During week 1 of the NFL season this year, the Cincinnati Bengals lost to the Broncos on an unbelievable hail mary pass that bounced off the defenders helmet into the hands of a receiver who ran for a touchdown. Things like that happen to the Cincinnati Bengals. There are other teams who are cursed with perpetual bad luck. That play would only happen to the Bengals or the Browns. The Browns in particular are a team that anybody would hope not to get drafted by… Just like any video on America’s Funniest Home Videos, you don’t know exactly how it is going to happen, but you know that it wont end well (See Tim Couch).

The NBA equivalent to those two teams is the Los Angeles Clippers. As if it’s not bad enough that they are the basketball afterthought of their own city (think any Baldwin not named Alec), even when they catch a break, everyone can predict a swift crotch shot by the sports gods. That is why it came as no surprise that when they won the draft lottery to get the #1 pick, that player would fall into some crap. Blake Griffin, after already playing zero games this season, is having season-ending knee surgery. It really is a shame for Clippers fans (do those even exist?) who thought that the team had a real shot with Griffin, but at least you can fall back on the Lakers. Other cursed franchises don’t have the same luck.

John Wall, this message is to you… If the Clippers, by some small chance grab the rights to the first overall pick again this season, do yourself a favor and STAY AT KENTUCKY! The few millions dollars that you will lose in the extra year you sit out will be well worth it in the long run. Don’t take my word for it, ask Shaun Livingston (Clippers’ pick—broken leg, done for life) or Blake Griffin (screwed until he gets traded).

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