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00:00There's a thing about making a deep playoff run and not working out great season,
00:03but there's also about you were finally healthy and you lost in round number one.
00:07The Clippers' future, Coach, is what?
00:11Murky, because let's be honest.
00:14When you look at the Western Conference, right, okay, obviously OKC's ahead of them.
00:19If Houston doesn't take a step back, they're ahead of them.
00:22You know, you expect the Lakers to, I don't know, maybe be better next year, right?
00:28You expect teams to jump up.
00:31You're looking at the Clippers and saying, well, what do we do?
00:35We've gotten lucky with Kawhi this past year with injuries.
00:39How long is that going to last?
00:42James Harden is, I think, 35, 36 years old.
00:46How long is that going to last?
00:48Yeah, Zubac was absolutely fantastic.
00:50We get it.
00:50Ty Lowe is one of the best coaches in the league.
00:54Steve Ballmer is not afraid to spend money.
00:56But you find yourself an interesting part of you could be irrelevant rather quickly in a competitive Western Conference.
01:06I'm going to throw something out there where I think should be considered.
01:10I think you trade Kawhi Leonard while the value is at its highest now.
01:15If you don't think you're going to be able to be a perennial team that's going to make it to the second round and or deeper in the Western Conference, to me, you're either winning or you're rebuilding.
01:28And I'm worried about the Clippers team falling back, particularly if Kawhi gets injured, right?
01:34Because then you're relying on James Harden.
01:36I think they should consider trading Kawhi.
01:40They got through the first season of the new arena, right?
01:44So they're fine.
01:45They're set up.
01:45It was a ton of money.
01:46Ballmer had to go in.
01:48This is where he should smartly say, let me look at the longevity of this.
01:53Kawhi Leonard off of his year.
01:56Maybe consider it again to be a top 10 player of the NBA currently if he's healthy.
02:00I think you trade him and you try to extend it to the future.
02:04I'll tell you right now, the team that's playing, that just got knocked on last night, if I'm Houston, I'm calling him right now.
02:12I'll give you Jabari.
02:13I'll give you Jabari Smith.
02:15I'll give you Jalen Green.
02:17And I'll give you a couple of picks.
02:19And we'll take Kawhi Leonard.
02:21And then you put Kawhi Leonard in that frontcourt with Amen Thompson, now Ferencengun.
02:25And then you put Reed Shepard in the backcourt along with the Fred VanBleet.
02:28You can't tell me that team can't go to a Western Conference Final if they get someone like the Claw playing in Houston,
02:34especially with the way he plays defense as well.