I'm bumping this topic from November, because I think it's a relevant subject.
Not enough is being made of the fact that Dwight and Chris Paul (who have wanted to play together for years) are both UNRESTRICTED free agents this summer.
Lakers just got swept. I still say Dwight sticks around, but are you going to be shocked if he bails on them?
Clippers are about to lose in the 1st round. Also, it appears there's a wee bit of trouble in Clipper land according to Bill SImmons:
The macro problem: Even after they bring in another coach, they need to figure out how to mesh Lob City with the CP3 era. Because, right now, Blake Griffin and best friend DeAndre Jordan don't love playing basketball with him — that was the worst-kept secret in basketball until T.J. Simers wrote about it last month. The young guys want to run. Chris wants to win. The young guys think Chris is condescending. Chris thinks they care too much about getting on YouTube. Blake feels like he gets frozen out of games late. Chris doesn't want to pass to him because Blake can't make free throws. Blake didn't understand why Chris got input in last summer's free-agent moves and he didn't. Chris doesn't think Blake works hard enough at defending high screens. Etc. etc. etc. They've uneasily coexisted these past two seasons, and these last few weeks it's gotten rocky enough that they can barely hide it in their on-court interactions.
Let's talk about this. I may have leaped to conclusions with my suggestion of Dallas (do they have the potential cap space?).... but what about another team? Atlanta? Still expecting them both to re-up in LA? Thoughts?