Yet another extremely talented, high-potential Los Angeles Clippers team has failed to mount any type of meaningful playoff success as the long-suffering franchise was thumped in Game 7 by the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night. The alluring yet volatile combination of Kawhi Leonard and James Harden did not rise to the moment when the lights were brightest, starting the clock on another offseason of intrigue. It's become a rite of spring to wonder which high-risk, high-reward superstar the organization will seek out in attempt to take the next step. And to wonder whether maybe, just maybe, Leonard can stay healthy for a whole season and Harden can deliver with everything on the line.
Colin Cowherd did the work of extinguishing any type of lingering optimism that next season will be different.
