Biggest Offseason Priorities and Targets for Los Angeles Clippers

This is the moment the Los Angeles Clippers have long been dreading, the one the media have been pointing toward and harping on for months (if not years), the one thats had the teams fragile fan base so nervous for so long.The most pivotal point in franchise history.Now that the Clippers have been eliminated from the NBA playoffs by the Utah Jazz in 7 games, theres little other than vacation time until July 1, when Blake Griffin, Chris Paul and J.J. Redick hit free agency. Griffin, whose freak toe injury in Game 3 against the Jazz ended his own postseason and doomed L.A.s, was the game-changing talent who made the Clippers an attractive destination for established stars. Paul, who was redirected to the Clippers after the league nixed an initial trade to the Los Angeles Lakers in December 2011, transformed the City of Angels other basketball team from top to bottom. Redick was Doc Rivers first major free-agent signing in L.A., and has been the unsung hero of one of the Associations best offenses since he arrived.With them, the Clippers have been a perennial powerhouse, albeit one thats crumbled amid seemingly supernatural misfortune spring after spring. Without them, a team that spent decades as the leagues laughingstock could be destined for more dark days ahead, depending on how the higher ups handle these and other concerns.Begin Slideshow
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