When the Clippers were at their worst and most disjointed early this season, when they couldn’t figure out how to ease new acquisition James Harden into their lineup and Harden was proclaiming he’s not a system player because he is a system unto himself, coach Tyronn Lue never (at least publicly) lost faith in his players’ ability to sort out strategy and personality, and eventually pull everything together.
They were going to be all right, Lue said more than once. They’d need time and patience, but they’d establish their rotations and roles and from that would come their identity.