In August, before the regular season started, LA Clippers guard Patrick Beverley made the controversial claim that the Clippers, not the LeBron James-led Lakers, were the best team in Los Angeles.
Had Beverley said that a few years ago when the Clippers had Chris Paul, JJ Redick, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan, and the Lakers had Nick Young, Jordan Hill and Carlos Boozer, maybe his comments wouldn’t have been met with so much criticism, but it was hard to buy into that argument before this season started.