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A nice overview of the Clippers' season to date from Eric Pincus.

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Still Dissing The Fans

And pointing to “positive film sessions” as The Way Back. Wonderful.

by bpr on Nov 23, 2009 1:15 PM PST reply actions

Yeah...

He didn’t do so great walking back his ‘fans aren’t savvy’ comment.

In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd

by Steve Perrin on Nov 23, 2009 2:44 PM PST up reply actions

It's always a low-blow to insult the fans.

Despite the mangled way in which Dunleavy was trying to say fan’s don’t always understand the big picture, I have to cut MDSr. some slack here. He’s of course right that as fans we don’t know what’s going on behind the scenes. Teams, like any other business, have their own plans, etc. that the public isn’t privy to.

Not that big a deal, but you think he could’ve come up with something a lot less insulting and a lot more intelligible.

by Gordon for President on Nov 23, 2009 2:50 PM PST up reply actions

agreed...

I was there for the first ‘savvy’ comment – it was in answer to my question actually. As he was saying it I thought, “Oh boy, I bet he’d like a do over on that – doesn’t sound good.” But it happens – you say something, it comes out worse than you meant for it to. What’s strange is that he didn’t do a better job of backtracking.

In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd

by Steve Perrin on Nov 23, 2009 3:37 PM PST up reply actions

Maybe you should've coughed a few times, Steve.

Haha. But that isn’t objective journalism.

by Gordon for President on Nov 23, 2009 3:41 PM PST up reply actions

That's a back track?

Feels more like a rub in.

Coaches don't matter. - Bill Simmons, The Book of Basketball

by John R on Nov 23, 2009 4:13 PM PST up reply actions

That's what she said.

by Gordon for President on Nov 23, 2009 4:35 PM PST up reply actions

I may be wrong...

but RE: our Minnesota draft pick Dunleavy says: “We have Minnesota’s pick that we’re going to get sometime in the next three years – unprotected in year three”

However, according to NBAdraft.net, its unprotected after the 2010 season (making it unprotected after next year, thus year 2).
http://www.nbadraft.net/2010draftnotes.html

Does he not know what the actual specifics of the pick are or is nbadraft.net wrong? If its him, this is another example of Dunleavy not knowing whats going on with this team.

"I want someone who will, you know, let me put it in or who [will] suck on it." – Donald Sterling

by Dow Jones on Nov 23, 2009 5:21 PM PST up reply actions

I’m pretty sure draftnet is wrong on that one.

by Michael White on Nov 23, 2009 5:33 PM PST up reply actions

Thru 2011

MDsr has it right.

In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. - Elwood P. Dowd

by Steve Perrin on Nov 23, 2009 11:54 PM PST up reply actions

Nothing wrong other than rebounding, shot selection and turnovers.

by eastie Rich on Nov 23, 2009 1:37 PM PST reply actions

"Clippers Executive"

This kind of stuff strikes me as really strange for a team like the Clips. It’s well known that Dun is coach and GM. There are only two people ahead of him – Roeser and Sterling. And it’s debatable whether Roeser even has the ability to fire Dunleavy.

So either these quotes are Roeser talking, or it’s some random nobody that has no authority whatsoever.

by madglove on Nov 23, 2009 2:49 PM PST reply actions

If you look at stories in seasons’ past, more often than not, Dunleavy always dealt directly with Sterling, undercutting Roeser and even Elgin when he was still here. So who knows what actual power Roeser has, other than making sure that the Clips continue to make a profit and keeping the Donald happy.

by Shawn H on Nov 23, 2009 3:33 PM PST up reply actions

What don't we understand?

If fans are missing something, explain it. What besides injuries isn’t his fault? Don’t all time have injuries? Isn’t it his job to have capable reserves? If fans don’t understand his great play selection(down low to Kaman even when they double and triple team), explain why this the best offense for this personnel?
Just don’t imply that we’re stupid.

by ragman on Nov 23, 2009 3:16 PM PST reply actions

Contrast MDSr's approach (it's never my fault) with Charlie Weis (I'm the coach, it's my fault)

Oh yeah – and his “clarification” was just more of the same nonsense. The fans don’t understand why we’re losing all the time because we are privy to all this secret stuff that they just wouldn’t be able to process. “If they knew what we knew they’d see that I’m not to blame.”

Whatever.

by Jax on Nov 23, 2009 10:20 PM PST reply actions