This was supposed to be a down season for the Clippers, wasn’t it? I mean, typically after a team loses it’s star player for the season they completely fold their hand and tank for a year.
It wasn’t just one star for the Clippers, either. Not only did they lose their biggest star in Kawhi Leonard for the season with his torn ACL, but they’ve also lost Paul George for an indefinite amount of time with a shoulder injury. This team should clearly not be good.
Yet, here they are in the thick of things as the West’s 8th seed despite not having any star power to work with. And they just got a bit better.
Per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, The Clippers traded Eric Bledsoe, Justise Winslow, Keon Johnson and a future second-round pick for Norman Powell and Robert Covington.
This is a straight-up fleece for the Clippers.
Not only did they get the best player in this deal, but they didn’t give up much of anything to get him. And they’re going to be so good in, both, the long and the short-term because of it.