The LA Clippers are going to be competing to win the Western Conference this year.
They’re right there in the mix. That being said, so are three other teams in our division. The Suns are going to try to defend their crown, the Lakers swear they’re that team again, and the Warriors are going to get Klay Thompson back one of these days.
This is quite easily the best division in basketball, but the Clips will come out on top.
No. 3 reason the LA Clippers will win Pacific Division: They will be getting healthier as the season progresses
The LA Clippers are down Serge Ibaka and Kawhi Leonard right now. As a result, many of the national pundits aren’t putting us in the same class as the Los Angeles Lakers.
The team was already better than the Lakers and Warriors, however, without those two.
We made it to the Western Conference Finals and played the Suns very tough without both of those guys and nobody seems to remember.
We’re already a contender without those two, and we’re going to be getting Ibaka back soon. We most likely will get Kawhi back with plenty of games left in the season, too.
He may not be 100% before the playoffs, but what we’ll have will still be a huge boost to what was a better team than all but Phoenix last year. Then, when we do get Leonard back, we’ll finish strong and push for that number one spot in the division as the regular season comes to a close.