Comments on: Clippers 2025 Exit Interviews: Derrick Jones Jr.

By: chogokin

chogokin — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:39:29 +0000

There’s a lot of bonkers ass hot takes in that thread but there’s definitely some truth in there too. I really don’t understand why Ballmer wouldn’t replace Ty w/ a coach who actually gets along w/ his FO or fire Frank and get a FO who fits Ty’s vision, but, well, here we are I guess. Also, if the Knicks wanted to talk to Ty I’d absolutely let them if they offered us a 1st.

By: chogokin

chogokin — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 17:36:34 +0000

I appreciate the props, it's nice to be right every once in a while...even though he's killing it on another team now Re: Yang, I haven't watched that much film on him, but I had been keeping tabs on him from a while back and apparently he had a good combine workout (more mobile/coordinated than what people were expecting from someone his size) so his name has been getting some buzz again recently. He has good fundamentals and assuming they aren't lying about his age, also has time to grow his skillset. I'm not saying he's gonna have like a 10yr NBA career, but we need size, youth, have late picks, and have been scouting a bunch of international/Asian prospects recently - so why not take a shot on him?

By: John Maclean

John Maclean — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 10:14:20 +0000

The Hartenstein tout by Chog was epic. I vividly recall this. Only a few more weeks until we can decompress. So many variables and options.

By: CrossRoads

CrossRoads — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 07:58:09 +0000

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/3464808/ridiculous-twitter-thread-from-someone-reportedly-associated-with-the-clippers-accuses-ty-lue-of-throwing-the-season-to-troll-the-front-office

dime dropper!

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 04:24:43 +0000

Don’t know anything re HYang but you were spot on with iHart so uve earned my respect as a talent spotter.

By: chogokin

chogokin — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 02:04:53 +0000

It is if you win, simple as that. It was absolutely worth it for Toronto to trade for Kawhi and for Denver to trade for Aaron Gordon.

On a semi-related note, we need a backup big and to get younger, so I hope the Clippers take a look at Hansen Yang if he’s available at 30 or somewhere in the 2nd round. Kid is only 19, 7’2″, and looks like he has some decent skills and good bball IQ. Problem is he’s lead-footed so he’s gonna need to be parked in the paint, but that’s not as much of a problem for a backup big that you’re bringing in as a change of pace to spell Zu for a few minutes per night.

By: dhpat

dhpat — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 01:07:44 +0000

Maybe, building a team with proper drafting — but understanding that taking 18-19 year old young men and molding them into pros — takes 3-4 year investment of time.

Doing blockbuster trades — not sure if it is worth all the drama.

By: JCplusULTRA

JCplusULTRA — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 07:34:24 +0000

Yup!

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:56:06 +0000

It’s hard to win a trade in this league. You have to give value to get it and so there’s often no net difference in the resulting team makeup. You have to have really good talent evaluators and then that evaluation has to pan out. Really a tough biz. But for us fans, it’s kind of nirvana time coming up with myriad and exciting possibilities.

By: khyber jones

khyber jones — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 16:54:02 +0000

The ideal situation is KD coming over for a cheap price. He should be gettable at a cheap price b/c of his age and durability. I have no doubt that with a healthy KD/Kawhi to go with Zu and Harden that we’d easily win 50 games. But we would need the types of athletic wings we gave up (T-Mann/KPJ types) to complement them. I do think those types of guys are available if we’ve examined the market properly.