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#9 Los Angeles Clippers
The Lob City era for the Clippers has officially come to an end now that DeAndre Jordan has (finally!) signed with the Dallas Mavericks as an unrestricted free agent.
It is unclear what path the Clippers will take, but it might be a foolhardy bet to try and make the playoffs this season after a failed attempt at the same in 2017-18.
The Clippers cleared part of their guard-heavy logjam by trading for Marcin Gortat and sending Austin Rivers the other way this summer.
This still leaves them with two rookie guards in addition to Lou Williams, Milos Teodosic, Wesley Johnson and Avery Bradley, none of whom can play the small forward position with any kind of success.
They still have sufficient talent on their roster to be a competitive team, and would probably still make the playoffs if they were in the Eastern Conference.
But given the constant injury struggles of their best scorer in Danilo Gallinari, they will likely be relegated to a lower lottery berth just like last year in any case.
