Kawhi says the Clippers haven't been in the Lakers' shadow "they've been better"

[Kidbasketball20]

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1154117870239961088

He's so right.


**** those moron Laker fans, we live in CLIPPER NATION

[superduper]

Agreed, ever since Kobe declined the Lakers have been irrelevant. Hopefully forming the most stacked superteam of the decade consisting of 5 allstars to help Bran will save them.

[RealSkipBayless]

How many finals have the Clippers been to?

Anyone know?

[superduper]

How many finals have the Clippers been to?

Anyone know?

Same as the Lakers for almost a decade.

[Kidbasketball20]

Same as the Lakers for almost a decade.


:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

[Wally450]

Same as the Lakers for almost a decade.

2>0. :confusedshrug:

[superduper]

2>0. :confusedshrug:

We're hanging on to finals appearances from 10 years ago now?

[Uncle Drew]

Same as the Lakers for almost a decade.

We're hanging on to finals appearances from 10 years ago now?
Do you not know what a decade is? :roll:

[ArbitraryWater]

Do you not know what a decade is? :roll:

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[ImKobe]

They had prime CP3, Blake, DJ, Redick and they had Jamal Crawford's best years and couldn't make it out of the 2nd round all those seasons.. Clippers are only known for choking in the Playoffs.

Both the Lakers and Clippers have only made the 2nd round since 2010 Finals so how have they been any better exactly?

[Kblaze8855]

They had prime CP3, Blake, DJ, Redick and they had Jamal Crawford's best years and couldn't make it out of the 2nd round all those seasons.. Clippers are only known for choking in the Playoffs.

Both the Lakers and Clippers have only made the 2nd round since 2010 Finals so how have they been any better exactly?


By being better.

[ImKobe]

By being better.

Have they really been "better" if they haven't accomplished more than the Lakers in this decade? Are we hanging Division or Championship banners at Staples?

Think about it, Clippers from 2011-2019 have had their greatest run in terms of overall talent on the teams and some of those Regular Seasons, yet accomplished as much as we did when we've been in the rebuild since Kobe's achilles ruptured.

Actually had to take a peek and their 6 best Regular Seasons ever came in this decade, they've been a franchise(in LA, at least) since the 80s and all they got to show for it is a 2nd round exit?

[Thunder_Up]

I mean, those aren't mutually exclusive. The Clippers have been better but the Lakers still get way more media coverage and attention. Especially lately with Magic and Ball fueling the hype. So in a way they are still in their shadow in terms of notoriety and respect.

[Kblaze8855]

If one team wins 25 games and the other 50....the 50 is better no matter what happens in the playoffs. Let

[ImKobe]

The tweet talks about the last couple years. Clippers and Lakers both missed the Playoffs in 2018 and the last season we were the better team but lost our best players to injuries at the 2nd half of the season.. point is that the Clippers weren't really better the last couple years if we look at the talent on both teams and their best season ever is on par with one of our forgettable seasons where we came up short so there's nothing "better" about the Clippers.

[Shogon]

If one team wins 25 games and the other 50....the 50 is better no matter what happens in the playoffs. Let’s not over complicate a simple matter.

Let's also not pretend that winning 50 games and doing exactly jack and shit in the playoffs is going to take them out of the Lakers' shadow, which is exactly what Kawhi was saying had already happened.

It was a smart ass reply, he knew exactly what they meant.

If the Clippers start hanging banners, they're out of the shadow. Until then... they can **** right off. Because even last season, they were still in the Lakers' shadow. And that's going to continue... hell, even if they win a ring, it's going to continue. It's going to take numerous years of winning titles to reverse that ship.

[Kblaze8855]

The tweet talks about the last couple years. Clippers and Lakers both missed the Playoffs in 2018 and the last season we were the better team but lost our best players to injuries at the 2nd half of the season.. point is that the Clippers weren't really better the last couple years if we look at the talent on both teams and their best season ever is on par with one of our forgettable seasons where we came up short so there's nothing "better" about the Clippers.


Putting quotes around a word doesn

[RealSkipBayless]

Do you not know what a decade is? :roll:
:roll: :roll:

[Bosnian Sajo]

I dont know what people are arguing...the Clippers HAVE been better than the Lakers for the last 6-7 years.

How can you even attempt to argue that? One team made the playoffs every season while the other did not make it even once.

[Bosnian Sajo]

"How many finals ap0pearances thouhg??"


Like how ****ing stupid are some of you? Are you legitimately comparing a plus 50 win team and literally a bottom 3 team just because they both didnt make the finals?

[superduper]

Do you not know what a decade is? :roll:

What a pathetic attempt to respond to me.

I said almost a decade and rounded up that almost because we're literally in year 9 approaching year 10.

Terribly cringe attempt.

[scm5]

Ok. Who cares?

Ball up, see what happens.

[TheCalmInsanity]

Do you not know what a decade is? :roll:

Do you not know what "almost" means?

[RealSkipBayless]

"How many finals ap0pearances thouhg??"


Like how ****ing stupid are some of you? Are you legitimately comparing a plus 50 win team and literally a bottom 3 team just because they both didnt make the finals?
Does that take them out of the Lakers shadow? Am I gonna see Clippers gear now when I go to the mall? **** no. :lol

Even if they won this year. Nothing changes. Lakers are #1.

[TheCalmInsanity]

"How many finals ap0pearances thouhg??"


Like how ****ing stupid are some of you? Are you legitimately comparing a plus 50 win team and literally a bottom 3 team just because they both didnt make the finals?

Respect this guy ^

A Laker fan who's word actually means something. Sorry that forum trolls make Laker fans' reputation worse. Learn something, rest of ISH.

[RealSkipBayless]

They had prime CP3, Blake, DJ, Redick and they had Jamal Crawford's best years and couldn't make it out of the 2nd round all those seasons.. Clippers are only known for choking in the Playoffs.

Both the Lakers and Clippers have only made the 2nd round since 2010 Finals so how have they been any better exactly?
:eek:

[bladefd]

Same as the Lakers for almost a decade.

"almost"

"almost"

"almost"

:applause:

[90sgoat]

Clippers need their own arena, then they'll be more interesting overnight.

Lakers are old news, beginning to smell too much of Harvey Weinstein, Lebron and the old order.

[Spurs m8]

Well its true, and has been for almost a good 6-7 years.

Not sure how anyone can argue this, Lakers have literally been at the same level as the Knicks...embarrassing and irrelevant.

Clippers have made playoffs most years in this time

[Artillery]

Well its true, and has been for almost a good 6-7 years.

Not sure how anyone can argue this, Lakers have literally been at the same level as the Knicks...embarrassing and irrelevant.

Clippers have made playoffs most years in this time

Truth. At least Knicks fans don't pretend that they've been elite this whole time. They know they've been trash while Lakers fans like to pretend they haven't been a lottery team for the past seven years. CancerBe really torpedoed that franchise with his last contract. Crippled the Lakers for almost a decade.

Fun fact - Lakers have missed the playoffs more times in the past six years than Spurs have in their entire history.

[sportjames23]

Same as the Lakers for almost a decade.

Ouch. :eek:

[clipps]

They had prime CP3, Blake, DJ, Redick and they had Jamal Crawford's best years and couldn't make it out of the 2nd round all those seasons.. Clippers are only known for choking in the Playoffs.

Both the Lakers and Clippers have only made the 2nd round since 2010 Finals so how have they been any better exactly?

Win/loss record... ****ing retard.

[ImKobe]

Win/loss record... ****ing retard.

So Regular Season W/L matters so much to y'all now?

Lakers are a home to 16 championships, we do not care about Regular Season wins. Our worst decade is y'all best.

[RealSkipBayless]

So Regular Season W/L matters so much to y'all now?

Lakers are a home to 16 championships, we do not care about Regular Season wins. Our worst decade is y'all best.
Different teams have different standards. :confusedshrug:

[Bosnian Sajo]

So Regular Season W/L matters so much to y'all now?

Lakers are a home to 16 championships, we do not care about Regular Season wins. Our worst decade is y'all best.


That's true....because during the Lakers worst decade, the Clippers experienced their most successful.


That's all Kawhi is saying. He's not saying the franchise and their entire history is better, he is saying in recent history the Clips have been better. Which they have been.


I don't know how you can enjoy being such a dumbass.

[Xiao Yao You]

Are Kawai and George all-time Clippers?

[Kblaze8855]

Nothing about titles won by Vern Mickelson during the Korean war has anything to do with which team has been better recently. Ring count is about franchise prestige. Not who is playing better basketball. More players from the last Laker title team are coaching than still playing ball. And the one who is...is the second oldest player in the NBA. 1948 doesnt matter. 1972 doesnt matter. 1982 either. Or 2002. Or 2010. When asked who has been better recently between the Wizards and whoever nobody gives a flying **** about the Wizards going to like 4 finals and winning a ring while some teams haven't made the finals since like 1950. Nobody cares what round ____ lost in over the last 10 years. Its a simple question. Who is better? Who has been better in recent years with "recent" being whatever the person deems reasonable. I dont think when anyone mentions the lakers recent basketball they are bringing up Shaq.

If people talking about the Lakers vs the Clippers were counting Minnesota and the Buffalo Braves they would say so. They mean recently.

The Lakers have not been shit....recently.

[Bosnian Sajo]

The Lakers have not been shit....recently.


Correction, the Lakers HAVE been shit recently. The Clippers have not.



End of story.

[Xiao Yao You]

Nothing about titles won by Vern Mickelson during the Korean war has anything to do with which team has been better recently. Ring count is about franchise prestige. Not who is playing better basketball. More players from the last Laker title team are coaching than still playing ball. And the one who is...is the second oldest player in the NBA. 1948 doesnt matter. 1972 doesnt matter. 1982 either. Or 2002. Or 2010. When asked who has "been better" between the Wizards and whoever nobody gives a flying **** about the Wizards going to like 4 finals and winning a ring while some teams haven't made the finals since like 1950. Nobody cares what round ____ lost in over the last 10 years. Its a simple question. Who is better? Who has been better in recent years with "recent" being whatever the person deems reasonable. I dont think when anyone mentions the lakers recent basketball they are bringing up Shaq.

If people talking about the Lakers vs the Clippers were counting Minnesota and the Buffalo Braves they would say so. They mean recently.

The Lakers have not been shit....recently.

Forgot Buffalo was the Clippers. Dantley an all time Clipper at least? :confusedshrug:

[iamgine]

It's true that Clippers are still in Lakers' shadow and probably will be for the foreseeable future.

It's also true that Clippers have been much better than the Lakers for the past few years and there's a decent chance it will continue.

Both can be true because they are about different things.

[RealSkipBayless]

It's true that Clippers are still in Lakers' shadow and probably will be for the foreseeable future.

It's also true that Clippers have been much better than the Lakers for the past few years and there's a decent chance it will continue.

Both can be true because they are about different things.
Exactly.

[ImKobe]

That's true....because during the Lakers worst decade, the Clippers experienced their most successful.


That's all Kawhi is saying. He's not saying the franchise and their entire history is better, he is saying in recent history the Clips have been better. Which they have been.


I don't know how you can enjoy being such a dumbass.

What's up with Laker fans defending the Clippers all of a sudden? I'm keeping tabs on all of you fake Laker fans here, don't be posting in Laker GTs and pretending like you were riding with us all along when you're out here defending the Clippers in the off-season.


It's true that Clippers are still in Lakers' shadow and probably will be for the foreseeable future.

It's also true that Clippers have been much better than the Lakers for the past few years and there's a decent chance it will continue.

Both can be true because they are about different things.

much better over the past few years huh

2018 both miss Playoffs
2019 Lakers were better when Lebron and BI were healthy as well and it showed when we played them, we beat them with Caruso and Wagner starting in April :kobe: while they were making their Playoff push.

The team Kawhi joined post-PG trade was much worse than what we had to offer him with Bron and AD, there's no question about it.

[bigkingsfan]

It's a brand/perception thing, has nothing to do with basketball. That's why the Lakers are much more valuable.

[Bosnian Sajo]

^

Ofc the Lakers are more valuable, but Kawhi is SPECIFICALLY talking about basketball. How can you say this has nothing to do with basketball when you're posting in a thread discussing what a player directly said a b o u t basketball?


What's up with Laker fans defending the Clippers all of a sudden? I'm keeping tabs on all of you fake Laker fans here, don't be posting in Laker GTs and pretending like you were riding with us all along when you're out here defending the Clippers in the off-season.




You're arguing that the Lakers were a better team than the Clippers the past 6 seasons...even though the Lakers made the playoffs 0 times and the Clippers made the playoffs 5 times.


This has absolutely nothing to do with fandom. You're absolutely delusional if you think otherwise.


As far as you trying to dictate who is a Lakers fan and who is not, I'm the head honcho in this bitch for the Lakers fam. Bend the knee or risk losing the Lakers fam.

[bigkingsfan]

^

Ofc the Lakers are more valuable, but Kawhi is SPECIFICALLY talking about basketball. How can you say this has nothing to do with basketball when you're posting in a thread discussing what a player directly said a b o u t basketball?

The reporter question can be interpreted in many ways. Why do think he ask that question? It's not just recent basketball when comparing the two.

[Bosnian Sajo]

The reporter question can be interpreted in many ways. Why do think he ask that question? It's not just recent basketball when comparing the two.


So we are doing two different things here.


You are answering the reporter's question yourself while the rest of us (it seems) are talking about Kawhi's direct response, in which he word for word says:




uh, I mean, as far as the last few years...as far as a basketball standpoint, the Clippers have been better


It seems that he correctly interpreted the reporters question, specified his answer to relate only to the last few years and only answered from a basketball standpoint. Which btw, as a Clippers player, is probably the best way he could have answered that question.


Kawhi is not talking about the brand. He's not talking about the value of one team money wise...he is specifically talking about basketball, specifying "as far as the last few years".


I'm not disagreeing with your statement. What you are saying is 100% correct, but this thread's topic is about Kawhi's response...not us answering the reporter's question.

[clipps]

So Regular Season W/L matters so much to y'all now?

Lakers are a home to 16 championships, we do not care about Regular Season wins. Our worst decade is y'all best.
How many of those 16 Championships is your current front office responsible for?

[AirTupac]

How many of those 16 Championships is your current front office responsible for?


How many Western Conference finals did the best window of Clippers franchise history make?

[L8krH8tr]

How many Western Conference finals did the best window of Clippers franchise history make?
You

[TheCalmInsanity]

What's up with Laker fans defending the Clippers all of a sudden? I'm keeping tabs on all of you fake Laker fans here, don't be posting in Laker GTs and pretending like you were riding with us all along when you're out here defending the Clippers in the off-season.

ROFL translation: "If you don't make up lies/garbage that can factually be refuted just to defend your team, you're not a Lakers fan"

[TheCalmInsanity]

How many Western Conference finals did the best window of Clippers franchise history make?

How many Western Conference finals did the Lakers make under this current ownership? You don't have Jerry Buss anymore Godzuki

[Spurs m8]

How is this still being argued?hahahaha

Fvck me

[AirTupac]

https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/1154117870239961088

He's so right.


**** those moron Laker fans, we live in CLIPPER NATION

Bahahah

[AirTupac]

How many Western Conference finals did the Lakers make under this current ownership? You don't have Jerry Buss anymore Godzuki

Umm 1 more than Clippers did in the prime of their franchise ever*** Bahahahah RetardInsanity

[ImKobe]

What's up with Laker fans defending the Clippers all of a sudden? I'm keeping tabs on all of you fake Laker fans here, don't be posting in Laker GTs and pretending like you were riding with us all along when you're out here defending the Clippers in the off-season.



much better over the past few years huh

2018 both miss Playoffs
2019 Lakers were better when Lebron and BI were healthy as well and it showed when we played them, we beat them with Caruso and Wagner starting in April :kobe: while they were making their Playoff push.

The team Kawhi joined post-PG trade was much worse than what we had to offer him with Bron and AD, there's no question about it.

What the **** did I tell you. Lakers were in the rebuilding stage for 6 years and still ended up in the Conference Finals before the Clippers(who have yet to make one WCF in all their existence). Imagine picking PG & Lou Williams over Lebron & AD LMAO.