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If Shai and the Thunder win a championship before the Clippers, did the Clippers make a major mistake? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by ElectronicWolf8650@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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In 2019 Clippers traded Shai and Gallinari and four unprotected 1st Round picks, one protected 1st round pick and 2 swaps to acquire Paul George

Since the trade, the Clippers went as far as the WCF but have yet to win a championship.

With the Thunders loaded with great talent and prospects, it's only a matter of time before they are contenders.

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[–] Powerful-Ride-3728@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

You do that trade every single fucking time idc

[–] LavenderAutist@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

They already have

It was a bad trade

The Kawhi thing was just rationalizing

[–] AnotherStatsGuy@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

The mistake was being willing to pay so much for Paul George. Even if the Clippers hadn't included their own picks and swaps, you're still talking about SGA, Gallinari (a large expiring), and three firsts.

Granted, two MIA firsts and a PHI first were probably presume to top out at the mid-20s, but at some point, the Clippers needed to point out to Kawhi "Look, if we pay any more to trade your running mate, we're just not going to have enough around you."

[–] watevauwant@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Dude it’s already mistake, Nevermind if they win a championship, and the clippers aren’t winning for a looooooooong time lol

[–] bb1432@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, AND I SAID IT THE DAY THE TRADE WAS MADE.

I wouldn't have traded Shai for PG straight up.

And I was right.