The LA Clippers are now 0-3 with Russell Westbrook, Paul George, & Kawhi Leonard playing together. The loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves just felt like one they could not afford and they find themselves in need of a change in form, fast.
In this episode, die hard Clipper fan and Host Darian Vaziri gives his first hand view of the game, wether it’s because of Russ’ addition that the Los Angeles Clippers are 0-3, why a change needs to happen to the Clippers starting lineup, and more.
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46 Comments
We need Ime Udoka right now
You need to start some RoCo chants out there
This is ridiculous
Start Covington and bench Morris. Ty Lue is so incompetent with all these talent the Clips has
Morris, George and Lue are the reason this team is trash. Russ has been decent but we didn’t need him and the chaos it creates with the lineup, Ty refuses to bench that scrub Morris and it was PG13 that started this mess that added an unknown variable with 20 games left in the season. This team is a train wreck, I’d fire Ty, to hell with it.
Ty lue line ups beating the clippers all the
Need man to start
When man starts we win
Morris should not be starting over man at this time
Morris is to slow got game dead
Westbrook being a problem is the least of our worries. Below is my main issues in no particular order.
Morris – Dude is horrible defensively and now that he has lost his shot, he is useless. Absolute criminal that he is starting over Mann, Batum or Roco.
Paul George – Despite having Westbrook, PG continues to play facilitator role. He is just not good at the role and makes horrible decisions in the clutch. He needs to have this role stripped from him. Not sure if it is a PG or Ty Lue thing on why he still continues to facilitate but if this continues and we under perform I would look to trade him in the offseason
Ty Lue – His rotations and experimenting this late in the season have to made it so difficult for guys to get into their roles and have any continuity. His infatuation with Morris is mind boggling.
Kawhi's Stamina – I know he is coming off the ACL injury but this is what happens when you take all these games off. Your stamina suffers and you can never build it because you are always trying to get back to where you were before you went out.
My faith has hit rock bottom, this team has 2 to 3 games at most to pull it together before I call it a day.
As a solid fan of clippers,losing is part of the game, no need to be panic and pointing fingers to player faults is not useful, I do believe clippers team is a tough team, coaching staff should focus on defence because offence is not an issue, all they need is an open play for easy buckets, RW, KL, PG should have more minutes on court
Honestly, I think that Mann should start instead of Morris. This will bring a lot more athleticism. The primary rotation players should be Powell, Batum, Plumlee, Bones, Gordon and Covington … basically in that order as far as minutes played. I really feel like we need to play Bones more. Bones will inject athleticism speed and be a spark, that we otherwise might not have.
Yes, Russ hurt the balance of the team and chemistry, especially coming in st8 into the starting line up. What does that telling players like T Mann…
That players are gonna come into the starting line up coz they friends with PG
Utah Jazz literary said they can't promise Russ a starting line up and in the Lakers he was coming off the Bench for Patrick Beverley
We need a better coach that can at least establish a starting lineup before playoffs. As far as Marcus goes he needs to be benched
Just to keep it simple, primarily it’s poor, coaching by Ty Lue. I mean some of the stuff he’s doing and not doing is insane … starting Morris. What’s he basing that decision off of? Not playing Mann much. Any place you play Morris Batum should be playing. Mann should start; … it’s simple, (instead of Morris). He needs to really not be OK with silly passes that result in turnovers, especially from Paul George. It’s been going on all season they should’ve had a major sit down to address his bad passing … and have come up with a plan of action to improve Paul George’s passes.
Morris in on the fourth quarter ,when the game is on the line is insane .
Powell should almost always be closing the game. The closers should be Kawaii, George Mann, then, depending it’s going to be between Westbrook and Powell , mostly Powell, and than between Batum and Plumlee and Zubac mostly Batum. Unless we’re really looking for coverage at the rim. Then one of the big men.
Russ should always close he’s clutch and Morris can’t start or play more than 12 minutes
Clippers gonna b alright
Switch everything line up
TMann
Klaw
PG
Batum
RoCo
It have got to the point where that Tyron Lou is Sabotage this season Who is Tyrone, agent when you find out that then you will have your Answer
The whole team sucks the last three games. Stupid turnovers but could be because Russ wants to play fast so maybe the Clippers are trying to play fast.
They need to get the hell together.
Yes it is one of the reasons for sure…cuz the Clippers disrupted lineups that was gelling well defensively with Mann starting and playing 30 mins or so…classic case of subtraction by addirion
It’s always tough integrating several players mid season. I wish they traded Luke in the offseason, but that move wasn’t as obvious at the time
Morris should be in the bench. Batum should be starting and Roco will in the 2nd unit. The 3 guard rotation again are killing us. Ty needs to give Bones playing time.
Next season, they need to break this team. Keep our young guys and get some 1st picks for PG and Kawahi. We wasted everything for these. There's no shortcut in getting a chip.
Overall I’m just disappointed in the organization as a whole from FO to players to a degree. Russ has been fine but man the chemistry seem like it was finally going so for that I blame ty, pg, Kawhi & largely L Frank for giving in. Ty deserves a lot of the blame because he’s literally not playing the guys he should be..this was the year to lean away from Morris and we done the complete opposite. Pg production I don’t complain about because he’s literally doing what he’s done throughout his career he’s having pretty much a identical year as last yr & 21. Kawhi what more can we ask for he looks better than what he should look like his first yr back, usually with that type of injury your first yr back your efficiency goes down that’s not the case with kawhi. After Kawhi missed that month to ramp up my mind sorta went to this year just being a yr to watch Kawhi return to all timer level and not worry about how far we go, next year is where I shifted my focus to, getting another star is a must so I’m praying that happens, anything positive that happens this year is cool but ultimately I don’t see a chip this season
Atp the hope should be play kings rd1 them Memphis rd2 if anyone is holding on to chip hopes this season. If not and you just wanna see good hoops then a rd1 matchup vs phx would be fun
It’s a much bigger issue. The problem with this roster is it’s too many guys that played the same style of basketball. Lawrence Frank got rid of two guards to turn around and sign three more that doesn’t make sense. another thing a Clippers don’t have a size they lack size at certain positions. That’s why they keep losing and I don’t have a center that can stretch the floor and shoot three pointers until they find that I’m not sure if they’re able to win anything but the first thing you have to do is get rid of Lawrence, Frank he hasn’t done shit but build this roster fucking backwards
Darian, you echoed a lot of the same feelings I've been having and spot-on with Lue not maximizing the talent with his roster. Before the All-Star break, it looked like the Clippers finally were finding their identity and figuring it out. Next thing we know, we're trying to force Westbrook into the lineup and the number of turnovers have been costing us. Even though the Clippers weren't hitting their shots, I thought we could have pulled this game out if only we didn't turn the ball over so much. Such an infuriating season this year.
Man they are making him scapegoat again
One thing I know is Lakers been better off without Russ and Clippers at this rate has a high probability being sub 500
One thing I keep hearing we are a deep team no we’re not we are 31-33 we are deep in the standings for sure
One thing I keep hearing we are a deep team no we’re not we are 31-33 we are deep in the standings for sure
Morris, PG, Russ, Bones are all problems!
Plumlee and Gordon are good.
It seems that Lenard has checked out a bit.
It's time for Balmer to bring the broom out after this season, if possible!
I have a crazy theory, but I think the clippers have already chosen who they want to face in the first round. Call me crazy but the clippers have chosen the kings as their target.
It’s all good. They will be 3-3 next week and people will still be taking cheap shots at Westbrook. The animosity is not warranted.
Russ is not the problem, Ty Lue is
I have so much to say. I'll be brief. Maybe First I worried, and now I almost really believe that this team will drop into the play-in, maybe worse. I trust them beating NO ONE at this point. What we saw on Tuesday should have been nothing short of disturbing for Clippers basketball fans. SO…
Question is, who is going to get the finger of blame in the organization? because if in their make or break year they dont even make the playoffs (that IS poassible right now!!! ), someone's going to have to take this. Personally, I'm already infuriated with Coach Lue over the now countless, consistent, totally delusional rotation situation. It's maddening. I think, though, that it will publicly fall on PG for his waning confidence, turnovers, struggles to make the right reads, and most of all, the narrative that it was he who seems to have pressured, against their wishes, the ownership to bring him in. I believe in a lot of upside to what Russ can bring to this particular team, but if they don't make the playoffs, this WILL blow up.
I'll believe they can make the playoffs as soon as they win a game….
Go Clips.
0-4 now!!! 😢
Russ has become Ben Simmons 2.0 against warriors🤣👌🏻
Westbrook is a talented player but the least deserving MVP award of the modern era.
It's not Russ Clipper nation. Russ is playing very well. Fits in perfectly with PG5 and pajama Kawahi. Give Russ an extension 4 years 80 million. That's chump change for Steve.
0-4 since westbrick arrival. I'm glad the lakers got rid of that bum. That's the flippers problem now
Waive Westbrook. Sorry but he is a chemistry killer. I knew he would be bad for the team but it has been worse than even I imagined. Westbrook needs to be booted off the team. Ty Lue fired at the end of the season and Laurence Frank fired. Anyone that brings in Westbrook with 21 games to go in the season is a fool and has no judgement. Lakers fans are 100 percent correct. I want him off the team and mocked by Skip Bayless and all the talking heads. He is simply useless just as I predicted. His run and gun transition basketball does not suit the Clippers. All those Westbrook fans that said I was a hater are now in hiding or trying to blame other players. I bet Stanley Johnson would have offered more than Westbrook. The man isn't just bad he makes everyone around him worse. Since when do teams have to make drastic changes to accommodate a vet minimum player? Good players like KD can slot in anywhere whereas Westbrook needs an entire roster built around him. No more Westbrook, we have seen enough!
Westbrook is a CANCER, pure and simple
Russell is no good anymore…
There is something on Westbrook that team struggle to win. Im an NBA fan, I can tell you the aura around westbrook "win, lose, draw important thing is we have fun".
It's not about Kawhi it's about Tyronn Lue, Paul George and his pots and establishing rotation. And the time is ticking …