William Shakespeare, the famed starting small forward for the Warwickshire Wombats in 1589, once was quoted in a post-game interview as saying, “To be, or not to be: that is the question.” Well, that’s the exact query the Los Angeles Clippers are facing with a trade exception at their disposal — sort of.
Last summer, as we all were busy wondering how the NBA was going to pull off an 82-game season on a tighter schedule than usual during the middle of a pandemic, the Clippers traded Patrick Beverley, Rajon Rondo and Daniel Oturu to the Memphis Grizzlies in exchange for Eric Bledsoe.