The Daily Clipper - The Heat Is Off Edition
by Lawler's Law on Jan 12, 2012 9:02 AM PST
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PrintSeems appropriate, given the big win last night and the fact that we had a power outage (thus the heat off) in our OC hood this morning! Found a few bits of stuff in the internets for your enjoyment after the jump:
Clippers blog
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Chris Paul: 'I plan on being' in L.A. - NBA - Sporting News
What's the Clippers' standard for success? - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN
Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images Blake Griffin and the Clippers are still sizing up their prospects in the West. LOS ANGELES -- For all the fanf
1-11-12 Blake Griffin alley-oop slam against Miami - YouTube
Blake Griffin gets the ridiculous alley-oop pass from Chris Paul and slams it down against Miami.
ANIMATED: Blake Griffin, Clippers Turn Into Flop City Vs. Heat - The Red Carpet - SB Nation Los Angeles
Who is this guy and why does he write for SBN!?
Miami Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh commentary from Ira Winderman - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Miami Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh commentary from Ira Winderman
Clippers applying heat - ESPN Los Angeles
The Clippers are growing up early, beating the team to beat in the Heat.
Bill Plaschke: Clippers rise to the occasion in big win over Heat - latimes.com
Lob City became Mob City.
Lob City Ledger: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Portland Trail Blazers - ESPN Los Angeles
Quick Clippers Takes At The Buzzer
Miami's upgrade status holds lessons for Clippers - latimes.com
Reporting from Oakland — There is something different with the Miami Heat this season.
Report Team USA Preliminary Roster Set - RealGM Wiretap
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The Sporting News article...
Is based on Sam Amick’s SI article here. Really great. I’m gonna put it up as a fanshot too.
My standard for success is simple
Make the playoffs and finish better than the Lakers – this is the bare minimum requirement in any given year.
No need for me to think bigger yet…the above makes me happy. The only other success factor I would think about are that the long term goals (i.e. resigning CP3 and Blake) are not compromised in some way.
We need Bill Walton back: "Where would the LA Clippers franchise be without Sean Rooks? Bo Outlaw might be the best pick up of the off season.
THROW IT DOWN BIG MAN...THROW IT DOWN"
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seems like that GIF
made by the SBN guy of the “flop” is missing the first action by wade. Seems like the ball is on the ground and Griffin is already in pain by the first frame, can’t really tell what happened before that. Was that the play where Griffin went down for a while?
That's a stupid cherry-picked gif by ignoring the majority of the collision
I could do that with any collision if I just started the animation right when they touched. It would look like everyone is flopping every time…
From what I remember, Blake came down and (obviously accidentally) Wade’s fist was already where Blake’s chin ended up. So Blake ended up getting the uppercut, just because Wade’s hand was in the wrong place at the wrong time. It certainly wasn’t a flop.
"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden
yea, that's how I recall it too
it was pretty much on a rebound. I’ll give it to the guy that Blake does attempt to draw fouls on occasion, but I don’t think that play was even close to a flop. If he was trying to make a case, there were better examples out there.
But, but Matt Barnes says the Clippers are big-time floppers :-)
by lovinglosangeles on Jan 12, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions
But...everybody says Matt Barnes is one of those big time fake tough guys
you know.. those guys that get hit, then when he’s around his friends he’ll pretend he wants to fight because he knows his friends will hold him back? Yeah those.
But we all know Gasol is a bigger flopper right? I didn’t know it was possible to make a flop “mixtape” LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjRizobEQig
"Things change when something is taken away from you" -BG32
The SI article written by Sam Amick is very good. It shows us
that probably DTS is now getting it. The LA Times piece was very good. Enjoyed it very much.
by lovinglosangeles on Jan 12, 2012 10:43 AM PST reply actions
Can someone explain to me
how come I’ve been seeing “B [NBA logo] G” everywhere? Are they promoting Blake Griffin? I saw a commercial with BG in it with all the superstars but it had Griffin like 3 times.
"Things change when something is taken away from you" -BG32
its supposed to be "Big things are coming"
With the logo as the I. Pretty lame, but I assume their marketing minds had little time to put something.
by yaggiefresh on Jan 12, 2012 11:44 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
perhaps Stern has deemed BIG to be defined as the year of Blake Griffin?
We need Bill Walton back: "Where would the LA Clippers franchise be without Sean Rooks? Bo Outlaw might be the best pick up of the off season.
THROW IT DOWN BIG MAN...THROW IT DOWN"
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They gave out the "Big Things" t-shirt at the pre-season open scrimmage
I thought they were promoting Blake at the time.
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
Well, contrary to CBS belief, Blake is the most marketable power
forward in the game.
by lovinglosangeles on Jan 12, 2012 11:43 AM PST reply actions
re the GIF file
That dude is giving us Indians a bad name, damnit.
by yaggiefresh on Jan 12, 2012 11:46 AM PST via mobile reply actions
Clipper Stripper got LA Times Props.....And we are undefeated when there are Fricken Lasers!
"Your Hate Will Motivate"
i forgot what game it was recently, but some young kid was trying to do the Clipper Stripper schtick
except with Clipper t-shirts! He ended up having shirts trapped around his head and stuff – too funny!
We need Bill Walton back: "Where would the LA Clippers franchise be without Sean Rooks? Bo Outlaw might be the best pick up of the off season.
THROW IT DOWN BIG MAN...THROW IT DOWN"
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Follow @manlinessprime
I like the Clipper Strippers, I mean Spirit, as well
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
Now we need to work on the pre-game show.
by lovinglosangeles on Jan 12, 2012 3:00 PM PST reply actions
with enough smoke to obscure the court and pump up the bass a smidge
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
I want a few cameos from Bill Walton
in the booth, or before/after games, something. Maybe bring back Westphal too, now that he might be looking for new employment.
And also dim the lights a bit
during the actual game.
by lovinglosangeles on Jan 12, 2012 3:58 PM PST up reply actions
Lakers are not the only ones do it.
by lovinglosangeles on Jan 12, 2012 4:12 PM PST up reply actions
Off Clipper Topic but the a torn pectoralis seems to be the injury of the day
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
Anyone see this article?
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/281107/20120112/lakers-clippers-preview-who-s-better-debate.htm
Meanwhile, Kobe Bryant is playing with banged up wrist, and Andrew Bynum missed the first four games of the season. Pau Gasol’s numbers are down, and the Lakers never fully addressed the lack of production at point guard.
Going into Saturday’s game, the Lakers will be without a day’s rest, while the Clippers will have two days of rest before their “home game.” There will be plenty of Lakers’ fans at Staples, but this will likely be a pro-Clippers crowd. There has been more enthusiasm about this Clippers team than in recent years.
Expect the Clippers to win the “Battle of LA” on Saturday, but for the Lakers to win the war.
What the hell is that? They are basically saying, yeah, we have a worse team, but we have an excuse to lose and we are using them before the game.
Great 3 minute video of the evolution of the Clips
Just saw this on ESPN Los Angeles.The first 5 seconds alone listening to Ralph saying me o my watching Brent Barry miss 2 layups is worth the look alone.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/
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