I’m not sure that I buy Heisler’s overall approach. Isn’t this an elaborate version of an “all the Clippers care about is dumping salary” article? He’s telling “dear Donald” don’t do it, but there’s no indication that anybody at the Clippers is trying to dump salary.

It was nice of Heisler to spend a little time on the Clippers in his post-Finals, pre-draft, pre-vacation article, but it kind of had to be done with the Clips holding the top pick. Isn’t the Dear Donald meme a little tired at this point—isn’t there some other way to write about the Clippers, the “other” NBA team in one of the biggest cities in the country, when you’re the lead NBA writer at the major newspaper? Shouldn’t Heisler have a cutesy way of writing about MDSr. at this point?

It would be nice to see a thoughtful story about the way in which the fortunes of MDSr have been restored by the Clips getting the #1 pick. Where he could have been well on his way out the door, the Clips floundering and trying to get their money’s worth out of him through one more hopeless year, now he’s got another legitimate shot at getting his roster together and building a competitive team. And he’s the guy making the basketball, roster, and trade decisions, with Roeser and DTS signing off on them. The Clips are going to put the pieces together in some way so that they look good on paper at least. They’re the team with the assets, players that might have value and fill holes for other teams, and they’re going to make deals that help the Clippers, rather than servicing other teams needs. If Cleveland really wants Camby, what would make it worthwhile for the Clips? Again, there’s been no indication whatsoever that the Clips would just ship out a player like Camby so that Lebron and the Cavs can improve and be more competitive, while the Clips just cut some salary that would come off their books next year anyway.

Remember most of these sports writers,are writing their articles based on their own personal views,just as we do here on this site,I think most of what he is saying is based on speculations. Chances of him or any of the other sports writers at this time having contact or conversations withh the clippers front office or coaches is slim to none. Actually none of us including Heisler have any idea on what the clippers are going to do in the next couple of weeks regarding trades. the only thing we do know is, we will know in a couple of weeks,so i don’t read into anything Heisler writes,the real conversations about what the Clippers are doing will come when they do it.