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The Lakers and Clippers are franchises trending in very different directions

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Once the laughing stock of the league, the Clippers have not only surpassed the Lakers as a stable franchise but most of the league as well.

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For years, decades even, the Clippers were the laughing stock of the NBA and the harmless little brother in Los Angeles to the Lakers.