Zach Lowe

I'm just going to just say this.

Every time I see the Clippers tweet, I just think back to when everyone was digging up the old aspiration tweets nine months ago.

Yeah.

If there's a year to maybe just not take the victory lap at the Pacers' expense and highlight in red that you're getting the number five pick, maybe just take the win and don't rub it in.

But we also have to discuss...

Kevin Pritchard's tweet apologizing to Pacers fans.

I thought that was like insane.

I could not believe that he tweeted that, saying that he thought that he didn't think it would come up five.

Like, dude, you made the trade.

Yeah, you made the trade.

And it's like a justifiable trade.

Avicii Zubac was a borderline All-NBA player two seasons ago.

He's on a great contract.

The Bucs splurged on Miles Turner at a number that you, frankly, couldn't justify.

And so you had to pivot somehow.

And yeah, you did so hoping to tank this season and have your cake you needed to, and you didn't get the cake.

But to sit there and tweet like, man, I'm just surprised.

I thought it would go the other way.

You knew exactly what it was.

It was 52-48.