There is a difference between not playing well in the playoffs and your team not being good enough to advance in the playoffs. CP3 had a great series against the Griz last season but the 2nd most effective player for the Clips was Matt Barnes which is sad.
True, like I said I wouldn't be surprised if Clippers made a run and they should be taken seriously like the other top teams in the league, but they shouldn't be anointed the clear favorite at this point. I feel having Doc Rivers will help them because he is a championship tested coach. I admit they have looked like the better team when they've played the Rox. That being said, I don't think the Clips are unbeatable by any stretch of the imagination. The West is too tough to call right now.
blake has a post game jordan can stay in the game for more than 20minutes could be the deepest bench yes time to take them seriously
That was the semifinals not the Western Conference Finals. CP3 has never been out of the second round.
Words would not be able to describe Donald Sterling winning a championship. It'd only be a bigger FU to the league if they dug up a zombified David Stern to hand him the trophy.
Clay Bennett is just as big a scumbag as Sterling. In fact, I bet most owners are. Hard to be a billionaire without some corruption.
i think the rockets can beat anyone in the west in 6 games or less, other than the clippers and thunder.
I guess all they needed is DJ playing at another level, especially in defense. His rebounds and especially blocks numbers are tremendous. They always had good offense and now they are pairing it with a good defense.
cp3 missed about a month. the curse already hit them, they survived. rockets better not face them in the first round
we can beat this guys men,, we just need killer instinct and why are we so afraid to score vs okc and clips?CP3 and durant provides the killer instinct that gave us a scare!..
Clippers were the best NBA team for the 1st half of last season And Looked good for the playoffs too. How they lost to the GSW in the 1st round in 6 i can't figure out.
With this new-and-improved Blake Griffin, they might be the best team in the entire league. Chris Paul can be a top 3 player and now that Griffin is playing like a top 5-10 player, they are for real. Maybe I overvalue them from seeing them curb-stomp the Rockets so often, but damn, I don't want them in the first round of the playoffs. It's also scary to remember how great Reddick was playing for them, and how great they've been without him. When he comes back? Geeeeez.
If I had to rank the teams I wouldn't want us to play, the Clippers would be 2nd right after Miami. Beverley handling Paul the way he did last time... and us still losing the game. Man.
I do think that the Clippers are the worst possible matchup for us. I would rather play the Heat, or the Pacers, or the Thunder, or the Spurs, or anyone else. Sure, we have defensive studs at PG to guard Chris Paul, and Asik and Dwight to pack the lane against Jordan and Griffin. And sure, they don't really have what I would consider an 'elite' wing defender to put on Harden (Matt Barnes? JJ Redick? Crawford?). But with out style of play, especially with our ridiculous turnovers, feeds directly into their strength of getting into the open floor and running and getting easy dunks and alley oops and such.
