Say goodnight Clippers!!!

When you read this article, you almost feel bad for Billionaire Ballmer after Jordan left.

The options available now are pretty much unfathomable.

https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2015/7/3/8890583/the-clippers-are-screwed

Because of that, the roster is woefully unbalanced. The tallest player the Clippers have under contract is Griffin. Let's repeat this sentence: The tallest player the Clippers have under contract is Blake Griffin. Griffin is not a center, Glen Davis and Ekpe Udoh are both free agents and Spencer Hawes was traded to Charlotte in the deal for Lance Stephenson.

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Their only choice, barring a rival cooperating on a sign-and-trade, is to somehow conjure up a frontcourt with the remnants of the mid-level exception and minimum contracts. That almost certainly won't be enough for top remaining free-agent big men like Kosta Koufos or Jordan Hill.

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Perhaps the Clippers can take a flyer on someone like Bismack Biyombo, Kevin Seraphin, Kyle O'Quinn, Joel Freeland, Henry Sims, Jeremy Evans or Jeff Withey, youngsters who have proven little in the league, but may have some upside. Maybe Rivers can convince veterans like old friends Brandon Bass and Ryan Hollins, Luis Scola, Amar'e Stoudemire, Reggie Evans, Carlos Boozer or Tyler Hansbrough to sign on the cheap. (We should also note that Kendrick Perkins is available.)

Folks, this is Knicks territory (and more recently Nets territory) in terms of roster mismanagement and that is saying a lot for a team that was one quarter and a few minutes up 19 from going to the Western Conference Finals a month ago.

I remember BegginerBoy posted something about the Warriors two years ago under Jackson saying "I wouldn't bet on them if they were 15,000,000,000-1!" when they were 15-1 before the playoffs began.

I feel the same about the Clippers now and their odds. How in the world is this team going to compete in the West without Jordan, a short bench (that added Pierce but he's a playoff-only performer), and no money??? 

Lmb,

When you regret trading Spencer Hawes, a guy you wouldn't give more than TWO MINUTES to in last year's playoffs, you know you are in trouble.

Coach? I like him and would put him towards the top of the league.

GM? Welp, he bombed. And the Austin Rivers transaction last year was another debacle.

Go look at their bench again again before you praise their 'small-ball' starting lineup, which by the way, they have no experience playing with over the course of the season.

Their bread and butter was their two bigs combined with Paul. That's gone now.

You don't turn to Lance and PP (who by the way, cannot be a starter at this point in his career over 82 games) to make up for that after losing a player that was your monster rebounder and world class defender last year just because the Warriors and Cavs played some small ball over the last stretch of the Finals.

And the Clips are not out to 'cause problems'. They were out to win the West and more likely, a title. Middling out West will not do it for them.