We had a limited potential with Borrego as our coach, sadly, as was shown in the two times we were in the play-ins. Not being able to play defense is a huge disadvantage in clutch minutes because everything should grind to a halt there but our opponents still were getting buckets.

However, I’d say that the firing was a genius decision had Kenny Atkinson not cancelled. I agree that Clifford rehiring was stupid but they had to pivot fast because of the Kenny Atkinson cancellation, and the main reason why Clifford wasn’t fired last summer was because the owners didn’t get to choose the coach yet and would choose next year.

All in all, we’re fucked because we lost twice in the play-ins which was partly on Borrego so he was used as the scapegoat, the Kenny Atkinson cowardly action forced us on Cliff, and finally, when the coach swaps happened last offseason we were busy transferring from one ownership to another. Had either of the three not have happened we would have been in a better position than right now

His fatal flaw was rim protection…and he didn’t have a single rim protector on his rosters his entire time here. We fired him and then developed two within 18 months lol (Mark & Nick).