THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

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[lawdog1]

Hearing Clips are heavily considering bringing back Bill Fitch or Mike Dunleavy. Glory years coming back!

I honestly thought I remembered hearing Bill Fitch had passed, so I had to Google it. He’s still around, but is 88 years old.

 

[N41D]

Good ****. Andre 3000 out there too but i ciuldnt yell if he was fashion bummy lookin, ironic bummy looking, or just authentic bummy bummy lookin

Delonte has had a LOT of people out here trying to help. And he's mostly refused.

I got a cousin in this same situation that ran away to Lexington. You just can't do much until these dudes see the light and decide they want help.

Hope it finds Delonte in a hurry.

 

[ill steelo]

Delonte has had a LOT of people out here trying to help. And he's mostly refused.

I got a cousin in this same situation that ran away to Lexington. You just can't do much until these dudes see the light and decide they want help.

Hope it finds Delonte in a hurry.

Jameer touched on that.

Mental illness is so hard to fight Brain is the most powerful organ you have and it attacks you

 

[N41D]

Jameer touched on that.

Mental illness is so hard to fight Brain is the most powerful organ you have and it attacks you

Yup.

My cousin got himself convinced he's the bastard son of Mike Pence and Kathleen Kennedy, and our family stole him away in some pedo child abuse ring.

Animal tranquilizers, meth, and bipolar disorder. It's been a hell of a spiral.

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Just saw this on SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt

Underwhelming AF.

Talkin bout Clippers or Rockets

 

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[pums]

I hate how these formal tweets have emojis at the end But good on Cuban and Delonte

 

[Maximus Meridius]

Damn Doc




Wonder what Kawhi said...

 

[lawdog1]

Appears this was directly in response to the Kobe situation. Good.

 

[niceshoes247]

I know must of y’all don’t like cuben
But that **** goes a long way
Hopefully he gets help
And maybe a gig (not playing of course)

 

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[lawdog1]

This is the most part of the article to me:

Rivers believed the team was undone by a lack of chemistry and leadership. They needed more time together than the handful of games they played at full strength as Leonard and George worked their way back from injuries and slowly integrated into the grittier team that had overachieved the year before. And he believed they were finding that identity, right before the season stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The last 10 games, we were turning into the Clippers," Rivers told reporters on a Zoom call during the hiatus. "We started understanding each other. ... We were playing seamlessly through Kawhi and PG. It wasn't forced anymore. Guys weren't trying to stay out of each other's way. You could feel the rhythm. "I really thought we were about to make a crazy run down the stretch. And unfortunately, bam, it stopped."

Rivers had hoped the bubble environment would be good for the Clippers' chemistry. Instead, Patrick Beverley, Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams missed significant time due to deaths of family or friends outside the bubble. Ivica Zubac and Landry Shamet were late in arriving after contracting COVID-19. Then Beverley and Harrell struggled with their conditioning once they returned to the team. The biggest issue, however, was the team's collective spirit.

Rivers thought the Clippers lacked chemistry and leadership for most of the season and that they were just finding their identity when the pandemic began. During the 4½-month layoff, the team tried to stay together through text messages and workouts. Sources said that as the season restart grew nearer, George and Leonard organized team workouts several times a week, in either Los Angeles, the Inland Empire or San Diego. Still, there were several key players -- most notably Williams -- who were never fully on board with finishing the season in the bubble. And against the backdrop of social unrest around the country, Rivers gathered the team for a vote on whether to restart at all.
It passed, but not unanimously. After the season was halted on Aug. 26, the Clippers again voted on whether to finish the season. This time, they voted no. It wasn't until Rivers was summoned to a late-night team meeting that the team voted to continue on with the season.

For Rivers, this was everything. None of the chemistry issues and injuries that kept them from finding a rhythm on the court were going to change unless the players embraced their time together in the bubble and the chance to win a championship. He didn't mind talking through emotional issues with his team, but he couldn't keep being the loudest voice in the room, pushing them onward. At some point that leadership had to come from within. Neither Leonard nor George had ever been a vocal leader. Beverley wasn't afraid to express his opinions, but he had a hard time getting back into condition during the restart and then staying on the court and out of foul trouble. Williams was seen by many as a leader, but he'd been unenthusiastic about the bubble to begin with and disappointed many in the organization by visiting a gentleman's club in Atlanta while in the area for the funeral of a friend's father.

When Rivers retraced and analyzed what went wrong with Ballmer, these are the issues he focused on. His plan for next season involved staffing changes, schematic adjustments and improved chemistry from another year of playing together. He also believed they needed a true point guard to help organize their offense.

For Ballmer, the questions were different: Why was there a lack of leadership? Why was the chemistry lacking? Why were players so unenthusiastic about playing in the bubble?

Fair and reasonable positions on both sides. But I think the fact that this same thing has happened under Doc with two completely different, but talented rosters, is why Ballmer decided he had to take the gamble and see if things will be different under a different coach.

 

[pmatic]

Reading through that, does Balmer want to hire a Doc disciple like Lue?

 

[ballinsam23]

Elfrid Payton seems like a perfect fit with the Clippers.

 

[nick.]

At ****'s. Nets throwback/city unis for next season?

 

[MVP]

Nike coming with the heat with the throwbacks for next season.

 

[lawdog1]

Reading through that, does Balmer want to hire a Doc disciple like Lue?

I’m thinking no.

Plus, I think it’s possible that, since it seems like he has multiple options, Lue might prefer to go elsewhere since Doc’s his friend and (I believe) the guy who gave him his NBA coaching start.

In other words, if Lue can HC job elsewhere, I feel like he’d rather not be Doc’s successor with the Clips.

 

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[trynafeelmink]

The basketball gods have been good this year, but man please let the Clippers hire Dantoni as the head coach

 

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[storm2006]

Hope he can come back strong next year. He definitely falls in the under appreciated category for me (partly because he played in Bron’s era and partly because of the GSW move)

 

[Cashflow]

 

[tomdiginson]

Beal to the Lakers

 

[tay1]

Beal to the Lakers

It’s been a rumor for a while but I don’t see what we can offer in a trade to get him