Los Angeles Clippers

By Steve Perrin As I mentioned last Thursday in Part 1 of this effort, other than the backcourt of Baron Davis and Eric Gordon, there are no givens in the starting lineup for the Clippers this season.  The de facto starters going into training camp were Davis and Gordon, with Al Thornton, Marcus Camby and Ch...

By Steve Perrin It's way too early, but tempting nonetheless, to say that Baron Davis is now ready to be the impact player the Clippers thought they were getting - a year later than expected, but better late than never.  After being dismantled by his former teammate Monta Ellis in the first half, Baron came...

By Steve Perrin Here's one way to look at the lack of quality at the end of the LA bench in recent years.  In the last four seasons, by my count 10 players have occupied the Clippers' final four roster spots, 11 through 14 - N'Dong, Paul Davis, Hart, Dickau, Ewing, Patterson, Korolev, Skinner, Williams and Mc...

Blake Griffin is everything you would want in a #1 pick in the draft. He is everybody's college basketball player of the year. He is the #1 pick on every single mock draft in the nation. His work ethic off the court will shame his team mates into working out harder. His effort on the court will urge h...

By Kevin Arnovitz The Clippers’ dysfunction and bad chemistry have been well-documented, and the cultural issues that surround the club must be addressed before the 2009-10 season opener. But even if the Clippers return to training camp as a svelte, rededicated bunch, there are some fundamental weakne...

By ClipperSteve 2 days ago: Los Angeles Clippers' Mike Taylor, left, is pressured by Houston Rockets' Aaron Brooks during the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday, March 28, 2009, in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) I'm not sure the Clippers have earned this blog, but they get it nonetheless.

By citizen zhiv So what went wrong?  Clipper guards.  Baron Davis, at this point, we half-expect to be mediocre or downright bad.  He was pretty horrible, and killed a lot of the Clipper momentum at the end of the first half, taking command as the Clips were on the rise and making an impressive series of empt...

By ClipperSteve L.A. Clippers: Don't laugh. As dysfunctional as they've seemed this season, the Clips could be a playoff team next season on talent alone. Baron Davis and Eric Gordon make for a solid backcourt, the frontcourt trio of Zach Randolph, Chris Kaman and Marcus Camby is potent (if they're ever heal...

The Clippers have been such a joke as a franchise that the younger generations know no other way. Some might think that this is the way it is suppose to be: The Lakers are the good LA team and the Clippers are the bad one. Well it doesn’t have to be ...

By Kevin Arnovitz No disrespect for Jones, but that option for Camby would be a lot more attractive if it’s Eric Gordon, who could take Martin off the dribble with an assertive left-handed drive.  One of the striking things about this game is how little of the Clippers offense is precipitated by penetration....

By Kevin Arnovitz Collins v. Pierce? This can’t possibly be what the Clippers want to order up with five minutes remaining in the 4th quarter, trailing only by two.  But there they are, running a two-man game on the left side of the floor with Jones and Collins while Baron Davis, Zach Randolph, and Marcus Camby...

By ClipperSteve As good as Bell was, Okafor was better.  When the Clippers were threatening to run away after building a 15 point lead in the second quarter, Okafor took over.  He scored 15 points in the quarter, including 13 in a row.  It's worth noting that most of Okafor's run came against a Clipper lineup co...

 - He had 42 points on January 21 against the Clippers, then scored 23 against Washington the next night. He registered 15 points against the Spurs on Sunday ... The Associated Press International Herald Tribune Lakers score high marks -- as does Bynum -- in victory Whittier Daily News

Boston Globe Golden State 107, LA Clippers 92: Corey Maggette scored 20 points against his former team as the Warriors handed the Clippers their seventh straight road ... Erick Blasco's Sunday Review: Allas Gets Boston Massacred Bleacher Report

By 2757 Don’t be fooled by the Spurs’ 3 game win streak.  If we play another game like that we may not win another one.  Thank the gods that this particular game was played against possibly the only team in the league that could adequately have screwed up as many opportunities as we served up, the Los An...

By Massacre In the 1st half, the Lakers were so aggressive and dominant inside that the Clippers were relegated to becoming nothing but a long distance shooting team. Lastly, I loved seeing the Lakers going after the Clippers until the final buzzer. There was no backing off of the attack at any point, no...

By ClipperSteve Here's what was not good: Mr. Flippy.  That game from Kaman scared the crap out of me.  Because while we still spoke of Mr. Flippy last season, as it happens, he NEVER played that poorly all year.  Not once.  His worst game statistically (other than the Dallas game where he only played 12 minutes) w...

By ClipperSteve Throw in that he's 29 and has a history of injuries, that this is the Clippers, and that he joined the squad mainly for non-basketball reasons, and this one has the makings of a classic Clipper tragedy. While the Clips got the best player available in free agency once Elton Brand opted out, th...

By ClipperSteve The Clippers are 3-0 in pre-season, and there have been some incredibly bright spots.  Mike Taylor is looking like the steal of the draft, Eric Gordon went off for 33 last night, Al Thornton looks sharp... and while the wins don't matter, they don't suck either.

By Tom Ziller Filed under: Clippers, Grizzlies, Kings, Nuggets, Suns, Timberwolves, Warriors, ThunderThe Knights of the FanHouse Roundtable have assembled to consider the NBA in '08-09. In this dispatch, we discuss the bottom half of the Western Conference. On Thursday, we'll look higher. Be sure t...

By Brett Edwards Up north where the Golden State Warriors play, it won't be pretty either, at least for the first few months of the season. That's because their best player (apologies, Mr. Maggette) decided to engage in low-speed moped riding during the off-season (this still amazes me ... the moped = injury pa...

 VA - And that's not to mention the supporting cast of Chris Kaman, Al Thornton, Cuttino Mobley, and this year's first-rounder, Eric Gordon. Oh well, Clippers ...

By ClipperSteve Well Stein's ESPN colleague John Hollinger has released his Western Conference previews, and he has the Clippers ranked 12th in the Conference.  Behind the Warriors AND the Timberwolves.  Seriously.  That's what he wrote.  He's predicting 30 wins.

By ClipperSteve Of course, the changes this summer went way beyond the departure of Elton Brand and the arrival of Baron Davis.  Gone from the Clippers' 2006 playoff team are Brand, Corey Maggette, Shaun Livingston, Sam Cassell and Quinton Ross.  There have been lots of references to 'Baron for Brand' or '...

The fanfare of the Clippers’ frenetic offseason is behind us.  Baron Walter Louis Davis (Crossroads ’97) has arrived home.  Elton Brand is gone.  Eric Gordon is the chic pick for Biggest Draft Day Bust…two months after Al Thornton emerged as The Best 2007-2008 Rookie Not Named Kevin Durant....

By Geoff Sam came to the Celtics in 2008 after his contract was bought out by the LA Clippers. Upon his arrival, Cassell impressed the Celtics with some good games during their sweep of the Texas Triangle. However, his slow movement up the court ...

By ClipperSteve I'll reflect on the bigger picture (Davis and Camby versus Brand and Maggette, 05-06 Clippers versus 08-09 Clippers, etc.) at a later time.  For now, yes, I love his trade.  Let me also add that when deals like this happen, where a team gives up a player for almost literally nothing strictly fo...

By ClipperSteve The Clippers lineup, as of today, is as follows: PG - Baron Davis, Brevin Knight SG - Cat Mobley, Eric Gordon SF - Al Thornton, Marcus Williams PF - Elton Brand, Tim Thomas, Nick Fazekas C - Chris Kaman, DeAndre Jordan Let the Baron Davis Era begin.

By ClipperSteve The Spurs analogy is particularly poignant for Clippers fans, since the 96-97 Clippers squeezed into the playoffs with 36 wins behind Loy Vaught and Malik Sealy, thus taking themselves out of the Duncan Derby. I'm not predicting that the Clippers will have a turnaround similar to the 97 S...

By ClipperSteve Tough Schedule.  Based on last season's results, closing with games against the Rockets (5th in 06-07), Nuggets (6th), Lakers (7th), Warriors (8th) and Hornets (10th) would have made perfect sense for the barely-missed-the-07-playoffs Clippers.  In fact, it would have given them a ch...

By ClipperSteve For now, I guess I have two things after all.  First of all, Dallas is in BIG TROUBLE.  With Kaman hurt, Mobley hurt and Maggette shooting 3 for 15 (0 for 8 on two pointers), and the Clippers as a team shooting 36.8%, they still needed every advantage the referees gave them in order to beat the Clip...

By ClipperSteve It is not unreasonable to suggest that Chris Kaman would not have had the first half he had (before his injuries) sharing the low post with Elton Brand.  Obviously he's getting more touches - though it's more difficult to suggest that he's getting easier looks given that defenses are able t...

By ClipperSteve ClipperSteve:  Clipper fans have a well-earned inferiority complex.  The feeling among my readers is that the national media has fallen into an easy old pattern of dismissing the Clippers as hapless.  They make the obligatory mention of injuries to Brand and others, but seem to imply tha...

I'm still uncommitted on the question as to whether the Clips need a true point in the game if that PG happens to be named Dan Dickau or Andre Barrett.  It's also worth noting that the Minnesota Timberwolves score 24 points in the final eight minutes, largely because the Clippers' help defen...

By ClipperSteve Tim Thomas is still out with a strained groin muscle.  (Why is it an adductor for Mobley, but a groin for Thomas?  Seems like a double standard.)   Not that he's my favorite Clipper, but he is 6'10", and he can score.  With Brand and Davis out and Kaman's minutes limited, big guys are in short supp...

By ClipperSteve TZ:  This time last year, the answer would be ping pong balls. Now? I'll take the wins. Two reasons: What happened to Boston, Memphis and Milwaukee last May was scarring, and every single loss is one step closer to Ron Artest decapitating Reggie Theus, something I'd prefer did not occur for s...

By ClipperSteve 11/21/07 - Clippers 101 Nuggets 90 (Clippers without Maggette and mostly without Cassell - just a dismal performance by Denver); 11/29/07 - Lakers 127 Nuggets 99 (a buddy invited me to the game at Staples); 11/30/07 - Nuggets 123 Clippers 107

And last summer Dunleavy tried to trade him for the Dallas Mavericks' Jason Terry over concerns that Maggette would opt out of his contract and become a free agent after this season, leaving behind the final year of his contract worth $7 million.

By ClipperSteve More on the Home Court Advantage.  There's something strange going on in the Northwest Division.  Utah, Denver and Portland all have outstanding home records and losing road records.  San Antonio and Sacramento are the only other teams in the Western Conference with a winning home record...

By ClipperSteve The good news is that the Clippers are at home tonight, for their only home game in a period of over two weeks.  The bad news is that they've actually been slightly worse at home this season (4-7) than on the road (5-7).  They've also lost 5 straight at home.  It doesn't get any easier tonight - Sam...

By Fran Blinebury(fran.blinebury@chron.com) That's the beauty of the NBA. That's also the beauty of playing in a lineup where Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming draw the overwhelming share of the defensive attention. Rafer Alston took a giant step against the Clippers with 17 points, 9 assists and 5 rebounds.

 WA - The Clippers were efficient, canned 11 3-pointers and dumped the ball inside to Elton Brand and Chris Kaman for easy inside hoops. ... Sonics vs. Clippers: Game In Review Seattle Post Intelligencer Pre-game vs. LA Clippers Seattle Post Intelligencer