The Los Angeles Clippers are a disgrace to the NBA!

Clippers' trash cans...... because they're TRASH

The NBA pre-season begins in 2 weeks. We will finally get to see how each team with their new additions play out. This does not mean I will focus and anticipate on the upcoming season. In reality, there are many other things basketball related that I can talk about on this blog, with or without the current season. This week, I wanted to embrace how bad my favorite team is, so that is what I will be talking about. Many NBA fanatics, including me, believe that the Los Angeles Clippers are indeed cursed. They are not only the most cursed team in the NBA, there may be the most cursed team in all of the professional sports, never winning even one championship title.

For many years, the Clippers have been the laughing stock of this league. From missing opportunities on star players to being the only team that has never made it past the 2nd round of the playoffs, the Clippers are cursed. Let's take this back to the early history of the team, even before the Clippers were in Los Angeles. This is the era where the franchise has traded away future stars they have had and also have missed out on many opportunities at drafting all-star players. When the Clippers were in New York, Buffalo, the team had a future all-star player at the time, Moses Malone. The Clippers missed a big one here, by not giving Malone a lot of playing time. As a result, Moses requested to get traded off the team,. Afterward, he began to shine on Rockets. From then on after leaving the Clippers, he would soon become a 3x MVP. Later on, the Clippers traded the face of their team, Bob Mcadoo, who has already won an MVP. After being traded, he was an overall 5x All-Star and a future Hall of Famer. They gave up 2 big names and ended up receiving bum players in return. Throughout many years, they would go on to trading away 3 Hall of Famers and missed out on drafting 1 Hall of Famer. They would continue to miss out on star players, like when they traded away Hall of Famer, Bill Walton. In the recent years or modern era of the NBA, the Clippers franchise is not any different. This is the time period where the team began to blow winning opportunities. In 2014, the Clippers made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs, the most they have ever made it to. They were up against the Oklahoma City Thunder. In game 5, they had a chance to take the lead in the series, making it 3-2, only needing one more win to advance after that. In the game, the Clippers were ahead by 7 in the final minutes, but of course, they blew the lead, allowing the Thunder to take control and later on win the series. In 2015, the Clippers once again were in the 2nd round, after defeating the Spurs in the first. They were put up against the Houston Rockets. In this series, the Clippers were actually ahead, 3-1, only needing one more win the advance. But the Clippers somehow found a way to give up the lead, allowing the Houston Rockets to a make an amazing comeback. I was personally devastated while watching that happen. The team was so close to advancing to the Conference Final for the first time in history. The team has a long and bad history of giving up great oppurtunites. Everything happens for a resason, but at this point i dont even know what is going. However I still stay as a loyal fan to the team and I have faith that one day, the glory will be ours. GO CLIPPERS!