Losing hope for the season

by cueball123 on Jan 29, 2010 5:26 PM PST

I hate reading pessimism. I hate writing it. But i'm pretty much done with this season. It's been a downhill roller coaster ride.

Clips are about 5 games out of the 8th playoff spot, with ZERO reinforcements coming. It's been one blow after another.... Of course, as KA so eloquently put it, the team has not really disspointed when it comes to re-gaining respectability.

It just seems like it's not in the cards for this year.

***Kaman is getting worse, not better. Coupled with the deserved snub, will it make him angrier (better) or more whiney (worse)

***Blake Griffin

***Beat LA, Boston, lose to NJ, Indiana

***give away winnable games

***Camby is on the verge of being traded

***Every 3 game winning streak is followed by a 3 game losing streak

***Eric Gordon has regressed

***Thornton is not proving to be a starting quality 3--- so he wasnt so much a steal at 14 anymore

***Butler is long gone after the season-- mostly because he only plays well on every other night

***Craig Smith is gone after the seaon unless he wants to stay on for cheap

***Baron is revitalized--- but for what? a sub .500 team? Will he stay motivated for next year?

---Just doesnt seem like it's going to get much better than this. I cant forsee a crazy streak of them winning 8 of 9 and getting back into the hunt this year.

It's bleak -- and we're miles away from from Lebron James.

Sorry, this is depressing. Go Clippers!

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I feel like...

Not all hope is lost. This season is far from over. After their current road trip they get a couple games at home, then All Star break, and hopefully during that time they can pull it together. I mean playing away for such a long stretch is hard, so losing to the Nets for example, although embarrassing, is not a complete shocker. And to think that they have exceeded their win total of last season is a sign of things heading north. Could they, should they be playing better this season? Yes and no. Yes based on experience and a good mix of young and veteran players. No, based on the many roster changes and the loss of Griffin.

by DonaldSterlingSucks on Jan 29, 2010 6:19 PM PST reply actions

this loss sealed it

another year another rebuilt roster.

by KillaClip on Jan 29, 2010 7:47 PM PST reply actions

if we end this roadtrip 1-7 it is over...... I dont think we have been 5 games under .500 till now

(1-8 if you want to count the spurs at home which we wont win)

by andrewexd on Jan 29, 2010 9:47 PM PST reply actions

3 more yrs left of baron

baron is a headache, with his consistent incosistent play i dont how much longer i can deal with this, but he has 3 more seasons left…do the fans a favor and fire dunleavy or resign i am sick of seeing him always squint and man up and say he is not a good coach

by ImranQ on Jan 29, 2010 9:52 PM PST reply actions

im not sure where all this baron hate is coming from

IF we didn’t have baron who would be out starting point guard ? sebastian telfair ?

by andrewexd on Jan 29, 2010 9:58 PM PST up reply actions

i certainly dont remember many complaints the summer we signed him

by andrewexd on Jan 29, 2010 9:58 PM PST up reply actions

I hope we don't lose the Rhino

He is my favorite player.

by EJay on Jan 29, 2010 10:29 PM PST reply actions

yea i like the rhino

that guy hustles and when they give him minutes he produces along with the camby man, that guys a workhorse i hope we dont end up tradin him or i just hope he stay with this team even though he know we aint gonna win nothing.. and to “andrewexd” were not complaining but come on! that guy is not consistant!! at all, hes got nice no-look passes and shiit like that but we need some consistant scorers, its not llike hes takin us to the playoffs or anyting hes not doing that great, hell even if we didnt sign him and started telfair our season wouldve still been over admited hes not changing anything. im not too happy with that guy.

by mujicas_clippers on Jan 30, 2010 10:56 AM PST reply actions

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

http://www.nbadraft.net

"look, you can find any coach you want, bring him in here and run the situation. But I don't think they are going to do as good a job as I do." -Mike Dunleavy Sr.

by CLiPPz WeRD 12 on Jan 30, 2010 11:49 AM PST reply actions

baron, is a headache, his inconsistent play bothers me,

is he capable of shooting over 50%, everytime i look at the boxscore he is always in the 30’s, no i was not mad at the signing, but i am mad with his inefficient play, look at the other pgs in this league, i dont know the stats for sure but i know cp3 nash tony parker all shoot around 50%, my point is he cant be our best player, we need a true number 1, and if we dont get that and we r stuck with him being our number 1 player for 3 yrs, its going to be a long 3 yrs…blake get back soon and live up to the hype please

by ImranQ on Jan 31, 2010 9:19 AM PST up reply actions