⭐️ Kawhi Leonard is back, y'all - Tom's Title Tiers #18
LeBron James and Luka Dončić are cool. I'll take the other team in LA.
The Los Angeles Lakers may have traded for Luka Dončić. But now that Kawhi Leonard is back, the Clippers are the more complete team in LA. They’re rising on the title tiers.
Welcome to another edition of Tom’s Title Tiers! A reminder: This is my subjective list based largely on objective data. This is not a pure, analytical ranking. You’re here because you want to know what I think, to get inside my brain a little bit. Consider this a weekly report of what I see on film; what I glean from the numbers; what I hear on the phone; what I read in the news; what I feel.
This week’s featured squad: the LA Clippers.
Here’s a quick rundown of each tier.
Tom’s Title Tiers
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is a complete team, no notes.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Just missing that one thing.
⭐️⭐️⭐️ One move away from being one move away.
⭐️⭐️ So much has to break right.
⭐️ Sooo you’re saying there’s a chance.
Let’s take stock of the injury situation across the league and where that places the suddenly reloaded LA Clippers. And do I think the depleted Mavs still deserve a spot on the tiers? Let’s find out.