This season's NBA league competition is becoming more and more fierce, the Bulls in the East are emerging, the Heat's record is also quite good, but the Nets and Bucks two strong teams have a relatively average record, the 76ers fell to the fifth place in the East, and the Hawks, who were still playing in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, simply became the fourth-to-last in the East.
The competition in the West is even more intense, the Warriors and Suns have been competing for the first place in the West, the Grizzlies have performed very well, but the Los Angeles Clippers, so far they are only eighth in the West, and the team's only giant, Paul George, is facing injuries, and the prospects for the playoffs are not optimistic. In the early hours of Jan. 13, the NBA heard heavy news, considering that the double giants Leonard and Paul George currently have serious injuries, and the Clippers are likely to strategically give up this season!
On December 26, the Clippers announced that Paul George had torn the ligament in his right elbow and had not competed since. According to NBA star Jake Fischer, the Clippers are now preparing for a george season that will not return. That said, the Clippers have prepared a psychological expectation for George's season reimbursement. Coupled with Leonard, who has not played since last season's playoff injury, the Clippers' big two are all injured.
Earlier chris Haynes reported that Leonard's recovery from injury is gratifying, and it is possible that he will make an early comeback this season. But according to Mike Scotto, a reporter for Hoop Hype today, the news he was informed was that the Clippers' management believed Leonard was unlikely to return this season. The Clippers are currently eighth in the West, and even if they make the playoffs, they won't have much of a breakthrough. Jake Ficher reported that the Clippers are ready to strategically abandon the season and even open a trade.
Jake Ficher broke the news that he learned from a Clippers executive that The Clippers players, with the exception of Pepper and Mann, are facing the possibility of being traded. Not only is the team ready to be the anchor who can't make it to the playoffs this season, but it's also ready to regroup next season. They are willing to send out all the valuable players such as Morris in exchange for some younger and more talented players, which will give them more room to operate in the offseason.
After the formation of the pepper double giants, the Clippers have failed to impact the championship for two consecutive seasons, and this season is most likely the third failed season for the Clippers. I believe that the Clippers management also feels that even if George is healthy, it is a fool's dream to rely on him alone to want to impact the championship, and even if the pepper double giants are combined, in the era when the big three have become standard, the difficulty of the Clippers to impact the championship is not small, so it is not surprising that all the outside of the pepper is put on the shelf, the team management expects to get some young players, and then make a big fuss in the offseason, at least to find another superstar for Leonard and George, and then match some powerful role players. Plan to attack the championship next season.
I have to say that the Management of the Clippers is still very brave, after all, the team is full of instant players. The Clippers gave up this season and are willing to send away most of the players other than Peppermann, which is good news for many strong teams in the league, to know that the Clippers' Morris, Ibaka and Winslow are very strong, at this time, I believe that the Lakers, Nets and other strong teams will try their best to introduce these strong reinforcements to increase their chips for their own impact on the championship this season.