Monday NBA Roundup: Is Everyone Overlooking the Los Angeles Clippers?

February 23rd, 2016 by Grant Hughes Leave a reply »

Nobody will be all that impressed by the Los Angeles Clippers' 124-84 win against the imploding Phoenix Suns, but that's actually kind of perfect for a Clips team that has been overlooked all year.



In one sense, there's good reason for that. L.A. is clearly a notch below the NBA's four-team class of serious contenders: the Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers. And it's also true that most of the attention the Clippers have drawn this season has come for the wrong reasons.

Blake Griffin punching out a trainer, incessant complaining, Hack-a-Jordan and increasingly crazy personnel moves culminating in a trade for Jeff Green—a guy who will be looking to extend his career-long streak of making teams worse when he's on the floor. Stuff like that.

Green is already 29, by the way. He is what he is.

Still, put all that aside, and you've got to give the Clips a little credit. This win ran their record since Christmas, Griffin's last game, to 20-6. And even if the schedule has been a little soft, and the Clippers haven't comported themselves well agains ...

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