Putting the 2020 LA Clippers into perspective

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The hurt is real, but putting the 2020 NBA and the LA Clippers into perspective is important.

With the exception of my 92-year-old dad who is one of the original season ticket holders for the LA Clippers, a fixture in his seat on the aisle behind the visitors’ bench at almost all of the home games, there is likely no one more saddened by the unexpected end of the Clippers’ season than I am.

Clippers basketball runs deep in my family; we go to most of the home games, we travel for some away games, we analyze every rumor, we represent in our Clippers swag, we spend the off-season counting days until the preseason begins. We even had imaginary plans…