The Clippers are a truly hilarious franchise. Kawhi, PG, Harden & Russ are all FAs after this season. Here’s what their future 1st round picks look like:
- ‘24 to OKC
- ‘25 swap w/ OKC
- ‘26 to OKC
- ‘27 swap with OKC
- ‘28 to PHI
- ‘29 swap with PHI
They’ve also traded 6 2nds away.
Damn, puts into perspective how much of a “larry o brien or bust” this team is. They don’t have any of their picks till 2029.
Source: Nick Wright
This trade probably means they’ll all re-sign though. Things probably won’t get terrible until 2026 I think
Also that 2026 pick to OKC now goes to the sixers
Definitely a small chance though if they disappoint in the playoffs like we did this year, one of PG/Kawhi could leave?
Absolutely no reason not to re-sign everybody now. There is literally no benefit to them tanking. They are way better off with a middling team of aging stars than starting over from scratch. There isn’t even a scratch to start over from.
Plus it’s LA
Like we’ve just seen star players don’t care if it’s the Clippers or the Lakers. They just wanna play in LA
With a new arena
They’ll have no problem getting free agents
I think its contingent on how well/healthy they are this season.