The LA Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers are among those favored to win the 2021 NBA title, per Caesars.
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00:00The LA Clippers may have suffered a disappointing end to the 2020 campaign, but that doesn't
00:04lower their expectations for next season whatsoever.
00:07Pro the Caesars sportsbook, the Clippers are among those favored with the 2021 NBA title,
00:12ranking only behind the Los Angeles Lakers.
00:14The Milwaukee Bucks, Golden State Warriors, Brooklyn Nets, and Boston Celtics rank in
00:19the top of the list as well.
00:20That's not a big surprise that many expect LA to be right back with a few things next
00:23season and there's a good chance that the team finished in the top of the list for powerful
00:27standings, once again, based on talent alone.
00:30What's interesting though is how little we know about what the Clippers team will look
00:32like next season.
00:33Obviously, there's a coaching situation, which will presumably take another few weeks to
00:38figure out.
00:39Tyronn Lue's name comes up in reports more often than anyone else.
00:42The Clippers tend to operate in silence, so that might not mean anything.
00:45Nothing the organization has said so far indicates that Lue is the choice either.
00:50There are also a multitude of questions to answer for the agency, beginning with a good
00:53chunk of LA's current roster.
00:55Montrez Harold, Marcus Morris, Michael Green, Reggie Jackson, and Patrick Patterson could
00:59all test the market this offseason, and the Clippers can't afford to bring each one
01:03of them back.
01:04Jackson and Patterson are less important, but Harold, Morris, and Green all played a
01:09significant role this past season.
01:11There are options available to replace them, but those decisions could change the team's
01:16identity moving forward.
01:17As long as the top of the roster stays intact, and that's Kawhi Leonard and Paul George,
01:22the Clippers should be in discussion of title contending teams once again for next season.
01:26But until we figure out which players are returning, which role players are returning,
01:30and who's coaching this unit next season, it seems a bit premature to have them top
01:34of the list.