The Clippers were the team that sent the NBA trade deadline dominoes falling

BOSTON - Who would've guessed that the Eastern Conference race would be dictated by actions taken in a room all the way across the country? Who would've thought that a team headed for the playoffs would move one of its best players in a bet on the future? Who would've thought that that team would be able to clear cap space and improve talent as the clock ticked down?

And who would've possibly thought that the team doing all of this would be the Los Angeles Clippers?

While the Lakers tried to