Here’s a thought for the LA Clippers: don’t trade away the league’s most efficient three-point scorer for basically nothing.
But that’s exactly what they did: last February, the Clippers dealt away Luke Kennard, John Wall and what would become the 20th pick. All of that for a 34-year-old Eric Gordon and the 30th pick in what I consider the Clippers’ most boneheaded deal in the Paul George-Kawhi Leonard era.
Let me explain.
Lawrence Frank and the Clippers have been pretty good with acquiring the right pieces for the tandem of George and Leonard. Norman Powell, Russell Westbrook and now Kenyon Martin Jr.