The Los Angeles Clippers have been respectable for quite some time, repeatedly attempting to take steps to separate themselves from the big brothers in the same building and same city.
But now, they’re taking the biggest steps of all, extricating themselves from second-class citizen status at Crypto.com Arena and plotting on new land in Inglewood — a very short distance from the Lakers’ original arena during their Showtime days.
It’s probably best they get away from the Lakers, as far away as they can if Wednesday night was any indication. Far away from Crypto.