”“What may undo him are the mental and emotional factors, both his ability to control that fierce competitiveness as well as how much it burns him out mentally. When things don’t go as planned, he’s in the forefront. He watched firsthand as the league his father bought into for $2,500 in 1933 became a multi-billion dollar, year-round business. 8) Los Angeles ClippersStrengths The Chris Paul-Blake Griffin pairing remains incredibly effective, at least when both players are actually healthy.