get moved to Vegas
>>157572237>Stripped 5 frps>30 mil fine>Suspended for one yearWell, at least there's a bit of justice, although one might argue the punishment is relatively light
>Brunson took a "paycut"UH OH KNICKIES
>>157575629It's about the same as when the Wolves circumvented the cap and ruined KGs Prime
>>157575767>When the Minnesota Timberwolves circumvented the salary cap in 2000 regarding an under-the-table deal with player Joe Smith, the NBA penalized the franchise with a $3.5 million fine, the forfeiture of five first-round draft picks, and suspensions for team executives. Two of the forfeited draft picks were later returned to Minnesota.>Two of the forfeited draft picks were later returned to Minnesota.Odds Clippers get two picks back?
I don't watch nba but I had some random video on talking about the drama and when they started talking about the owners I was like "wait, the DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS" guy?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fcSviC7cRM
>>157575767Hence why it's relatively light. This circumvention is much worse, and they only took away 5 frps. Should've been like 8 frps. That 30 mil fine is nothing to Ballmer.>>157575987Yeah, he's the current owner of the LA Clippers
This seems a bit harsh??? Franchise killer
>>157576678Tbf i cant think a franchise more deserving of this punishment than clippers itself
>>157576678Seems like Humiliation Ritual for Ballmer. It is very trivial for Silver because this will backfire massively. Silver doesn't realize who he fucked with. Other NBA owners won't take Adam's shit as well in the coming months.
are the clippers the mets of the NBA?
>>157576788they're the astros but they wanna be the dodgers so bad it hurts.
>>157576678don't try and cheat then lol
Grim.
>>157576811Just gotta cheat better like the Astros did.It's pretty funny that the Clippers were on their hands and knees begging Daktronics to try to get Kawhi to do literally anything to make it look like it wasn't a kickback and Kawhi refused. He would only take the millions of dollars if he never had to lift a single finger. And it worked.
Where Balmer cuck at? Nigga was gargling billionare balls like good old Steve was paying for it
>>157576852>takes millions of Dollars from the Clippers AND under the table.>Does literally nothing with the Clippers.>gets a 700k fine and go back to a better team.It's criminal how he's getting away with this.
>>157576852The Keaton Wagler show for the next 4 years.
>They conned me!
Honestly, if you are the Clippers GM, what do you even do? Try and build teams around role players to up their trade value and hope to climb the draft somehow? Heavily scout the G-League and overseas to hopefuly find a gem somewhere? Just wait?
>>157576866The posts on the Clippies subreddit 14-16 days ago after ESPN called Ballmer innocent are pretty funny. Hundreds of people sucking on Ballmer's balls and calling Pablo and David Samson and Amin creepy MAGA pedos who should be sued for defamation.
>>157574781...you don't think she...? ...you know...
>>157574781Aww she's wearing the shirt I got her. I knew she loved me!
>>157576891Same as the other 10-15 meaningless NBA teams do every season. Inject hopium into your fanbase "this is the year our 5ppg 30-year-old roleplayers are going to break out!!" to try to get butts in seats. Give out baby yoda bobbleheads and tshirts. Go 35-47 and repeat.
>>157574624This, imagine getting banned from the NBA for life and being forced to sell your team because you make one comment that you don't like black people. Not to mention the fact it only comes to light because someone you trusted recorded your private conversation without your knowing it. And what's more, probably sold that audio recording for a lot of money.I sometimes wonder if the whole thing was just a plot for Ballmer to get the Clippers.
>Brian Windhorst podcast>"b-b-but I personally talked to Ballmer and he said he dindu nuffin!!!"HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAAHAAAHA!
Don't NBA have academy teams? Like in Football the shit teams can produce an academy player they can sell for like 70-80m then they can invest that into making the team better. I guess it's technically the draft but that only comes once a season...The G-league is just full of bums.
>>157576891You become a vehicle to take on bad contracts for draft picks. Also play Kawamura a lot since fans love him.
>>157574436For sure. /nfl/ is more consistently degenerate but has higher peaks of ball discussion. You got guys posting screenshots of the legal documents get zero replies but someone can post a picture of their meal or call another user inceltic and it gains traction. Pathetic as hell. I wouldn't doubt this is the ugliest general on /sp/ too, you rarely meet chad nba fans.
Clippers still have 4 first round picks thru 2033 and Ballmer is going to get 2 picks back and Wagler is the new Shai. Clippers win the title within 5 years guaranteed.
>>157576967its all because of the locked discord. I'm convinced it's a group of them from the 2015-2018 era of /nba/ conspiring to keep the thread down with coordinated shittery
>>157574273Is it a coincidence that Ballmer, Frank and Zucker, the 3 Clippers employees at the center of this Kawhi debacle, are all Jewish? And what's more, that the only employee's at any of the companies who questioned these deals were gentiles?
>>157576990>There is a locked /nba/ discordActually pathetic as all hell
>>157576947Before NIL in college they were starting to get academy teams with Ignite and Overtime elite, but then colleges started to pay players so that got killed
>>157576918>>157576962Given that they have both Kawamura and Hachimura, I'm guessing they will try to appeal to Japanese fans, if they have any lol But yeah, I figured>>157576947There are NBA schools spread out throughout the world. And there is the G-League which is more of a showcase league. There is no direct pipeline. Which I think is retarded.There should be some kind of direct afilliation program between G-League teams, colleges and schools throughout America, where the best kids get filtered to their G-League associates. The best kids would be drafted, but I'm sure some decent players would still be left.> NBA school -> NBA college -> Draft or G-League affilliate -> NBAI also think it's a huge miss how the NBA shits on the G-League. It should be marketed as NBA2 or something like that, and preferably run part of the season during the NBA offseason. It would instantly draw some attention, no matter how bad it is, simply because all the basketballtards would wanna watch something NBA related.>inb4 it's badYeah, but's NBA bad, not bad bad.
>>157576946
>>157577008Rumors say harry secretly runs it
>>157577020>everyone shits on the D league>they change the name to the G leagueTime to change the name again?
>>157577039To be fair it's like the NBA doesn't do enough to advertise it or make it good at all. It's merely a test environment for rules and players.>Time to change the name again?Yes. NBA2 by Gatoradeâ„¢
>>157577039send them down to the WNBA to develop
>the G league>gangsta league>make Ron Artest the commissioner>fighting is legal>falling down on a shot without flagrant-level contact is an automatic ejection>if you complain to the refs for any reason the ref gets to slap you in the face
>mfw I kill a franchise and sent one of the richest people in the world to an early grave
>>157577100>>falling down on a shot without flagrant-level contact is an automatic ejectionUnironically do it, how flopping is tolerated in this sport is psychotic compared to the other 3 leagues self-policing of bitch behavior
So...will kawaii still go to the rapties...?
>>157577020>There is no direct pipeline. Which I think is retardedHow? Soccer leagues don't have draft systems so they're incentivized to find some beast 8 year old and get them into their development system early so they can eventually play for the top club when ready. What would actually be retarded is the Clippers having some development system in El Segundo and develop a 10 year old early only to have him get drafted by another NBA team when he turns 19. It's just cheaper for the NBA to let colleges pay for the infastructure to develop players. Same with the NFL. College is for all intents and purposes the minor league.
>>157577118Yeah both teams want it. Raptors can try to Jew the Clippers by altering the deal but they're unlikely to.
>>157577118Oh yeah no shit? You think the Clippers who just lost 5 1st round picks over this major controversy surrounding Kawhi are suddenly going to renegade on their agreement and keep said controversial player while also forfeiting the opportunity of aquiring future draft capitol? How stupid are you? The only 'mystery' is if you have a brain or not.
yep, this generals response is all I needed to know you don't care real competition. If this injustice happened to the warriors the fans sword rattling the league would be heard all over the place
>>157577167see you in 10 years Clippersbroyou might be relevant by then
>>157577167what are you talking about?
>>157577200It's an AI bot program reply that malfunctioned
>>157577154>Clippers fan meltyCalm down, dude
>>157577221No just a rational fan who uses his brain. The fact you assume anyone critical of your post must be a fan of the team who just got punished again shows how stupid you are. I miss when tripcode ppsters were smart. At least _ade-county is funny and Lakers animal clearly has a brain.
Unrelated but recently I learned the Grinnel College coach who used to run a full retard system where you just run and shoot as many times as possible had a son, and this son coached a G-League team where he tried to implement the whole thing, but failed because of the substitution limit.In college they would do 3 waves of 5 players, subbing from time to time, but the G-League limits teams to 10 players.
okc has denver's and the clippers first rounder in 2027.
>>157577251I know your team is fucked but settle down, this is unseemly
>>157577221>Mysterious retardstein
>>157577120You don't get it. These academies teach the main team's tactics and principles from the ground up. This is why Euroleague players seem higher IQ than guetto rats. They train in these systems since very young. Sure you can find great players through the draft, but you can find and build 10 great role players whenever you need through your academy. A few NBA teams already do this with their G-League affilliate, but the pool of players is pretty small, and most of these guys are not really aiming to play for their G-League parent franchise, but just to get their foot in the league.>It's just cheaper for the NBA to let colleges pay for the infastructure to develop playersSure, but it's pretty innefficient.
>>157573577Hes streaming on twitch now, to 10 viewers
>>157577259Clippers fans don't exist.
>>157577270NBA teams have and still are developing role players through thei g-league teams and guys on two way contracts. They're doing exactly what you describe and every year those players eventually get fully gauranteed NBA contracts and make significant contributions.
>>1575772851. Not every team does this well2. The pool of players is small3. Average G-Leaguer is trying to get a contract with any team, not learn how to play the Sacramento Kings way (grim)
>>157577252>full retard system where you just run and shoot as many times as possibleWestbrook I kneel
>>157577251>just a rational fan>Gets irrationally upset by an online stranger's questionYou do realise the 30 mil fine will be paid by ballmer, and not clippers fans like you right?
>>157572237Developers developers developers developers
>>157577301>1. Not every team does this wellNot every euro team does it well either. Not every team can. Can every team win 50 games each year?>2. The pool of players is smallNot really, each G-league team has a full roster.Your point 3 is too but each g league teams beat players have exhibit and rights contracts with their main squad. Feels like you're just arguing to argue right now and still don't understand that the system is basically working how it's supposed to and as well as it can. I could name at least one but probably two players on every NBA roster who started out on either a 2 way or exhibit 10 contract and now is a solid role player for those teams. Some teams even more.
>>157577310I just think it's the mark of a stupid person to respond to critical assesments with personal attacks, especially online.
can someone direct me to a thread making fun of bill simmons?
>>157576899Pablo? MAGA?
>>157577347Just /r/laclippers things. Anything bad is MAGA so they were calling him MAGA.
>>157577337No need to call yourself stupid. Ballmer circumventing the cap is his own fault, not yours.
>>157577252>Grinnel CollegeForgot to add the linkshttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/xj3ntV_8fAEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QULBCrBDWQoThe coach's son during his D-League runhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR4k6eVjvFs>>157577308>Westbrook I kneelYou joke but I think he would go crazy in a system like this. It's ideal for streaky shooters like JR Smith
Rate Ballmers and the clippers punishment in the scale of nothingburger to actually happening
>>157577378Ballmer is taking them to court and throwing a few billions around to get the penulty reduced to 3 first round picks. They get 2.5 first round picks back for dumping Kawhii. They get to keep the generational player they just drafted at #5. Clippers are fine.
>>157577378didn't the NBA dock 5 picks from the Wolves then quietly give 4 of them back
In this general, Pablo Torre is a hero.end of story.
>>157577378Balmer got a slap on the wrist (nothingburger)Kawhi got a slap on the wrist (nothingburger)Uncle Dennis got bitchslapped (lil happening)Clippers' players and fans got nuked (happening)>>157577332So you are basically saying it works, and I'm saying that it works but not well and that they should double down on it. So we kind of agree?
>>157577378It's not going to be that big of a deal, they'll probably only end up losing 3 picks total much like the Wolves debacle with Joe Smith
>>157577404Nah, docked 5 picks, two got given back.
>>157577431>Billionnaire jew lost to a pinoyK I N O
>>157577431He was a brave filipino podcaster
>>157577453A24 is gonna make a movie out of it in 5 years
Shooters shoot. >>157577376
>>157577469Unleash this offense on the NBA. Let Cam Thomas do his thing.
>>157577433>So we kind of agreeYour initial post about this here >>157577270 you seemed to think the G-league didn't do what you thought it did. It does train role players and it actually does it very well, the Thunder had multiple contributers and even a starter on their championship team in Dort start in the G league. And I disagree that it doean't serve it's purpose very well, most teams use it very well as I've already said. I recognize your posting patterns here and it always feels like you argue to argue and will never just conceed and say 'I didn't know that, I was speaking in ignorance, you're right'. It's okay to admit that sometimes we speak about things we didn't know much about as if we did know. It's human nature. I do it too.
LeBron won Los Angeles a championshipKawhi stripped Los Angeles of a future
This Clippers penalty is dumb.My son is in tears asking why I didn’t raise him a Laker fan. I’ve got 3 years left on my season tickets. Why decimate a franchise? Who’s being punished?Leagues should operate from a view that the owners are stewards of the fans’ team.If the owner actually did this, the league should be able to make him sell the team. That’s the punishment (the market is great for teams)! No more billionaire toys. Ownership is a privilege not a right.It’s happened before to this very franchise!At a minimum the owner should be given the choice to accept the penalty (once his legal options are exhausted) or sell the team. We’d help him decide that pretty quickly. A generation of invested fans shouldn’t bear the death penalty because of a bad actor? The plot is lost.
>>157577503I say it's innefficient because most guys who come from the G-League are randoms who play a couple of games, go back to the G-League and then never again. Meanwhile most of the best players in academies eventually reach the league in Europe. The few guys who actually become part of rotations are exceptions, it's like 1 in every 20. It did improve in the last 5 years or so though. >I recognize your posting patterns here and it always feels like you argue to argue and will never just conceed and say 'I didn't know that, I was speaking in ignorance, you're right'. It's okay to admit that sometimes we speak about things we didn't know much about as if we did know. It's human nature. I do it too.Now you are projecting. I've admited I was wrong or didn't know shit many times here.Anyway, agree to disagree.
>>157577487>Unleash this offense on the NBAImagine the 2017 Rockets doing something like this lol
>>157577598>t. Former ticketmaster ceo Nathan hubbatd
>>157577664>My son is in tears asking why I didn’t raise him a Laker fan. (lol)
Just went down a moral philosophical hypothetical in my head, spurred by the retardation of this whole debacle and the type of subhuman retards defending it, thats too complicated for me to share. Sometimes I wish people were more interesting, I tried talking morally about this on twitter yesterday with a mutual and he literally could not comprehend an analogy
>More to comeStop it! He's already dead!
>>157577763JUST JUST MY JUST UP
>>157577679U talk like a gay midwit
>REMINDERThe Clippers still have multi-time allstars in Darius Garland and Brandon Ingram with a top 5 pick in Keaton Wagler. Also a promising young player that's about to turn his career around in Gradey Dick.The future is bright.
>>157577812>Garland-injury prone>Ingram-should be the 3rd best player at most>Wagler-bust in action>Dick-one season wonder
>>157577812You forgot Yuki and Hachimura pairing. Rui will be a 20ppg scorer this year on 90-90-90 shooting splits.The future is bright Clippersbros
12 FIRST ROUND PICKS FOR A CONFERENCE FINALS
>Silver makes the clippers into a lottery shity hole>Ballmer sells the team....to the Iger Kushner group
>>157577921And then the Lakers and Clippers become one franchise. Happy end.
>>157577931>jews making less moneyHow dumb are you
>>157577940What made you think I was being serious...
>>157577812the clippers will finish above the kings every year is the only bright side
>>157573172Absolutely. Imagine a single one of these tree planting companies being legit
Name a bigger bum in the NBA than Patrick Williams.Didnt start in college, drafted high through pure luck, muh kawhi archetype and covid fucking up scouting. Played like absolute shit through his entire rookie contract and the retarded bulls front office still gave him a 90 million contract because muh potential and lost out on coby white, who at least cares, for this loser.Truly one of the players who dont deserve 1% of the success they have and i usually like seeing people get paid.Shit player, shit body language, zero ambition. Actual paycheck thief, imagine being a bulls fan seeing this shitter go into year 7.
Some franchises suffered from having a cheapskate of an owner, meanwhile the clippers here got sent to a purgatory for having one that is TOO generous lmao.
>>157577649From the beginning I've highlighted the whole reason NBA teams development systems don't mirror those of Europe is that the NBA has a draft and europe clubs do not. If you cannot see that that is the source of every major and minor difference between NBA and club soccer development Idk what else to tell you. And no, I'm not projecting. Don't throw around buzzwords when you are a little upset someone called you out and you don't know how else to respond.
>[Charania] Just in: Houston Rockets' Amen Thompson has agreed to a five-year, $208 million rookie-scale contract extension with the franchise, sources tell ESPN. >The new deal includes a 10% trade kicker.40 million a year to play one end of the court, the rockets are fucked lmao
>>157578167for someone whos been a billionaire for decades hes pretty dumb on how this works. The knicks got it, The Cs got it, The Lakers got it but this dumb fuck didnt. Maybe it was him or it was Kawhi being too autistic socially to read the room but their whole gameplan was exposed
>>157578294Oh yeah, he's in the same draft class as wemby. Well, at least it's not a max. Now I'm wondering what miller and scoot will get
>>157578343Miller's gonna get close to a max but scoot is a bust
>>157578343Scoot is in a battle with Ja to be Portland's back up PG. Things are bleak for him
>>157578368Dame and Ja are the starting backcourt
>>157578356Miller is pretty solid, his only problem is availability>>157578368I feel like Ja will be out of the league once his contract expires. But Scoot is no better than prime Ja, so yeah, pretty bleak for him as well
>clappers
>>157578294Sengone? Rockets seem oddly locked in on KD so he might be getting traded
>>157578467they'll pay the luxury tax for a year or two until KD retires
>>157578467Shitgoon is a regular season player. He melts and plays like he has a dildo stuck in his ass when it matters.
Raptors are expected to sign Kawhi Leonard to a long-term extension that will allow him to finish his career in Toronto. (via ESPN)wtf
>>157578719he's still yung and he was fine in the playoffs with no point guard and his veteran hiding in the locker room like a pussy
>>157573172$5 off for every hole Uncle Dennis digs personally
>>157578167The only upside of this is hopefully the clippers can grab a big star next free agency.
Got 40 million under the table dollars, had them trade a future 2x mvp and 5 first round picks, lost them another 5 picks, got the owner a 30 million fine (good riddance) and in seven years he won them one playoff series against stable household luka lmfao
>>157578806I dont buy into the clippers are doomed narrative. They have established themselves as one of the better organizations and you get to live in LA without the media circus. I think theyll do fine in the long run
>>157578405I wouldn't start Ja over Jrue personally. Dame+Ja is a tiny back court.
>>157578729>guy wipes his ass with your franchise and leaves because you wouldn't go for Uncle Dennis' schemes>goes to another team, shakes them down for millions in illegal side money while playing half the games and accomplishing nothing>instead of saying "boy, we sure dodged a bullet there" you say "I want to get hit by that bullet, too, here's a bunch of money"Fucking retarded leafs. They're like the simp who marries a hooker after she already bankrupted one sucker
>lost 10 1sts, 2 swaps, and SGAY>only got to a single WCF>Kawhi was "injured" that series and didn't even playKWABOTD
>>157578841>They have established themselves as one of the better organizationsThey mortgaged their entire future to indulge a scam artist who kept them on hold every year while he decided whether or not he felt like playing, traded away the 2X MVP and routinely get bounced in the first round despite cheating to try and stack the roster. And now they're drawing dead until 2030 because they were too retarded to cover their tracks properly. Oh, and they're the junior varsity team in their own city.
>>157578888CheckedAnd I think the raptors will be lucky to get 40 games out of kawhi now that he isn't being paid extra under the table
Woke up in a cold sweat thinking of 2018 lebron
Migrate~>>157578944>>157578944
>>157573458why would they snitch on Uncle Dennis when they see the clippers basically trading away their future and engaging illegal activities, Pablo Torre is prolly just a plant by the Lakers or Raptors to fuck the Clippers for the next decade...
