It took one game for the Los Angeles Clippers' biggest offseason critique to rear its ugly head — they couldn't keep up with the Jazz in a season-opening 129-108. Utah ran LA off the floor. Fans hoped that the loss wouldn't be a sign of what was to come, but unfortunately, it has been.
In a recent piece for ESPN, Tim Bontemps included a quote about the current state of the Clippers from a West scout, and it'd be funny if it weren't true: "Unless you can show me where the fountain of youth is, I don't see [a path back].