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Comment on Clippers 2026 Preseason Game 3: Game Thread by John Maclean

John Maclean — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:18 +0000

Clips slowly getting a little more respect and moving into most people’s 2nd tiers—which is probably appropriate. I thought Jason Timpf’s take was the most fair and objective to where he believes it all hinges on whether or not Kawhi can return to full form. If so he would “vault” us into the top tier with Denver and OKC.

I have a bit of an eccentric take as to why I think Kawhi may be able to do this, Although he’s missed a lot of court time due to this knee nightmare, as a result the rest of his body has had a lot less wear and tear than a normal 34 year old. Most players age and burnout systemically like we saw with Paul Pierce where his legs were gone and he was totally washed. But if they’ve rebuilt Kawhi’s knee into something bionic and durable we might see him return to greatness. There’v certainly been flashes of it and he just looks crisper including more elevation on his shot and better overall body language.

Watching how he moves is the most intriguing thing for me in these last couple of preseason games.

Comment on Clippers 2026 Preseason Game 3: Game Thread by JCplusULTRA

JCplusULTRA — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:13:07 +0000

I wonder if Tinkering Ty will copy Adelman and play both bigs together.

Comment on Clippers 2026 Preseason Game 3: Game Thread by JCplusULTRA

JCplusULTRA — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:10:50 +0000

I find it odd that Flowers got cut. I saw some stuff on Reddit that he possibly asked to be cut to find another team. Anyone have more info?

Comment on Clippers 2026 Player Preview: Derrick Jones Jr. by JCplusULTRA

JCplusULTRA — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 23:21:12 +0000

Oof! Trentyn Flowers got waived. Such a shame.

Comment on 2026 Clippers Player Preview: Trentyn Flowers by JCplusULTRA

JCplusULTRA — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 22:19:24 +0000

Oof! Trentyn Flowers got waived. Such a shame.

Comment on Clippers 2026 Player Preview: Derrick Jones Jr. by mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:31:28 +0000

35.6% from deep? Truly thot it was in the 20s. I cringe when he takes that shot. Not much better than Dunn’s .335. FTs usually tell the all around shooting story. 71.3 for DJJ and 68 for KD = crap FT %s for pros.
My metric is that a good FT % leads to good outside shooting. One example of many: Denver’s C. Braun hits 82.7 FTs and nearly 40% from deep. So, any poor 3 pt shooter should not only work on that shot but his FTs as well.

Comment on Clippers 2026 Player Preview: Derrick Jones Jr. by khyber jones

khyber jones — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:34:58 +0000

If he can hit open 3s at a good percentage, it will be tough to keep him off the court. If he can’t, he will get played off the court against the good teams. He’s undersized for the power forward spot and is best used as a SF wing. That’s why Collins at the power forward spot and Beal at the guard spot are a better fit than DJJ.

Comment on Clippers 2026 Player Preview: Kawhi Leonard by dhpat

dhpat — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 05:40:09 +0000

Our deep team will help. Old players, but we have many good players.

Religious or not, pray for the health of our players.

This might be the last hurrah for this KL era.

Comment on Clippers 2026 Preseason Game 2: Game Thread by mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 02:58:48 +0000

Can throw Nico out there on Gordon in a pinch. Nico’s smarts make up for a bunch. Gordon’s bully ball game reminds me of a certain Laker. Tough to stop that train — tougher when he’s an outside threat. I actually think Kawhi is our best bet in the clinch.

Comment on Clippers 2026 Player Preview: Kawhi Leonard by Robert Flom

Robert Flom — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 02:52:21 +0000

Dont think anyone really knows!