The New Year — a time to say goodbye and a time to say hello.
The Clippers will say goodbye to what was a historic run in the playoffs and hopefully say hello to a postseason just as hair-raising as last year’s.
The path to the promised land looks not any less troubling and challenging, though.
Amidst recent struggles, the L.A. team has fallen to the ninth seed with a losing record (19-21). Certainly, we can point fingers at injuries and COVID protocols. But, there are more things aside from missing players that need to be addressed for the team to make a strong push at the title.