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Revisiting LA Clippers high points from the 2010s

By John Jablonka

LA Clippers Blake Griffin DeAndre Jordan Chris Paul. Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
LA Clippers Blake Griffin DeAndre Jordan Chris Paul. Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Time for a rebuild

This was inevitable. Once they traded Chris Paul, it was time for a change, but that came a bit later. Once the LA Clippers offered Blake Griffin a max deal, it seemed as if they were still trying to compete with him as their best player; however, that changed towards the trade deadline.

Soon, the Clippers decided to send Griffin to the Detroit Pistons for Tobias Harris, Avery Bradley, and Boban Marjanovic. It was then it became clear they were entering a rebuilding mode.

There were not many high points this season, as they were not competing for a playoff spot nor had any young guys.

They did end up with a 42-40 record and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2011, but that turned out to be a blessing. During the 2018 draft, they traded for someone who now looks like he is going to be a star in this league in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

In free agency, the team did lose their longest-tenured player, DeAndre Jordan.

With all three — Paul, Griffin and Jordan — gone, the Lob City era had finally ended and gladly so.

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