Can the Clippers win a championship before the Lakers win their next one?

[ACF]

All depends if Donald Sterling dies (or is forced to sell the team after yet another display of his despicable behavior goes public) before the Lakers win another championship.

Isn't he in his 100s or something?  He's one of those guys who's probably too evil to die, anyway. 

[chambers]

I just hope the clippers are good enough next year that they dont  end up with a top 10 pick. if we can get a pick in the 11-15range, we can end up with some real talent

amen to that.

Clippers have a decent shot. Kobe is on the decline and I think it's going to take a while for Mike Brown to adjust.
Can't see the Lakers being too much of a threat now that Kobe has begun his decline, unless they bring in another scoring guard to replace Fisher (who I've always felt is completely overrated garbage).

[greenhead85]

No and maybe yes.

Maybe they might win a championship before the Lakers win another one once a hard salary cap is in place.

No if, as what Michael Jordan said a few weeks back, teams like Miami and LAL remain to have the benefit of offering blank checks to superstars.

[Marcus13]

Not with Sterling in charge

[Chris]

A slight tangent, but I found it very interesting in Stern's interview with Simmons a couple weeks ago when he said that he does not have the power to force an owner to sell...but the other owners do! 

I wonder what this guy needs to do to get the other owners to turn on him enough to force him out?  I wonder if he takes too hard a line when it comes to stuff like cost sharing, if suddenly all of the horrible things he has done as a businessman will suddenly come back up, and give the other owners reason to oust him?  One can hope!

[Celtics4ever]

Good management but they blew the Mike Brown hire.   I hope for once they make our mistake and get too old with Derrick and Kobe.    Still they will be able to sign someone with the LA draw and Hollywood.  I think they will get Howard and not us.

[diconzo]

What are you talking about? The Blake Show is switching coasts and heading up to Beantown with Dwight!


Also I think the Clippers are going to have a good 2011-12 season, but not good enough to get in the playoffs in the West. There is a really good chance their pick goes to us.

[manl_lui]

i dont think so, they might make the playoffs a few time but i believe Blake Griffin will leave LA and head somewhere else

then back to rebuilding mode, theyre not winning anything until they change their GM

[BASS_THUMPER]

kobe right now wont beat griffin one on one

looking at clips roster again they would sweep lakers in the playoffs

[bfrombleacher]

I don't know what the protocol is for replying to old topics but...I love being (possibly) right.

[bfrombleacher]

Using a new account now, but just gonna bump this real quick...for old times sakes...

What foresight by me, eh?

[jpotter33]

A slight tangent, but I found it very interesting in Stern's interview with Simmons a couple weeks ago when he said that he does not have the power to force an owner to sell...but the other owners do! 

I wonder what this guy needs to do to get the other owners to turn on him enough to force him out?  I wonder if he takes too hard a line when it comes to stuff like cost sharing, if suddenly all of the horrible things he has done as a businessman will suddenly come back up, and give the other owners reason to oust him?  One can hope!

Here's another pretty good call with Sterling's ousting last year lol

[Roy H.]

A slight tangent, but I found it very interesting in Stern's interview with Simmons a couple weeks ago when he said that he does not have the power to force an owner to sell...but the other owners do! 

I wonder what this guy needs to do to get the other owners to turn on him enough to force him out?  I wonder if he takes too hard a line when it comes to stuff like cost sharing, if suddenly all of the horrible things he has done as a businessman will suddenly come back up, and give the other owners reason to oust him?  One can hope!

Here's another pretty good call with Sterling's ousting last year lol

I normally don't like bumping threads from 4 years ago, but wow, kudos to Chris.  He nailed that one.

[JohnBoy65]

It's amazing what 4 years can do. Complete role reversal of the teams. Let's not forget CP3 trade to the Lakers was virtually done. I hate the Lakers but everything about that seemed criminal.

I have not idea what the Lakers would be like had CP3 been there the last few years.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

It's amazing what 4 years can do. Complete role reversal of the teams. Let's not forget CP3 trade to the Lakers was virtually done. I hate the Lakers but everything about that seemed criminal.

I have not idea what the Lakers would be like had CP3 been there the last few years.

No doubt. With CP3, Kobe, Gasol, they might've tied or even passed us.  And I agree that the CP3 nondeal seemed criminal—but I ain't losing any sleep over it! 

As for the original question in this thread: I think the Clippers could win a title before the Lakers get their next one, but I'm not convinced it'll happen. For all the talent the Clippers have, they seem to be lacking the "it" factor, that certain drive and mindset that all champions have. I see this most with Chris Paul, who to me is a star but not a superstar—to me, he's always seemed to lack that certain something that guys like Bird, Jordan, etc., had, that drive that helps a player carry a team to a title.

That, and the Lakers will probably somehow luck out again á la the Gasol trade, or the Kobe trade, or the Abdul-Jabbar trade, or ...