Why This is All Steve Ballmer Fault

how in gods name did you think into giving the coaches son who was on the way out the league so much money??

how do you lose your star pg for absolutely nothing. yes beverly and dekker are nothings!

how did you not get KYRIE IRVING!?? Paul would gladly accept a trade to cleveland for kyrie instead of what cleveland got a broke down pg

WHY ISNT KYRIE A CLIPPER???? WE HAD THE BETTER TRADE

CP was leaving anyway. Glad we got something for him. Plus the trade was made before Kyrie requested a trade. Giving 200 million to a b level forward who misses half a season was pretty dumb, though.

Nah the biggest one on Ballmer is that he let Doc run the franchise instead of getting a real GM on board. That was the downfall to everything. We haven't had a meaningful draft pick since Blake and we wasted CP3's prime years

The package we got for Paul was fine,and it was especially good considering that Paul was leaving anyway. The biggest criticism towards Ballmer is that he is slow to act concerning Doc's shortcomings. You would think that Ballmer would be able to see what most fans see with Doc.

I don’t have to much of a problem with Ballmer, he’s new to this. I’m sure he doesn’t want to make any rash decisions. He’s brought in a brilliant advisor and made the move to strip Doc of power.

It’s easy for us to make a call we have nothing on the line. Steve has an actual franchise depending on his choices. He might be slow to react, but I like that he’s making some tough choices up to now.

The reality is if we would have managed to keep CP or fire Doc immediately, we still wouldn’t be a real contender.

What did you want him to do? Threaten Paul with violence to make him stay? How are you complaining about getting value for a player that was about to leave? Also Harrell and Dekker wasn't the trade, it was:

Beverley, Williams, Harrell, Dekker, 1st Round Pick.

The first round pick allowed us to dump Jamal and pick up Gallinari, so overall it was:

Paul who was leaving anyway and we would get nothing for + Jamal Crawford

for

Beverley, Williams, Harrell, Dekker, Gallinari

Also like namzug said, it is very easy to say "just fire him" when you aren't the one that will be paying a guy like $10 million/year to not be a coach.

The fact that he and sterling didn’t hire a GM plus put together a scouting team is what makes him a trrrible owner. He’s always reacting and not proactive enough. Maybe that’s just his management style

He was pro-active with the mascot, pregame laser lighting show, and the wifi in Staples though!

*sigh*

Touché!!! Lol

Don't forget he also change the logo to one of the worst in the NBA. I think only Houston is worse.

Mascot, check

Light show, check

Wifi, check

Logo, check

Fire Doc and trade Austin.....?

He is new to the game, and Doc as much as we might not like to admit is a well respected basketball head. It took him 3 years to relieve Doc of his GM duties and get Jerry West to help him make his decisions. I don’t think that’s too bad when thinking about all Doc helped the organization through with the sterling fiasco.

Honestly Ballmer has been taking the right steps in my opinion. What he has done this year in regards to the front office has been a pleasant surprise. The personnel he had added had been great. Outside of Gillian I’ve liked what he’s done, and believe once Doc is gone the team will begin moving forward.

He's not that new to the situation. I heard his long time Microsoft pal Paul Allen who owns the Blazers has advised him numerous times on issues and has told him that its not good to have the the same guy play the role of head coach and GM. Ballmer is learning but he's not that "green" and knows better.

Yeah, that's the sad part. Most of Ballmer's reforms deal with the business side of the sport not the on-court production, which is the most important part. Overall, fans will come to games to see a winning team, not a cool light show.

Ballmer wanted to own a sports team, but he didn't specifically know anything about basketball, which he readily admitted, even with his connections with Paul Allen. He left a lot up to Doc when he got the team, and hoped Doc would make the decisions. It's not just that he had no experience as an owner, it's that he didn't know basketball in general, his basketball knowledge was worse than the most basic fan you can find.

So all he knew to do in terms of making changes was to do the business aspect because that was what he knew.

Did you forget Elgin Baylor? I hope so.

Ballmer bought a franchise that could have won a ring. He had one of the greatest PG's ever and the ROY who was supposed to be the greatest PF ever..He had a center with a huge upside. He had a coach with a ring. The team was selling out Staples and Laker/Clipper tickets were easy $1,000 mid court. We were media darlings.It doesn't sound like an unreasonable deal. Then among other things we lost a PO that we were 99.9% sure of winning. Welcome to Clipperland Steve. This is what the Clippers do. You didn't sacrifice a virgin first.