CRISIS: LA Clippers Lose 5th Straight Game
The Los Angeles Clippers spiral into crisis with a five-game losing streak, raising tough questions about their shot creation and roster depth. With Kawhi Leonard and Bradley Beal sidelined—both out due to injuries—the Clippers fall 105-102 to the Atlanta Hawks, despite James Harden’s 35-point triple-double. Is Ty Lue’s coaching at fault, or have aging veterans and inconsistent role players doomed early-season ambitions?
Die hard LA Clippers fan and Host Darian Vaziri breaks down the Clippers’ mounting problems, from Ivica Zubac’s surprising drop in physicality to the puzzling decision to bench Bogdan Bogdanovic and Chris Paul—even as offensive production dries up. The debate centers on John Collins’ increased responsibility, the fading impact of Nicolas Batum, and impending lineup changes that could determine the season’s direction. Are trades the only way out, or can the Clippers rally before their schedule gets tougher? Don’t miss this urgent analysis of Los Angeles Clippers’ path forward.
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25 Comments
I feel bad for bogi. He hasn't really been given a fair chance off the bench. Hes been hurt and he didn't look too bad a few games ago. He helps with the ball handling and him and zu have good chemistry.
In the playoffs you need 'shot creation', yes, but passing and cutting beats off-the-dribble just about any day in the reg.
Watching the life slowly leave your eyes as this season grinds on following the Ballmer and Ty Lue and Kawhi allegations is pure theater
P.S.S. I completely disagree about the CP3 & Boggie situation (Darian). I actually think he (Lue) waited way too long to remove both of them cancers. Boggie should be an emergency (end of the bench guy) and only play a reserve role. If he misses his first shot or 2, immediately bench him.
As for CP3, he should be a locker room guy who should only get put into the rotation if Harden goes down for an extended period. He is just too old & slow and it really puts the defense at a huge disadvantage. If he had some size & length like Batum, it might be different. CP3 also does not hustle enough, but I don't think it would matter all that much anyways.
There was a small glimmer before the season started where I was like okay I’m excited to see this team , then after that blowout in Utah I went my back to my initial thoughts about this team lol , I’m still gonna root for the Clippers but this teams is too old to do anything , Lawrence Frank needs to go , bros been losing trades left and right from Isiah to Norman smh bringing in wall and Beal, at the end of it all this all on Kawhi
thoughts on calling up the kings to trade for malik monk? would be a crazy energy spark off the bench and can actually get his own shot off and does good getting to the paint.
One more thing…I think we should give Christie & Brown another game or 2 while Kawhi is out to see who hustles more, makes less mistakes when pressure is on, on makes more of a positive impact. I honestly believe that keeping a few young players in the rotation could inject a little life into the team. At least play the player with the bigger upside, nothing else seems to be working right now.
They need to win 5 straight
Zubac always been soft ! Not shocked at all! Clippers should’ve been traded zu! No one’s winning with zu as a starting big! Dude soft
I think Lawrence Frank needs to be fired ……. Cus men Bradley Beal was injured throughout last season with Suns yet we still went out to get him to replace Norman
I've been a Clipper fan for over 40 years, and I've never felt more Bleak about our future. At least back in the day, yeah, we were terrible, but we had our draft picks. we had some good young talent to look forward to. Today, we have nothing but a bunch of old washed-up overpaid players. The whole team is a disaster from ownership front office coaching. Everything's is a mess we're in for a horrible 5 to 10 year run it's just going to be unbearable😢
Oh dime droppers here now…last time i watched his vid was during the 3-1 rant…
Let it be known that Zu was fed the ball a lot, he got rid of them cus he couldn’t score…. So for those of you clamouring give Zu the ball……pls pipe down.
For a big man he’s has one of the softest hands in the league…. Small guards are able to slap the ball out of his hands easily which really annoys me
Things have gone downhill really fast 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️😔
just fire T Lue
use your new young center Yanic Konan "way better than slow zu"
Ty needs to go. Mainly so the demeanor of the team changes.
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Norman Powell was the heart and soul of this team
It's pretty easy to tell what went wrong. For some dumb reason, the clippers decided to become the oldest team in NBA history. And at that same time decided they were going to have Harden play about 40 minutes a night. And Beal sucks, doesn't matter if he is playing or not.
Another observation Boogi has to be a spot up shooter or 3&D guy although his Defense is pretty bad ….. him trying to do too much by dribbling isn’t helping.
space the floor and wait for a catch and shoot
Once again , it's never gonna be tys fault
Oops, I want to text one more thing about Beal. In his career, he has played with plenty of great offensive players and has never been on a team that won 50 games! When he teamed up with KD & Booker they underachieved as much as any team I've seen. They got swept in the 1st round, while everyone was calling them the most dangerous team. He has not made it past the 1st round in the playoffs since 2017 (and never made it out of the 2nd round in his career). That was the year he was at his best IMO, when they took Boston to 7 games in the 2nd round. Since then he has been soft and injury prone and isn't even a good 3rd option anymore. I think the only option is to make him a bench player if & when he comes back he should earn his minutes with hustle, defense and taking good shots and making them!
The Clippers are getting just what they deserve. Bradley Beal stunk up Phoenix and the Clippers really thought he would come to the Clippers and all of a sudden become the Bradley Beal of Washington? The Clippers are the dummest team ever. Bradley wasn’t missed he is averaging 8 points a game. They look like a senior citizens home! Old ass Chris Paul. And Norman Powell dropped 36 last night for Miami in a win. This is the same dumb ass team that let Shai walk and passed on Kobe Bryant😅😅
Is it too much load management for Kawhi Leonard?