Los Angeles Clippers success: boats tend to sink

The Lakers started 3-1, so they must be a playoff team. They are 4-6 to this day, and their postseason chances are dubious to say the least. Keep that in mind when you think of the LA Clippers seemingly heading to the playoffs. Now, you’ll see a lot of people on television trying to rectify their “mistake” of miscalculating the Clippers by saying they are only as good as their record. Don’t listen to them, time will change and soon so will their opinions.

First, the combined 10 records of the 10 teams they’ve played against are 41-54. When San Antonio and Dallas knock on the door, we’ll see how the Clippers do. 2 games vs. the Hawks, a showdown with the Lakers; Tougher opponents are coming.

A team that blows its record completely is not unheard of in the NBA. In fact, it happened as recently as the 01-02 season with the Milwaukee Bucks. Through 39 games, the Bucks were 26-13, ½ game behind the New Jersey Nets. The Detroit Pistons were impressive 19-20 at the time. So the Bucks screwed it up. They finished 15-28, which somehow allowed both Indiana and Toronto to get into the playoffs while completely missing. Detroit finished 31-12 similar to that of the Nuggets, just 2 games behind New Jersey when it was all over. The Bucks finished 6-16 to crown the 01-02 year.

The moral of that story was that things change in the NBA, and no one accurately predicts things that haven’t happened. The 21st century has already served us LA Clipper drowning. In that familiar 01-02 season, the Clipps were 36-33, right in the middle of the playoff race. They finished 3-10. How about last year, when they were 23-23 only to lose their next 8 games?

There’s a reason they’ve only made the playoffs 3 times in their 26-plus years – it’s the Clippers! This team has a legacy of loss and suffocation. From what I know, this team could make the playoffs, but rest assured it will only make it to the eighth seed. The day the Clippers deserve and get the benefit of the doubt is the day the Natalie Holloway story is not broadcast live and direct with Rita Cosby. It is not happening.