Baron Davis says the Clippers franchise got BETTER by trading its best player Tuesday ... telling TMZ Sports shipping Tobias Harris to the Sixers sets L.A. up really well for the future.
"Everybody lives in the now. Nobody thinks about 2-3 years ahead where the salary cap is going to be."
Translation ... B-Diddy thinks moving on from Harris, and a couple other players, for essentially a boatload of draft picks will make the Clips better down the road.
"When you make the trade, you always looking for 3 or 4 years out and I think the Clippers got some incredible pieces.