18-19 season Clippers without All-Star players, relied on Louve, Alexander, Garlinari, Zubac , Beverly , Harrell , Shamet and others to fight the Peak Warriors in the first round of playoffs . The Clippers left a deep impression on many people in that round of series, but three years later they did not make any progress. In order to get the promise of joining Leonard , the Clippers agreed to his request to trade from Thunder to Paul George . For this, they paid for the rising star Alexander, scorer Gallinari, four unprotected first-round picks, one protected first-round pick and two draft exchange rights. Since then, they have traded most of the team members who fought with the Warriors. Now Alexander has become the core of in , and ranked third in the scoring list per game in the new season. When the Clippers management saw his performance like this, they looked at his glass double core and felt regretful.
Since Leonard and George both made a standstill, the Clippers' record is 2 wins and 4 losses. After this season, this team introduced , Wall , it was once considered one of the favorites to win the championship. However, in the 24 games so far, Leonard has only played 5 games, averaging 10+4+3.4 in 22 minutes per game, shooting percentage of 42.2%, and three-point shooting percentage of 13.3%. George played 16 games, averaging 23.6+6+4.3 in 34 minutes, shooting 46% from the field and 37% from three-point shooting.
Leonard has played in a total of 114 regular season games since joining the Clippers in 2019, and he has not played in a single game last season. This season, he announced a quit after playing 3 games after 15 months of rest. After the team anxiously waited for 11 games, Ka Xiao returned to play 2 games, and then rested with George so far, and has had 6 games. The team does not know when they will participate in the game.
Clippers head coach Tyron Lu has lined up more than a dozen lineups this season, but they have never been able to send out a stable tactical system due to personnel issues. Xiao Ka and George were in and out, and more often they watched a group of substitutes playing on the wall. The team's new players Wall and Powell both expressed their uneasiness about the team's current situation in the interview. It is difficult for a team without stable personnel rotation to go further in the playoffs.
Recently, media revealed that the Clippers boss Balmer is tired of Leonard's load management, and he is very dissatisfied with Leonard and his team's attitude. Ballmer is worried that his team will become the next Spurs . After all, the Clippers have paid huge luxury tax for two consecutive years, but their record has not improved at all. What made him particularly angry was that Xiao Ka refused to reveal his injury. The Lakers next door had already won a championship. If Ballmer had gotten James at that time, he would probably have touched O'Brien Cup long ago.
Recently, the US media also gave some trading suggestions:
Plan 1: The Clippers send Leonard + Powell to get Heat Butler + Struce + Duncan Robinson + 2023 first round pick
Plan 2: The Clippers send Leonard + John Wall Get 76ers James Harden + Tucker
Plan 3: The Clippers send Leonard + Powell to get Nuggets Michael Porter + Aaron Gordon + 208 first round pick
These 3 transactions can be said to be heavyweight transactions, and each team has All-Star players involved. Risk always comes with opportunities. If you were the general manager of the team, would you participate in this game?
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