Comments on: Clippers 2024-2025 Player Preview: Norman Powell

By: Dave Rosa

Dave Rosa — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 12:25:45 +0000

I expect better on-court chemistry now that George and Westbrook are gone. I agree with Powell that it’s an “addition by subtraction.” Personally, I’m happy that they are gone.

This Clipper team will be better than most people believe.

By: Robert Flom

Robert Flom — Thu, 03 Oct 2024 02:45:23 +0000

Nico probably

By: JCplusULTRA

JCplusULTRA — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:43:36 +0000

Man! If he really was a cyborg, we could just swap out those knees!

By: Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:32:20 +0000

I’m good with not bringing Kawhi back to start the season, load managing, etc. Who starts at the 4?

By: John Maclean

John Maclean — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 08:39:29 +0000

Been kind of browsing around watching and listening to various pods with all the regular surrogates entering media day and camp etc, and it seems like everyone is settling into the acceptance of just having a fun stress free opening season at intuit. A lot of discussion about Kawhi’s health obviously and who will start if he’s not ready, and to me I think the smartest approach would be to just plan on having him not play until after the first of the year. Even if he feels good opening night or shortly thereafter he’s not a cyborg and we should be looking to not only get him 110% healthy but also maximize the 30–50 total games he might have for a playoff seed and run not squander them in November and December. Also, I think we should be trying to roll with the Toronto model where they Played him sparingly and just made sure they had great chemistry so when they added him at full board late in the season they could make that run. Having him in and out of the lineup throughout the season will just screw up our rotations when we have all these new players that we need to find where they fit best. We should spend the early part of the season getting Zu and Terence’ rolls expanded along with seeing if DJJ can do more than 3 and D. Maybe Nico can helm the second unit with Dunn and he-who’s-name-shall-not-be-mentioned and we can find a way to be close to .500 by February–at which point we evaluate bringing Kawhi back and/or make a trade.

I guess this is my long-winded way of saying I’m fine with not bringing Kawhi back and trying to build some type of chemistry before we do. Seeing what these other guys can do will be pretty entertaining unto itself.

By: Robert Flom

Robert Flom — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:39:46 +0000

I don’t think he meant it as shade, funny enough

By: Robert Flom

Robert Flom — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 23:39:32 +0000

I don’t want to watch Porter at all, and Jones will start at SF I think. But yeah, never been a huge Norm guy.

By: JCplusULTRA

JCplusULTRA — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 18:23:01 +0000

I love him throwing shade at PG, and Kawhi somewhat joining in with him.

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:36:21 +0000

Have always trusted his shooting but hated how he was always a black hole when he got the ball– i.e. never gave it up. He’s also undersized so that accounts, in part, for his defensive shortcomings. I’d love it if one of the new acquisitions — Porter or Jones — could surpass him.