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Paul George Reveals Reasons Why The Los Angeles Clippers Underachieved

Ever since the Los Angeles Clippers blew a 3-1 lead against the Denver Nuggets, basketball fans have been trying to figure out what caused their surprising meltdown, considering that they got two high-caliber stars and a deep bench that should have prevented this disappointing loss from happening.

For Paul George, their severe underachievement was the result of overconfidence and lack of preparation. He revealed on the ‘All The Smoke’ podcast that the Clippers didn’t even practice all throughout the year, but were confident that they’re going to figure everything out eventually.

“We wasn’t prepared, we didn’t put the work into it,” George said. “It was just kind of just like, we got PG (George), we got Kawhi [Leonard]. We got Lou [Williams], Trez (Montrezl Harrell). We gonna be straight. We gonna figure it out.”

“We didn’t practice during the whole year,” George said. “That’s hard to do when you’re putting a fresh new group of guys together because the problems you have during games, those shits can get ironed out in practice. You’re gonna bump heads in practice, but you’re gonna come out of that practice like, ‘Ok, I understand this dude. I know where he coming from.’ When it happens during games, it’s gonna rub a little differently.”