The Clippers are in a bit of a hazy situation this season.
On the one hand, they have a veteran roster that just advanced to the Western Conference Finals and expects to continue making deep postseason runs. Their coach Ty Lue has never done anything as a head coach except make deep postseason runs.
On the other hand, they are missing their best player Kawhi Leonard for what could be the whole season, and now they are without their second-best player Paul George for an indeterminate period of time. Thus the haze.
And the uncertainty regarding George’s return has led Jake Fischer to report that the Clippers could turn into sellers at the trade deadline instead of gearing up for a playoff push.