Perk is willing to give the Kawhi-PG Clippers one more year before breaking it up | NBA Today

ACTUALLY LET THEIR DEFENSE TRANSLATE TO EASY BASKETS. LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT THE CLIPPERS. IF I’M STEVE BALLMER, AND I’M LAWRENCE FRANK, I’M GIVING KAWHI LEONARD AND PAUL GEORGE ONE MORE YEAR, ONE MORE YEAR BEFORE I DECIDE TO BREAK THIS UP. AT THIS POINT, IT’S STARTING TO GET RIDICULOUS. LOOK, I’M NOT DOWNPLAYING ANYBODY’S INJURIES OR SAYING THAT SOMEONE IS FAKING AN INJURY, BUT WE’RE GOING INTO — THEY’RE GOING INTO THE FOURTH SEASON TOGETHER AND HAS ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. ZERO. AND IT’S UNFAIR. IT’S UNFAIR TO TY LUE, SO WHEN I LOOK AT THOSE TWO AND WHAT THEY

HAVE ACCOMPLISHED AND BEING AVAILABLE, THEY HAVEN’T. AND SO, HOW MUCH TIME ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO WAIT FOR THOSE TWO TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE’RE GOING INTO THE POSTSEASON, WE ACTUALLY GOT BOTH OF THESE GUYS. WE ACTUALLY CAN MAKE A LEGITIMATE RUN FOR A TITLE. I MEAN, THEY ARE. >> THEY CAN BOTH OPT OUT AFTER NEXT SEASON, ZACH? >> YES. I DON’T WANT TO — I DON’T WANT TO DISAGREE TOO MUCH WITH PERK, BECAUSE ON BALANCE, THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN ENOUGH WINS, GIVEN WHAT THEY TRADED TO PUT THESE GUYS TOGETHER, INCLUDING SHAI GILGEOUS-ALEXANDER, WHO

IS MAYBE GOING TO MAKE FIRST ROUND. >> WHOLE LOT OF FIRST ROUND PICKS. >> I WILL SAY THIS. ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING?

THE CLIPPERS HAD BEEN TO ZERO CONFERENCE FINALS. THEY AT LEAST GOT TO ONE WITH THESE GUYS. THAT’S A NEW LEVEL FOR THIS TEAM, AND THE BUBBLE, I THOUGHT THEY WERE THE BEST TEAM IN THE NBA THAT YEAR. THEY DIDN’T HAVE EVERYTHING, THOUGH. BUT I THINK ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING IS STRONG FOR A FRANCHISE THAT HAD REALLY NOT ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING. >> THEY DIDN’T COME TOGETHER JUST TO GET TO THE FINALS. KAWHI LEONARD DIDN’T PUT UP A FUSS. KAWHI

LEONARD DON’T GET HELICOPTER RIDES THAT HOLD UP THE PLANE TO MAKE IT TO THE CONFERENCE FINALS. >> RIGHT. I DON’T DISAGREE THAT THEY HAVE NOT ACHIEVED ENOUGH. I JUST THINK, LET’S GIVE THEM A LITTLE CREDIT. >> WE’RE GOING TO GIVE THEM ONE MORE YEAR. THAT’S WHAT I WOULD DO. >> THIS SERIES ISN’T OVER YET, BY THE WAY. WHAT IF KAWHI COMES BACK? >> HOW, ZACH? HOW IS HE COMING BACK? IF HE DIDN’T PLAY LAST NIGHT, SWELLING IN HIS KNEE, THEY PLAY TOMORROW AT