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Well, it's a great catch for the Clippers because now their starting lineup looks very strong and competitive, at least on paper. The only thing that is unclear is whether Harden and Beal will be able to share the ball well on the court, considering that both players like to score a lot.

These kinds of "on-paper super starting fives" often don’t deliver the expected success on the court.
Take the Clippers as an example, they had a similar lineup with Harden, Kawhi Leonard, and Paul George.
While that trio looked great on paper, it didn't bring success to the Clippers.
This just proves that what truly matters is how much these players can actually contribute to the team, not just their individual names or reputations.

The Phoenix Suns are a great example of this too. Booker was complaining for years about how he had no help, so they get him a #1 draft pick and Chris Paul, who carry him to the Finals yet that somehow wasn't good enough and he blamed the loss on Ayton. So they dump Ayton and Paul and replace them with Durant and Beal, then the team completely collapses. Sort of makes you wonder if Ayton was the problem or if he was the reason they went to the Finals... A lot of people are going to talk about how bad Beal played to mess things up, but not enough people are going to talk about how the Suns gave Booker everything he wanted and he still couldn't win.

I'm not sure if it Booker has something to do with Ayton or Paul being dump, for Ayton's case, it might be their former coach who I think didn't trust Ayton that time and when Ayton's contract was up, the owner doesn't want to give him a rookie max contract and so they traded him. And then they got Durant and Beal, but still though, they didn't even reach the finals after the supposedly big 3 from them. For me, I don't know but there could be some intangibles that really make things a success, like a perfect marriage, if not then even if you get a great player under Booker, they won't still go to the finals or even past the 2nd round. Everything should really a blend, coaches, players, owners and others that we can't really measure.