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But also those guys have massive deficiencies.

Why are you trading pieces away and acquiring those contracts?

And Dave, my last point on this is the contracts.

You talk about Giannis.

You talk about a lot of these guys.

The Clippers are trying to clear the books.

They're trying to have maximum cap space.

And an avenue to that includes if you're going to trade for somebody, the plan right now is to have guys with expiring deals.

James Harden can be a free agent next summer.

Kawhi Leonard, it could be the last year of his contract.

If

The contract is still upheld by the NBA after all this investigation stuff is concluded.

We'll see how long that takes.

The Clippers have had a plan in place since Paul George walked in 2024.

Last year, we didn't talk about that plan as much because they overachieved to the degree that they did.

This year, it's the opposite.

They're underachieving.

It's the same thing.

You kind of have a plan and

Usually when you have a plan, you stick to it, whether you are doing better than people thought you would or this year when you are far below expectations.