Mike Brown says Clippers are focused

Sounds to me that the Lakers aren't only making excuses for a possible loss, but they also sound like they are some whiners right about now. Also, Mike Brown says they are "still searching". Is that his way of saying that they are merely waiting for Superman to save the day? Not to mention he is saying the Clippers are still settling in while the Lakers have yet to reach their potential.

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I don't know why but I like this part the most

“For his part, Griffin admitted that there was a message being sent to Morris on the play — there’s no dunking after the whistle has blown, a lesson Griffin said he learned early in his pro career.

“I think it was Juwan Howard who came up and grabbed me and said, ‘Hey, don’t do that young fella. You’re going to get hurt. Somebody will mess you up,’ " Griffin recalled. “I came to the bench and Marcus Camby and Chris Kaman both said to me whenever you hear the whistle, stop, don’t go up and try to dunk, you’re going to get hurt. From then on I knew that’s what happens.”

by Final692 on Jan 24, 2012 7:43 PM PST reply actions

I personally don't agree with this as an excuse.

Yes, a player should stop playing after the whistle, but as you read, several veterans told Griffin of this. Griffin is still a young player and he shouldn’t preach his knowledge just yet; let’s call a spade a spade, Griffin wasn’t trying to teach Morris a lesson. I think Griffin is a great character, but everybody gets into the game and everybody does something that isn’t the best idea.

by SurfinQ00 on Jan 24, 2012 8:03 PM PST up reply actions

I don't think the veteran part matters if you ask me

Its simply someone telling someone else what could happen. Same thing as what happened to Tony Allen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le8rMnL56w8 for reference.

by Final692 on Jan 24, 2012 8:13 PM PST up reply actions

I remember that.

I think the fact is, you don’t want to learn from another student. If a friend tried to teach me some lesson in the manner that Griffin tried to “tell” Morris something, I wouldn’t appreciate it. I think the veteran part matters because they are veterans for a reason. Nevertheless, I don’t completely buy what Griffin is saying.

by SurfinQ00 on Jan 24, 2012 8:17 PM PST up reply actions

I agree with the student part

And the veteran part is subject to Morris’s point of view. It seems like Mike Brown is making it more of a big deal than Morris. I think if Blake indeed did let Morris know of the possible scenarios, I think Morris was smart enough to heed his warning (given that it has happened before), as I haven’t heard anything from him about the incident.

by Final692 on Jan 24, 2012 9:06 PM PST up reply actions

That's not what they're talking about...

Juwan wasn’t telling Blake you might accidentally hurt yourself. He was saying someone might hurt you. After the whistle, you stop, and if you don’t people get pissed. KG is famous for goal tending away jump shots after the whistle, which Camby and Kaman did as Clippers, and DJ does now. Players don’t want the ball going in, even when the play is dead.

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 Jan 25, 2012 1:10 AM PST up reply actions

Okay so knowing that

Was Blake sending that message to Morris, that he would hurt him if he does that again? Because from the replay Blake hardly looked like he had any malicious intent.

by Final692 on Jan 25, 2012 2:15 AM PST up reply actions

It looked to me that Blake was trying not to run into him.

by shay on Jan 25, 2012 3:41 AM PST up reply actions

Here's my take

Blake saw what Morris was doing, and headed over to stop it… he realized he was too late, and basically just put out his hand to protect himself and the kid now that he was there. As you say, it wasn’t anything close to a push, so I’m kind of fascinated that Brown (a) got so upset and (b) keeps talking about it. You know, he can SAY that the league told him it was should have been a T, but I highly doubt that. Morris was pretty clearly in the wrong for playing after the whistle, which is why the refs at the time didn’t even consider T’ing Blake up.

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 Jan 25, 2012 8:57 AM PST up reply actions

Disagree - I think he was basically teaching him a lesson

"[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."
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by Jax on Jan 25, 2012 12:43 AM PST up reply actions

+1

"Great Balls Of Fire, Reggie's Back!"

by PV Mike on Jan 25, 2012 12:23 PM PST up reply actions

I don't care that he was enforcing anything.

That play was dirty. I know it happens to Blake a lot but he doesn’t have to do it back, especially to someone who didn’t do anything to him.

by AudioDope on Jan 24, 2012 9:44 PM PST up reply actions

Agreed.

He’s a great kid and all, but he, out of EVERYBODY , should know to leave a dunker in mid air alone.

by SurfinQ00 on Jan 24, 2012 9:49 PM PST up reply actions

I didn't like that part at all.

I don’t care if “that’s what happens,” it’s just disgraceful to the game.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by Erik O on Jan 25, 2012 10:50 AM PST up reply actions

And Bynum says

“I think that they want to come out and they want to beat us for all the times that we beat them in the past, and they feel like they have an opportunity to do that,” said Andrew Bynum. “We don’t want that to happen. We’re going to go out and play hard.”

by lovinglosangeles on Jan 24, 2012 7:50 PM PST reply actions

by Chris McD on Jan 25, 2012 9:13 AM PST reply actions

"...said Lakers coach Mike Brown before practice Tuesday, as the Lakers held their first full-contact session since training camp."

Laker hating aside, clearly never having time to practice = chemistry/coaching issues. The Lakers we see now are probably not the same Lakers we’ll see at the end of the season.

"Failure is not fatal, but failure to change might be." - John Wooden

by Erik O on Jan 25, 2012 11:21 AM PST reply actions