In the weeks leading up to the NBA’s 2018-19 trade deadline, the general consensus around the league was that the LA Clippers would likely not be buyers or sellers. Already having a path to their two max-contract slots in the upcoming off-season, it seemed reasonable to assume that the team would be content to roll with the guys they had and simply push full steam ahead towards July 1st.
The Clippers likely would have done just that, had the Philadelphia 76ers not approached them with an offer for Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic, and Mike Scott that was too good to refuse.