#SLOE: People's Basketball Sim League

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Insure: Rodney Hood

Clippers exercise rights on Jay Adkins

Same - bring ye now, merciful end of the regular season!

Decline the Triumvirate of Mistakes: Patty Mills, Evan Fournier, Jordan Crawford.

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Los Angeles Clippers - changes bolded

C: Art Frederick - 26 (C)
PF: Kevin Durant - 39 (SF/PF)
SF: Rodney Hood - 36 (SG/SF)
SG: Jordan Crawford - 30 (SG/PG)
PG: Pierre Sory - 34 (PG)
6th: Kelly Olynyk - 24 (C/PF)
7th: Abel Basile - 18 (SG)
8th: Jay Adkins - 17 (PF/C)
9th: Roger Conlin - 16 (C/PF ...

Art is life, and Art is a Clipper.

2018-19
Preseason presser - 5 pts

NEW BALANCE: 59 pts

How much can Wilbert Brown give you this season, given that a lot of his value is duplicative of what T-Rob already provides?

If push comes to shove, is the team willing to mortgage some or all of the future to taste the sweet, sweet fruit of a repeat title?

You were already behind the 8-ball jumping into team ownership hours before the UFA Round 1 deadline. If you could have come in sooner, how would you have approached the offseason? Would you have targeted anything differently?


A fine question, and one I probably won't know the true, blue answer ...

GWR: Rumor has it that you're having a hard time adjusting to life in LA after spending most of your time in the Northeast. Any truth to that?


Something something traffic something something La Brea something something Burbank.

I only took this job with the understanding that my #BeatLA chest ...

You said that Rodney Hood is going to set an example for the younger players, since he's fresh off of a title team. Would you say that he has become the locker room leader? Or is this still Kevin Durant's team?


The last question first: it's Kevin's team. He's the best Clipper of all-time, and ...

With a near-absurd amount of cap space available, and young-but-not-ready talent, it's safe to assume long-term bad money is a no-go. But what will you do to get the most out of that cap flexibility? Would the team take on expiring contracts and/or veterans who might bridge the gap until the youth ...

KD is entering into the time of his career where after this season, his best years may start to be behind him. With such a short window and Durant eating a lot of the teams available salary space, what plans are there to put pieces around the star?


While we think it's the right thing to do to ...

You've really reshaped this team since taking over. What sort of starting lineup should we anticipate seeing come opening day?


No surprise that the best player in the league is starting at the 3, and our prize free agent signing, Rodney Hood, is starting at the 2. We really like Pierre Sory ...

Los Angeles Clippers

C: Kelly Olynyk - 26 (C)
PF: Jay Adkins - 30 (PF/C)
SF: Kevin Durant - 39 (SF/PF)
SG: Rodney Hood - 36 (SG/SF)
PG: Pierre Sory - 34 (PG)
6th: Jordan Crawford - 24 (SG/PG)
7th: Roger Conlin - 23 (C/PF)
8th: Abel Basile - 16 (SG)
9th: Trey Burke - 12 (PG)
10th: Isaiah Canaan ...

What kind of pieces do you anticipate you will need around KD? Will you be looking for established veterans or try to build with under-utilized talent?


Million-dollar question right here.

Good news: KD's elite talent across the board means there are a lot of directions to go with complementary ...

As a new GM taking the reins in the most hectic time of the PBSL year, what do you see as your biggest challenges going forward, and what's your general impression of the league so far?


Biggest challenge was/is learning curve. The metaphor is something like jumping into a road race with ...

How bad are you willing to let the losing get, as the young pieces develop? Is there a danger of creating a culture of losing that ultimately stunts the development of key pieces, or alienates a fanbase that, while typically loyal, is relatively small?

With a 5 year age gap between Jayson Tatum and almost the entire rest of the roster, do you worry about the team being stuck between development and win-now?

Happy Media Day, and thank goodness for another day in which the Clippers are the best home team at Staples Center

We've had a hell of an off-season, and not just because someone googled "Fournier." But we're excited by the possibility of a new group in charge. We're beginning to build some ...

With a logjam of talented young bigs, how will you prioritize minutes? Is there a possibility of moving frontcourt players for help at the thin guard positions and to allow for prospects like Pearsall and Hardie to get reps?

Vetmin spree.