When staring in a fun-house mirror, it becomes easy to wonder what one would look like in a parallel universe where everything is flipped upside down.
The Clippers, in many ways, are the fun-house mirror of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The Clippers hired a dual Coach/GM to run the show as President of Basketball Operations. That President of Basketball Operations struggled to manage both tasks effectively, often valuing short term role players over younger assets and stocking the bench with players that they had prior relationships with.
Contentions with the team’s superstars led to a hard pivot, trading away players for assets.