How the LA Clippers Fumbled Two Golden Generations
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- After decades of consistent failure, the LA Clippers entered the 2011-12 NBA Season with an all-time trio; Deandre Jordan, Blake Griffin and Chris Paul. But unfortunately, the Lob City Era was plagued with injuries and underperformance in the post-season.
Soon after, the superstar duo of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George took over the reigns but again looked to have failed miserably.
The failure of these golden generations has been so severe that it has come to be known simply as the 'Clippers Curse.'
"I've been poor, I've been rich, I've been fat, I've been skinny, I've been old, I've been in the Hall of Fame and one thing I can always tell you,the Clippers have always sucked”
- Charles Barkley
Aged well that even the people in LA said ‘clippers suck’ when I was a kid
They should go back to San Diego
@@Mcheeks09 facts I’ve been saying that too. Clippers have no culture in LA which is dominated by the lakers. I’m San Diego, they’d have their own identity
Duuuude, that Shai for PG trade must hurt so much
Why would it hurt? They both won the trade.
@@Bearsfan15654 OKC WON the trade. Clips did not do anything with two all-nba, now they have 4 aged injury-prone ex-all stars and are going to jump rebuild soon. They lost the trade. They could keep Shai, develop around him naturaly and not lose as many resources. At the time it was even trade, looking back, OKC won that 100.
@@michalkoutny1752how many chips has okc had? How many conference finals? If okc wins some of those then yes, they won the trade. If not, they are both just good teams
@@notatrolllli mean that’s one way to
look at it, or you can look at it as the Clippers trading away their whole future, picks included to win now and not coming even close to winning it all. they gave up their future for years to come and further beyond just to win one chip and they couldn’t, didn’t even make a WCF. so sure u can say they both won but in reality the team with the brighter future won, the Clippers are damn near going to have to rebuild if PG doesn’t sign back. OKC was the #1 seed led by the player they traded while he vastly outplayed the Clippers best two players 😂 the same player who was top 5 in MVP voting this year. Clippers lost this trade and it’s not even close, just cause OKC hasn’t won yet doesn’t mean it’s equal
@@notatrollll Dude, but rn they are in much better position to get one. Players , draft capital. You have to be completly dull not to see that.
If I was Steve Ballmer, I would have moved the team from LA back down to San Diego… That could have been the catalyst for a true franchise rebirth.
Amen
Or better yet, moved them to Serbia 🇷🇸
Moved them to taiwan 🇹🇼
@@Tykoon22 i would have moved to seattle and been the sonics
@@willstrick9185this!
This is crazy good. That sad ass background music really gets the “unseeable failure” mentality of the Clippers across, but it’s so hopeful at the same time to the point where even though you know they never get it done, you gotta keep watching to see where they go from there.
Great lobs, sadass music
And now PG is a 76er
The Flippers curse is the gift that never stops giving.
As a Nugs fan that 3-1 bubble comeback with Murray possessed is probably my favorite memory. The chip against the Heat was awesome, no doubt, but we were heavily favored. It seemed like everybody looked over us until the clippers comeback. That was the proverbial start of our championship run
… sorry Clippers fans 😂
As a heat fan it was glorious seeing yall comeback on those guys😂 I loved every bit of it
18:34 - thx for mentioning that. Many Clippers reviews forget to mention Clippers tampering with Kawhi. As a Raptors fan I absolutely do not care about the Clippers curse given their blatant tampering during 2018-19
finally someone mentions this, it was so much blatant tampering having those Clippers execs at our games…I’ll love Kawhi since he gave us a chip but imma continue to pray on the Clippers downfall😂
I think that 3-1 in 2020 was karma. They tampered with KL for a year, screwing the raptors in the process and then KL jerking the lakers around for over a week and having them miss out on other FAs. I think it came out later that it was possibly intentional. Since then they have had their normal bad luck but that 3-1 was something legendary with double digit leads in every game.
I remember the summer of 2019 when the Clippers were the 8th seed without any star, fighting the mighty Warriors , embracing the hustle and grit style of basketball and having a young stud name Shai along a veteran 6th man name Lou. Of course they lost it but it was fun to see them won 2 games against the Warriors. That summer when Kawhi came in town alongside with PG, i asked myself why he needed PG, since the Clips were young and coachable, with multiple assets and on the ascending path well beyond their curve. As for Kawhi, he will go down as one of the biggest "what if" of the 2010s and early 2020s NBA since he stopped two potential three-peats (the Heat and the Warriors), but his knee was like a candle, always be blown at the worst moment.
Thunder won the curse at the long run
Kawhi was hidden in raptors team knew how to win in regular season was the #1 seed past 2-3 seasons kawhi just turned it up in playoffs , the difference with clippers is they traded all the picks for pg who wasn’t needed , the best squad the clippers had was that 2020 clippers it gave kawhi a break on offense, But 2021 was heavy on kawhi and clippers even tho that 2021 was deadly they came back 0-2 against the Mavs and that #1 seed jazz but unfortunately Joe ingles injured kawhi on a fast break bump , and year after year they traded their 2016-2019 core and flipped them into all catch and shooters and traded all their players that can create for their selfs on top of that Paul George being bad in bubble and kawhi and pg never playing together healthy since 2020
It never made sense to me for OKC to trade SGA for PG
When you’re trading all those 1st round picks for a player that already wants a trade, you do not just “throw in” a young upcoming star. SGA would have been the perfect 3rd piece with PG and Kawhi and they probably could have won a title with the 3 of them at some point, and I doubt PG would have left like he just did.
Anybody else never expected the Lob City clips to win a ring with Griffin and Jordan as their second and third best players? Never making a conference finals is disappointing but I never once saw them realistically having a chance at a ring. Now the Kawhi led Clippers on the other hand lol
Nah lol they were stacked wym?? JJ Redick and Lou Will plus Glen Davis were there also. They had scoring firepower all over
you probably didn't actually watch games and weren't watching them as a team in real time. They were the top 3 if not the best team in the west for years, super deep bench and were absolutely electric. DA & BG were playing with one of the best pure point guards to ever play, that's why & they had great perimeter shooters so you'd pay dearly for doubling. The newer Clips with Leonard, is a different story. You can't have your best player not be a leader, I remember when Leonard sat in the box seats one year in the playoffs when he was hurt instead of on the bench with his guys IN THE PLAYOFFS, that's the moment I knew that team would never have post season success. I have never before or after seen a injured player sit in the stands in the post season, that's insanity. Even very reserved guys like Tim Duncan was a vocal leader to his team when he needed to be.
@@Ninja_Walrus
Kawhi led clippers??? I really never expected them to win 🤣… I also didn’t believe in the lob city clippers either
Opposite, I always thought Kawhi was a a big man passed his prime who had no motivation because he already won two championships... And adding PG wasn't going to help.. two Superstars doesn't equal success.. Just like late 2000's Celtics, Lakers, 2010 Miami Heat, Golden State, Cleveland.. of you don't have three All-Stars.. your smoked kid
so sad because this team is actually really fun, having a city of LA for starters. also having a really nice logo and jerseys. sad times
I always knew they were cursed and chokers but i never realised it was this bad haha. Beautiful video btw dude
thanks a lot, appreciate the feedback as well.
nah there is definitely some curse why they choke in the playoffs, maybe an evil witch in the 1600's cursed the clippers bloodline
Solid video fam. I can definitely see you up there with the more popular channels soon.
I appreciate that!!
Clippers suffer from imposter syndrome and injuries…
They play their best when no one expects them to win, but when the whole world expects them to win they crumble as they prolly feel weird after being a sorry franchise.
And CP3 and Kawhi have the same story, they’re both capable of carrying but injuries stop them. And have an inconsistent 2nd guy, although I believe BG had more heart then PG.
I love Steve Ballmer as an NBA owner. He's the type of owner the other 29 should aim to be like. I am a Clippers fan because of Ballmer.
Yeah. Let your players choke, and get injured, or both.
he doesn't care about team success if it gets him ticket sales clearly
I’m a Laker fan but lob city was such a fun team to watch I wanted them to win a championship
Yeah they where fun I was mad in 2015 when they lost to Jouston after potentially taking down the spurs in which we thought Duncan was done after that series
Then your not a real Laker fan
Not a laker fan lol
@@jasonbecke sure buddy whatever you say
@@cplgsleight1661 it’s true no real Laker fan would ever want the Clippers to win ever thing. Or the Celtics I have a guy at work who says I hate the Celtics but don’t mind seeing them win because I like Tatum. Like wtf? You can’t ever no matter what want the Celtics or Clippers win.
heavily underrated channel wth i clicked on this video for curiosity but i watched the whole thing
means a lot to hear that ❤️
@@HAZZ44calling lob city golden is crazy
@@HAZZ44agreed you should have way more followers
Ironic how the PG and Kawhi era started with Luka in the playoffs and ended with Luka finally overcoming the Clippers
All 12 clippers fans cried in unison 😹
That game where Josh Smith and Corey Brewer turned in to prime Steph Curry and Klay Thompson was the definition of a fever dream. I fell asleep that night and woke up during Halftime, and legitimately tried to wake myself up again in the 4th quarter because I was positive I had to be stuck in a dream/nightmare.
Injuries are what they are, part of the game. Durability is a big part of a championship run. Nobody at fault really for injuries, they are just unpredictable.
intro is fire
Ugh. This hurts. Ive been a Clippers fan since 2005, man cant believe its almost 20 years. We’ve done well slowly changing the narrative from shitty franchise to a franchise with bad luck. We try now, hope we continue to evolve where superstar free agents want to come here.
You're still crappy. Just with winning records.
Only way is if you move cities. LA don’t want y’all
And now shai a top 8 player in the league lol and he only 26 and actually plays
I’d say Leonard still has something to prove to be an all time great. The talent is there but he’s missed too many games with injuries or managing his load
Great content…subscribed! Looking forward to seeing how your channel continues to grow!
Kawhi should’ve stayed in Toronto. I truly believe they’d have at least two titles.
I was a big fan of the Lob City Era but it's a shame how they couldn't get over the hump and make the finals once in the last 10 years
its crazy because you can make a really good argument that outside of the PG overpay you cant even really blame the clippers as an organization for the kawhi-PG duo failures as after one year (which they definitely shouldve done better in) they just couldnt ever be healthy to really stand a chance
There seems to be a curse with the Clippers as they always ended up choking even if they sign top-tier players. May be they have been grappling with injuries of stars and dismal & mundane performances of stars in the clutch moments. The Clippers somehow botched things all in a daunting and brutal way.
As a native of Inglewood now in Hawthorne, grew up a Los Angeles Lakers fan but used to purchase 🎟 🎫 to Clippers game because they were cheaper and I got to see Michael Jordan his Chicago Bulls, Grant Hill and the Detroit Pistons, Shaq & Penny's Orlando Magic and even bought tickets to see Reggie Miller 😆 🤣 😂
I remember my Aunt in Inglewood bought my a red Lamar Odom jersey, and I told her I appreciate the jester but may I get the receipt and I returned that bull 💩 because I'd rather burn in 🔥 for eternity than associate with anything CHOKERS related.
The Clippers are an absolute mess! Every damn year, and it’s beyond pathetic. When the Toronto Raptors win a championship before the Clippers, THEN take the key player from that championship run, and you DON’T win, it’s BAD!
15:06, that lady in the back is diggin for gold 😂
LMAO
The few people who actually watch whole basketball seasons, games & the people who understand the game of basketball know how elite & electric Lob City was. this narrative that Cp3 isn't a winner is absolutely baffling. He has sort of the LeBron effect in which he can join damn near any team and they become a playoff team or contender instantly no matter the roster. This narrative that everyone is always chirping about is completely backwards. Also Lob City was extremely deep, they're bench was stacked. They were a great team and just because they didn't win a championship does not make them a terrible team. I am in no way a Clippers fan, but I played for over 10 years, I coached and I do actually sit down and watch regular season basketball games (which as the years go on, less and less people do & just watch highlights and clips on social media) and I have religiously watched the NBA since 2006. I'm not saying that stuff because I am better than anyone, I am not. The only reason I am including that info about me is just to help validate what I am saying.
Imagine how stupid the people who said Kawhi was better than Lebron seem now lol. People had the audacity to crown this team as the best without them having won anything. The media sucked this team like never before... what a joke. The one time they were healthy they were completely humiliated by Denver. Failures.
The opening still ages poorly... even with Lakers being a joke in recent times, they still can win banners...
As a spurs fan, I was upset that Kawhi got a championship in Toronto, but I’m happy that his time with the clippers has been an utter failure. Can’t believe he gave up the Spurs organization for that shit show.
mans brought y'all your last championship blame your head coach and mid front office for him leaving
lol at you completely ignoring his the entire team, head coach, and front office turned their backs on him. They tried to throw him under the bus & claim that his injury wasn’t real… All of these years later, we understand why Kawhi has been so cautious with injuries
@@taihaul2480not what happened. The spurs medical staff told him his injury was a degenerative one and that if he wanted to continue his career he was going to have to play through the pain. He didn’t believe them. Went and got multiple second opinions until someone told him what he wanted to hear. Because of that and apparently his uncle in his ear he felt the spurs didn’t care about him or his injury and that they were trying to hurry him back from his injury before he was 100%. Considering his injury track record I’d say the spurs med staff got it right and that was just a catalyst to get kawhi his move back to LA that he wanted and the bigger market his uncle wanted to elevate his marketability. Was it messy yeah. But to say the team that has countless stories of their coach and front office caring about and checking in on guys even well after they’ve left is kinda wild. But you do you king pop off.
@@JuanGarcia-bz3lj forreal man. People don’t understand that he and his uncle were just looking for a reason to leave and get to LA. They wanted what they wanted and this was a great excuse for them to use in order to leave.
@@taihaul2480Kawhi had his history of load management so the blame was on him when it created a culture of other players doing the same thing
16:00 I think saying “up 7 points with 49 seconds left in a pivotal game 5” would’ve been better than up 1:0 😭
When u search up " choker" the clippers should be front and center
Clippers didn't fumble anything. Kawhi and Chris are always hurt when it matters.
As a Lakers fan I never cared about the clippers until we traded for Chris Paul and the trade got nixed, and the clippers were gifted chris paul. Then kawhi dragging along the Lakers and signing with the clippers. Paul George saying he grew up a Lakers fan just to switch and say he loved both La teams. One of the things i hate was when the Lakers were doing bad and the clippers were doing well Max kellerman said " You know the clippers always ran LA". I was confused, thinking since when?
Clippers need a winner, leader, they need that guy
Lakers have championship banners, Dodgers have championship banners, the Sparks have championship banners, the Kings have championship banners, even the (I will forever call them) the Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles have championship banners but meanwhile the Clippers have???!!! 😆 🤣 😂 Well at least they have Motivation Speaker - Matt "DOWN BY THE RIVER" Foley as their owner... #FOH 😅😅😅😅😅
PG must be happy knowing that his bag was secured before he becomes a liability on defense/foul merchant
This was a great video bud subbed!
thanks bro
Injuries hurt this generation. Or signing a player who refuses to play with any sign of injury. Could have hired a better coach too.
It's way longer than that.
My other home town team. Used to be able to watch every game for free. Would root just because so bad, but after Kwhy completely gave up. Go to Vegas or Seattle already. No one will miss.
well constructed vid, felt like I was watching a documentary, you earned a new sub.
appreciate that bro
Hahaha they choked every year as a lakers fan all I heard this is our year this is our time this is our season and to see them choke was absolutely priceless because and the fact that the lakers got another championship before y’all did is the icing on the cake
They forget to know their place lol
And that guy they traded back in 2019 he has turned into a real superstar for the OKC thunder they finished as the Top seed this year but they were knocked out by the Dallas mavericks in the second round of the playoffs
And that guy also got a medal in the world cup
Clippers and Failure mesh together so well like peanut butter and jelly
Honestly it maybe far fetched but if the Clippers moved to another state they would see post season success.
turns out the clippers never had a culture setter, if they had a jimmy butler like player they would've won games
Kawhi and Butler would be a nasty duo if healthy ngl.
Dude, your videos are top notch
The answer is simple: Doc Rivers is the cause
how do u not have mad followers i can watch this to go to sleep ya voice great for this
haha thanks
i feel like kawhi would suit better with more balanced team with depth like that raptor
From the future to let y’all know that PG left for Philly. 😂😂😂
When Luka drops 42 for his first PO game on two (three with Pat Bev) of the best 2-Way wings... Well, you can tell your team's gonna crumble
15:07 is a perfect angle, cut remembering how did the season go.
The hamstring of Chris Paul needs its own episode.
I really love this clippers team i always want them to win at least play for finals but its hard for the organization to do it.
The crazy part is they could have been the beloved LA team as the Lakers were downtrodden for much of the 2010s.
Making Doc Rivers coach and executive was where they failed
someone please get this man more subscribers
I find it ironic how the Clippers have the richest owner, so it makes no difference to him if they win or lose
imo he's one of the more engaged owners, if not the most engaged. I think he wants this team to succeed more than anyone. But financially yeh, makes no difference for him.
Thanks for uploading in my humble opinion the biggest L the clippers took having Lost Angeles in their franchise 😂
They crowned Kawhi as a top 5 player all time after Toronto and the Clippers thought they could rely on him which was ludicrous honestly he never deserved that standing or status at all in my opinion
How does a bucks team see this and think oh let me sign doc rivers as our coach -_-
Clippers just sad …. Ill be crazy to be fan of them
I started watching nba since 96, n one thing remains true....clippers always sucks
Its so sad i rather suicide in detroit pistons than have false hope in lob city
And the Pistons have rings.
Two inexplicable collapses by the Lob City Clippers in the playoffs and Kawhi Leonard being unable to finish a season is the short version.
Instead of Blake worrying about being tuff he wants to hug guys all day. 🤦♂️
The Los Angeles Clippers are one of five current NBA franchises that have yet to make an NBA Finals appearances.
And they're the oldest NBA franchise to have never made the NBA Finals.
I’m sure Sterling was/is the ONLY prejudiced owner in the NBA 🙄
They didn't fumble anything. They've been winning. It's just the injuries alone that's hampered them.
They ought to change their name to the Los Angeles Train Wrecks
They sold their souls extending Kawhi (not PG) and trading away the future in Shai
los angeles never needed or wanted a second team in the same conference
PG is a sixer
The reason I think they are cursed cause they’re from Buffalo. :(
Don’t throw our city in the mix like that. All those failures happened AWAY from Buffalo. 😂
DJ literally the only one to get a chip from the original Lob City crew. Also Ty Lue >>>> Doc Rivers
nahh the clippers made the right moves. just happen to have players who just weren't good enough to win.
Cp3, Blake Griffin, Kawhi,Pg13 injury prone that's it
Clippers building cursed...everybody knows that
I didn't I'm a spurs fan though
Been saying it for years. They’ve gotta change the name. Call them anything but the Clippers. That’d be a start.
2019-2020 to 2023-24 is a generation 😂
9:44 holy shit yall see that score??
They are waiting for Leonard to stay healthy. That is never going to happen.
But their team building has actually been quite good. Much better than the Lakers.
How? The Lakers actually won a championship. Both the clippers and Lakers have made it to a conference championship game, with the Lakers being the most recent. And we both lost in the first round last year
Who’s watching in 2167 after the clippers’ first ever championship 🔥 proved everyone wrong all we needed was LeBron
And now Shai is a superstar
No how Kawhi chose pg and Lou William's over a championship squad and the guaranteed chance to play lebron James in the bubble and win 2 plus chips sad
Clippers are the Chargers of the NBA
And both are former San Diego teams
Klaw DID NOT have 1 of the greatest runs in playoff history.. EVERY TEAM A HAD an injury or 2 or 3 .. n a lucky shot
better than any of lebron's playoff runs
Shut up bro
Lob city was cheated out of a ring and the Kawhi PG13 never worked because of injuries and they didn’t show up at the bubble
Lob City shouldn't have had Chris Paul in the first place. He was traded to the Lakers, but Mark Cuban and Dan Gilbert complained and got the trade nixed. You can stop read the letter Dan Gilbert wrote about the Lakers trading for Chris Paul
Great video
Just leave LA, it would be good for all of us.