NBA Power Rankings: Cleveland Cavaliers ruin Christmas

Previous: . Los Angeles Clippers. 6. team. 77. In what may be their final year together, the Los Angeles Clippers core four players are seemingly falling apart one final own. Blake Griffin is out. Chris Paul and JJ Redick are day-to-day. DeAndre Jordan was involved in a minor car crash yesterday, but is reportedly okay. While the Clippers have been able to remain competent with one of Paul or Griffin sidelined they have been pretty putrid when both players have missed time. As much as Basketball Twitter would love to see Austin Rivers play 30-plus minutes a game, it is likely to drive head coach Doc Rivers insane in the very near future. If Paul isn’t out for too many games these worries of mine become non-valid, but depth has never been a key ingredient in any Doc Rivers’ led team. Like we saw in the postseason last year the Clippers just aren’t the same team without Paul and Griffin out there. It may be time for Rivers to look into cashing in on one the Paul/Griffin/Jordan trio’s trade value, but if all anyone wants to offer is cents on the dollar then the best move for this team might be to just play it out as is. It will be interesting going forward to see if any pressure of the impending free agency of Paul and Griffin will force Rivers hand into making a move.. 22-11