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Missing the Can’t Miss NBA Draft: An LA Clippers Story

By Benjamin Criswell

Jun 23, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Brice Johnson (North Carolina) greets NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected as the number twenty-five overall pick to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 23, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Brice Johnson (North Carolina) greets NBA commissioner Adam Silver after being selected as the number twenty-five overall pick to the Los Angeles Clippers in the first round of the 2016 NBA Draft at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports /
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Apr 20, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of the Los Angeles Clippers logo at midcourt during game two of the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Staples center. The Clippers defeated the Trail Blazers 102-81 to take a 2-0 lead. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 20, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; General view of the Los Angeles Clippers logo at midcourt during game two of the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Portland Trail Blazers at the Staples center. The Clippers defeated the Trail Blazers 102-81 to take a 2-0 lead. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

Sinking Ship

While Kimble’s NBA career did not pan out the way anyone imagined, Danny Manning was becoming the All-Star the Clippers hoped he could be. Manning averaged more than 20 points per game in back-to-back seasons in 1993-1994. Manning, however, was traded to the Atlanta Hawks in February of 1994 for Dominique Wilkins’ expiring contract and a first round pick.

After Manning’s departure, the LA Clippers struggled through the 1990s culminating in the drafting of Michael Olowokandi with the first overall pick in the 1998 NBA Draft. Taken at number 2 overall was Mike Bibby. Selected at number five was Vince Carter; at nine was Dirk Nowitzki; and with the tenth pick in the 1998 NBA draft, the Boston Celtics selected Paul Pierce.