Clips Nation - Number Six With a Bullet

I mean, we can always expect TrueHoop to be the most visited out there, but SB Nation has been a great platform for sports bloggers and communities alike.

Only thing that I’m slightly surprised is that Ball Don’t Lie and Basketbawful don’t get into the top 10, you’d think with the collective power of Yahoo and Google (Blogspot) they’d gain a higher ranking.

Your style is very user friendly but deep enough for the intellectuals!
One can go surfing or scuba diving in your oceans of thoughts!
Thank you , keep it up and congratulations. You definitely deserve this one!

I predict that we will hit the ceiling once the Clipper Nation unveils their super line up this summer!

Thanks, Steve!

From a small wordpress (?) page to this. You have done a great job.

I always link to your posts about salary cap and trades because you have a knack for explaining a very complicated system and refuting all of the misinformation out there. Keep it up!

“Don’t get me wrong, I really like having everyone around, but I don’t get it, and I wonder if perhaps you all need lives. I don’t wonder about that for myself – there’s no question that I need a life.”

What I like here is the reflection on the Hindu/Buddhist drive-by that occurred around here over the weekend, or whenever it was, a modest exploration of the spiritual depths of what it means to be a citizen of this bloodied yet unbowed nation, a professorial meditation that appeared at HuffPost, no less.

We have a life, you SP have a life, and we’re bonded together by our mysterious, challenging, ever-changing bond with the Los Angeles Clippers. We study and consider the peculiarities of a rich cast of characters, from DTS down to Jasen Powell, with MDSr and the inimitable Chris Kaman and now Kim Hughes and Blake Griffin and his knee and Baron Davis and all sorts of other characters in between. We keep an eye on a now-pathetic, forgettable Wizards team with Al Thornton, Shaun Livingston, James Singleton, Earl Boykins and QRoss, and wonder if the Wizards announcers have mentioned the fact that QRoss averaged 20 ppg in college yet. It’s an absurd, chaotic world with just the slightest shred of order and a smaller slice of hope, and that is our share, that’s what we live on, and somehow it is rich and sustaining, a daily feast.

No apologies. Acceptance. A brave march into the future, to glory, together to the promised land. One step, one day, one game at a time. Today, Robin Lopez will not score 30 points, and Chris Kaman won’t get himself thrown out of the game. And it’s highly unlikely that the Clippers will put together another stalwart effort like they did against the Jazz (minus the last two minutes), but anything is possible. Something will happen. One of the beauties of the Clippers is the way that other teams and obscure players take advantage of their peculiar state of being, and outdo themselves. We can look back over the years at a rich series with the Suns, filled with all sorts of stunning events. The Lopez explosion is just the latest. Last year had ZBo’s altercation with pony-tailed dude, a nice flare up. Just say the name Daniel Ewing, and the scar from that wound is found in an instant. Are Phoenix fans any better off than we are? Don’t they have their own heartbreaking sequences, one after another? Amare’s knee, Amare leaving the bench, Amare’s eye, Amare’s future. And what about Portland and that BlazersEdge community, filled with amazing vitality. Their coach even tore his achilles this season, as part of their injury funk, and they drafted Greg Oden instead of Kevin Durant, after taking Sam Bowie instead of Jordan. Do they have lives, and we don’t?

My guess is to conclude that the real zombies out there are Laker fans, while the rest of us experience the pain and struggle of life through the futility and frustration of the teams we follow. And as much as other teams try to model the chaos and meaningless of the universe, no one does it better than the Clippers. Transformative number one pick injured the day before the season starts? Haiti earthquake puts in perspective funky Memphis tipping point game and simultaneous announcement that number one pick is having surgery and out for the season? Victories over the Celtics, Lakers, Jazz, blown out by GSW, losses to the Wolves and Nets? All just how we roll.

for your great write-ups, insight, and dedication. I’ve been a fan of the Clippers for the past 13 years now, but since reading your blog, my excitement, interest, and loyalty in the Clips has increased. I’m originally from the Bay Area and have been a long-time GSW fan (I know- seem to like the bottom-feeders) and despite their ravenous fan base, their blogs do not compare. I also read ClipperBlog; I must say that I feel lucky as a fan to have two great basketball fans/minds deliver us intelligent and nuanced commentary. Great job!

we all owe you

I very much appreciate the forum.

I’m a late-comer, but your blog has made this season much, much more enjoyable and interesting. I’m very glad to have stumbled onto it. I’m looking forward to the glory days in front of us.

i just read the l.a times on last night’s game and here is what was in the article:

Baron Davis, Internet sensation?

A new YouTube video hawking a replica Davis beard — “the ultimate swag booster” — is the first of several online skits starring the Clippers guard planned for release this year.

The video has generated nearly 35,000 web hits and might have sparked sizeable sales . . . if it weren’t a spoof.

“It’s just kind of showing a lighter side, a fun side and trying to bring some fun and entertainment to the team,” Davis said.

The video features Davis wearing a Hugh Hefner-style smoking jacket and touting “Boom’s” beard, “a brand new product guaranteed to take every aspect of your life to a whole new level.” It also features a cameo appearance by Utah guard Deron Williams and a “recession special” price of $29.99 plus shipping and handling.

“It was fun,” said Davis, who filmed the spot before the season. “We’ve got a couple of them in the vault and are just starting to release them now.”

baron davis, if you ever read these post, get your head screwed on right….the way to have “fun” and “entertain” clip fans is by WINNING GAMES.

as far as “your vault” goes, lock it up, re-dedicate yourself and WIN SOME FREAKIN GAMES"…your act is real old.