Does anyone have the breakdown of Al’s inside vs outside shooting in the game?

I was 10 rows behind the Clips bench tonight, and wow did we stink. At one point the guy behind me said “How are we only down by 6?” The answer, of course, was that we were playing Minnesota, which is the only team in the Western Conference we could’ve beaten tonight. Anybody else would’ve smoked us by 20.

Gotta give Dumbleavy credit for one thing: After Baron’s ridiculous start to the second half, when he kept insisting on trying to throw bounce passes through the middle of the lane that had no chance of getting through, the coach couldn’t yank him fast enough. As Baron returned to the bench I shouted, “Hey Baron, next time how about giving a damn!” It drew big laughs in my section because he clearly could hear it and he clearly was mailing this game in. I sure hope it turns out he was playing with the flu or something, because if not, I’m sorry to say that this is the first time ‘08-’09 Baron made an appearance this year, and it was not a pretty sight.

dunleavy made a adjustment and it paid off that is what coaches must to make adjustments ‘;that best fit the team. I’ didn’t post it on here but I wasn’t impressed 100% with the Nugget win because the way we played it out after halftime was like every game heavy time for the starters in the 3rd and start the 4th with the bench. This team does not have a legit sixth man which makes that formula very difficult in close games or even blowouts some times. I missed this game but it looks like the Clippers are going into these games like they lead the conference we need this team hungrey and the fact they treat these games with such low passion until the end is disturbing. We ould have been a above .500 team by now if we go into each game ready we will only get so many chances to stay in the playoff hunt before it’s to late.

was dressed on the bench…?

Last game it was Sual, this game it was AT.

Kind of funny in hindsight.

It’s a good comeback win.

I think MDsr noticed something with Baron and decided to pull him out. Maybe he kinda foresaw that with Baron playing major minutes down the stretch, the unit on the court will make the team lose (ala 08-09 Clips). So he put Bassy in for more minutes, and then we are within reach. Which led to the win. Nice decision.

Hopefully this move tells Baron that he can’t slack off in games and jack up inefficient shots.

And a very, very nice game by AT. I’m actually more impressed by his offensive boards he got here. It sounds obvious but I think AT has played quite well lately, and that’s a good thing.

…That Al is no slacker. Impressive. This man is fighting his way through. No one had a bad game…except Baron Davis. What was poor about his game actually had nothing to do with his shot selection, it was his horrendeous PASSING selection. Too many times did he try lazy attempts to highly difficult passes, a tortureous combination. It looked like actually started thanksgiving early since, since he wouldn’t be home during that time. Rasual’s game was almost “bad”. He definately looked horrible and non-existant out there….he did go out there, right?

The comment earlier about trading Baron was void of logic and recent evaluation. Baron has been playing great. Assists steals blocks, a few games with 20+ scoring. Trade Ricky is what it should have said.

BD’s lame game could be explained by any number of reasons, or by none at all. But I’m not too surprised that it happened on the same night that EJ was out and that Butler laid his own egg. If we have no real threat from the outside, then the opponent’s defense will lean inside, and it makes sense that Baron might then have to hoist a few clunkers or force a handful of bad passes. Baron also looked out of it last night… in a different game, perhaps he drives more effectively and breaks the defense down better. But that has to get exhausting, especially over the course of several games. It’s consistent to say that he played lousy and to also say that he doesn’t carry all of the responsibility for it.

So what about Butler? How does he go from playing a terrific game to being a non-entity? The Clippers have managed to work Thornton into the mix with so many slashes to the basket. Can they do something about getting Butler a few more open looks in the opening minutes?

I was at the game w/ a good view in 111, and everyone was frustrated w/ BD’s play – he looked and acted like he didn’t care, maybe right after he realized how much quicker Flynn was and that he was no match. I don’t know, but it was a great move by Dunleavy to bench Baron in the 2nd half, that was probably the difference in the game.

At the end, to prove a point maybe, he wanted to win w/ Baron on the bench. Owing to a traveling violation on Collins at a key moment, he pretty much had to bring BD back, and that turned out to be a good move.

Glad it worked out last night, but Baron is a horrible leader for our team. I wonder if he was partying all weekend after the Denver win.

Weird malaise in that game, a scary one that we’ve seen before. Thank goodness for the new Al Thornton. “Motor” is a fascinating NBA category, and there are some good contrasts to look at. We know that Griffin has a fantastic motor, and we’re all eager to see it. The impressive thing right now is the way that Thornton has been guided towards a more productive effort. His motor has always been good, but now that he’s getting or staying closer to the basket or driving towards it, his efficiency and productivity is exploding.

I wonder what this run of fine play is doing to his stats and PER, and his notoriously low efficiency. It would be interesting to compare it to Kaman’s statistical explosion, except that Kaman has slowed down over the last few games.

The Clips, led by Baron, were making all of the little mistakes that enable them to lose games, and if the Wolves weren’t genuine bottom dwellers they would have given this one away. BDavis seems especially susceptible to playing down to opponents and getting lackadaisical, which is unfortunate because a big part of his job is to tip the scales in the other direction. Guys like Thornton and Camby were making the effort, but BDavis, and Kaman to a certain degree, just couldn’t get it going.

It would just be so great if Thornton can keep playing within himself like this. He’s not going to go nuts every game, but a big efficiency increase from him would make the Clips a much better team. Adding TNAT (The New Al Thornton) to Kaman 3.0 are big steps to take out of a first 15 games with Gordon missing 6 and Griffin yet to appear.

baron davis is so far removed from being one of the top points….its his attitude…last year he was clearly out of shape and unprepared to lead…so, he blames dunleavy…they cant communicate, a “failure to communicate”…this year, whats the excuse? its very clear that he needs to go…unfortunately, who wants that crappy contract of his….what hasnt been brought up is, dunleavy signed baron, gave the big extension to kaman(these 2 guys should kiss dunleavy’s butt for the dough)…it took kaman 7 years to figure out that he should shoot the ball without putting it on the floor and baron is beyond hope…he is the worse front line point guard in the league…its not talent, its between his ears thats the problem.

Al Jefferson was called for traveling 5 times, Mardy missed a couple of easy layups, AT had a good game but he actually missed two dunks and Baron couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn. A win is a win and we needed this one badly but aside from AT’s energy level, Bassy’s good game and the obvious W there wasn’t too much else positive to cover about this one. We have Indiana, Detroit and Memphis coming up again… 3 teams with losing records so…. I won’t say it since that seems like the kiss of death for the Clips but keep your fingers crossed.

As of now Al is outplaying him, and I would rather have Al start. I don’t see what you guys saw in Butler earlier this year.