I'm amazed that people believe in the Clippers. Injury histories aside, they lost CP3, Redick, Crawford, Mbah a Moute and Speights. That's like 5 of their top 8 or 9 rotation players. It's a ton of scoring, ball movement and defense.
They bring in Gallinari (who hasn't played more than 70 games since who knows), Teodosic (who doesn't defend at all and has never played anything close to an 82-game schedule), Patrick Beverly (who defends, but needs to be set up on offense), and what else? Blake Griffin is their best player, and he's likely to miss some games. I'm not convinced yet that they're better than the Pelicans.
Yeah, injuries are a concern, but I dont see how people like Denver more than them.