Editing Los Angeles Clippers (section)

===1989–1994: Playoff appearances===
[[File:Ken Norman jersey.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Ken Norman, the Clippers' scoring leader in [[1988–89 NBA season|1988–89]], was a key part of the team's nucleus during the late 1980s and early 1990s]]
The Clippers traded the rights to the recently drafted [[Danny Ferry]] and [[Reggie Williams (basketball, born 1964)|Reggie Williams]] for high-scoring shooting guard [[Ron Harper]] at the start of the [[1989–90 NBA season|1989–90 season]]. Los Angeles had a 19–19 record nearly halfway into the season, prompting some to seriously consider the team as a possible playoff contender.<ref name="Triangle" /> That move, along with the [[1987 NBA draft]] of [[Ken Norman]], the [[1988 NBA draft|1988 selections]] of Danny Manning and [[Charles D. Smith|Charles Smith]] (Smith was acquired from Philadelphia in exchange for the draft rights to [[Hersey Hawkins]]), and the [[1990 NBA draft|1990 draft]] of [[Loy Vaught]], formed a nucleus that would make the franchise a playoff contender.

Midway through the [[1991–92 NBA season|1991–92 season]], the Clippers made yet another coaching change. [[Larry Brown (basketball)|Larry Brown]], recently fired by the [[San Antonio Spurs]], was hired as the team's head coach in late January 1992. He replaced [[Mike Schuler]], who had led the team to a 22–25 record before his firing. Brown finished the season with a 23–12 mark, for a 45–37 overall—the franchise's first winning season in 13 years. For the first time since moving to Los Angeles, they finished with a better record than the crosstown [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. The Clippers advanced to the playoffs for the first time in 16 years (since the franchise's Buffalo heyday), but were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the [[Utah Jazz]], 3–2. Due to the late April [[1992 Los Angeles riots]], the [[Anaheim Convention Center]] was the site of Game 4 of the series, which the Clippers won. The team made the [[1993 NBA playoffs|playoffs]] again in the [[1992–93 NBA season|1992–93 season]] with a 41–41 record, but lost again in five games in the first round, this time to the Rockets.

Brown left to become the [[Indiana Pacers]]' head coach after the season and [[Bob Weiss]] was brought in to replace him. That [[1993–94 NBA season|1993–94 season]] proved to be one of the worst in Los Angeles history, with the Clippers and Lakers going a combined 60–104. In February 1994, the Clippers traded Manning to the [[Atlanta Hawks]] for [[Dominique Wilkins]]. Wilkins played 25 games for the club, averaging 29.1 points, 7.0 rebounds, and 2.2 assists in 37.9 minutes per game. After one year on the job, Weiss was fired, Wilkins left in free agency, and veteran head coach [[Bill Fitch]] was brought in to guide a new roster of young and inexperienced players.