For years my best friend out in Los Angeles has been a Clippers fan. He had a Clippers jersey back in the 90s when people would openly make fun of him for rolling out to the beach with his red, white, and blue support. There was a great SI cover in 2000 featuring Clippers “fans.” That was when I began to understand the travesty that was being the “other” Los Angeles team.
The Clippers have never won a title. In fact, until this summer, they had never been to the Western Conference Finals before. It seemed the curse of the Clippers had been lifted.