George was the only player to convey that thought. Rivers and the players acknowledged the goal was to win a championship this year.
Those expectations weren’t a secret, and throughout the regular season, Clippers players kept reminding the public of that lofty goal in numerous interviews.
“We got to get smarter,” Leonard said about how the team can improve for next season, emphasizing basketball IQ.
The two stars — Leonard and George — are under contract for one more year, and then they each have player options for the 2021-22 season. Rivers is rightfully being criticized for his lack of adjustments in the series, but discourse on his job status is premature at the moment.
Playing for Rivers was a major component in Leonard joining the Clippers. Rivers will be running it back next season, sources said.
But the pressure is on, and the franchise will presumably have to go about things in a more diligent manner next year. The Clippers rubbed opposing teams the wrong way by publicly voicing that their time is now and taking games and practices off in the regular season, believing they could just turn it on when it mattered most because of their abundance of depth. But the most hyped Clippers team in history failed to produce when it was time.
There’s no strength in numbers without chemistry.
“A lot of the issues we ran into, talent bailed us out. Chemistry didn’t,” Clippers reserve Lou Williams said.
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