LA Clippers and their critics need to relax right now

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Dec 4, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul (3) reacts to a foul call in the second half of the game against the Indiana Pacers at Staples Center. Pacers won 111-102. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports /

Leave the refs alone

Bill Oram of the Orange County Register reported from an upset Marreese Speights, “First we need to start really just leaving the refs alone.” The Clippers are a team that yaps a lot to the referees and it would be in their best interest to stop. Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, and Doc Rivers all do it and it’s understandable to be upset. But yelling at the refs is not going to change that play or even the next play. More so than anything else, it’s detrimental to the team’s already bad reputation.

Talk to the referees in a respectful manner about your concern and then go onto the next play. Earlier in the season, it looked like the Clippers had grown out of yelling at officials, as Rowan Kavner of Clippers.com reported on November 10th, “Paul has noticed the Clippers doing a better job of moving on to the next play this year.”

When the Clippers were winning, the arguing was kept to a minimum, but when the losses add up, so does the frustration.

So, what should be done differently going forward?

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