Wha Hahppen? VDN gets the nod

but I think that Del Negro is still a good choice. He has shown to be good at developing youth and made the playoffs two years in a row despite losing his top scorer in the second season. I think Del Negro will benefit from having a true post player in Kaman and will finally have some outside shooting as well.

Not sure how much credit should go to coaches for this one. For starters Rose was the #1 pick and considered a can’t miss prospect. Noah was the best player on back to back NCAA Champions. I would expect a bunch of talented 20 year olds to get better year over year regardless of who was coaching them.

I hope this was not a money saving move. I will not knock him—- and will give him a fair shot.

I don’t know what the hiring process was like, but I would like to think that the Clippers front office took into consideration that Vinny Del Negro took a young, mediocre team to a .500 record back to back seasons. I’m not saying it was great, but it shows a lot of character and knowledge from Del Negro because his Bulls team does not compare to our Clippers. So if he can take that team to a decent record, I believe he can do way better with the Clippers. Plus, he has proven to make young players grow and make them more knowledgeable of the game. He coached Derrick Rose during his ROY and All-Star campaign. If he can get B. Diddy back to All-Star form and without a doubt, Blake Griffin to become ROY, I think the Clippers will create a positive outcome with Del Negro as our center of team chemistry. So, we should stand behind him, the players, and our front office as they/we move on with the franchise, post-Dunleavy/Baylor era. GO CLIPPERS!

has potential to do a great job for the Clips and remember, a chance still exists that LeBron could come. That would be huge for the Clippers and hopefully they’ll put the Lakers in their place ASAP!

Sterling couldn’t help but giggle every time he said it.

His name is Jerry Sloan.

So … yea …

http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/columns/story?id=5360050

Having worked for a while with the Suns, he knows this division. He is very familiar with this division and its teams. He knows what it takes to come out on top in this division. He knows (and everyone else by now) that this division is practically one good Kobe injury away from being WIDE OPEN. The Suns just got weaker (no Amar’e), the Warriors and Kings are very inexperienced, so the Lakers are only threat, and STILL the Clippers were able to go toe to toe against them last season, splitting the season series WITHOUT Griffin or whoever else comes along this season. Del negro did a great job with the Bulls, a GREAT job, considering what the Bulls had.
I know he’ll do even better in LA. He got better parts in place here, and he stands up for his team unlike Dunbleavy with his slicked hairred laid back approach. I love this hire, yes, it is better than Casey. Del Negro has attitude and swagger, something the Clippers MUST have in order to RISE UP like they say they will do.

We are gonna Rise Up with Vinny.

almost as if he just didn’t wanna coach the team…each game doing less and less until he finally stepped down, like he didn’t wanna deal with it…hence my description…you don’t like it, fine.

And, thanks. I guess I had credibility before :)