Clipper Clippings - Summer Solstice Edition - In Which Lots of People talk About Blake Griffin
by Steve Perrin on Jun 21, 2009 10:52 AM PDT
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Williams says he may try to play again - USATODAY.com
Almost Clipper Jason Williams says he may not want to stay retired. Hat tip to Citizen Lawler's Law. No big deal for LA.
All Blake Griffin, all the time: ESPN gears up for NBA Draft with coverage of former Sooner standout | NewsOK.com
Of course the OKC papers are pretty much all BG all the time also.
Blake Griffin, Knicks among those with plenty to prove in draft - Steve Aschburner - SI.com
The NBA draft is a game unto itself or, for our purposes here, a combination of games: equal parts musical chairs and hot potato. Aschbrunner says that Griffin is on the hot seat, but doesn't deem it beyond the realm of possibility that he can lift the Clippers up.
Deseret News | Utah Jazz: Is Griffin the next Mailman or Boozer?
Who better than a Salt Lake City sports writer to contrast Blake Griffin to two of the guys to whom he is frequently compared - Karl Malone and Carlos Boozer.
NBA - - FOX Sports on MSN
Not much of a post, but here's the Clipper-bashing money quote, for what it's worth: "Outside of Blake Griffin, every prospect in this year's draft comes attached with some serious question marks. Heck, even Griffin's NBA future is murky, thanks to the perpetually horrible Los Angeles Clippers winning the lottery. It's one thing to toss up 30/20 on a regular basis in the Big 12; quite another to keep your sanity as a potential All-Star trapped in Clipperdom. Before too long, the word "Clipper" will become shorthand for "horrifying, franchise-crippling injury," as in "Adrian Peterson was set to lead the Minnesota Vikings' rushing attack, but he suffered a Clipper and he's out for the year.""
Fewer International Players Are Available for N.B.A. Draft - NYTimes.com
An interesting article on the relative weakness of the international players in this draft. It's also interesting to see former Clippers beat writer Jonathan Abrams still using his LA contacts, referencing Clippers' scout Fabrizio Besnati right at the top of the article.
Jazz: NBA draft could be a Griffin family affair - Salt Lake Tribune
Taylor Griffin, Blake's big bro, has worked out for a few teams including the Jazz. If he is not drafted, wouldn't it make sense for the Clippers to sign him as a rookie FA, send him to Vegas, let him try to make the team? After all, he projects to a glue guy small forward if he's good enough to play in the NBA.
Your next backup for Paul Pierce: Quinton Ross? | Celtics Hub
A rather glowing assessment of erstwhile Clipper Q Ross from a Celtics blogger.
Clippers assistant Eyen may be headed to Sacramento | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times
Hat tip to Citizen Paper Clip. Dillman's comment about lots of potential movement on the coaching staff surprised me.
Former Clipper Shaun Livingston works out in L.A. | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times
Keeping tabs on former Clipper Shaun Livingston, he's in town working out with his current coach (and former UCI Anteater) Scott Brooks.
Hoops Addict " How The Clippers Prepare For The NBA Draft
From over a week ago, a quick look at how MDsr prepares for the draft, given his double duties of coach and GM.
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I think Ross would be a good match for the Celtics
as long as they can afford to have one non shooter on the floor then he will fit well. I also like the idea of putting Taylor Griffin on the summer league team and see how he fares. Who knows if he does well we could have the brothers play together. Does anyone know if that has happened before.
In Gordon we trust
We used to say...
Q Ross is good on a great team… but close to useless on a bad team.
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 Jun 21, 2009 3:06 PM PDT up reply actions
Blake Griffins workout routine
If there is any doubt that Blake Griffin is committed to being the best he can be, check out what he has been doing to get ready for the NBA season, if only some of this would rub off on some of our other players,there would be not stopping the Clippers
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4275179 this is the sort of commitment every pro player should have for the money they earn,
i'm not used to this much media coverage on the clippers.
The media has fullfilled it’s quota of clipper stuff for the next decade.
Q Ross is still overrated. His D is good, but not great. Otherwise, no game at all.
Can’t really shoot, handle, pass, or rebound.
Proposed Clipper Line-up
P – Baron
SG – Gordon
SF – Griffin
PF – Zach
C – Camby
OK, Griffin is not an ideal SF and may not really be a good one. However, his athleticism, speed, power, instincts, hard work and attitiude are good enough to offset a lack of quickness and shooting at that position. To offset his lack of shooting, he can play down low and punish the opposing SF on offense and let Zach and Camby float outside for their shots.
Who would you rather have playing defense, handling the ball, and sharing the ball at the Wing? Thornton, Novak, or Griffin? That’s a fairly easy call.
OK, would we really rather have Kaman playing ahead of Camby or Zach. Camby gives you better rebounding and D. Zach gives you better scoring and comparable rebounding. Best yet, two of are least intelligent players (Kaman and Thornton) get to come off the bench to provide scoring punch and play D against weaker opponents.
This line up gives you outside shooting, posting, passing, speed, some D, some youth, some experience, and some intelligence.
Let’s make it work……
You know what I don't like about Clipper Clippings?
I only just figured out the benefit of the recommend button. So if each of these was a fanshot or fanpost, I could rec one… but since they’re all ganged together, I have to rec none or all. Damn! I’m only just learning the system and I discover that it’s imperfect!
Pros and cons...
Not that we’re very good as a community at recommending so far, but you are right. Still, these Clippings are really just forwarding someone else’s work, while recommendations are better used on more original submissions. So, as a general rule, I’d say that neither the Clipper Clippings nor FanShots are great candidates for the rec button. There could be exceptions of course.
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 Jun 22, 2009 1:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah but I want to rec'd almost all of Lawler's Law's fanshots...
That guy is unstoppable. And almost all of them are relevant.
Not sure I'd want to bring in BG's bro for the summer
Not much upside, and significant downside, if the team decides not to sign him and BG thinks otherwise.
I agree...
a potential quagmire. Danger, Will Robinson.
We need to start acting like we've been there before
(even though we haven’t)
Good foresight...
I did not think of this, but it makes a lot of sense.
I do think Taylor Griffin is actually good though. He also really impressed Chad Ford. He could be the sleeper of this draft.
Ric Bucher Tweet
“@misterjpmanahan Clips were confident they had a Kaman deal 48 hrs ago. That changed last night. Camby to OKC is still out there right now”
more BSPN BS ? or not ? Obviously its hard to take a tweet seriously but you also have to think that he has no reason to lie (to get views) on twitter…
yeah never know whats true
wonder if they even have a source.
In Gordon we trust
by bestclipfan on Jun 21, 2009 10:38 PM PDT up reply actions
A Trickle
SP not kidding about coming back at a deliberate pace.
Mike Miller? Glue guy? For Kaman? The Clippers must really want to get rid of Kaman pretty badly. And other teams must be really careful about taking on salaries, austerity measures firmly in place. Why would a deal like that fall apart?
Yesterday was Father's Day, after all
You’re bloody insatiable Zhiv.
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 Jun 22, 2009 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions
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