In this offseason, everyone has mixed opinions about the operation of the Clippers and the Warriors, both teams have chosen to avoid taxes this summer, these two teams were both big taxpayers in the league in the past, and the Clippers were still the favorite team to win the championship last season, but it is incomprehensible that they chose to give up George directly this summer. And it is understandable that the Warriors gave up Klay and Paul, and everyone saw the problems of the Warriors last season, except for Curry, who did not have a second scoring point, Paul and Klay are old and have no peak level.
It is obviously inappropriate to give them a big contract in such a situation, it is better to free up their salary space to fight for a star, according to American media reports, the Warriors are now interested in Butler and Brother Alphabet, and they also brought in Lee Kyle and Hield to make up for the departure of Paul and Klay, in this case, the Warriors still look competitive, they have a long-term vision, and the team still has enough young talent to look forward to.
I think there are two reasons why the Clippers gave up George, first of all, the first reason is that George did not accept the contract offered by the Clippers, the Clippers are willing to give a 3-year, 150 million contract, and George believes that he deserves a longer contract extension with a maximum salary, rather than accepting a short-term contract with a lower maximum salary. The Clippers gave him this contract because they wanted a contract like this, and George should accept it, you can't make more money than the team boss.
George thought that although I was the second oldest on the team, my contribution to the team deserved a max contract, after all, I was at the age of the last big contract of my career, and my attendance and contribution to the team were worth a bigger contract than Leonard. Seeing that the Clippers did not mean to give a 4-year maximum salary, George finally joined the 76ers and got a 4-year contract of 210 million, while the Clippers chose to take a salary cut.
They renewed Harden's contract for 70 million in 2 years, which also ensures that the team has two stars, although Harden is not at his peak, but in the playoffs, I believe everyone can see it, he can play a good performance, and he is not inferior to Doncic in terms of court control, and even led the team to win two games against the Mavericks, and this offseason the Clippers seem to be completely built around Harden, they may have taken into account Leonard's health problems, so they introduced a lot of players who eat cake play.
The Clippers signed Derrick Jones, who ate all kinds of cakes in the Mavericks last season, and his defensive ability was very good, he was able to replace George's position, and the team won Bamba is also an inside line that eats cakes, and like Batum, he can only eat cakes. Under the current lineup, on paper, the Clippers are indeed not as good as last season, but Clippers legend Baron Davis gave a different answer in an interview.
He said: George's departure is a sad thing, but I think for the Clippers, George's departure could be a blessing in disguise, because it forces you to really rely on Leonard and Harden to play, so you have two superstars, and then you get some good players on the free market, and I think they have one player who has been overlooked and he is Kevin Porter, and he will be the X-factor for the Clippers.
It seems that Baron Davis thinks that the Clippers are still worth looking forward to in the new season, and indeed after a series of operations in the offseason, the Clippers' roster thickness is better than last season, although they have lost George and Wei Shao, but they can now play more rotation players, and the team has also added Dunn such an iron gate, and the most critical reinforcement, Baron Davis believes that it is Kevin Porter Jr., and the Clippers took him with a 2-year salary.
For Kevin Porter, I believe that many Rockets fans are no strangers, the Rockets treated him as a cornerstone training, and he is also the successor of Harden, in the 22-23 season, Porter played the performance that everyone expected, averaging 19.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game, Porter was only 23 years old at the time, according to this situation, he will inevitably be an All-Star level backcourt in the future, but because of domestic violence and frequent locker room conflicts before, the Rockets finally gave up on him.
He is now 24 years old and still in his prime, and he also has the level of a star, it can be said that this is the biggest leak this summer offseason, compared to the Suns to get Tyus Jones, the Bucks to get Trent, but the most afraid that Porter will not change, he will still affect the team's locker room, Porter's ability has never been a problem, he even said that he can be the team's third star, but he is a time bomb in the locker room.
Not only did the Clippers get Porter this offseason, they also got Kay Jones, who is also a problem teenager, and if the Clippers can make good use of them, they will indeed be serious contenders for the playoffs, but if they are not used well, they could seriously damage the team's locker room. Speaking of which, what do you have to say about the Clippers right now? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.