Debating the Clippers’ hopes to beat Mavericks without Kawhi Leonard | NBA Countdown
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Without kawaii its kinda hard to go against the mavs, Kai n Luka against harden and pG
Luka could average 40/12/15 and three peat, these guys still won’t give him his credit. Xenophobia freakin stinks!
I cannot wait to see the most dominant duo in the nba do magic. My god, luka has been playing horse and doing trickshots in the last few games this season, the league aint ready… kyrie 4th qtr is unbelievable
Without Kawhi, Mavs in 4. With Kawhi, Mavs in 5!
Kawhi or not Mavs still gonna win.
Clippers can beat the Mavs with kawhi and without him ! We got the depth , just play good basketball.
Man stop listening to these clowns and just watch the game
Luka dropping a 50 bomb
Mavs in 5 both series. Tbh I have mavericks sweeping the first 2 rounds let's get it!
Listen i like j kidd but nope, the trade for pj& gafford save him, luka and Kyrie working their asses to win games.
I really hope we come & put a end to all the disrespect ✌🏾#Laclipppers
Dont even play each other just let Mavs advance at this point
clips in 6 if they have leonard
mavs in 5 if they don’t
It's crazy talking like that about a team that still has George, Westbrook, and Harden. Regardless, go Mavs
My Clippers Are Done In 5
I remember Don MacLean, one of our Clippers analyst, used to talk crap about Harden’s game. How he preferred Lou Williams’ game over Harden. This was 6 years ago. Now Don kisses his ass as Harden is now being used to market this godforsaken franchise.
Clippers are stupid the moment they traded Shai for Paul George and because Kawhi wanted PG-13%. Clippers could’ve drafted Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Michael Porter Jr. in that 2018 draft. Now SGA is an MVP candidate on a No. 1 seed and MPJ is a champion. What has Paul George done for us except being injured a lot like Kawhi.
Series is over. Dallas wins Game 1 or 2. Wins both in Dallas. Wins Game 5 in LA. My Clippers are too old and injury-prone. Dallas are the 3rd best team in the West behind Denver and Lakers at reaching the Finals. Kawhi, PG, and Harden would’ve been decent in 2019 but not in 2024. Clippers tried doing the 2004, 2013, and 2022 Lakers chasing for older stars who are already washed. Harden from 2018 is not coming back, okay? He’s washed. Sometimes he gives us 15-20 points and sometimes only 6 or 8.
Nuggets repeat but if Lakers do upset them, then Lakers are winning it all. I should have parlays with Sierra Leone, Fierceness, Stronghold, and Resilience with four NBA teams: Nuggets, Lakers, Celtics, and Sixers. The Sixers will beat the Knicks and Bucks and we will get an ECF of Boston vs. Philly. Philly can upset but only IF Embiid is healthy. They have the best player in that series. Tatum and Brown are second-rate stars to me like a Paul George. We saw a 64-win Suns lose to Dallas in the 2nd round in 2022.
Parlay –
Sierra Leone
Stronghold
Resilience
Celtics or Sixers wins East
Nuggets or Lakers wins West
By trading for Harden, my Clippers only helped the Sixers get better. Did you see Batum the other night? He saved the Sixers. That’s the guy a lot of Clippers fans miss. Batum has WINNING INTANGIBLES that Paul George, James Harden, and Russell Westbrook do not.
Those Clippers have skill or athleticism, but they don’t have those winning intangibles like Batum. The ones who win rings play intelligently and efficiently and those three don’t have that. Rodman was not a skilled player but he knew how to win better than most stars today who have way more skill than he did. Every bricked shot is a loss of a possession. You can’t be inefficient with each possession. Rodman played the game by doing all the dirty work that MJ and Scottie didn’t do.
Ty Lue is becoming as overrated as Doc Rivers. What genius midget lineup will he be stirring up that has the media blindly praise him this time? Another 1st round exit by my Clippers. We’ll be fishing by May 1st. Then more hoopla for our new arena next season but the same disappointments next May.
Clippers in 4 start Russell Westbrook we don’t need Leonard
CLIPPERS RUN LA 🔵🔴 finna 🧹 da 🦄 we da fakers daddy!
My clippers we’re going to take the series and sending the mavs home in the 1st round 🙏🏼🙏🏼💯
y’all acting like the mavs unbeatable is crazy 🤣🤣🤣 besides Luka and Kyrie the “others” and really good tbh.. Luka and ky gon have to play 40 minutes a night to keep up
Clippers are not a one man team, they have 4 future hall of Famers, a sixth man of the year candidate, 3 capable centers, a good bench, and home advantage which we have seen so far in the playoffs. Kawahi is questionable for tomorrow game, which means he'll either play tomorrow, or Tuesday night. I am not going to let the mainstream media decides whose going to win this series. As a Clippers fan, it's going to be Clippers in 6
Wow Kawhi out again he’s been my favorite player since 2012 with the spurs but I’m sick of his shit… And I’m a Mexican really only into them but wow your cute Malik’s with that curly dark hair. But seriously Kawhi I’m seriously done I’m fuccin sicc of u man the fucc up
When did bro get hurt??
Kawhi the only player to have 50+ different injuries then come back and drop 30 consistently with no struggle 💀