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The moment that Chris Paul was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers will be forever etched in NBA history. It featured a giddy DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin, chest-bumping and giggling at the formation of "Lob City." It was facilitated by a commissioner who took an unprecedented step that nobody else in his place would have taken.
But even at that moment, the real joy was in the unknown. The Clippers were so interesting because the Clippers could not be comprehended. Would they unleash holy terror on the rest of the NBA? Would they be a horrible experiment gone wrong thanks to the stench of Clippers ghosts past? Would they settle somewhere in between? The tantalizing unknown drives sports coverage, and it drove our curiosity of the Clippers.
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