1-13-12 - Friday the Thirteenth Daily Clipper (Late Afternoon Special)
by John Raffo on Jan 13, 2012 4:27 PM PST
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PrintI''ve been waiting all day for our own international man of mystery, Lawler's Law to put up the Daily Clipper. I guess he's off doing whatever men of mystery do. Anyway here's some stuff I collected today.
Magic Vs. Warriors: Hack-a-Dwight Yields An Orlando Victory And A Record - SBNation.com In case you missed it Fearless Leader tells us why Mark Jackson's strategy last night was dopey.
Biasotti: Clippers on rise, but a few player short This guy in the Ventura County Star says the Clips are in the middle of the most important two-game stretch in franchise history.
Clippers gear up to play Lakers on Saturday - latimes.com They're calling it the "Battle of L.A." ' shared home court, Staples Center. The Clippers are coming off a 95-89 overtime win
Clippers Week 2: 1/12 - ESPN Los Angeles It's a podcast from Kevin Arnovitz and Jordan Heimer... and they interview David Thorpe who is not a believer. Only for the strong of heart.
Los Angeles Clippers 30-year climb to relevance - ESPN Los Angeles Mike Downey on the history of the Clips. Nothing new for us old-timers but perhaps the bandwagoners need a dose of history.
Rihanna Skips People's Choice Awards For Clippers Game We all know where the lovely Rihanna WAS on Wednesday night. Here's an article about where she WAS NOT. She obviously made the right choice.
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Rihanna was at the Clippers/Heat Game last year too.
Along with a bunch of body guards leading her to the limo after the game. Her presence is more about the Heat being here than watching the Clippers. I have seen her in the front row in Miami also.
"Great Balls Of Fire, Reggie's Back!"
shes friends with LeBron
considering LeBron has a home out here her, Bron, Wade, and Paul probably all hung out after
Blake Griffin is coming, hide your MBengas
Reggie Evans probably hung out with Billy Crystal and Penny Marshall after the game at Denny's
"Great Balls Of Fire, Reggie's Back!"
billy crystal jumped on his back and exclaimed
“so this is what it’s like to be tall!”
Blake Griffin is coming, hide your MBengas
wasn't there reports
she had her people try and get Blake’s number or something last year, haha. Probably nothing but tabloid fodder.
He's good friends with Matt Kemp, who Rihanna was with last year.
Bros before hoes? or ain’t no fun if the homies can’t have none?
Proud member of Club FTR
by Lawler 4ever on Jan 14, 2012 12:36 AM PST up reply actions
She should bring Shy Ronnie to the next game
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
In response to the "a few players short" link
we should reach out to Rasheed Wallace if he’s serious about making a comeback. Low Risk, High Reward.
"I'd never buy my girl a watch... she's already got a clock
over the stove." - Charles Barkley
Uh... he hasn't played in eighteen months...
And he dogged his way through his last year with the Celts.
he averaged 9/4/1 in 22 minutes
that’s not too bad, especially when we pair him with Reggie, who is all rebounding.
no thanks
he did nothing but bring the celtics down
I'd rather have him playing 6-10 minutes a night than Cookie
"I'd never buy my girl a watch... she's already got a clock
over the stove." - Charles Barkley
Sheed played with billups in detroit.
they won a title together in detroit, wouldn’t mind seeing him here.
brijo1
by ThaFoX on Jan 13, 2012 8:08 PM PST via Android app up reply actions
"Warriors sign Earl Barron due to Kwame Brown's season ending injury"
It’s whatever… I would’ve took SJ over him anyways.
we’re cheap, like to drink and are pissed off.
WHO WANTS A FREE SHARPIE?? -- Blake Griffin
Nah, you didnt post it...I live in the bay area so I get all the Warriors news
They also released their back up point guard Ish Smith.
we’re cheap, like to drink and are pissed off.
WHO WANTS A FREE SHARPIE?? -- Blake Griffin
by ClipperBEAST on Jan 13, 2012 5:25 PM PST up reply actions
weren't they about to sign
fesenko? in the off season anyways? What happened to that. Maybe something really came out w/ Fesenko where they don’t even want to revisit that.
I hope Kylie Irving runs the Lakers old legs ragged tonite.
Surprising Cavs are 5-5 (3-4 on the road).
"Great Balls Of Fire, Reggie's Back!"
is that an intentional mis-spelling of his first name?
I obviously hope he doesn’t turn into a superstar. Otherwise, trade would have been Baron and him to get back Mo and Caron Butler (via cap room created).
"After the first six minutes I was heavily winded"-Andrew Bynum
whats done is done
And that’s what the trade ultimately was. It hurts because the Clips would have a awesome bench if they sat pat.
Help us Altered Beast you're our only hope.
by ClipperChuck on Jan 13, 2012 5:51 PM PST via mobile up reply actions
It's hard to know
would we have made the CP3 trade? Would DTS amnesty Baron? Would we still want CP3 AND Kyrie? Would we have gotten the #1 pick if we kept it? There’s alot of variables in there.
No we wouldn't have CP3
But we would have BD
"[Fans are] not technically a lot of times savvy. They don't understand and they don't weigh issues the way that [I] weigh them."
Mike Dunleavy, Sr.
LOL
and this is based on nothing
Help us Altered Beast you're our only hope.
by ClipperChuck on Jan 13, 2012 11:15 PM PST up reply actions
so is your assumption
Your capslock is stuck, please buy a new keyboard
by BelgianClipper on Jan 13, 2012 11:45 PM PST up reply actions
How so
they traded trade assets.
Burden is on Jax to show how CP3’s trade and Baron’s trade are tied together when none of the trade assets given to the Hornets came from that trade.
Help us Altered Beast you're our only hope.
by ClipperChuck on Jan 14, 2012 1:37 AM PST up reply actions
I've explained it before
Why do you care? Oh yeah you ripped Olshey at the time and you would look foolish. Only way is if BD was amnestied which would never happen (nor should it). Great they found a sucker.
"[Fans are] not technically a lot of times savvy. They don't understand and they don't weigh issues the way that [I] weigh them."
Mike Dunleavy, Sr.
No you look foolish
you still cant explain why the trade had to be made in February. You desperately try to talk down Irving and how weak the draft was etc etc. Obviously you are wrong all on fronts as usual.
Help us Altered Beast you're our only hope.
by ClipperChuck on Jan 14, 2012 12:52 PM PST up reply actions
Good questions
we’ll never know. We do know we should have waited until the draft lottery at the very least.
Also we know the 2010 free agents all suck badly.
Help us Altered Beast you're our only hope.
by ClipperChuck on Jan 13, 2012 11:15 PM PST up reply actions
Not if you follow my original comments
Would be nice if we had 1-2 nice rotation worthy players with the 9.5 million spent on free agents in 2010. Instead we pretty much wrote them off.
Help us Altered Beast you're our only hope.
by ClipperChuck on Jan 14, 2012 1:35 AM PST up reply actions
Yah of you waited Gilbert would have wised up
Weve discussed this before ad nauseum
"[Fans are] not technically a lot of times savvy. They don't understand and they don't weigh issues the way that [I] weigh them."
Mike Dunleavy, Sr.
rihanna
must have secured us home court advantage for the finals
i agree with david thorpe...
why are they arent playing pick and roll….too much pick and pop for blake….let his game evolve more slowly instead of forcing him to take too many jumpers
As he also said
I think it has to do with Reggie/DJ always clogging up space in the middle. Something Kaman didn’t do.
it was the same issue with Kaman
Teams did not double Mo off the pick (though Mo and Blake rarely ran it) they collapsed onto Blake when he caught the ball if he dished it to Kaman he either missed the shot or traveled trying to create or mis handling the ball.
by KillaClip on Jan 14, 2012 2:53 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
I watch a lot of the Hornets games
and Kaman is playing exactly like he did as a Clipper. One game he is an All Star followed by a horrible game, poor decision making and some Mr. Flippy type plays under the basket.
"Great Balls Of Fire, Reggie's Back!"
+1
i’ve been asking myself this since the 2nd game of the season!
"Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime
and too sleepy to worry at night."
Author Unknown
by Lawler's Law on Jan 13, 2012 9:44 PM PST up reply actions
if Blake can make it work
it will open up the paint. Now his defender plays off him, cutting off the paint.
Now is the time to make it work. 2 month down the road it is crunch time and much more difficult to incorporate stuff like that.
I don’t really know what the problem is: he is still averaging the same ppg and at a higher shooting %. His shooting from looks good, so I’m guessing he’ll hit those open jumpers even at a higher rate in the future. Once that happens they’ll have to guard him more closely and he’ll be able to take advantage of that.
Your capslock is stuck, please buy a new keyboard
by BelgianClipper on Jan 13, 2012 11:55 PM PST up reply actions
the only issue I have with it
is I didn’t understand him saying DJ should work on his outside shot to open up the lane for the P&R for Blake? But aren’t they doing like the opposite, with Blake opening up the lane for DJ? Not saying I’d run a lot of plays for DJ on the offensive end, but still, seemed odd to me, no way DJ becomes a threat from even 4 ft away from the basket this season. I agree there needs to be more rolls, and better timing on the cuts, but why not have DJ be the roll man more often.
Except for maybe a last second shot
has DJ ever shot the ball farther than 5-6 feet from the basket. I do not recall seeing him ever shoot a jump shot. Maybe he has and I am just blocking it from my mind.
"Great Balls Of Fire, Reggie's Back!"
blake sets weak picks
He barely blocks the path of the defender which makes it hard for Paul to get a good look. Also Blake does not try to roll as often the spacing is there because teams try to double Paul on the pick so Blake has the space to drive to or drive and kick.
by KillaClip on Jan 14, 2012 2:49 AM PST via mobile up reply actions
Cummings and goings...
Regarding the ESPNLA link, I never knew Terry Cummings had heart issues (I was 5 when they traded him). Not at all surprising given the history of the franchise, but still. Did they know it when they traded him?
With the whole Not-WednesdayGate
and the back-to-back-to-back postings of post-game/preview/USA bball posts, I was off my ‘game’ this week!…Anyhow, you always seem to find stuff i’d never put up. I like that podcast…good job!
"Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime
and too sleepy to worry at night."
Author Unknown
I just assumed you were off taking care of things in far-off worlds....
So I stepped into the vacuum of your notable absence.
Biasotti is right
Where can we find an above average backup defensive-minded wing? What is Quintin Ross doing these days?
"Excellence...is not an act, but a habit" Aristotle
Keith Bogans is still out there
seems like a no-brainer to me
Remembers when you could buy a nosebleed ticket at the Sports Arena and end up courtside.
Would Bogans sign for the minimum?
And will Vinny put him on the floor?
Olshey brought in Gomes, Cook, and Foye and the rookies, their his boys and the first three have guaranteed contracts. I suspect the world hasn’t quite changed to the point where DTS is going to waive guys with guarantees. Which means you’d have to commit to a guy who is an offensive liability in your last roster spot.
Despite all that, I suspect we’ll see something happen around the time that the non-guarantees have to become guaranteed. I think it’s February ninth. (The non-guarantees are Thompkins, Leslie, Jones). I think Olshey’s sitting on his cards until he HAS to make a move. The jury’s still out on Mo-as-sixth-man, or whether or not Gomes or Foye (or Cook) will be productive, or the extent of Bledsoe’s injury.
this was a reply to ganima SMH
Proud member of Club FTR
by Lawler 4ever on Jan 14, 2012 12:36 AM PST up reply actions
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