Former Clippers Player Opens Up About Team's Championship Chances

The Clippers are starting to convince people this season.

It's hard to believe in the LA Clippers after the last four seasons, but this is the season that seems to have people believing - even former players.

Former Clippers guard Austin Rivers spoke on ESPN about the Clippers, where he stated that they're the biggest threat to the Denver Nuggets. In essence, Rivers believes they're at worst, the second-best team in the Western Conference right now.

"I think the Clippers are the biggest threat to the Denver Nuggets," Austin Rivers said. "Just due to the fact that they figured this out quickly. We were all very loud when James got there and everyone was very hard on the fit. They simplified it, put Russ to the bench, Russ doesn't close a lot of the games. Ty Lue has done a great job handling this situation. It's not easy to handle four first ballot Hall of Famers and put them in their place. They trusted James, James has taken a backseat even closing games. He brings up the ball, but he's looking for those two. The pressure is not on him to close anymore, he's playing a little more fluid. They are deep. They got talent, they got shooting, they got scoring, they got multiple guys that can close games."

While Austin isn't wrong, the biggest question mark around the Clippers has always been health, not talent. Every playoffs, they look like a team that's capable of going to the Western Conference, but then lose Kawhi Leonard or Paul George. This season, however, they legitimately look like arguably the best team in the Western Conference.

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