Los Angeles Clippers need to realize it’s okay to trade Blake Griffin
By Keith Rivas
Seriously — why can’t the Los Angeles Clippers just move on?
It’s not working anymore. Blake Griffin isn’t the player the Los Angeles Clippers need him to be, and it’s not going to get any better from where the team is right now.
Even if you discount all of the injury issues they’ve had with players without even counting Griffin’s, it’s a dysfunctional circus that can literally break down at any moment this season. That is, of course, unless the Clippers decide to make a business decision and bite the bullet for a year or two with the intent to develop a young core.
But we both know that they’re not going to do that, because that’s just how they roll, so let’s dive into some of the possibilities as to why they’re so hesitant to do what looks like something beneficial to their team in the long-run.
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If I were to sum it up from what I’ve seen from them, the short answer is that they don’t know where to go if Griffin leaves. Los Angeles, as you’ll recall, went to such drastic lengths to keep DeAndre Jordan from making a decision on his own to join Dallas a few years ago.
If you have to go to those kind of extremes and then still have poor results thrown in your face, when is enough really enough?
Truthfully, the Clippers have faith in something that just isn’t going to change. I am not sure what world they’re in that operates on a Western Conference competitor made up of an injury prone supposed leader, a center who doesn’t really look like he wants to stay, a coach’s son that’s caused chemistry issues, and a coach that is well beyond his time.
They’re scared to trade or give up on Blake Griffin to any extent because of a pride issue. They’ll have the hardest time accepting the fact that, before you know it, the Lakers will be back in control of Los Angeles and the short stint that they had while on top wasn’t going to last forever.
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And the worst part is that the championship window they supposedly had has been closed for even longer.