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

  • TatersTot@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    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?

    • jambr380@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      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.

      • Pretend_Highway_5360@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        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

  • GeoffSproke@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If they weren’t in LA, I’d start getting worried that they wouldn’t be able to find NBA players to put on the court… I assume by the time 2028 rolls around, they’ll be bad, but… Not as doomed as they look right now.

  • eru88@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Now 26th it’s with sixers protected from OKC. And 27th it’s fully OKC no swap.

    • StripedSteel@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      The sixers get the worst of OKC’s, LAC’s, HOU’s and potentially MIA’s or DEN’s 2026 first round picks.

  • vrkhfkb@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Westbrook will go to the sixers as the big FA Morey wants to keep cap space for

  • jbrunsonfan@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Swapping with OKC isn’t really all that bad even though it is true OKC is trending up and LAC is trending down. I still expect LAC to be better in 25. They will most likely re-sign at least 3 of those guys. I think they’ll re-sign all 4. Even if you assume that 3 of the 4 will miss 20-30 games a season I still think they’re fine.

    If they click and get hot at the right moment they can absolutely win the championship. And I think that is worth the risk. If they build a new arena and win the chip this guy is going to make like a billion dollars overnight

    • StripedSteel@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Yeah, but Philly gets the worst out of the OKC, LAC or HOU picks. They don’t get to pick which one they get.

  • tiggs@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Well, Harden is almost certainly gone after this season if he’s still holding out for that full 4 year max deal.

  • tekumse@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    PJ Tucker is also technically free agent but I am sure he is taking that player option.

  • rocketloot@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Balmer can just buy another 1 or 2 nba franchises with pocket change he forgot his guest house couch