That getting rid of Paul Davis would piss Zhiv off :-)

At this point, if the team is in complete rebuilding mode, let’s take a look at who we can build around. Right now, the only player that we should keep long term is Eric Gordon in my opinion. Everyone else should be expendable and tradable.

Camby has been our most consistent player and the guy’s futile effort in every game has been more than any of us could have hoped for. It would be great to keep him, but if the team is in rebuilding mode, it would be frustrating for Camby to be wasting his prime on a dead end squad. He deserves better and his frustration is clearly showing…especially in that Philly game.

Kaman’s injury, real or not, is dragging on way too long. I have a feeling that he’s unhappy with his role on the team and his agent is probably telling him to take it easy and rest up as we’re not going to make the playoffs anyways. It’s not a stretch to say that Dunleavy was referring to Kaman as exhibit A in his mysterious quote to the LA Times yesterday. Even if Kaman were to come back 100% next season, would the other players who are forced to play 40+ minutes this season be happy to have him back? A decent center is hard to find in this league, but at this point, Kaman’s attitude and inconsistency means his Clippers career should be over.

Baron Davis needs to be sent out of town, especially if Sterling is unwilling to fire Dunleavy. Baron’s FG % and decisions at the end of ball games have been disastrous. I guess Maggette was a prophet in this case. Cory might be smarter than all the fans in Clippers Nation gave him credit for. We should see if anyone is willing to take Baron’s contract off our hands…even for a second round draft pick. Baron might be a great community guy, a great LA citizen as the article in SI suggests, but it also suggests that basketball is no longer his main priority. Maybe if we sent him to Minnesota or Memphis, he will be forced to concentrate on basketball again and won’t be as distracted.

Zach would be a good piece to keep, especially if Dunleavy defies everyone’s wishes and stay as both GM and coach. Zach’s low post skills is tailor made for Dunleavy’s system. He can average 30 points a game on a team that isn’t going anywhere and he might be content with that. Zach is not a guy to rebuild a team around long term though, so if we can get a mid or late 1st round draft pick for him, then we should pull the trigger…though he has yet to shed his reputation from Portland, which hurts his trade value.

Thornton is a borderline keeper. His inconsistency this year is in some ways more mystifying than his rookie season. He’s probably at a crossroads right now. Either he becomes more consistent with experience as the game slows down for him or he falls into the streak shooter role of guys like JR Smith who either gets hot for a game or plays very little minutes.

As to the rest of the guys; Mike Taylor, DeAndre, and Novak should probably be kept as they make very little money and have some upside. Which means that we probably need to fill about 8-10 slots again next year. It’s a damn shame that we’re so bad in a year when the draft is so weak.

It would be nice to have a new coaching staff, new trainers, and maybe a new GM, but I doubt any of that will happen as long as Donald is footing the bill. It might be darkest before dawn, but as Mao said, it is also darkest before it gets pitched black.

I know the Clippers have had little time together to play as team but I am afraid our two most talented players are plain and simple not team chemistry kind of players.

Zach Randolph is a heck of a talent but ask Portland or the Knicks why he is gone.

Baron Davis is an exceptional talent but is basically uncoachable and has had his own issues butting heads in the past with all his previous coaches. His issues with Dunleavy already should not come as a shock. Also, I have watched every Clipper game on Direct TV this year and Baron almost never includes Eric Gordon in the offense. It is almost 5 on 4 until Davis takes a rest. I think it is more than a coincidence Eric plays his best ball when Davis is on the bench and the backup point guards actually pass him the ball.

Honorable mention-Ricky Davis. Maybe the most selfish player of all. Why do you think he has played for so many teams.

Get rid of Camby? To me he is the only untouchable besides Gordon and Al Thorton unless they just plain shut down for the year and get a player or draft choice for the future for him. Comes to play every night.

For a team to be successful you need a floor leader which they do not have and team chemistry which I have serious doubts this cast of characters could ever have.

Don’t get me wrong, Camby has been our MVP. He’s by far and away our most consistent player and hardest worker. The guy is a class act and hustles even when we’re down by 20 in the fourth. As much as I would like to keep him though, a team that is in complete rebuilding mode would be doing a disservice to Camby. If I didn’t like Camby as much, I would say keep him. But the guy deserves better. He needs to compete on a championship caliber team like the Spurs, Celtics, or Cleveland. His frustrations is clearly showing but he still plays his heart out every night. Yout gotta admire a guy like that.