The Mavericks-Clippers sequence isn’t finished but, however Stephen A. Smith has seen all he must see.
Game 5 was an absolute catastrophe for the Clips, who suffered an embarrassing blowout loss on their very own house courtroom.
The staff’s veteran All-Stars like Paul George and James Harden went lacking within the content material and were roasted by fans afterwards.
Harden shot 2-11 from the sphere, whereas George completed the night time on 4-13 capturing.
Smith says LAC could be smart to make some large modifications this summer time.
“It was a catastrophe. There’s no way around this. And I want to say this off the top… I want wholesale changes in Los Angeles. Steve Ballmer just needs to blow it up. Enough is enough, okay?,” Smith mentioned on First Take. “…Now, if a change takes place and somehow someway… they come out a win Game 6 and then they come back to win Game 7, that might be a different story, but I don’t expect that to happen. We see James Harden, we’ve been raving about him, we saw him perform in a couple of games this series, we saw what he did in a couple of games without Kawhi Leonard… and then what happens last night? Seven points? Really? Really?”
The narrative that the Clippers may win all of it ‘when Kawhi is healthy’ is getting fairly drained.
After 5 seasons of PG-13 and Kawhi enjoying collectively in Los Angeles, the Clippers have solely superior previous the second spherical as soon as once they performed the Suns in 2021.
There are loads of rumors surrounding the staff’s core gamers transferring on. The most up-to-date being that the Magic are keen on Paul George – who will grow to be probably the most touted free brokers this summer time.
If LAC don’t make it previous the primary spherical, Stephen A. Smith may very well be proper.
