We are finally seeing Ty Lue be the coach everyone said he is. Frank forced this young team on him, and he responded. The same goes for Kawhi. This young team opens up the floor for Kawhi. Please, no more geriatric signings.

I like Garland.

I like Ben.

I like Jackson.

The Clippers are fun.

So my predictions for the next three game’s are:

Don’t sleep on Chicago. Dangerous trap game. Take care of business versus Sacto and I seriously believe we are going to beat the spurs especially if Collins can give us 20 minutes.

We are going to finish the season incredibly strong which is who we are every year. It’s too bad those warlocks on the Suns will probably bomb enough threes to steal wins down the stretch or we’d overtake them. Oh well.

As far as the playoffs, I want everyone healthy but in the larger picture for this season it’s unlikely that Yanic would have been a massive difference maker. Sure it would be great to have his length and energy but he’s still a little wet behind the ears and would have likely gotten into foul trouble and made other mistakes to get played off the floor. Jax is further along and overall will be able to swim with sharks in deeper waters. So as long as we get Collins back and no other injuries we will have about as good a hand to play as we could heading into the playoffs.

Right now at this moment in history, I would rate only SGA (because of youth) ahead of Kawhi for putting a team on their back in the playoffs. Yes this includes Joker and Luka who are geniuses but can get rattled. Kawhi is just a cold blooded killer and we forget that after his run with Toronto he was being hailed as a top ten player in history. He may be even better than that right now. “Kawhi Leonard Jordan.”

All we gotta do against anyone is win one game in their gym to take a series. He can do this if all the other pieces we have fall in line.

All we are going to hear moving forward is “no one wants to draw the clippers in the first round” and rightfully so. We ain’t winning no chip but at least we can take a measure of respect and the future is now incredibly bright.

Darius is a swashbuckler: someone who enjoys and looks for dangerous and exciting experiences

Kawhi, it seems clear now, is best as the solo star of a team — he doesn’t need a co-star (like PG); he needs guys who will get him the ball, play good D, get steals and get him the ball some more. He’s got that now and it’s a pretty fun watch. Based on this game alone, the FO hit for the cycle at the deadline and the scary thing is that this team seems to be getting better by the game. I’m betting no one wants to face the clips in the POs.

Gobert was completely neutralized. Zero offensive rebounds and zero blocks.

Undefeated with Garland in the lineup.

The pace has been a huge change … and improvement.