If you have never read my thoughts on the Los Angeles Clippers. Here’s a refresher. They’re underwhelming, they have a great team on paper but can’t get it done. As long as they have this core of CP3/DeAndre/Blake (and JJ) they will not win a championship.
Does Doc Rivers have this philosophy? Of course not! In fact, he recently Implied that we’re going to see this for at least another two years.
Q: What is the key change needed for the Clippers to be a championship team?
Rivers: “We’re right there. It’s funny. People think it’s easy to go win a title. Winning is hard. Winning a game is hard. I love the fact that we are on the door. We’ve knocked on the door twice as far as getting to the Western Conference Finals. We haven’t made it, so you just keep doing it. I don’t feel the push or the pressure of, ‘Man, if they don’t do it …’ Why not? We keep doing it.
“Obviously, if we are not there in two years from now you re-think things. But you don’t blow your team up every year. I keep laughing at everyone who says [to do] that. That’s the guys who have never really been in it. You keep just going forward. Keep your core and see if you can get it right. That’s it. We have to rebound better. Our defense is light years better this year to me. We have to make the right shots. Make the right plays. Our whole thing is to keep playing.”
Hold up. What have these past 5 years been then?! Setup?! So you got it on lock in two years right? These past 5 years have just been “very encouraging” is that it?
Get out of here! You’ve had the same core for years and the thought of “It’s just not working out” hasn’t crossed your mind yet? They are never getting a ring. Book it. With this delusional core, they’re not getting anywhere near a ring.
