If they lose this game at home and with Gobert out? Wow. Talk about choking.
The Clippers have had so many excuses over the years but the reality is they're just not a great team. A very good team but if they had gotten a few breaks over the years, they just would have lost to LeBron in the Finals. The fundamental problem is they overvalued Jordan and that affected every other decision they've made constructing their roster. They've acted like he's their third superstar but he's really not.
Mike
He was an All-Star this year.
Know who else has been an All-Star? Tyson Chandler, Chris Kaman, Jamaal Magloire, Mehmet Okur and Theo Ratliff. That's where Jordan belongs. He's not in that top tier with guys like Shaq or Patrick Ewing. He's not even in the second tier with guys like Alonzo Mourning or Rik Smits.
He's in that third tier, but the Clippers have paid him and built their team like he's lock for the hall of fame.
Mike
He is an All-Star and is paid like an All-Star. Picking the worst big-men All-Stars you can find and saying "see" is not a debate. And no one is saying DJ is Shaq.
The Clippers problem is that Blake Griffin is no longer a dominant player.
1. Jordan has made the All-Star team ONCE, yet he's paid essentially the same as Griffin and Paul.
2. Providing examples to illustrate a point has been considered a valid form of argument for millennia.
3. The Clippers haven't just underperformed this season. They've underformed EVERY SINGLE SEASON they've had Paul, Griffin and Jordan.
4. I could go into more detail on the salary cap and on court problems that flow from treating Jordan like he's a lot better than he is, but I get the sense you are committed to deliberately not understanding any of them.
Mike