The Daily Clipper - Wed (1/25/12)

I think. Lakes will come in more intense tonight, and maybe too intense, and drop another one

If there’s any doubt about CP3’s hammy, I hope they sit him. Our season means more than one game.

“The Pest” Ramona’s ESPN LA article on how the CP3 trade went down is a VERY good read. Slightly different version than the NBA.COM David Aldridge article, but a good read nonetheless. Give credit to Olshey and Leon Rose, he pulled out all the stops.

Ready to go earlier but they figured we cud win without him so they played safe. Playing safe meant to preserve him till tonite

Just says that he went through his first practice.

Is it a little funny that no one has talked about Bledsoe, almost at all? Btw yet another guard who would start on the Lakers.

Interesting little note that the plan is/might be to let Bledsoe play a couple of games in the D League, just to get his feet wet. The OCR says that there are 3 PGs playing in front of him, but that’s a very unsophisticated view of the Clipper guard corps. The plan, I would think, would be to give Bledsoe Randy Foye’s minutes, and see what happens. No one is taking any minutes away from Mo Williams right now, and CP3, one would guess, is going to come back and assert himself. The whole situation is fascinating and complex. Bledsoe is an important piece that the Clippers are yet to unveil. They obviously have the depth to be taking their time. The depth was tested a bit with CP3 out. Billups can use some minutes reduction after carrying an extra load through CP3’s injury, and his back was a little dicey, but he’s not going to want to give up too much. Foye did a good job too, I thought, all things considered. He’s a really good roster guy, but it won’t be bad if he disappears for awhile. Big game for him tonight though, as he’ll get to spend some time on Kobe.

Return of Bledsoe is a big development that will be getting a lot more attention through the weekend and into next week.