The LA Clippers CAN NOT Stay SILENT + Should Fans Jump Ship?
Los Angeles Clippers rocked by salary cap scandal—will Steve Ballmer’s silence cost the franchise its loyal fan base? Die hard LA Clippers fan and Host Darian Vaziri pulls no punches dissecting the team’s refusal to address fans after a damning investigation, analyzes the front office’s defensive stance, and questions whether Ballmer’s drive to win came at too high a price. Is fandom unbreakable when the team’s integrity is called into question?
Exploring everything from the Clippers’ history of underdog grit to recent social media silence and the fallout of losing crucial draft picks, Darian Vaziri spotlights the emotional toll on Clipper Nation. The episode tackles what being a true fan means amid controversy, the unique upsides of supporting the Clippers, and why jumping ship isn’t the answer—even as the organization faces one of its darkest hours. What’s next for the Clippers, and can the fans’ resilience see them through?
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Fans can jump ship if they want. For me… it's just another "what else is new" with this franchise. I'll stay here, guys. You guys go off to greener pastures. I won't blame you guys one bit if you left. It was nice having you guys here even if it was just for the last decade or so.
balmer should sell the franchise transfer it to Vegas or something turn intuit dome to something else. How can clippers see any future in terms of fan following after this given it was not that great even before this 😅
Clippers have a nice fandom. I think Clippers fans should consider how a group of local successful companies, small and big, as well as the fans, yes the fans, could together own the Clippers and make a totally different appealing team based mainly on local true great fans, individuals and companies. I know it’s a tough call, but that would be 100 times better than another billionaire. For your consideration…
im from spain nd ive been watching clipper basketball since 2018 there's NO way im switching up cause of this
Baller should try and buy out Pablo lol
I've been a fan as long as you have. And if it gets bad, I will jump ship this time. The organization fukced up. And they had a great team to route for when they did it. Pat Bev, Lou, Trez and Shai. The fact that they gave up what they did AND broke the rules was completely stupid. They put all their eggs in the basket of 2 guys who had already missed whole seasons with injuries. And now this. But my issue is also with the NBA. They're basically saying, we don't care about you clipper fans. If they wanted to prevent franchises from doing this tin the future they could just ban L Frank, Zucker and anyone else who knew. They could suspend Balmer for more time or whatever. But the picks is going after the fan base. I'm twenty years older than you, if you're into a girl and she tells you to your face, I just don't really care about you, you'd best have some self respect and move on. The NBA is that girl right now. They want to punish a fan base for nearly a decade or whatever, I'm not going to waste my time.
The NBA not going to force Baller to sell the Clippers like they did woth Donald Sterling?💵💵💵
CLipS 🏀🔥
At this point, I’m on Ballmer’s side! Fight this and EXPOSE the league that this is WAY MORE COMMON in the NBA than they let off🤷🏾♂️ you mean to tell me Jalen Brunson let $35M with no issue?😂 keep it up Steve!
I dont blame any fans for jumping shit at this stage😂😂😂
I will jump Ship if they sell
It’s a different type of infraction and not salary cap circumvention per se. There was no team salary that didn’t hit the cap in order to use it elsewhere. Clips paid Kawhi the max and every cent went fairly towards the salary cap. The infraction was for improper introductions to sponsors. That’s very different than Pablo’s assertions. Let’s see what happens but I’ve been a Clipper fan since likely you weren’t even a thought and I’m not going anywhere.
Steve Balmer needs to go. He completely ruined his own reputation. The NBA as a whole is also a complete shitshow. Lebron, the Clippers, the flopping, the entitled rich players, load managing, the injuries, Steph Curry literally saying players are severely underpaid, Klutch Sports clients colluding at broad daylight. All the crooked shit that goes on in the NBA yet no investigation. I'm so sick of the NBA in general.
I’m pretty much off the ship lol. Maybe I’ll watch a few games but I’m not that into it… we cheated and still couldn’t win 😅
Another year and the Clippers won't have any fans
Ballmer can give everyone free clippervivsion for a year to show he is sorry and ask for forgiveness. Forgiveness accepted
Give you pod to someone else
Anyone that continues to stick around is an idiot. I'm done. First we have a racist owner, and now a corporate criminal? Enough already. And the worst part is the complete utter arrogance with how they are STILL denying that they did it.
Nuts and NBA keeps putting pictures of Kawai like nothing happened as in trade talk and Eastern conference threat etc
What a joke if they don't hurry tf up and blow this roster up
Clipper fan from SLC here dime, I go to every Clips v Jazz game down here to support our squad. The Jazz are cool, but I have Clipper Blood! Love supporting you as well! keep pushing! I know i'm not ditching clipper nation!
Clippers Franchise is a joke! Why are still there are fans of clippers. Clippers Franchise ever since is an embarassment, disappointments.
I genuinely feel like the Clippers should just blow it up and change states. Idk dude the New Mexico Kingpins. Their home arena can just be at the bottom of the grand canyon for all i care. Just get em out of there. Saul Goodman is their interim GM
bro leave the pablo stans alone. They dont know you are fucking with em
"Clippers against the world" isnt a thing, they arent the heroes of the story. They won't be relevant enough for the next 10 years to even be mentioned in the story of the NBA. The talk will always come back to the Clipper franchise being the definition of a poverty franchise and deservingly so. Jump ship while you can, in this economy why waste your hard earned money buying tickets or merch for a franchise that's this terrible. And those who stay Clipper fans, the rest of us fans of other team dont even feel bad for you. Worst yet, soon enough we wont even acknowledge you.
Move on and need a new organization
Bro this team is cursed just sell them move them somewhere else. Go to Seattle because they're never going to do anything in the same city the Lakers are in.
Don't worry DeuceDropper we're all here to hold you accountable
BACK?!?!? Back to what? Back to not winning a Championship? Back to talking with chest out about all the chips haven't
Ya'll should be Leking fans. Hes the one true goat.
How the organization is acting is why Ballmer should sell the team. He’s a bad owner. He’s not ethically bad but morally. If he cared about the fans, he would cooperate knowing he was wrong and move forward. This will be the cloud over the season followed by a bad year.
Very bad PR on the Clippers side. Will I still cheer on? Not too sure at this point. I’m still on the fence. What I do know is that I am not going to move down the street to jump to the Lakers.
Come on, organized sports as a whole has been corrupt for decades. Who doesn't cheat? As a Clippers Fan, for years I must say, at least this owner cheated to win! not like our previous owner. He cheated to lose. Kawaii and PG were a mistake, we all know that, but give Balmer a break, he swung for the fence! But the ball got caught. Give the man a break people. Let's look at the GOOD THINGS he brought to the organization, OK! And screw all the clickbait that make Pablo Torres look like a genius $$$$$$$! CLIPS ARE GONNA BE OK!!!!
I’m a fan till the end. For those who say Ballmer should sell the team, be careful what you wish for. You could end up with someone like Peter Thiel, who could buy the team just to stick it to a liberal city. There are all kinds of owners who could be a thousand times worse. I do agree, Ballmer needs to apologize and put this behind the team. He has to understand that he’s rich as hell. He can rebuild this team, and it won’t take a decade. Realistically, you’re looking at a five‑year timeline.
Oh! if you jump ship now? admit it, you were a closeted Laker Fan all along. Being a Clippers Fan really isn't about winning! It's about FIGHTING! Laker Fans made me a Clippers Fan, and I'm gonna stay a Clips Fan…Ride or Die. Anyway, I enjoy watching the Lakers lose more that the Clippers win. Oh! can anybody explain how Luka? got signed??? Explain it in a way that doesn't look like the LAKERS CHEATED!! Like they tried to do when CP3 got redirected to the Clips!!??! Oh! and BRONNY?
Celtic fans should like the clippers because didnt the origibal clippers team get sold to boston which became the celtics? Fact check but i think something like that happen
Staying loyal is the key being Clipper fan 💯 percent tough
I think Balmer will sell the team eventually. Then the new owner can move the team to Vegas or Seattle and the Intuit Dome can be sold to the Lakers.
So true been a fan since 2006 can never jump ship 😅 Elton brand chris kama Eric Bledsoe #Go Clippers
Apologize to Pablo you hack
Fans are getting screwed across all sports these days. … the amount of money these people are milking from the fans is crazy…. team owners doing shady business….. current athletes play half as hard and seem to care even less the more time past the only ones losing here are the fans …… sports betting and greed ruined all sports across the board in my opinion…. a darnn shame….. total disrespect to the fans
I’m a lifelong clipper fan from the San Diego days. I remember being ecstatic that we had own version of Jerry buss in sterling. I thought we were going to be a dynasty when we signed bill walton. I’m jumping ship and so should every clipper fan. And I think we should support the team that our best player in franchise history in Chris Paul said was the best org he played for: the spurs
Ballmer needs to be a big boy, accept fault and move on.
I've been a Los Angeles Clippers fan since 2002 and I am not switching to the Los Angeles Lakers just because of the Kawhi Leonard vs. Steve Ballmer so-called scandal
This is why your organization is slimy AF and deserve to be in purgatoru hell–dude immediately starts saying he loves that Balmer is a slimey sleaze ball, because at least he cares about winning. So much for winning the right way and fair way; this 'reporter' is just mad they got caught. 🤡