True or false: When healthy the clippers have the best team in the nba?

[TAZORAC]

The Clippers have found their way into the playoffs without its 2 best players. No other team in the NBA would make the playoffs without their 2 best players.

With George and Leonard, are the Clippers the best team in the NBA? (Remember that took the SUNS to 7 games last year WITHOUT Leonard)

[NBAGOAT]

yes, their depth is so good(maybe a bit too much depth) and Lue is excellent. I would watch out for Denver. They have a good record without Murray/Porter and Jokic is peaking

[FultzNationRISE]

Theyre certainly deep, and you could argue theyve got as good a chance as anyone.

In the end it’s all about match ups, theres no team that’s gonna be a heavy favorite in every series. Clippers will match up well with a lot of teams but there are also some that will give them problems.

[Axe]

The Clippers have found their way into the playoffs without its 2 best players. No other team in the NBA would make the playoffs without their 2 best players.

With George and Leonard, are the Clippers the best team in the NBA? (Remember that took the SUNS to 7 games last year WITHOUT Leonard)
In what universe tho this exactly happened? You also ought to remember that refs were helping them too during their run last year. They did it because they want ty lue to become relevant.

[Full Court]

I'm going to say true. If they are all healthy, I have them as favorites to win the title. They have all the tools to do it.

[Real Men Wear Green]

False. They weren't the best team last year so I'm not going to assume that they would be this year or will be next year when Leonard will be coming back in his 30s from a torn acl. Paul George isn't elite healthy or not and Leonard's new levels of quickness and agility remain to be seen.

[ArbitraryWater]

how tf would we know bro

considering they never were, i'd say no

[Akeem34TheDream]

They were only healthy against the Mavs and they struggled so it is hard to claim that. However we will finally see Mavs against other opponents and i am excited about that. I'm not really a Luka fan but he was insane against Clippers last year. Also Dinwiddie is a great fit.

Anyway best teams when healthy are either Suns or Bucks. Grizzlies are the best when they are injured.

[Shogon]

When will any of you understand that you can't just add a player to a good team and expect that team to take another step up? Objective reality does not work that way.

Team dynamics are incredibly complex and nuanced. Far deeper than you will apparently give them credit for.

This is why the 73 win warriors actually lost more games with Durant than without. They hurt their depth and Durant took something away from Steph and Klay.

Kawhi and PG coming back fully healthy unquestionably takes away from some of their players now.

Hell, look at Memphis... 20 and 2 without Morant. You think if he was healthy for all 22 of those games that they go 20 and 2 with him, also? No, of course not, because despite being their best scorer, he would take away from certain guys and change the chemistry.


The Clippers are not the best team in the league nor is it likely they will be anytime soon if ever in our viewing lifetimes.