2024 Playoffs Western Conference First Round: (4) LA Clippers vs (5) Dallas Mavericks

[Bosoxian]

My biggest concern is PG has three young kids and he is from here. That might make him more inclined to stay.

So i need him go go full drake and deadbeat dad his way out of town

I can’t see that happening as they’ll be moving into a new arena and want a somewhat competitive team. Running it back is really their only choice. Can’t go into a rebuild.

 

[ElUno20]

I was reading the Athletic post mortem today with the argument to run it back with PG13. It's a conundrum as he's terrific and a version of this squad with a healthy Kawhi (similar to Philly words about Embiid) is still scary. Don't really see a better option.

That said, beyond the obvious question for both Philly and L.A. of what are the chances they'll be healthy for a playoff run, in the Clippers case you do get a strong sense that they don't care very much. Kawhi, PG13, and Harden are all L.A. kids. Per your thought that PG might just prefer to stay home to be with kids, I can easily imagine a team not just older by a year but also even more dis-spirited than this squad -- just going through the motions for the 9 to 5 job before heading home to a Malibu mansion (put that way, can't say I'd blame them).

See that's the thing. It's a player option for 48m. If he just opts in, opens the new stadium, takes a whatever deal with the lakers after, then he can just stay in LA with his family.

 

[ElUno20]

I can’t see that happening as they’ll be moving into a new arena and want a somewhat competitive team. Running it back is really their only choice. Can’t go into a rebuild.

This fantasy talk but I'd let everyone walk, hope pg leaves and send Kawhi to Charlotte or Detroit for a 2nd round pick.

 

[Sam Ray Not]

sort of? They were mostly old and while best in the regular season, they were all shown in playoffs to not even be playoff-competitive. So pretty easy to make case it was very deep division (no bad teams) but also thoroughly mediocre

For sure. I just meant “best by total W-L” (and by “best worst team”).