The Clippers were up 100 to 96 4 minutes ago.

So up four with four.

But they failed to score another point and ended up losing by five.

Look, Richard, we've been talking about this all season.

The point guard position.

They need a floor general out there, but they are really capped in terms of what they can do at the trade deadline because they've given away all their picks.

So, really, it's buyout market.

And what do you think they need to do at this spot?

What is that face for?

That?

Faces like people get mad.

So what about the Clippers?

What about the Clippers?

And then they Paul George gets a lot of heat.

I understand Kawai gets a pass, but Quiet needs to start getting, like talked into this a little bit, because Hawaii is a part of the problem as much as Paul George.

Even more so because Hawaii is considered a better player point guard spot is more of the problem.

No, I o for nine, for those two has nothing to do with the point guard spot like they've had a similar point guard situation over the last couple of years, and they were still favorite last year.

Now we're trying to figure out why do last year, I think, No, I think the point, and this is not a knock on Beverly.

But to me, your point guard either has to be a score or a playmaker, and he's neither.

You know, he's a great one of the best on ball defenders we have in the league.

I think he would be even better suited at the two if that was available, but it's not available.

But coming off the bench, they need to.

But their hands are tied with the contracts to get these two superstars they got.

So you can look at a Rubio or and Eric Bledsoe, possibly packaging.

Um, Who's the kid they got from Duke?

Uh, Leonard?

Yes.

Possibly packaging a corner because they gave him some nice money, but they definitely I feel like they definitely need to address that point guard situation.

Although the point guard situation, like Richard said, had nothing to do with these guys going over night down the stretch.

Okay, look, I'm not making excuses for anyone, and I don't think and look, Paul George has taken the heat in every moment this season.

He has been there for it, so I am not.

I'm not given those guys a pass, but I do think it matters who you have, setting you up the play, making it matters.

And if you look at Kyle Lowry with Hawaii in Toronto, it changed what was possible there.

Now Kyle Lowry.

I don't think it's necessarily even going to be available from the Raptors.

There's some question about that, but the Clippers don't have the assets.

But even if you look at last year in the bubble with what Rondo did, returning for LeBron and taking the burden off LeBron, where LeBron wasn't the only playmaker on the floor like these two guys are your scoring two and three, and they have to be playmakers and point guards as well.

So, like I said, love Patrick, barely.

His tenacity, his mindset, his defensive presence.

But they definitely need to upgrade the point guard, not a knock on Pat Bev.

He does different things.

Absolutely, he doesn't.

He doesn't always show up in the numbers to he's someone I would definitely go to war with.

But as a starting point guard on a team that's possibly a championship caliber team, I think they need to upgrade the point guard.

You're not here for it.

You're just know that face.

We're just we're we look at over nine and then we say, Oh, well, they need a point guard.

This has been a conversation the whole season there.

All right, let's move on because there you go.

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