Sitting in last place of the Western Conference is, no surprise, the Los Angeles Clippers. It's been five years (more like a lifetime) since Elton Brand led the Clips to a playoff appearance. Unfortunately, the Clips haven't managed a season above-.500 since.
(Note: Did you know the Clippers have managed only three seasons at .500 or above? They happened to make the playoffs all three of those years, and even made it to the postseason while going 36-46 in the 1996-97 season. All the Clippers have to do is break even on wins and losses and they have a good chance at making it to the playoffs.)
To make a Bill Simmons-esque pop culture reference, I'd compare this Clippers team to Ocean's Twelve: a lot of hype, but turned out to be a huge let down from right out the gate. (How did that movie make $125 million in the box office? It's shouldn't have gotten half of what Ocean's Eleven made, which was a little over $180 million).
GM Neil Olshey can be Terry Benedict. Olshey tries (again) to round up a star studded team in order to, in this case, make the playoffs. Unfortunately, that's about as f ...
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Los Angeles Clippers: Bottom Dwellers Despite Loads of Potential
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