Clips indeed do sign Ricky Davis...

how much did we get him for? It has to be the 3 mil a yr we offered azubuike right? If it is, this is definitely a steal. He is better than mobly in my opinion.

I was concerned that we weren’t going to score enough. Davis should help the offense. I just hope that he has outgrown his selfish ways and buys into Dunleavy’s defensive mindset.

As much as he puts up points, there is a reason why he can’t stick to any team, even the bad Miami one from last year. Lets hope his me-first gunning mentality doesn’t rub off on the young guys: Thornton and Gordon…if it does then this season might become a disaster.

Maybe we can trade for Marbury, sign Isiah Rider out of retirement, and then we can have the ultimate bad-boys-no-conscience lineup of Steph, Isiah, and Ricky D stealing the ball from one another.

But I like the signing given the fact there aren’t too many good ones available.

This all reminds me of the Ruben Patterson signing. I’d say this is a good “temporary” solution given the current FA pool (and money we have). But no reason to get too excited about. If I were to pick between Mobley and Davis though, I would pick Mobley hands down because of his leadership, cool-headedness, and team-oriented approach. I haven’t seen that materialize in Davis, however.

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The Los Angeles Clippers announced on Monday that they signed free agent Ricky Davis. Sources told ESPN.com’s Chad Ford that the deal was for two years and $4.7 million with an opt out clause for Davis after his first year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3508759

so its for about 2.3 mil a yr?? wow very worth it imo

While I think Davis has talent, his attitude concerns me also. I can almost see a run in with MDsr already. I will hope for the best. Given what remained available, what choice did we have.

On the Liv question above, we can sign any player for the league min salary to fill out our roster without reguard to the salary cap.

After thought- now all we need to do now is resign Paul Davis and Ralph will have to say “Davis to Davis to Davis, Bingo”.

i mean, after that triple double thing, i can’t really remember an actual real altercation he’s had, or any problem he’s had with the law.

the guy even had some sort of foundation in cleveland. for 2.3 million and the fact that he really isnt allthat bad a player i think this is a great signing.

i think he’s maybe a little misunderstood as it is. sure maybe he’s not a good defender, but the guy if you’ve watched him is not a bad passer and he can clearly score at a reasonable percentage.

at worst he’s like the SG version of tim thomas for less money. and as a backup how can you really complain

did not realize that RD had such a good season shooting the 3—if he can keep that up (he’s 36% for his career)—then this will be not just a very good signing but a great one.

The Davis’ will have all the shots they want with Camby, Kaman and Fazekas there to shag balls for them.

Ricky Davis would make sense if the team is ready to contend for a playoff spot right now. Otherwise, it would be preferable for Eric Gordon, DeAndre, Mike Taylor, and Marcus Williams get some heavy minutes.

Ricky Davis is what he is, he won’t get any better and he won’t change his stripes…it might work if he is happy with around 10-12 minutes a game off the bench, but that is not likely. If Dunleavy is under pressure to win now, Ricky Davis might get heavy minutes behind Mobley, especially if Gordon forces alot of shots early in the season.

That scenario would be a tragedy this team. If we are going to win around 30 games this year and miss the playoffs, I would rather see us go with the young fellas, see what they have, and build for next year…cheering for Ricky Davis, like cheering for Ruben Patterson last year didn’t inspire much enthusiasm in the Staples Center.

Maggette had an attitude ain’t seen nothing yet

in 06-07 and 05-06 he averaged 4.8 assists. that isnt bad for a small forward / sg.

granted he averaged 3.4 last year. but the heat were tanking it and were playing hordes of d-leaguers and wade didnt play. i think on a decent to good team (which the clips will be) he will be pretty efficient.

i mean 06-07 the guy shot 46% from the field and 40 from the 3. i think even if he’s a bad defender, he’s efficient enough offenseively that he cant possible hurt. especially a 4.6 million for 2 years.

On the plus side, maybe adding Ricky Davis means the end of the Q Ross experiment…we traded all defense and no offense for all offense and no defense…on the whole, it might be the lesse of two evils as long as Ricky Davis doesn’t burn down the locker room and leaving cadavers in his wake.

I’m doubting Ricky Davis and his ability to score. He was good during his time with the Cavs, but it was pretty much down hill for him from there. Overall not really a good trade, not a terrible one either, but the Clippers didn’t have much of a choice.

I see RD being a backup to Thorton more then to Mobley. I am sure he will get minutes at both spots. With Gordon hopefully commanding more and more minutes as the season progresses, he should be the primary backup at the 2 and who knows maybe starter by seasons end. That would push RD’s court time even more to the 3 spot.

Look, players can reform and mature with a change in scenery. Look at Stephen Jackson or Artest.

I think the leadership skills of Baron Davis will be crucial next season. Camby, Mobley, and others will also be good influences.

Now we just need to resign Paul Davis…trade for Glen Davis, and coax Dale Davis out of retirement…so we can start 5 Davises.

While he doesn’t represent a solid building block like Buke, there is no doubt that he can score….and take a lot of bad shots. Bonzi may have been a better fit, but I guess Davis the budget. Nonetheless, the Clips no doubt are adequate in scoring now. Defense on the other hand….is another story. Don’t know who the 15th man will be for now…but its been a fun july.

Certainly the team is not lacking in in Big Names now, with Davis, Davis, Camby and Cat Mobley leading the way. Whether or not these are just vets slightly past their prime or a good core while thronton and gordon continue developing is yet to be seen. If things go along to plan, the Clips will be entertaining.