The West in 2014 was insane. The top 3 seeds all had to play 49+ win teams in the first round and all 3 went to 7 games. And the suns had 48 wins and didn't even make the playoffs
@@futuregohan4837 Bucks already had a ring from the 70s and then got one in 2020. It took multiple defeats and being reduced to tears by Kawhi for Giannis to finally win with the Bucks.
Draymond put the failings of the Clippers pretty accurately on JJ Redick’s podcast: When games went the Clippers’ way, things went well. The second the Warriors or any other team went on a run, the Clippers broke down and couldn’t get passed their personal issues and come back as a single unit.
@@darnellwilliams8783 he could probably see their bench though, and it was probably obvious if everyone was playing hero ball the moment the Warriors went on a run
@@darnellwilliams8783 Id say Draymond knows what he’s talking about, seeing he’s a basketball savant and a 3x champ, while the clippers never made it past the second round
The 2015 Clippers vs Spurs series was one of the most competitive and exciting playoff series of the entire decade. Blake was an absolute monster in that series. Taking out the champs that season made the Warriors path to the finals exponentially easier. I’m still a Clippers fan to this day because of that era despite the heartbreak. Doc lacked imagination given the talent he had on the roster, but his dignity and professionalism displayed during the Donal Sterling fiasco solidified my pride in the emerging era of Clipper basketball. I’ll always be a fan of Doc, Blake, and CP3 because they turned a historically bad organization into one respected enough to acquire Kawhi. The turnaround of the Clippers over the last decade was built on the backs of Lob City.
They would also matchup fairly good against the Warriors that year who if i recall correctly struggled against teams with strong interior presence and overall tough defense
Glad you’re a loyal clippers fan. I started turning against the franchise as soon as Blake left, it really broke my heart that day when they traded the most loyal/best player at that time to the Pistons.
@Versatile Wolf NWO there isn’t any excuse in the entire post. It’s a fact that the Clippers and/or the Spurs would have been the toughest challenge the Warriors had to face that year. I didn’t excuse the Clippers collapse against the Rockets. They blew it… just like the Warriors blew a 73 win season.
@@ulyssesperry886 it broke my heart that they traded Blake away too. He was the reason I started watching the Clippers, but considering his career trajectory after the trade and where we ended up… it was the right move at the right time.
As a clippers fan, it was two words. DOC RIVERS. Made no adjustments to the team or any plays during his stent with them. It was obvious it was his fault when we went far last year. Also it was injuries as well
@@fishingtacklechannel I concur. I really think Doc should coach sub par teams like back in his Magic or the 2018 Clippers. That's when he shines the most.
And he definitely killed the core of Lob City once he became GM by trading for old, washed players. Because Glenn Rivers doesn't want to deal with developing young players, he just relies on the old school guys and hope for them to be mature enough to do everything for him.
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Excellent video. The 2012-2017 clippers was a true definition of second round purgatory. They were good enough to win 60 games a season but just not good enough to pass the second round year after years
If it weren't for 2021, the Bucks RN would be in that same realm. 2019, lose the ECF to Toronto, 2020 lose to Miami in the 2nd round, 2022 lose to Boston in the 2nd round. Thank God Durant likes to wear shoes that are too big.
As a hyper casual NBA fan who rarely if ever watches a full game, I absolutely love these deep dive videos on players careers and infamous teams. I knew of Lob City and the main players but virtually nothing else. This was not only very informative but kept my interest throughout the entire 25 minute run. The editing, and overall quality of your videos are top notch, Keep up the great work man!!!
I have been supporting LAC for 22 years already. I was talking to my friend recently it's sad to see LAC couldn't win anything with that strong starting lineup during the LOB City era, but CP3 just brought the Phoenix Suns to the Final in his first season with the team, and here comes your great video.
I love CP3, Lob City era, Kawhi, PG but honestly curse is deserved for being a Wallmart Lakers and secondary team in millionaires and snobs city for no reason when Seattle or some other basketball loving city could use a team.@@cruzloera4931
2015 was their best chance. The Warriors were still beatable, they eliminated the champs Spurs, and The Cavs didnt have Love or Kyrie due to injuries. We could say the injuries throughout their era was a big problem, but back then and now i still think, if Doc Rivers just would have done 3 or 4 changes in their system, they would have beaten Houston. But, he didnt make any defensive stops, their system started to collapse and the rest is history. The only change in their system i could retell Doc did was to use Griffin's passing and screens to get Reddick open for three, that change was efective but that was all.
What i mean is that 2015 warriors team were the peak warriors or prime warriors without kd. The 2016 warrios in the finals are basically depleted because of injuries and fatigue of the 73-9 run. The 2016 warriors are more beatable than the 2015 one.
I think it all boils down to chemistry, you can have all the talent in the world but if your star players are bickering like children, it's next to impossible to go all the way.
Doesn't help when half the lineup is on cortisone injections, broken orbital bones, bon spurs etc. Clippers 2013-14 were winning every series they played until CP or Blake got injured along with at least 3-4 role players. The rockets series was the worst of them all. They went up without CP and then Blake tore a MCL, Jamal strained a hamstring that nagged him all season, JJ Redick and Glen Davis had bones spurs in their ankles, Matt Barnes had a torn labrum, Austin Rivers dropped out to the broken Orbital and came back momentarily to lead a comeback. This was one of many cases proving they were not front runners. And the Grizzlies comeback was historic, Spurs (the defending champions) comeback etc. The clippers are the only team to beat two champions in back to back playoffs. They had it all until the injuries and eventually the CP ego got involved in each losing effort.
I remember the KD leaving OKC situation like it was yesterday man. It would be interesting to see how things would've turned out if KD had signed with the clippers
That year they beat the Spurs in Game 7 and lost a 3-1 lead to Hardens Rockets, was their year to win a championship. They had the Warriors number in the Playoffs before they won a championship. Also, Cleveland was injured in the Finals.
I wish the Warriors had faced them in the Conference Finals but I think they wouldve beaten the Clippers. Remember, the previous year, the series went to 7 games. That year Steph became the MVP and Klay became an all-star. And had homecourt advantage.
Omg I am so exited you made this! Great vid and I was wondering if you could make a video about how John Wall’s wizards failed to contend or how the Hornets squandered Kemba Walker’s talent
Clippers fan here, the moment Doc left, the Clippers make the WCF. Doc just loved choking and did nothing to improve the team’s chemistry. Those Rockets and Nuggets series still hurt.
Clippers fan here since 2006, I've been through a lot of heartbreak with this team and I constantly get clowned for it every season...but something about our current FO with the great Jerry West, has really turned our franchise around. We made the WCF without Kawhi, a feat we have never done before as a franchise..amazing. I'm hopeful for our squad. Especially with Lue at the helm, he's found a gem in T-Mann and most recently we got Norman Powell and Covington for pretty much nothing but an aging bledsoe a rook and a pick in the draft. I like our chances..I'm so used to heartbreak with this team but I feel this may be the turn around. Just needa get PG & Kawhi healthy for next season, this one is to develop and reload. Lob City was great for the franchise, but we used it as a leaping board to what we are now. A respected franchise with players actually wanting to come and play for us, rather than at times the Lakers, that is a great victory to say the least. Also, a new arena in 2025 for us by Mr. Ballmer himself who also now owns the forum haha only way is up my dude! (sorry for the long comment)
Seems like you skipped the most important reason they didn't win a chip. It's because of their coach Glenn Rivers. That guy is mediocre at best and could only win 1 chip with 4 HOF in their line up. Seeing how the Lob City collapses, the Kawhi + PG combo collapses, and last year how the 76ers collapsed and gave up huge leads... the common denominator here is Glenn Rivers and he should never get another job again. If the Lob City had a legit top 10 coach of the league they would've easily won a chip or two (unfortunately they had a bottom 10).
@@rockscracked6161 I don’t think so. Rivers isn’t great, but Tyron Lue alone can’t fix Blake griffin’s legs or choking. Not to mention they were in the same league as the all time great spurs, heat, warriors, and thunder
@@lik7953 a good coach can fix choking at a certain level (if he can prevent a meltdown the sixers would beat the Rockets in 2015) Granted im not sure if they could beat the Warriors that year
Idk, Doc is a weird. I can't really call him bad because after joining Clippers he instantly made the team significantly more efficient at least in regular season. Vinny Del Negro Clippers were good but never was leaders in any category while Doc's Clippers had top 1-3 offense (even first the first year before GSW evolved into their final form) and also improved their defense to also to top 5 (top 2 for a brief period of time). Sure, such players like JJ Reddick and Matt Barnes addition played a role in that too and would have make a team better even under Vinny Del Negro but the results and stats speak for themselves. Regular season is regular season but it's still a pretty big achievement to perform at such level for 82 games so it's not useless. That being said, during playoffs Doc absolutely sucks and is a complete non factor or even a detriment to a team at times because of his stubbornness and unwillingness to adjust and lack of imagination/vision for the game. Team's choking is purely on Doc and not on CP3. Contrary to a popular belief CP3 performed in every single series outside of the one with OKC. But even in that series he was carrying hard (legit was the best KD defender on the team on top of doing the usual CP3 things on offense) until that bad stint in game 5 and 6 which kinda costed the series. However, later seasons even things during regular season went downhill because of his "oligarchy" in the team with Austin Rivers situation, and signings of old friends/players, it's pretty well documented. His playoffs "genius" also really shows with him not knowing what to do with JJ Reddick despite desperately relying on him being by far the best team's spacer and shooter for years.
Locker room issues aside, I think one of the issues clippers werent living up to expectation is because other than CP3 talent-wise they werent good enough. Blake was supposed to be that 2nd superstar but he was never really that. In a changing nba game he never developed an effective jumpshot, wasnt really good in the post as a PF and had a reputation of being soft. In terms of the other guys in that team the only player that could really create his own shot was Jamaal but he was limited to a bench role. So pretty much Cp3 didnt have enough help which is evident by the fact that when Cp3 joined an actual superstar with Harden, they went toe to toe with the Warriors dynasty.
@@jhdivina I mean I guess he improved his jumpshot somewhat but it wasnt reliable to be a threat to help their playoff runs. By the time he made it reliable and extended his range to the 3pt line the lob city era was pretty much over so its a a shame the clippers couldnt attract a third option to put them over the line.
@@righteo9117 now this part is correct but honestly I think we would have been better off with Kyrie maybe the clippers were too thirsty for cp but maybe Cp3 would have been better off a laker I mean he was better a hornet than a clipper if we’re being honest and I also think Chris stunted Blake’s growth in some ways I think Blake griffin had the complete package and he was willing to improve and expand his game as you can see in his later years. He is actually my favorite player and I believe he is the best clipper of all time. I think the clippers should have stuck it out and gotten Kyrie I’m not sure if Chris was the best to put along side Blake bc initially it was Blake’s Team
Bro I love your channel and your dedication to your craft gives me motivation to do better at my craft and to reach harder for my life goals 🥅 thank you 🙏🏾 and great job champ I’m here for every video.
Lob City Clippers had so many issues with the front office. In my opinion, they made a lot of issues with the new players they took. Literally only Cp3, JJ, Blake, DeAndre, and Jamal can score. There comes a time where only starters played the whole game (not literally whole game). It was just bad. Doc Rivers fucked it up by adding his son and an old Paul Pierce.
@SUBSCRIBO austin a good side piece? I will give credit to his defense ut his offense was severely lacking, in his 3 seasons with the clippers in the playoffs he shot 32% from 3, only 66% from ft and a true shooting of just 49%, that is not something that i will call "good side piece"
Our main problem was not being able to sign a good SF. The best we had during whole that era was Matt Barnes. I love that dude but if he's the best we ever had, that's a problem. The sad part is we managed to get both Harris and Gallinari right after trading Blake.
@@luchogonzealaise3717 I highly agree! I wanted to mention their small forward not being able to contribute but he was kinda their defender. And hell yeah man, Matt Barnes was the only small forward we saw from that Lob City Clippers actually contributing. Especially that last few seconds Game 7 defense against the Defending Champ Spurs ( Spurs actually got cheated with the timer). When it was announced that Kevin Durant might join the Lob City Clippers, I really got excited that finally the lineup is about to be complete. But then yeah... =( It feels so good talking with a Lob City Clippers fan
I'm a foreigner that grew up watching this Clippers team. Remember constantly showing up to the school late despite them being clearly outmatched by Spurs (talking about a different Clippers vs Spurs series earlier) cause I insisted to finish the games that would start very early in the morning for me and would sometimes drag way past my first lesson (series were quite ugly from the Clippers side though because Clippers relying way too much on Griffing and CP3 isos in the playoffs). Also, remember spending a weekend over my friends at being the only one mesmerized by that Clippers vs defending champions Spurs game 7 thriller and pissing my friends that way because I made them to watch it with me when everyone else were only interested in Floyd vs Pacquiao match that happened the same day. Good times lmao @@ilovejeffhardy3906
Makes sense because that makes you a fake clipper fan, any clipper fan that starts supporting the clippers since Lob city are not considered real fans!
As someone watching from afar who has no vested interest in the team, I'd say injuries destroyed the 'Lob City' Clippers, not ego. The ego factor came in much later, as a by-product of all the disappointment & pent-up frustration.
I love falling asleep to these videos. I legitimately thought you had like 200k with your production value and editing, but damn, you'll get there soon!
Chris Paul was truly a great NBA point god. It is funny that at earlier in his career people were saying Deron William was better than him during 05-07. It’s hard to win a championship being the best player on the team when you are under 6 feet tall.
People comparing CP3 and Deron William back in late 00s makes a perfect sense and it's not a pure black or white. For a short period of time it was a more modern version of Jason Kidd vs Steve Nash and there were arguments to be made in DWill favour cause in fact he has seen more immediate very impressive success with a team and was ahead in their head to heads. You could ask what CP3 thinks about this and he would say that DWill was amazing and probably his tougher competition at the time. It's just CP3 has had a much better career and longevity but peak Deron Williams was indeed a beast and respected by the likes of CP3, LeBron and Kobe as well as an important part of those historical 2008 and 2012 USA olympic teams. In 2008 they both shared the same time behind Jason Kidd and in 2012 even though CP3 started, they both still shared the same play time and had almost exact contribution. Like you can say that CP3 by a tiny amount was better but by it's not like you are entirely wrong if you would say that DWill was better. It was super super close. Btw, if anything CP3 is closer to 6'1 than being under 6 (which is still small and limiting for a player especially when you already rely fully on skill due to injury history (CP3 before knee injury in 2010 was both skilled and incredibly athletic)
Everything sounded good until you said the front office was fed up. Clippers didn't trade CP3 just to trade him. He left but the only way to get rerouted to Houston was a sign and trade. That was his decision, not the front office Edit: also the trade was in 2017 not 2018
That’s not even the problem. They never lost to golden state in the playoffs. They only lost to the spurs once and that was at the very beginning of the lob city era. They were never good enough to even face the spurs/warriors
I've been a clippers fan since Griffin got drafted cause I watched him at Oklahoma, I remember all this I watched all these games and playoffs and the pain I felt, your video brought it all back
Gordo really got up in that ass during that series. As good as he is, it's sad thinking of what he could have been if he didn't have that terrible ankle injury.
The biggest hurdle was in those years the western conference was STACKED: Spurs, OKC, a young GS, Memphis, Clippers, Utah, Dallas, NO, Portland and others. Every game was a big deal
Being from Southern California and a Lakers fan my whole life it was really funny to see all the Clippers bandwagon fans after jumped on after that 2011 season. Suddenly there were all these people who had all of a sudden been a Clipper "fan" for their entire life it was really silly.
Seeing these Clips fail as a Laker fan, I really wonder what if Chris Paul joined us instead. Maybe we could win some championships? I see it tho as unlikely because of the nature of the NBA back then, but we'll definitely be more competitive entering the twilight of Kobe's career.
According to Stern at that time, the Lakers would be "too good" if they got CP3, even though the Lakers were about to give up Gasol and Odom for him and LeBron formed the Big 3 in Miami a year prior. He pretty much admitted that he didn't want the Lakers to keep winning
The Lakers would have 1 more ring Kobe bryant would of filled the ghost of Jordan etc. But the NBA helped them with Portland and kings so with that trade David and Clivand GM complain like baby is why it did not happen then the organization did not draft the correct players or But the right staff for Koby they wasn't the last year I still think he should have retired in 2013 not taken the extentions at all.
I love these vids man, I’ve seen this lil series of yours since the start and i can’t wait to see you make more of these or even jus diff content. keep up the work🤞🏿
Very sad ending for a very great team. I was rooting for them. Too bad the clippers are staying in LA and not moving to Anaheim or San Diego. At least they are getting a new arena.
This channel really shows how important it is to incite people to like and subscribe to your channel. This dude puts out bangers and gets tons of views but yet only has 130k subs
Love the vids man great one as usual. Have you thought about doing deep dives on championship winners ? How the built there teams and there many failures until breaking through? The last three champions have interesting roads to the championship
This was my favorite team to use on 2k all I’d do was run Pick and roll plays for DJ and Blake and spot up jj for easy 3’s. With a great Floor general like Chris Paul It was easy and I’d do the sickest Ankle breakers with Jamal Crawford
I will never forgive Stern for blowing up the CP3 trade. If it had been allowed to go through the Flippers wouldn't have happened and Kobe would've had 8 rings.
CP3 is not Howard, bro. Kobe had a huge respect for CP3 competitive nature. If anything where a lot of time CP3's overcompetitivness rubbed some players the wrong way, it would have been a great match with Kobe. Like, CP3 got chubbier in between his Clippers and Rockets days but there is a high chance the combination of CP3 and Kobe would have pushed them work even harder. The only concerns was if their playstyles would mash cause all though in different ways, they both were ball dominant players. However, I'm pretty sure by that time Kobe was mature enough to find a compromise to make it work and CP3 in Rockets and OKC showed that he has no problems playing off ball either so I'm pretty sure he would have no issues in doing the same when playing alongside the legend. It's truly one of the biggest if moments in NBA history. @@MicahBell763
JJ Redick always talks about this team: too many egos and drama kept them from being able to mentally compete with true teams like the Golden State Warriors
This might come to a disagreement, Clippers also didn't have a proper floor general after CP3 on the bench, it was all shooters with little defense, I think. Funny it's because of that David Stern CP3 deal that made the Clippers relevant to this day.
If you haven't already, I'd love to see one of these on those late 80's, early 90's Trailblazers teams led by Clyde Drexler and coached by Rick Adleman who made the finals twice, losing to those Bad Boy Pistons and the Bulls!
I hate when people misrepresent the trade veto and it instantly turns me off. The NBA was in charge of the hornets at the time, now put yourself in charge of the Hornets - what or why in the heck would you trade Chris Paul for nothing? So of course you would veto that obviously lopsided trade. Is this just a lakers fan thing to misrepresent this decision? Then the Clippers came along with an actually equitable trade and it obviously went through.
The Clippers are always a franchise i love to see fail. They're somehow always the team with the most cocky roster who somehow always blows it in the playoffs
Their fans are even more cocky. "wE rUn LA!!" they keep saying despite their team only been past the 2nd round once and never been to the finals in their 60+ year history
as a clippers fan it hurt to see them fail again and again i just wanted to see them finally win, to see blake griffin win, to see chris paul win, but we just couldn’t make it to the finals, but now we have a finals mvp kawhi leonard, and paul george and i really do hope we can finally win a championship
2015 was their best chance. Blowing that 3-1 Lead, and 20+ Point Lead vs The Rockets was unacceptable and the end of them. They were a terrible match-up for GSW, and they would've gotten a Banged up Cavs. What could've been.
Totally disagree that the Clippers were a tough matchup for Golden State once Steve Kerr was at the helm, starting in 2014-2015. Starting that year, Draymond Green became their primary defender on Blake Griffin, and once that happened, the Warriors no longer needed to send double teams. From there, Golden State was even or better at every other position, with a much more productive bench.
They never had a chance 2015 warriors and 2014 spurs respectively (I know the beat the next year but in 2014 they were a different breed they were unstoppable that year)
I remember I started watching basketball in 2013, I saw LOB city play and fell in love with the team. ( since Seattle doesn’t have a team) 😂Go Clippers !!
I wonder why you didn't mention the Donald Sterling controversy, which was a big factor in the team beating the Warriors in the name of solidarity and unity in the face of adversity.
Win a championship? Those choke artists couldn't make it to a damn conference championship. They have the least talked about blown 3 -1 series lead ever when they choked against the Rockets in 2015. As well as another choked series against the Thunder when CP3 completely malfunctioned at the end of a game. The rest of their failed seasons have the injury excuse
19:04 Fun fact: Blake Griffin and CP3 locked Jordan in his house until he agreed to call off the deal with the Mavs and re-sign with the Clippers. Mark Cuban was reportedly infuriated
The last word “Failure” describes perfectly this franchise. … and forever will be known as the OTHER LA Basketball team. When they go to their new arena no one will notice.
Meanwhile the Lakers struggle to make the playoffs and got bailed out by Disney in 2020. Ten years between rings 12 and 13 and it will be another decade again because the Lakers FO sucks ass.
Even though I’m not a Clippers fan, this is BS. The Clippers do have a dedicated fan base, and their home games during the playoffs are always loud. Even though they may not be as big as the Lakers, they can still have a slice of the city to themselves.
@@holzman00 I know there are a few of you. The fan base in LA is 5000 to 1 or something like that. I wasn’t referring to the fan base tho, I am referring to the failed cursed franchise you keep supporting. More power to you.
@@holzman00 I know. That’s what I said. But the slice is minute & meaningless….and the reason they have a following is the huge ticket price difference.
Love the content! You should do more of these. I’m a huge fan and could watch them all day. I’m interested in recent and even really old NBA storylines like 60s-70s. Either way keep up with the great content
This should be retitled "How the LOB City LA Clippers failed to reach a Western Conference Finals".
Well you cant do that they just went to a wcf
Probably just add Lob City there
@@memetheslumpgod1779 Fine.
"How the LOB City era LA Clippers failed to make the Western Conference Finals"
@@memetheslumpgod1779but it wasn’t in the lob city era though
@@memetheslumpgod1779 dumbass bitch can't even see the title "LOB City LA Clippers" in his comment
The West in 2014 was insane. The top 3 seeds all had to play 49+ win teams in the first round and all 3 went to 7 games.
And the suns had 48 wins and didn't even make the playoffs
Yep but I think we all can agree the clippers definitely got away with a series win vs gsw solely because the refs didn’t care cp3 fouled Steph on a 3
Warriors vs Clippers still one of my favorite series
What's Sad Is That Giannis Antetokounmpo Has An Ring Before The Clippers LOL The Greek Freak Has A Ring
@@futuregohan4837 Bucks already had a ring from the 70s and then got one in 2020. It took multiple defeats and being reduced to tears by Kawhi for Giannis to finally win with the Bucks.
@@NotaPizzaGRL reduced to tears by Kawhi lmao, Raptors coach just owns bud bcs he aint very good coach
Draymond put the failings of the Clippers pretty accurately on JJ Redick’s podcast: When games went the Clippers’ way, things went well. The second the Warriors or any other team went on a run, the Clippers broke down and couldn’t get passed their personal issues and come back as a single unit.
lightscore96 I never knew Draymond played for the clippers so how could he know what was going on in the locker room
@@darnellwilliams8783 he could probably see their bench though, and it was probably obvious if everyone was playing hero ball the moment the Warriors went on a run
@@darnellwilliams8783 Id say Draymond knows what he’s talking about, seeing he’s a basketball savant and a 3x champ, while the clippers never made it past the second round
@@darnellwilliams8783 yeah but he probably knows what he’s talking about. Man is a vet with very high bball IQ
doc rivers plays a huge part in that
The 2015 Clippers vs Spurs series was one of the most competitive and exciting playoff series of the entire decade. Blake was an absolute monster in that series. Taking out the champs that season made the Warriors path to the finals exponentially easier. I’m still a Clippers fan to this day because of that era despite the heartbreak. Doc lacked imagination given the talent he had on the roster, but his dignity and professionalism displayed during the Donal Sterling fiasco solidified my pride in the emerging era of Clipper basketball. I’ll always be a fan of Doc, Blake, and CP3 because they turned a historically bad organization into one respected enough to acquire Kawhi. The turnaround of the Clippers over the last decade was built on the backs of Lob City.
They would also matchup fairly good against the Warriors that year who if i recall correctly struggled against teams with strong interior presence and overall tough defense
Glad you’re a loyal clippers fan. I started turning against the franchise as soon as Blake left, it really broke my heart that day when they traded the most loyal/best player at that time to the Pistons.
Clippers crowned themselves after that series and forgot to play hard and underestimated the Rockets.
@Versatile Wolf NWO there isn’t any excuse in the entire post. It’s a fact that the Clippers and/or the Spurs would have been the toughest challenge the Warriors had to face that year. I didn’t excuse the Clippers collapse against the Rockets. They blew it… just like the Warriors blew a 73 win season.
@@ulyssesperry886 it broke my heart that they traded Blake away too. He was the reason I started watching the Clippers, but considering his career trajectory after the trade and where we ended up… it was the right move at the right time.
As a clippers fan, it was two words. DOC RIVERS. Made no adjustments to the team or any plays during his stent with them. It was obvious it was his fault when we went far last year. Also it was injuries as well
He is the main reason. He’s so passionate about losing, he overpaid hos mediocre son
@@fishingtacklechannel I concur. I really think Doc should coach sub par teams like back in his Magic or the 2018 Clippers. That's when he shines the most.
Overrated coach who cares more about virtue signaling.
And he definitely killed the core of Lob City once he became GM by trading for old, washed players. Because Glenn Rivers doesn't want to deal with developing young players, he just relies on the old school guys and hope for them to be mature enough to do everything for him.
@@mduis9532 no because he’s a black head coach and can’t have the brothas get fired or have to take blame
It blows my mind that such a talented group of dudes playing such a fun and electric style would let beef ruin their potential
Loving these deep dives to NBA teams. Here like clockwork whenever I see a notification. Great work and can't wait to see more!!!
What the heck does “here like clockwork whenever I see a notifications mean?
@@LeStephanie69 It's a really white saying. Basically, what Monkey D. Red is trying to convey is that whenever they see a notification that dylandoesbasketball has posted, they click it really fast and watch the video very shortly after it is posted because they enjoy dylandoesbasketball's videos. Thank you for reading this and I hope you develop critical thinking skills in the near future.
Sincerely,
booper bonkerton
@@booperbonkerton3814 ily…
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"Dropping everything to watch his videos" =/= "like clockwork".
I hope you learn how clocks work in the near future.
@@LeStephanie69 fx5&22 o try r
They didn't trade for Paul, David Stern awarded them Paul, because he didn't want the Lakers trade to go through.
Yup. Kobe + CP3 is guaranteed destruction for everyone else.
I remember that. I was at work with a Laker fan girl and he flipped out like all lame laker fans do lol
Yeah, what the heck is "basketball reasons"? I was wondering that.
The pels had no obligation to trade him
Because shinn was accepting lopsided trade just to save money 😅😅
Excellent video. The 2012-2017 clippers was a true definition of second round purgatory. They were good enough to win 60 games a season but just not good enough to pass the second round year after years
If it weren't for 2021, the Bucks RN would be in that same realm. 2019, lose the ECF to Toronto, 2020 lose to Miami in the 2nd round, 2022 lose to Boston in the 2nd round. Thank God Durant likes to wear shoes that are too big.
As a hyper casual NBA fan who rarely if ever watches a full game, I absolutely love these deep dive videos on players careers and infamous teams. I knew of Lob City and the main players but virtually nothing else. This was not only very informative but kept my interest throughout the entire 25 minute run. The editing, and overall quality of your videos are top notch, Keep up the great work man!!!
Always appreciate your work. You gotta do a video on my Phoenix Suns' years with Steve Nash. That would be both heartbreaking and amazing.
Yes 👌🏾
I second this as a Suns Fan.
What's the song at the end
I third that as suns fan, as well.
I fourth this, as a Neanderthal
There will never be a more mixtape team in history, the highlights from all of these dudes are absolutely insane.
I have been supporting LAC for 22 years already. I was talking to my friend recently it's sad to see LAC couldn't win anything with that strong starting lineup during the LOB City era, but CP3 just brought the Phoenix Suns to the Final in his first season with the team, and here comes your great video.
Cp3 isn't a heart of a champion, steph failed cp3 twice 2018 and 2019 season
CP3 choked that one too 😂 only a clippers fan would polish a turd and call it a participation trophy
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They are cursed. They could have Jordan, magic, shaq, Duncan and lebron in their primes with the greatest bench and still lose in the second round
I love CP3, Lob City era, Kawhi, PG but honestly curse is deserved for being a Wallmart Lakers and secondary team in millionaires and snobs city for no reason when Seattle or some other basketball loving city could use a team.@@cruzloera4931
2015 was their best chance. The Warriors were still beatable, they eliminated the champs Spurs, and The Cavs didnt have Love or Kyrie due to injuries. We could say the injuries throughout their era was a big problem, but back then and now i still think, if Doc Rivers just would have done 3 or 4 changes in their system, they would have beaten Houston. But, he didnt make any defensive stops, their system started to collapse and the rest is history. The only change in their system i could retell Doc did was to use Griffin's passing and screens to get Reddick open for three, that change was efective but that was all.
2015 warriors were beatable?? The same team that went 73-9 the exact next season??? Lol funny joke
@@kuhieyei3855 2015 the warriors were beatable wtf does the year after have to do with them being beatable in 2015
@@kuhieyei3855 he’s referring to 2014/15 but even in 2015/16 the second round gsw was injured
What i mean is that 2015 warriors team were the peak warriors or prime warriors without kd. The 2016 warrios in the finals are basically depleted because of injuries and fatigue of the 73-9 run. The 2016 warriors are more beatable than the 2015 one.
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Not to mention that 2016 GSW were still beatable. They barely made to the finals
This channel is CRIMINALLY underrated
facts
Like fr it still has 60k subs
These videos are so well produced you can feel you're bound to grow on this platform. Keep up the good work
I think it all boils down to chemistry, you can have all the talent in the world but if your star players are bickering like children, it's next to impossible to go all the way.
Doesn't help when half the lineup is on cortisone injections, broken orbital bones, bon spurs etc. Clippers 2013-14 were winning every series they played until CP or Blake got injured along with at least 3-4 role players. The rockets series was the worst of them all. They went up without CP and then Blake tore a MCL, Jamal strained a hamstring that nagged him all season, JJ Redick and Glen Davis had bones spurs in their ankles, Matt Barnes had a torn labrum, Austin Rivers dropped out to the broken Orbital and came back momentarily to lead a comeback. This was one of many cases proving they were not front runners. And the Grizzlies comeback was historic, Spurs (the defending champions) comeback etc. The clippers are the only team to beat two champions in back to back playoffs. They had it all until the injuries and eventually the CP ego got involved in each losing effort.
Then why did shaq and kobe go on a 3 peat
@@ihatetitcok2845 You forgot how that ended
@@ihatetitcok2845 shaq and kobe is just THAT dominant.
@@ihatetitcok2845 really? You have to ask? Or can’t you read or something?
As a die-hard clippers fan this era made me very happy and pissed me off at the same time
Unlike the us Lakers we were unstoppable never been trash till now because of west brick
This is the team that got me into basketball, ill always be thankful for that. Im still gonna be running with the clips as long as the nba is around
Damn thats sad lol
@@nathanharris3787 trust me. Clippers fans are numb to the pain that is being a clipper fan at this point lmao
I remember the KD leaving OKC situation like it was yesterday man. It would be interesting to see how things would've turned out if KD had signed with the clippers
I seen kd around that time a clippers fan asked if he’s going to the clippers he said nah mane they wack
@@itzBMG wow that’s interesting. I read somewhere that KD was “blown away” by the Clippers pitch to him. Maybe he was just saying that 🤷♂️
Busted his knees and a second round exit
That year they beat the Spurs in Game 7 and lost a 3-1 lead to Hardens Rockets, was their year to win a championship. They had the Warriors number in the Playoffs before they won a championship. Also, Cleveland was injured in the Finals.
they also split the season series with them too that year, they had it.
I wish the Warriors had faced them in the Conference Finals but I think they wouldve beaten the Clippers. Remember, the previous year, the series went to 7 games. That year Steph became the MVP and Klay became an all-star. And had homecourt advantage.
Omg I am so exited you made this! Great vid and I was wondering if you could make a video about how John Wall’s wizards failed to contend or how the Hornets squandered Kemba Walker’s talent
Great quality content as always! Keep it up man
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when you commented the video has been out for a min how you know if its good or not
My new favorite channel on UA-cam. This is like a private investigator digging into the NBA. Waiting on a new video 🙏
One of my favorite channel and videos. We love DDB❤️
Clippers fan here, the moment Doc left, the Clippers make the WCF. Doc just loved choking and did nothing to improve the team’s chemistry. Those Rockets and Nuggets series still hurt.
Clippers fan here since 2006, I've been through a lot of heartbreak with this team and I constantly get clowned for it every season...but something about our current FO with the great Jerry West, has really turned our franchise around. We made the WCF without Kawhi, a feat we have never done before as a franchise..amazing. I'm hopeful for our squad. Especially with Lue at the helm, he's found a gem in T-Mann and most recently we got Norman Powell and Covington for pretty much nothing but an aging bledsoe a rook and a pick in the draft. I like our chances..I'm so used to heartbreak with this team but I feel this may be the turn around. Just needa get PG & Kawhi healthy for next season, this one is to develop and reload. Lob City was great for the franchise, but we used it as a leaping board to what we are now. A respected franchise with players actually wanting to come and play for us, rather than at times the Lakers, that is a great victory to say the least. Also, a new arena in 2025 for us by Mr. Ballmer himself who also now owns the forum haha only way is up my dude! (sorry for the long comment)
I’m from the future and it does not in fact get better for the clippers
this content is unbelievable you dont come across stuff like this often keep up the unreal work my man
Seems like you skipped the most important reason they didn't win a chip. It's because of their coach Glenn Rivers. That guy is mediocre at best and could only win 1 chip with 4 HOF in their line up. Seeing how the Lob City collapses, the Kawhi + PG combo collapses, and last year how the 76ers collapsed and gave up huge leads... the common denominator here is Glenn Rivers and he should never get another job again.
If the Lob City had a legit top 10 coach of the league they would've easily won a chip or two (unfortunately they had a bottom 10).
I fully agree. If we had T lue back then, we’d have been champs
@@rockscracked6161 I don’t think so. Rivers isn’t great, but Tyron Lue alone can’t fix Blake griffin’s legs or choking. Not to mention they were in the same league as the all time great spurs, heat, warriors, and thunder
@@lik7953 a good coach can fix choking at a certain level (if he can prevent a meltdown the sixers would beat the Rockets in 2015) Granted im not sure if they could beat the Warriors that year
Idk, Doc is a weird. I can't really call him bad because after joining Clippers he instantly made the team significantly more efficient at least in regular season. Vinny Del Negro Clippers were good but never was leaders in any category while Doc's Clippers had top 1-3 offense (even first the first year before GSW evolved into their final form) and also improved their defense to also to top 5 (top 2 for a brief period of time). Sure, such players like JJ Reddick and Matt Barnes addition played a role in that too and would have make a team better even under Vinny Del Negro but the results and stats speak for themselves. Regular season is regular season but it's still a pretty big achievement to perform at such level for 82 games so it's not useless. That being said, during playoffs Doc absolutely sucks and is a complete non factor or even a detriment to a team at times because of his stubbornness and unwillingness to adjust and lack of imagination/vision for the game. Team's choking is purely on Doc and not on CP3. Contrary to a popular belief CP3 performed in every single series outside of the one with OKC. But even in that series he was carrying hard (legit was the best KD defender on the team on top of doing the usual CP3 things on offense) until that bad stint in game 5 and 6 which kinda costed the series. However, later seasons even things during regular season went downhill because of his "oligarchy" in the team with Austin Rivers situation, and signings of old friends/players, it's pretty well documented. His playoffs "genius" also really shows with him not knowing what to do with JJ Reddick despite desperately relying on him being by far the best team's spacer and shooter for years.
Locker room issues aside, I think one of the issues clippers werent living up to expectation is because other than CP3 talent-wise they werent good enough. Blake was supposed to be that 2nd superstar but he was never really that. In a changing nba game he never developed an effective jumpshot, wasnt really good in the post as a PF and had a reputation of being soft. In terms of the other guys in that team the only player that could really create his own shot was Jamaal but he was limited to a bench role. So pretty much Cp3 didnt have enough help which is evident by the fact that when Cp3 joined an actual superstar with Harden, they went toe to toe with the Warriors dynasty.
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@@ClippersRunLA whats your opinion?
@@righteo9117 I'm no griffin fan but he actually had a decent jumpshot. He even extended his range to the 3pt line.
@@jhdivina I mean I guess he improved his jumpshot somewhat but it wasnt reliable to be a threat to help their playoff runs. By the time he made it reliable and extended his range to the 3pt line the lob city era was pretty much over so its a a shame the clippers couldnt attract a third option to put them over the line.
@@righteo9117 now this part is correct but honestly I think we would have been better off with Kyrie maybe the clippers were too thirsty for cp but maybe Cp3 would have been better off a laker I mean he was better a hornet than a clipper if we’re being honest and I also think Chris stunted Blake’s growth in some ways I think Blake griffin had the complete package and he was willing to improve and expand his game as you can see in his later years. He is actually my favorite player and I believe he is the best clipper of all time. I think the clippers should have stuck it out and gotten Kyrie I’m not sure if Chris was the best to put along side Blake bc initially it was Blake’s Team
Bro I love your channel and your dedication to your craft gives me motivation to do better at my craft and to reach harder for my life goals 🥅 thank you 🙏🏾 and great job champ I’m here for every video.
Lob City Clippers had so many issues with the front office. In my opinion, they made a lot of issues with the new players they took. Literally only Cp3, JJ, Blake, DeAndre, and Jamal can score. There comes a time where only starters played the whole game (not literally whole game). It was just bad. Doc Rivers fucked it up by adding his son and an old Paul Pierce.
@SUBSCRIBO austin a good side piece? I will give credit to his defense ut his offense was severely lacking, in his 3 seasons with the clippers in the playoffs he shot 32% from 3, only 66% from ft and a true shooting of just 49%, that is not something that i will call "good side piece"
Our main problem was not being able to sign a good SF. The best we had during whole that era was Matt Barnes. I love that dude but if he's the best we ever had, that's a problem. The sad part is we managed to get both Harris and Gallinari right after trading Blake.
@@luchogonzealaise3717 I highly agree! I wanted to mention their small forward not being able to contribute but he was kinda their defender. And hell yeah man, Matt Barnes was the only small forward we saw from that Lob City Clippers actually contributing. Especially that last few seconds Game 7 defense against the Defending Champ Spurs ( Spurs actually got cheated with the timer). When it was announced that Kevin Durant might join the Lob City Clippers, I really got excited that finally the lineup is about to be complete. But then yeah... =( It feels so good talking with a Lob City Clippers fan
I'm a foreigner that grew up watching this Clippers team. Remember constantly showing up to the school late despite them being clearly outmatched by Spurs (talking about a different Clippers vs Spurs series earlier) cause I insisted to finish the games that would start very early in the morning for me and would sometimes drag way past my first lesson (series were quite ugly from the Clippers side though because Clippers relying way too much on Griffing and CP3 isos in the playoffs). Also, remember spending a weekend over my friends at being the only one mesmerized by that Clippers vs defending champions Spurs game 7 thriller and pissing my friends that way because I made them to watch it with me when everyone else were only interested in Floyd vs Pacquiao match that happened the same day. Good times lmao @@ilovejeffhardy3906
This is the team that made me fall in love with the Clippers. Been a fan ever since despite the many changes
same i loved lob city clippers. the choking hurts so bad tilll now
Makes sense because that makes you a fake clipper fan, any clipper fan that starts supporting the clippers since Lob city are not considered real fans!
Loving these type of videos man!
Hoping to see Dwight's Magic or Melo's Nuggets next
Agreed
As someone watching from afar who has no vested interest in the team, I'd say injuries destroyed the 'Lob City' Clippers, not ego. The ego factor came in much later, as a by-product of all the disappointment & pent-up frustration.
Big true. Specially in playoff series against grizzlies, you know it would be long physically exhausting 7 games.
I can’t believe you left out the Donald sterling piece to this story and the acquisition of the team by balmer. Important parts to the story
I love falling asleep to these videos. I legitimately thought you had like 200k with your production value and editing, but damn, you'll get there soon!
Blake was the first person to call it lob city. There’s a video of him reacting to the news and was saying “lob city”
Chris Paul was truly a great NBA point god. It is funny that at earlier in his career people were saying Deron William was better than him during 05-07. It’s hard to win a championship being the best player on the team when you are under 6 feet tall.
Man said Deron Williams! U a basketball fan 4real. Deron & Boozer were nice n Utah.CP3 & West n NO
Chris Paul isnt under 6 ft
People comparing CP3 and Deron William back in late 00s makes a perfect sense and it's not a pure black or white. For a short period of time it was a more modern version of Jason Kidd vs Steve Nash and there were arguments to be made in DWill favour cause in fact he has seen more immediate very impressive success with a team and was ahead in their head to heads. You could ask what CP3 thinks about this and he would say that DWill was amazing and probably his tougher competition at the time. It's just CP3 has had a much better career and longevity but peak Deron Williams was indeed a beast and respected by the likes of CP3, LeBron and Kobe as well as an important part of those historical 2008 and 2012 USA olympic teams. In 2008 they both shared the same time behind Jason Kidd and in 2012 even though CP3 started, they both still shared the same play time and had almost exact contribution. Like you can say that CP3 by a tiny amount was better but by it's not like you are entirely wrong if you would say that DWill was better. It was super super close. Btw, if anything CP3 is closer to 6'1 than being under 6 (which is still small and limiting for a player especially when you already rely fully on skill due to injury history (CP3 before knee injury in 2010 was both skilled and incredibly athletic)
Everything sounded good until you said the front office was fed up. Clippers didn't trade CP3 just to trade him.
He left but the only way to get rerouted to Houston was a sign and trade. That was his decision, not the front office
Edit: also the trade was in 2017 not 2018
Best NBA channel. So in depth
Atleast I could count on doc rivers to blow a 3-1 lead
Clips/Grizzlies series was some of the best basketball I've ever seen.
There were so many wars on the West
They were unfortunately caught up in the transition btwn Duncan's Spurs and Curry's GS
That’s not even the problem. They never lost to golden state in the playoffs. They only lost to the spurs once and that was at the very beginning of the lob city era. They were never good enough to even face the spurs/warriors
Right in the middle of 2 dynaties
@@c.i.a8359 Actually they lost to the spurs twice counting 2012.
@@lik7953 that was only one playoff series. After the the 2015 season the lob city could not bet the gsw .
All I wanted was for CP3 to get a ring. Still hoping that happens. LAC, HOU, and now PHX. With good talent around him, it’s now or never
don't forget okc after houston
Yeah he always gets injured at the wrong times
Thats not gonna happen
@@jorgepangan323 he still have time so never say never
never, KD will get hurt, or cp3 will, its inevitable at this point.
Haven't watched the video yet but I know it's gonna break my heart as a Clippers superfan
I've been a clippers fan since Griffin got drafted cause I watched him at Oklahoma, I remember all this I watched all these games and playoffs and the pain I felt, your video brought it all back
I'm still a Clipper fan till this day though
Gordo really got up in that ass during that series.
As good as he is, it's sad thinking of what he could have been if he didn't have that terrible ankle injury.
The biggest hurdle was in those years the western conference was STACKED: Spurs, OKC, a young GS, Memphis, Clippers, Utah, Dallas, NO, Portland and others. Every game was a big deal
Grit and Grind Grizzlies was a fun rivalry. Seeing Zach Randolph beat up Blake Griffin was everything 😂
Conley & CP3 r the last of floor generals
Honestly your videos keep popping up into my recommended and I’ve loved every single one of them
Love your videos! Thank you for sharing your work with us.
Being from Southern California and a Lakers fan my whole life it was really funny to see all the Clippers bandwagon fans after jumped on after that 2011 season. Suddenly there were all these people who had all of a sudden been a Clipper "fan" for their entire life it was really silly.
one of the most fun and talented teams ever to never win it all. Like seriously, those 2012-2015 teams were crazy loaded.
I sat through the whole video and I still can't explain how this team, with alllll that talent, failed.
Lakers failed for years to reach the playoffs while the flippers had sooo many chances to win multiple rings lmao
As a Clippers fan, 2 words, doc rivers
I remember when I used to get hyped when the lob city clippers would play on TNT.
Seeing these Clips fail as a Laker fan, I really wonder what if Chris Paul joined us instead. Maybe we could win some championships? I see it tho as unlikely because of the nature of the NBA back then, but we'll definitely be more competitive entering the twilight of Kobe's career.
They didn't want the lakers to win again
According to Stern at that time, the Lakers would be "too good" if they got CP3, even though the Lakers were about to give up Gasol and Odom for him and LeBron formed the Big 3 in Miami a year prior. He pretty much admitted that he didn't want the Lakers to keep winning
The Lakers would have 1 more ring Kobe bryant would of filled the ghost of Jordan etc. But the NBA helped them with Portland and kings so with that trade David and Clivand GM complain like baby is why it did not happen then the organization did not draft the correct players or But the right staff for Koby they wasn't the last year I still think he should have retired in 2013 not taken the extentions at all.
I love these vids man, I’ve seen this lil series of yours since the start and i can’t wait to see you make more of these or even jus diff content. keep up the work🤞🏿
Very sad ending for a very great team. I was rooting for them. Too bad the clippers are staying in LA and not moving to Anaheim or San Diego. At least they are getting a new arena.
You do a fantastic job, man. Thanks for doing these.
Wake up babe! Dylan dropped another vid
This channel really shows how important it is to incite people to like and subscribe to your channel. This dude puts out bangers and gets tons of views but yet only has 130k subs
You should honestly have more subs continue the great content
I have no idea how this channel is under 60k subscribers, it is way better than nearly all other NBA content on youtube.
Love the vids man great one as usual. Have you thought about doing deep dives on championship winners ? How the built there teams and there many failures until breaking through? The last three champions have interesting roads to the championship
This was my favorite team to use on 2k all I’d do was run Pick and roll plays for DJ and Blake and spot up jj for easy 3’s. With a great Floor general like Chris Paul It was easy and I’d do the sickest Ankle breakers with Jamal Crawford
And you lost right lol
@@nathanharris3787 yep she did to me lmao
@@nathanharris3787😭😭
An episode on Anthony Davis' time in New Orleans would be pretty interesting
How, they just sucked
And every other star player they draft…
not really they didn’t achieve anything
@@lilbuckwheat2627 Neither did Lob City
@@camctrail davis only made the playoffs twice in his pelican years and made it out of the first round once
Do one on Ray Allen’s Bucks, since they’re the reigning champs. Good vid as always.
Great idea
I will never forgive Stern for blowing up the CP3 trade. If it had been allowed to go through the Flippers wouldn't have happened and Kobe would've had 8 rings.
I think there might have been locker problems with Kobe not liking his work ethic
@@MicahBell763 nah Kobe would teach CP3 how to win.
Idk, i can only imagine how much they would have had in the locker room with Chris paul kobe and dwight together
CP3 is not Howard, bro. Kobe had a huge respect for CP3 competitive nature. If anything where a lot of time CP3's overcompetitivness rubbed some players the wrong way, it would have been a great match with Kobe. Like, CP3 got chubbier in between his Clippers and Rockets days but there is a high chance the combination of CP3 and Kobe would have pushed them work even harder. The only concerns was if their playstyles would mash cause all though in different ways, they both were ball dominant players. However, I'm pretty sure by that time Kobe was mature enough to find a compromise to make it work and CP3 in Rockets and OKC showed that he has no problems playing off ball either so I'm pretty sure he would have no issues in doing the same when playing alongside the legend. It's truly one of the biggest if moments in NBA history. @@MicahBell763
JJ Redick always talks about this team: too many egos and drama kept them from being able to mentally compete with true teams like the Golden State Warriors
Dylan your on the up and up, keep up the GREAT content
I love these deep dives dude and I don't even like NBA ball ! this is amazing dude, keep up the great work !
YEEEESSS! I know you just watched Embiid pull that out over the Kings! You must always trust in The Process!
This might come to a disagreement, Clippers also didn't have a proper floor general after CP3 on the bench, it was all shooters with little defense, I think.
Funny it's because of that David Stern CP3 deal that made the Clippers relevant to this day.
Just finished my basketball game
Time to watch 🏀s now
Wonderful to see your videos, great work
If you haven't already, I'd love to see one of these on those late 80's, early 90's Trailblazers teams led by Clyde Drexler and coached by Rick Adleman who made the finals twice, losing to those Bad Boy Pistons and the Bulls!
“The lob THE JAM!!!” “Whoa!!”
So Iconic man. And then DJ’s face hahaha
I hate when people misrepresent the trade veto and it instantly turns me off. The NBA was in charge of the hornets at the time, now put yourself in charge of the Hornets - what or why in the heck would you trade Chris Paul for nothing? So of course you would veto that obviously lopsided trade. Is this just a lakers fan thing to misrepresent this decision?
Then the Clippers came along with an actually equitable trade and it obviously went through.
That Josh Smith game is so legendary lmao I watched it live and couldn't believe what I was watching.
The Clippers are always a franchise i love to see fail. They're somehow always the team with the most cocky roster who somehow always blows it in the playoffs
Their fans are even more cocky. "wE rUn LA!!" they keep saying despite their team only been past the 2nd round once and never been to the finals in their 60+ year history
well they won’t be failing for much longer
@@bruh_man254 this comment aged poorly
as a clippers fan it hurt to see them fail again and again i just wanted to see them finally win, to see blake griffin win, to see chris paul win, but we just couldn’t make it to the finals, but now we have a finals mvp kawhi leonard, and paul george and i really do hope we can finally win a championship
Do Derrick rose career
What's that song at the end
Yes d rose 🌹
Hell yeah, finally after asking for so long he made this vid. My mans reads the comments.
2015 was their best chance. Blowing that 3-1 Lead, and 20+ Point Lead vs The Rockets was unacceptable and the end of them. They were a terrible match-up for GSW, and they would've gotten a Banged up Cavs. What could've been.
Totally disagree that the Clippers were a tough matchup for Golden State once Steve Kerr was at the helm, starting in 2014-2015.
Starting that year, Draymond Green became their primary defender on Blake Griffin, and once that happened, the Warriors no longer needed to send double teams.
From there, Golden State was even or better at every other position, with a much more productive bench.
I’d say 2014
They never had a chance 2015 warriors and 2014 spurs respectively (I know the beat the next year but in 2014 they were a different breed they were unstoppable that year)
Gsw would’ve beat them let’s be honest
I remember I started watching basketball in 2013, I saw LOB city play and fell in love with the team. ( since Seattle doesn’t have a team) 😂Go Clippers !!
Thanks you for your work Dylan! Please do a video on the Phoenix Suns in the future?
great job! always entertaining to watch these.
I wonder why you didn't mention the Donald Sterling controversy, which was a big factor in the team beating the Warriors in the name of solidarity and unity in the face of adversity.
Great work man. Really good job on this. Feels like premium content for free.
Win a championship? Those choke artists couldn't make it to a damn conference championship. They have the least talked about blown 3 -1 series lead ever when they choked against the Rockets in 2015. As well as another choked series against the Thunder when CP3 completely malfunctioned at the end of a game. The rest of their failed seasons have the injury excuse
It's all the fault of Glenn Rivers. We can see it now. The choking of game leads and series leads are so consistent under his coaching.
Bradamante better than Nero
@@ShisuiGaming nope
One of the greatest regular season highlight teams
Injuries and bad coaching. The series leads wouldn’t have been squandered if a better coach was there. 2014 OKC, that was just a choke job.
That 2014 series game 5 and 6 was just so on brand for Doc teams.
GET THIS MAN TO 100K
Who's here after DeAndre Jordan became first of the lob city clippers to win a title
19:04 Fun fact: Blake Griffin and CP3 locked Jordan in his house until he agreed to call off the deal with the Mavs and re-sign with the Clippers. Mark Cuban was reportedly infuriated
0:10 Lakers fans will tell you Lebron ruined the franchise and conveniently forget about these stretch of years before he got there.
Nice one I love this channel!
The last word “Failure” describes perfectly this franchise. … and forever will be known as the OTHER LA Basketball team. When they go to their new arena no one will notice.
Meanwhile the Lakers struggle to make the playoffs and got bailed out by Disney in 2020. Ten years between rings 12 and 13 and it will be another decade again because the Lakers FO sucks ass.
Even though I’m not a Clippers fan, this is BS. The Clippers do have a dedicated fan base, and their home games during the playoffs are always loud. Even though they may not be as big as the Lakers, they can still have a slice of the city to themselves.
@@holzman00 I know there are a few of you. The fan base in LA is 5000 to 1 or something like that. I wasn’t referring to the fan base tho, I am referring to the failed cursed franchise you keep supporting. More power to you.
@@holzman00 I know. That’s what I said. But the slice is minute & meaningless….and the reason they have a following is the huge ticket price difference.
Love the content! You should do more of these. I’m a huge fan and could watch them all day. I’m interested in recent and even really old NBA storylines like 60s-70s. Either way keep up with the great content