If Rondo thinks the Clippers can get it done without Paul George he's crazy. Now the Clippers bench is good, but I think Booker and Durant will be too much.
The Suns haven't really gotten into their bag as an offense yet, and that's been intentional given KD's ankle injury. All the talk about "it's been only 8 games" is valid, but not for the reason most people think.
There's going to be a moment early in the series when the Suns offense explodes for a quarter or half and the narrative will start to change. I'm strangely starting to worry about Westbrook against the Suns reserve lineups keeping the Clippers in games, but it shouldn't be a huge issue in the whole series unless Monty has no other option, if you catch my drift.
I’m still fascinated how Lakers have trouble beating the nobodies, but people seem to think they’re going to win the west. We haven’t lost a game with Durant (albeit also a bunch of nobodies) it’s dismissed because it’s a bunch of nobodies.
I’m sorry, but any team that can run a few plays in a row would have beat Minny or the Lakers last night.
I’ve never seen so many careless turnovers and absolutely bad business decisions in one game.
The only thing that scares me about the Clippers is that Ty Lue is much better at making adjustments (both in-game and game-to-game) than Monty is. It's what extended the series to 6 games the last time we played them, despite Leonard being out with injury.
That said, if we stay healthy our talent should be able to overwhelm them.
The only thing that scares me about the Clippers is that Ty Lue is much better at making adjustments (both in-game and game-to-game) than Monty is. It's what extended the series to 6 games the last time we played them, despite Leonard being out with injury.
That said, if we stay healthy our talent should be able to overwhelm them.
I'm already prepared to absolutely loathe this guy for the next 1-2 weeks, but he also might have the biggest on/off likability differential in the league.
I can't see the Clips getting it done without Paul George. The other issue they have is that their backcourt has really low basketball IQ. Eric Gordon, Bones Hyland, and of course Westbrook all make really bad decisions with the ball. Gordon is the biggest surprise; he was smarter in Houston, but he hasn't looked that good as a Clip. They might regret moving Luke Kennard.
