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The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad and the downright ugly…
The anatomy of a franchise
Coming into 2015/16 it marks GM Andrew 3rd
full season at the helm of the Los Angeles Clippers and whilst it hasn’t always
been smooth sailing we are making strides into the future that will (fingers
crossed) bring the team back to playoff glory.
Part of any successful rebuild are the frowned upon
blow up trades, usually received with mixed reviews. Some for the moves, some
against. Can’t please everyone right
Having pulled the pin 2 full seasons ago, I thought it
may be fun to look back in time at some of the trades that have gone down that
will re-write LA Clipper history in either a good way or a bad one?
Trade Number #1.
The road to suckiness deal
This is where it all started the
dreaded rebuild, after a 1st round playoff exit the season prior it
was recognized that LA were becoming treadmill team, not good enough to win
anything yet not bad enough to land a prized recruit in the draft.
Los
Angeles Clippers trades
David Lee, Mike Conley
Los
Angeles Clippers receives
Harrison Barnes, Raymond Felton,
Brandon Bass, Dario Saric
The general consensus at the time was
probably considered a better deal for Minnesota at the time, interesting to
note Harrison Barnes and Dario Saric never had the opportunity to don a
clippers jersey as they were flipped soon after.
Trade number #2.
The black falcon free’d deal…
As mentioned above Harrison Barnes
never played a game in a clipper uniform, and this is why. Full tilt at
rebuilding LA threw all current assets into the rebuild diversifying into picks
and young players.
Los
Angeles Clippers trades
Los
Angeles Clippers receives
Clint Capela, Reggie Bullock, #10
draft pick (Devin Booker)
General consensus was deemed it to be
a good trade for both, even though Harrison had 2k qualities LAC avoided having
to fork a max deal for him straight away.
Trade number #3.
The end of an era deal…
Oh Monta where out thou, the day a
fan favorite bit the dust and was sent packing from the bright lights of
Hollywood.
Los
Angeles Clippers trades
Monta Ellis
Los
Angeles Clippers receives
Ben Gordon, Shabazz Muhammad, Rodney
Hood #18 and #48 draft picks 2015
Monta Ellis remains a nightmare
proposition in the NLL for opposing guards and will likely remain so until the
day he retires, Rodney Hood remains the best piece in this deal for LAC and is
still their starting SF. Interesting to note Shabazz Muhammad was thought to be
the main acquisition in this one.
Trade number #4.
The Dear god, what have I done deal!?!!!!!
Los
Angeles Clippers trades
LA Clippers 2016 1st, LA
Clippers 2018 1st
Los
Angeles Clippers receives
Alec Burks, Phoenix Suns 2016 1st
Call this one like it is, BAAAAAD and
for a few reasons, the Clippers 2016 pick jumped to number #2 and netted
Charlotte Brandon Ingram, to add salt into the wounds in an attempt to get
better the Phoenix lottery pick was sent to the Celtics for Kendall freaking Marshall.
Salt into the wound, Burks sat out
most of the 2015/16 season and likely won’t be seen till Feb 2017 this season. While
Brandon Ingram is lighting up the scoreboard
Trade number #5.
The Ooops I did it again deal!!!!
Los
Angeles Clippers trades
LA Clippers #11 pick 2015 draft
Los
Angeles Clippers receives
Charlotte Hornets #18 pick 2015
draft, 20gm
The Nightmare continues, lesson to
self always draft the BPA and don’t trade back for need, this deal sent Myles
Turner to Charlotte for Jerian Grant and some GM points FAAAAIIIIILLLLL!!
Trade number #6.
The chilled veins deal…
Los
Angeles Clippers trades
Justice Winslow, Dario Saric
Los
Angeles Clippers receives
Trading back for need is always a
risky more, trading forward for talent is a much better move and here we were
looking for our franchise talent PG. DAngelo was coveted for months leading out
from the 2015 NLL draft and when presented the opportunity to land him jumped..
Trade number #7.
The Gambler deal…
Taking risks is a part of life
specifically if you want to reap the rewards after keeping a very close eye on
a D League signing and former highly touted prospect Hassan Whiteside. LAC made
the offer that was thought at the time to be a terrible deal with Tony Snell
being the greater prospect..
Los
Angeles Clippers trades
Los
Angeles Clippers receives
Hassan Whiteside, 6gm Points
Trade number #8.
The Bombshell deal...
Facing a possible FA disaster, LAC made the heart wrenching decision to jettison their franchise caliber C in Hassan Whiteside who was rumored strongly to leave his NBA team.
Los
Angeles Clippers trades
Los
Angeles Clippers receives
Festus Ezeli, Houston 1st
2016 (#18 Ante Zizic), Portland 2017 1st
Judging this one right now you'd say
TKO victory for Houston Rockets with Hassan currently a top50 player and Festus
a likely waiver wire candidate.
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