LOS ANGELES — Between 1976 and 1991, the franchise first known as the Braves and later the Clippers changed names once, cities three times and coaches 10 times.
Through it all, one thing never changed — an inability to reach the playoffs.
Those 15 consecutive seasons without making the postseason were an NBA record and — together with a later 14-year span featuring just one playoff appearance — morphed the Clippers into shorthand for professional sports mismanagement as one Sisyphean season after another fell short.
