The Los Angeles Clippers have historically always been in the shadow of their noisy neighbors, the Los Angeles Lakers. While the Lakers are one of the most successful franchises in the NBA, the Clippers haven’t even made it to the NBA Finals even once.
Despite that, over the last decade or so, the Clippers are slowly turning things around, at least in the regular season. They have dominated the Lakers during the regular season, and hence ahead of every NBA season’s beginning, the Clippers are hyped up as the favorites to win it all.
This narrative has only gotten stronger since the arrival of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George on the team. Last season, the dynamic duo was sidelined due to injuries, but they are back for the 2022-23 season. And similar to the past few years, they are once again being hailed as one of the strongest teams in the NBA.
Are The Los Angeles Clippers Really The Favorites To Win The NBA Title?
On paper, the Clippers have one of the best rosters in the league. They have a star duo in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. In addition to that, they also signed a third star in John Wall this offseason. The cherry on the team is the huge depth that the Clippers have and will certainly try to use in order to dominate their opponents.
Clippers are looking STACKED. 🔥🍿
(h/t @LawMurrayTheNU) pic.twitter.com/J7bEALCn5N
— Hoop Central (@TheHoopCentral) October 15, 2022
Combining all the above-mentioned aspects, it is no surprise many popular accounts on Twitter are trying to hype up the Clippers. But not many fans are buying this hype.
Idk how yall consider this stacked, they just have bunch of players who play the same position lmaoo
— Clamp God Okoro🇦🇲🇮🇷 (@CavsForever_) October 15, 2022
We said this the past 3 seasons they don’t move anyone
— ™️_🌾 (@Sincerely_m0n) October 15, 2022
https://twitter.com/Krzshark/status/1581392602070675456
No one scared of the clippers tbh lol
— | ValleyGotNext |☀️🌵🏜️ (@REALEST2DOIT_25) October 15, 2022
— william💫 (@DexsPicks) October 15, 2022
Play in look scary
— 𝔹𝕠𝕝𝕨𝕣𝕝𝕕 (@BolWrld) October 15, 2022
https://twitter.com/khay6982/status/1581616910545784832
So the team consists of, 2 all star caliber players but have been injury prone in they're careers, one more then the other, a pg that hasn't played a full healthy season since 2017, veterans out of they're prime or have been injured, 5 players I've never heard off a Rob covington
— Clutchnatiin98 (@Clutchnatiin98) October 16, 2022
Heard this for years literally clippers pretenders
— Dustin vampire emoji (@yungdenzel99) October 15, 2022
Clippers have been stacking the deck ever since Kawhi joined them, but has not been working out for them. I don't know why.
— Devan.🇰🇪 (@MichiekaDevan) October 15, 2022
Similar to the last few seasons, the Clippers are expected to have a dominant season. But the biggest hurdle in the team’s path could be injuries to its star players. Kawhi, PG13, and Wall are all injury-prone and will need to take extremely good care of their health if they want to win the 2023 NBA title.
