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LoweIt's just not going well. And obviously, Max Struess is there to get traded eventually, no matter what the Clippers say. So maybe none of this really matters. It's just, I really would like the next Clipper headline to be like Keaton Wagler gets a puppy and look how cute the photo is and not any of this.

LoweAnd then in Philly, really sad one, Ariel Huckporty, who is set to be their third string center and maybe their second string center while Adem Bona is injured right now, short term, but still towards Achilles. I mean, just a brutal, brutal break for a guy looking for an opportunity to get real minutes.

Loweand you know nick nurse came out and said yeah we're gonna just do like backup center by committee bona will get first crack we've got don barlow we got jabari walker you mentioned going small with dean wade or lebron at the five yeah i would be very cautious about doing anything that overtaxes lebron at all in the regular season including guarding fives or acting as the five defensively obviously he can do it he's like guarded yokich in spot minutes

Loweand done fine He can do everything, but that's just a bummer for a team where that position is critical because of how many games Embiid will miss.

LoweAnd, you know, like, I don't think Huck Porte is like changing your season either way, but it would be nice to have as many cards in that backup center deck as you can.

DuncanYeah, like I think on the Philly front, one, just a blanket injury suck. And like seeing that happen in real time and seeing the slow -mo replay when it is, I just hate all of that. within the actual on -court context i think you nailed it you want to have as many options in the four slash five room as possible so you can maintenance you meet a little bit during the regular season you don't want to put that on

Duncanlebron you want to save that for like high leverage matchups and ultimately the playoffs if you want to get that go that small and for a sixers team that i already had like some defensive rebounding questions about losing your backup center depth certainly doesn't help ease my concerns on that front so i'm curious to see how they're going to play out of that and because of how the six has built their team they're dealing with apron restrictions it's not