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But if not, then that pick more than likely is going to the Clippers because the Pacers are in quite a deep hole.

It's probably going to be five through nine if they don't win the lottery.

And that's great.

But if the Clippers don't win that lottery, that becomes a tradable asset.

And that brings us to the reason the Clippers are still relevant today.

And that is Kawhi Leonard.

That dude is playing like Jordan.

And I mean...

at the age that he is and all the injuries that he's overcome and all the distractions that have pockmarked this season, for him to be playing like this, for him to be playing inspired basketball, back-to-backs, on the road, several consecutive games in a row, to bring the Clippers back from where they were

it says a lot, but we're all going to be looking at the future of Kawhi in the short and long term for the rest of this season and going into the next offseason.

And you might have a tradable asset along with that.

Honestly, it's a matter of continuity.

James and Zoo aren't here, but when Zoo missed games in December, that opened the door for Brooke Lopez, a guy who was benched in November because he was such a bad fit with the second unit they were trying to play.

And it made them realize, oh, so Brooke can play.

It's not that Brooke can't play.

It's just that you can't have a 280-pound 38-year-old who was non-athletic coming out of Stanford be running around with these second units that you see.

Think about it.

Andrew, you see the second units in Oklahoma City.

You see what these teams do to downsize.

They realize, okay –