The Daily Clipper - Rare Tuesday Edition

I really think the plan all along is to have CP3 rest until the Lakers game. How awesome would it be that CP3 comes back tomorrow and just runs all over the Lakers just how he did two weeks ago.

Does anyone else feel like the Spurs hand out retired jerseys like candy? A few years ago the retired Avery Johnson’s jersey, cuz, you know, one year he averaged 13 points. Now Bowen. I mean, sure Bowen was a great defender and a big part of several championships, but come on. It’s not like Rambis or Cooper have their jerseys hanging in Staples.

I usually get distracted and move onto something else about halfway through those ESPN features, but that was truly a great read. As I read through the “Perceptions of Blake Griffin…” I kept having visions of Peter Parker’s uncle saying, “With great power comes great responsibility.” I’m really glad that Arnovitz could get through his Hero/Anti-Hero piece without using that cliche. I feel like the whispers about Blake being “overrated” and “not as good as we thought” are getting a little bit louder as the Clips get more exposure. Every time the Clips show up on ESPN, it gives someone, who has probably never seen a Clips game before this year, a chance to pick apart BG’s game and find all the things that are wrong with it. But I think those of us around here have known all along what’s wrong with BG’s game and that it’s more likely that he’s playing exactly the way we expected him to coming into this year. Not necessarily a dominant force, but a force nonetheless.

BG isn’t overrated at all. He’s popular, sure, which admittedly probably makes him a little bit polarizing, but he’s definitely not overrated. He’s good for 20 and 12, a couple of monster dunks, a couple of lazy defensive possessions and a couple of complaints to the refs. He’s done more for this franchise in 2+ years than anyone could probably do in a career. Plus, the dude is 22 years old. The only O-word we should be throwing around when talking about BG is Optimism. But the Nation already knows this.

The only thing that’s overrated about Blake’s game is Blake getting to the FT line. The dude has completely lost his touch at the charity stripe and he kind of looks like Tiger Woods out there just swinging away hoping that something will eventually click in his shot. And by Tiger Woods I mean Andris Biedrins. Figure it out BG! It’s starting to get embarrassing.

Ah, but I digress because if watching BG miss free throws is the worst thing about watching Clipper games, then I’d say we’re in a pretty good spot as Clipper fans.

I’m in the Club. Now toss me a beer.