The Daily Clipper 12/22/11 - Winter Solstice Edition
by John Raffo on Dec 22, 2011 10:09 AM PST
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PrintShortest day of the year, Clipper fans! And tomorrow? Festivus!
- Pau Gasol: Clippers flop too much - ESPN Los Angeles The Staples Center co-tenants renewed their rivalry with all the contentiousness of a playoff game. Whatever. Clips beat the Lakers last night in case you didn't know.
- Vinny Del Negro doesn't mind the pressure - latimes.com - Brad Turner on VDN. Billups and Paul say nice things about Vinny.
- Learning about L.A.'s other team - TrueHoop - I go back and forth with JA Adande and his backhanded swipes at the Clippers. But this is pretty good. He has this quote from CP3: ""It’s unreal," Paul said. " When I get into the lane, man, it’s like you’re in Baskin Robbins, you know what I’m saying? You just pick whatever you want.""
- Chuck Hayes cleared to play - CBSSports.com Ken Berger - Chuck Hayes got a second opinion as is cleared to play. Good news for the human wall that is Chuck Hayes. He wants to go back to the Kings with whom he signed a 21M - 4 year deal.
- Deadline is big -- for Wolves and Love | StarTribune.com - Jerry Zgoda: Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose on Tuesday agreed to a five-year, $94 million contract. There's a January 25 deadline for players from the 2008 class to extend their rookie deals. The two players people are watching are Russell Westbrook and Kevin Love. If Love were to get the max he could get 82M over five years.
Have you seen Love lately? Skinny. And he went 22/16 last night against the Bucks. An excellent article and an important extension of our running will-Blake-Griffin-extend-with-the-Clips debate. Almost skips the questions about Russell Westbrook, will he get the max and be eligible for a 30 percent contract? Sixty percent of your payroll for two guys? Welcoome to the new CBA! I thought OKC was the model for how to build a dynasty...
- Hornets at NBA.com Our favorite ex-Clippers did pretty well. Eric Gordon was 17/4/4 in 29 minutes and 3/5 three pointers. Chris Kaman was 18/4 in 23 and went 8/13 at the stripe.. Al Farouq Aminu was 6/2 and had 5 fouls in 18:39.
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Proudly enduring the pain since the days of Bill Walton's foot.
Now living the good life in Lob City, CA.
haha
Blake just learning for the best. Graduated top of the class at Fisher’s Academy of Flopping
And come on Gasol…really?
by dulciusXasperis on Dec 22, 2011 10:54 AM PST up reply actions
Fesenko plz!!
we’re cheap, like to drink and are pissed off.
WHO WANTS A FREE SHARPIE?? -- Blake Griffin
Dude is a worse FT shooter than Deandre
He does qualify as a big big.
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
Hayes
It seems like he went to the right place, but I can’t help but worry when I see a basketball player with a diagnosed heart problem getting back on the court after a second opinion. Both Hank Gathers and Reggie Lewis sought the opinions that allowed them to play, and we now how those stories ended.
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
Hmm...
“Hayes underwent “a full day of exhaustive testing and exams” Wednesday, directed by Dr. Steven Nissen, the chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic… On Thursday morning, doctors informed Hayes that “he does not have a heart problem” and that “their recommendation is that he can continue to play basketball without any concerns.”
As we’re learning, we have pretty limited information, on what red flag the King’s doctors saw that caused them to cancel the deal. But this sounds like a clean bill of health to me.
still I can't see the Kings voiding his contract without a reason
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by BelgianClipper on Dec 22, 2011 11:11 AM PST up reply actions
maybe they forgot they have
Hassan Whiteside? haha
but yea, I really hope wherever Chuck lands, does pretty exhaustive research into why the Kings voided the contract. Seems like they didn’t release too many details. I would love Chuck on the Clips, but this still has me worried.
Like I said...
It seems good. Seems like he saw the right doctors here. But I also recall the ‘experts’ lined up on Reggie’s behalf in 93.
Those earlier situations were so tragic, it’s difficult not to think about them.
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 Dec 22, 2011 12:46 PM PST up reply actions
Happy Festivus to you too, Swami!
May your pole be free of distracting tinsel.
Proudly enduring the pain since the days of Bill Walton's foot.
Now living the good life in Lob City, CA.
Wait...
John Raffo = Swami?
"i know huh........freakin clippers man.....its like a wild ride rooting for this team....gotta love em....(sometimes) lol" In GrIfFin We TrUsT
yes
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by BelgianClipper on Dec 22, 2011 11:10 AM PST up reply actions
At your service, silverman...
Strange things happened during the lockout!
Feats of strength! Airing out of grievances! Just another day in Lob City??!!!
:-)
Hey, it’s you!
"i know huh........freakin clippers man.....its like a wild ride rooting for this team....gotta love em....(sometimes) lol" In GrIfFin We TrUsT
or as I like to call him...Swami John
Proud member of Club FTR
by Lawler 4ever on Dec 22, 2011 11:29 AM PST up reply actions
Mike Brown calling the Lakers "deep" has to be a joke, right?
by chrisd on Dec 22, 2011 10:35 AM PST via mobile reply actions
players 5-14 on the Lakers are all of equal level
so in a sense they are deep
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by BelgianClipper on Dec 22, 2011 11:08 AM PST up reply actions
lol, Washington Generals are deep
My kids rec league team is deep. You get 10 guys off the street willing to walk up and down the court and that’s deep too.
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
this
After Bryant, Bynum and Gasol, what the hell difference does it make on that team? If you’re trying to decide between MWP, Matt Barnes, Devin Ebanks, Jason Kapono and Luke Walton to start at small forward, that’s 36 fouls you can use at that spot because it really doesn’t matter who plays.
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 Dec 22, 2011 12:49 PM PST up reply actions
Best quote in the Adande piece is from Paul
"We’re ready." I love this team.
Pau needs to hush.
He and Fisher are two of the biggest floppers in the league. They don’t call him Gasoft for nothing. Kobe is always doing the verbal flops. Does he complain when Kobe draws the foul and is not even touched? Keep whining and stay losing. Snoop Dogg said it best anyways.
Pau gasol is soft as f*** we need to get his b**** a** on the 1st thing smoking hes a f***n weanie. this is comn from laker fan #1..
F*** gasol hes a b**** we need mark gasol this ones a punk b****. We need a pointguard bynum ballen his a** off!
Snoop Dogg via Twitter
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I read this earlier...still getting a kick out of it.
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by Newton Pham on Dec 22, 2011 11:35 AM PST up reply actions
saw that
Snoop, not a fan of Gasol (or of syntax, spelling, or decorum for that matter).
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 Dec 22, 2011 12:50 PM PST up reply actions
Bynum is looking like a grown man though.
DJ needs to stop biting on the first moves.
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DJ played him fairly well last night
Just hard to stop him when he gets that deep post position like Shaq
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
And of course Bynum can't keep up with DJ in the open court
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
DJ needs to not go for ball fakes
let Bynum shoot it from 15 if he wants. DJ shouldn’t leave his feet to block Bynum’s jumper.
Do not worry. (Matthew 6:27)
in a lot of bynums shots
DJ is going for the weak side block, and they see him coming and throw up a pass instead of the shot, getting it to bynum within like 2 feet or for the lob. Thought it got a little better in the 2nd. Maybe DJ can get away with it against some teams, but Bynum is so long, no one else on the Clips can get up to passes as high as he can catch them besides DJ.
and DJ needs to know better
During Bynum’s second quarter flurry where he scored something like 9 straight, 2 or 3 of his buckets, and another offensive rebound to keep a possession alive which he finish later, were all because DJ left him to go after a blocked shot. Most of those, he didn’t have much hope of getting the block, nor was the primary defender beaten. DJ needs to be smart enough to know NOT to leave a player like Bynum to chase low percentage plays like that.
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 Dec 22, 2011 12:53 PM PST up reply actions
+1
Proud member of Club FTR. falconPUNCH! for president!
DJ's growing up, albeit slowly
I think he kind-of-sort-of figured it out by the 2nd half. It seems like he has to relearn things, but he’s getting a little faster at it.
"i know huh........freakin clippers man.....its like a wild ride rooting for this team....gotta love em....(sometimes) lol" In GrIfFin We TrUsT
BLopez
out til february? Hopefully Orlando doesn’t get an itchy finger, and cave to taking Bynum.
I hope they get D12.
If it means they can be satisfied. I’m tired of hearing casual Laker fans b*tching. Many aren’t coping well.
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What happened?
Another pre-season casualty…
"i know huh........freakin clippers man.....its like a wild ride rooting for this team....gotta love em....(sometimes) lol" In GrIfFin We TrUsT
Wonder if the Lakers could try and low-ball now and offer Bynum without Gasol..
Not as if I know how leverage works…but that’d be interesting.
Don't you think this only causes the Nets trade to be more valuable?
Assuming the Nets lose lots of games, their pick next year could be top 10.
I guess they should push that angle
pray that Orlando buys it. Seems like a foot injury in a 7-footer, would diminish Brook’s value even when he comes back “healthy”. I didn’t see the game, but a stress fracture, I can’t help but think of other big men with lingering foot issues. They’re also still trying to convince Deron to stick around, and I don’t think a bad record is going to help convince him he wants to be there long term, unless they get Dwight.
Interesting timing
as the All-Star game in Orlando is late February. Brook is supposed to be back by February but articles have pointed out its taken other folks like Gasol longer to recover. Not sure Orlando wants the D12 circus when the league is having its annual festivities.
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
Dirty Work?
“Veteran forward Brian Cook, a 3-point shooting specialist, competed against Evans in college when the new acquisition went to Iowa and Cook went to Illinois.
’He’s a great competitor,’ Cook said. ’He’s gonna do the dirty work for us. That’s exactly what we needed.’"
I’m sure that Kaman will vouch for that!
I lol'd hard at Gasol complaining about flopping
pot calling the kettle black much?
What a great line...
""It’s unreal," Paul said. " When I get into the lane, man, it’s like you’re in Baskin Robbins, you know what I’m saying? You just pick whatever you want.""
I am lovin’ this New Guy.
Jordan said that around Clippertown, only one thing has changed:
"I do the same thing but make sure I have my hands up so I don't get hit in the head with the ball"
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