Sam Amick

in this group is doing a similar thing to what they did a decade ago when they were one of the only teams that was actually coming for the neck, so to speak, of the reigning champion.

And it was the the Warriors back then with the Rockets trying to take them off their throne.

And now, you know, it's the Rockets going after the Thunder because, you know, they went out and got KD.

They'd been aggressive.

So the chilling effect doesn't apply to everybody.

But unless you are a Houston or a Denver or a New York team,

or one of these teams near the top, you know, I think you start second guessing the strategy here a bit.

No, that's fair.

I don't know how to break it down other than it is a disaster.

Basketball-wise, they had high expectations for this year.

Now, in the interest of not being hypocritical, because we get things wrong all the time in the media, I will share with you that, man, Dave, when the Clippers came through my neck of the woods in the preseason,

And it was preseason, but you can get a feel for teams and they put a beating on the Kings.

You know, I looked at that roster and I was a believer.

I thought they were going to be good.

Um, and fast forward to, you know, obviously here in mid December and everything has come off the tracks.

Certainly part of it is health related.

Kawhi was out for quite some time, but we, even once they got Kawhi back, um, it has not worked.

Um, the Chris Paul, um,

you know, situation, controversy, drama that I think exposed a lot of warts that we knew existed within the Clippers culture, but it just reminded you that they still exist.

And what I'm referring to there is you can say what you want about Chris's leadership style, but the lack of leadership and the void in that department is