5 reasons the Los Angeles Clippers shouldn’t ‘blow it up’

4. This is the best era of Clippers basketball in franchise history

For more illustrious franchises, this wouldn’t even be a question. After six straight postseason failures, each more ill-fated than the last, it’d be a pretty easy decision to move on from a core that never made a conference finals appearance, let alone one in the NBA Finals.

But for the Los Angeles Clippers, blowing up this team would mean turning their backs on the most successful era in franchise history.

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Before Chris Paul’s first full season in Los Angeles, the Clippers had an all-time win percentage of .367 over 41 years. They made the playoffs just seven times, didn’t reach 50 wins in a single season and posted a 24-34 playoff record (.414) in that span.

In the last five seasons with Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, Lob City compiled a 273-137 regular season record (.666), won 50+ games all five times and won nearly as many playoff games (20) as the franchise had in the 41 years prior (24).

Is it any surprise this franchise would be hesitant to pull the plug on a star-powered group and risk plunging the Clippers back into dark, obscure and irrelevant territory once again?

For the first time ever, the Clippers have handily established themselves as the superior team in L.A. Their continuous shortcomings in the playoffs have become a running joke compared to the Lakers and their 16 championship banners, but there’s something to be said for sustained success in this league, even without championship rings attached.