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Are they leaving? They're getting fired. They signing new contracts. It doesn't matter if it's Lane Kiffin or Yannis Ateracumpo or Mike Tomlin. And we certainly got some news early this morning.
We found out that Chris Paul was sent home From the Los Angeles Clippers. We know that this is going to be the final season of his career. Has he played his final game? What's next for the Clippers? As they try to be competitive, I don't know how you do that with this aging roster.
To talk about all things, Los Angeles Clippers is someone who covers a team for the athletic. Welcome back to the show, Law Murray. Law, how are you, man? Man, I'm good. I ain't selling tickets, so I'm good.
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So Steve Ballmer has to think about it. Before we get right into Chris Paul, Did you think That they would be this bad. We knew about the risks and the ages of these dudes, and we got Beal out with the hip. But did you think they'd be 5 and 16? Absolutely not.
Um Absolutely not. And the thing is, like They made the moves that they made this offseason. They made sense in the context of how why they lost in the playoffs. But the fragility of who they brought in That was going to be something where it was like, all right, like, do you have the same energy to win the games? the way that you won them a year ago.
And I was like, I didn't W they're the reason they are this bad Is because as good as that defense was last year, top three in the league, they're about that bad defensively this year. You know what I mean? You can talk about injuries. You can talk about certain guys not being available. If they defended with the same burden, the same energy as they did last year, maybe they're not, you know.
Maybe they don't have a winning record, but they're a lot closer to five hundred. And that is something that talent doesn't always speak to. What's going on here? It's something deeper. Just like the departure of Chris Paul, while we're talking right now.
It's something deeper than just a matter of, oh, he didn't play well enough, or he said the wrong thing one time.
Well, we heard that Chris Paul apparently was just holding people in the organization accountable, not just the guys he has to watch on the court or sit next to the bench to, but apparently he hasn't had a conversation with Ty Lou in weeks. We know we really haven't seen him out on the court. Was there one specific instance, or has this been a situation from your understanding that's just deteriorated? Over the course of the season. I mean, the season, let's be real, we're a quarter of the way through, but the season just started.
Yes. I mean, I've seen this before with players not having the conversations or the dialogue that they want to have. I thought something was first up when first was not in the rotation earlier in November. before Bradley Deal suffered his injury. And that was an arrangement that continued even while they learned more about Bradley deals severity of that said hip injury.
Uh I I went to Phoenix where But I'll tell you one thing: if he expands, they appreciate Chris Fall a lot more than they do appreciate Brandon Beale. We heard that. Loud and clear. And so. When I went there, Chris played in the first half off the bench.
And it's not like he played poorly. But in the second half, Chris did not play in the uh off the bench. And then Chris. play did not play at all in the next five games. They were trying to have newer or younger players trying Trying to find a way.
And I think When Teran has addressed about it. Easy life. This was part of the conversation.
Now that speaks to the conversations Even being needed.
Sometimes you can bring into a team, even at a certain part of your career. And the Just like you get it. You understand what the role is. you can just kind of roll with it. Curse ball of me is to be told.
You're not starting. You started all 82 games at the Spurs last year. You're not starting. You might not play every night. I think those conversations.
Are easier to accept if the team is winning and you feel involved. When your team is not winning, there's a whole lot of shatter. There's a lot of potential on pointing fingers. I don't want to say that pointing fingers happened. We can reasonably say that pointing fingers happened.
I'm just not here to like say that, that was going on. But You are much less likely to be accepting of a role if your environment is not a healthy one, and it's not a healthy one for the LA Clippers. And I think that is the crux of this. There is one relationship breakdown that has cost somebody their job. It just so happened to be the relationships involving Chris Hall.
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Well, now we know Chris Paul has been sent home. They got to wait until the 15th to go ahead and trade him. I don't see why they would just dump him. What do you think the future is for Chris Paul? We know he wanted to be back in Los Angeles, to be close to his family somewhere on the West Coast, with a battery now in his back.
Is there a possibility he may accept the move elsewhere so he can go out on his own terms? I can't see Eatrest going out like this. I also can't see a clear spot for him. Mm. I don't think family can be a thing for the rest of the season because You got to think about roster spots.
You got to You gotta think about roster spots. You gotta think about like You're not going to play for a team that actually has guys who can go, you know what I mean? It's similar to what this situation was with the Clippers. It's like. it was worth it to not play as much for this Clippers team if it actually reached expectations.
The Clippers won fifty games last year and the year before. you know, I don't think anyone who thought that the Clippers would fail or not be as good. I mean, shoot, y'all didn't think they'd be five and fifteen through twenty games, you know.
So the question is. Where does it make sense for him geographically? Where does it make sense for him as far as? How much playing confidence basically should get, and where does it make sense for him as far as a team that can actually have a chance of winning? It reminds me of.
How I was talking about Russell Westbrook over y'all season. Were Russell on a West Coast base team that would play him? And that team is as bad as the Cliffords as far as their record goes in the Sacramento Kings. Like there's not a lot of chairs left. Especially at this time of year.
I'm not saying Chris won't find one. I'm just going to be very intrigued to see what that team is. Avoiding your unfinished home projects because you're not sure where to start. Thumbtack knows homes, so you don't have to. Don't know the difference between matte paint finish and satin or what that clunking sound from your dryer is.
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Yeah, I'd be shocked if he just never dribbled the ball in the NBA again.
Well, that's on Chris's side of things. From the Clippers' side, with as bad as they've been, with this aging roster, we can't trust Kawhi Leonard and his health. James Harden is still going out there balling at a crazy level. What can this team do? Is it not time to just maybe chop the tree down and plant a new one?
What the hell can they do? Pray, that's an option. You know, prayer. Prayer doesn't always work for me. I got to actually believe it.
And that's the question I have with this team. I actually gave him some rope in November as far as, hey, look, Hawaii's got to come back. John Collins has to get used to the role that he's in All of that. all of that.
So your question is John's been starting all month. Kawhi has been back for a week. He actually played 30 minutes. You know, it took them being down 38 in Kawhi, pushing to finish the game with some level of respectability. You know, that final score does not look nearly as bad as how things were going Monday night.
This life Can you say, even though you're not scapegoating, Chris, Katie, you jumpstart yourself with. A negative Force. Out of the locker room, out of the situation. You're not forcing yourself to give a guy, you know. fifteen, twenty minutes that you didn't think was helping you win.
I think that's a really crappy way of trying to Jumpstart your team, but this team needs something. They can win 10 in a row, and they'll still have a losing record.
Okay, so It starts there. If you want a little bit of hope, It's that James Hardy and Kawhi Leonard are healthy and playing at the same time and that they are. on the road embarrassed and ridiculed for a whole lot of reasons. This cursed ball incident just adds to it. That's your jump start.
You're just going to say they are way more talented than a team that should be losing seventy five percent of their days. Maybe at some point they show it. Maybe, possibly.
Well, we know Steve Ballmer. Is always enthusiasm surrounding Steve Ballman, whether he's defending himself or he's cheering the team on. There's always so much positivity. Is there any chance? That, in order to kind of rectify and fix this entire situation, that he says, you know what, I like Lawrence Frank, and yeah, Ty Lou is cool, but one of the two of them gots to go.
I don't see that happening. And when Lawrence Frank met with the media He very much made it clear on that Aralu is going to be the coach for a phone call long time. And you know what? There's a contract that says. that very thing they're gonna lose contracts goes through 2029.
That also means that Theron Luge is stying longer than any other players on his team. including stars, young guys, and anyone else.
So Quran has some me How can I say it?
So Ron Lou has some job security that some other coaches wouldn't have in this situation. And same thing with the general manager.
So When you have that. You're basically saying if the players, if the stars, if y'all don't fix it, y'all will be the ones to go. That is who I'm looking at first. because this isn't the Clippers are in everybody else. The Clipper is very much Will say they want to emulate the most stable organizations in sports.
They have done that. Uh for the most part, like They won. have a winning season fourteen years in a row. That streak isn't Serious Jeopardy now. But they also are expressing that they are going to stand for stability even if it costs them some of the players that they're already planning on trying to replace in the next year or two.
It seems like it's going to be bad for quite some time before they. They turn things around. Law, is there anything else that we should know about the Clippers? This situation? We haven't heard anything about aspiration.
They're not putting money under the table anymore. What happened to the investigation? The investigation is what investigations do. They are ongoing. And And you have an ongoing investigation.
That means that everything is happening under a cloud. Which means Anyone saying that this is rock bottom? It's ain't rather quite. There's still a whole lot more that could happen to make things more uncomfortable than they already. Oh boy.
Okay. All right.
Well, next time, if Steve Ballmer is potentially going to pay anybody under the table, make sure that you send some my way.
Okay, Law? Yeah.
Okay. Hey man, I need my cut too. Of course, yeah, you could say just make sure some comes this way. Them checks look pretty. Only, only, only 'cause it's the holiday season, though.
Oh, okay. All right.
Well, I'm like, hey, a check to do nothing, sign me up. Why not? I just got to. Learn how to not play basketball for a little while. It's just like Kawhi.
Law, thank you so much. Please tell everybody where they can follow you and all of your work. As it appears, things are going to get very, very busy and maybe not for the better in Clipperland. Yeah.
I mean, shout out to the athletic. Like they put me on. And I'm on social media at Law Murray the News. And that's pretty much it. I appreciate you having me.
No doubt about it. You have a great holiday if we don't chat. Law, thank you so much. Appreciate you. Thank you.
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