Did he violate some team rule by playing too hard? If he leaves, this team will make OKC look good.

This is all pretty weird, no? I’m making the effort to remind myself that I was really happy with the Zach Randolph trade before Jake Voskuhl laid him out, and how it seemed outrageous at the time.

As you say, tough luck for Fred Jones—welcome to the Clippers! And Paul Davis has gotten some minutes now and just doesn’t shoot or rebound well enough to be concerned about.

But instead of the excitement of getting Quentin Richardson, Quentin Ross, or Corey Maggette back—that is, all of the wonderful trades being suggested for the benefit of other teams—what makes sense for the Clippers? What would be a good deal for them? A couple of weeks ago it seemed that there was no right answer to the question of trading either Camby or Kaman, so the obvious thing was to keep both of them and try to see Kaman, Camby, and Randolph all playing on the same team. But now no one knows, nothing makes sense. Is there a Kaman deal that works? Is there a team that is dying to add Camby—and what would they give up that would really benefit the Clips? Confusion reigns.

Can’t wait to see what happens with this mess. Dunleavy Jr. is supposed to be back soon, maybe the Dunce can trade for his son now.

Good thing Rick Brunson is retired.

Ramona’s update http://www.insidesocal.com/clippers/2009/01/a-few-points-of-clarification.html to say that today’s moves are not necessarily part of a planned future trade. I didn’t believe this at first, but maybe the immediate moves really are small.

Could be Dunleavy has seen enough of DJ that he’s ready to send him to the D-League to get some PT. I’ve always though that would be the best thing for DJ, but the Clips need a backup center. Davis3 worked his way out of the rotation, but Samb could easily replace DJ’s minutes until Kaman returns.

That explanation is a lot more understandable and intelligent than a Camby trade for Q even if it included Sergio/Rudy or draft picks.

We do not want to trade Camby or Kaman. I think that this is all about D Jordan and maybe a first round pick (we still have the T-Wolves pick from the Jaric/Cassel trade) for a decent swing man.
I am sure that Camby would like to go to a contender but if he waits till next year, he will be on one

"Monday afternoon, the club waived forward Paul Davis and recently-signed point guard Fred Jones, in an effort to create some roster flexibility before Wednesday, the date on which all players on the roster have their contracts guaranteed for the rest of the season.

After signing Jones last Sunday, the Clippers were at the maximum of 15 players, meaning all 15 contracts would’ve become guaranteed Wednesday. With a rapidly ballooning injury list -seven players are currently out with injuries - Clippers coach and general manager Mike Dunleavy said the club could not assume such risk.

``Had we not had all these injuries, we might’ve done nothing,‘’ Dunleavy said. ``But with all the guys out, we just figured this would put us in better position, buy us some time to figure out schedules and such.’’

There is a chance one or both of the players waived Monday could be re-signed once they clear waivers on Wednesday afternoon. Of the two, a club source indicated Jones was most likely to return because of the team’s multitude of injuries in the back court……….The conditional pick the Clippers are sending to Denver isn’t until 2015 and is 1-55 protected…………. this has nothing to do with Marcus Camby……………….``Oh yeah, I’m looking to trade 20 rebound (a night) guys every day.’’ Another team source told me that the club has assured Camby not to worry about the recent round of rumors, and that the club values him highly "