How great would our franchise be if Danny Manning didn't get hurt?

by timkempton on Jan 28, 2012 8:22 AM PST

For those younglings who do not know about Dan "the man" Manning, the guy was the Lebron James of his time (minus the athleticism. He was long at 6"10, had Lebron like court vision, great shooter (routinely shot 50% fg and 80% FT), and would get over 1 stl and 1 blk a game. Unfortunately for us, he had a serious injury which slowed him down.

He also won a National Championship at Kansas and pretty much rejuvenated the Kansas program. After Dan the Man left, a lot of top talent joined.

Before Dan the Man got injured, his stats were as follows:

23.7 pts, 7 rebs, 4.2 assist, 1.3 stls, 1.4 blks, 49% FG.

He was the complete player and was our Blake "Mad Dog" Griffin during his era. Would have been a great cornerstone to build our franchise...

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How great would our franchise be if ______________ didn’t get hurt?

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by Worlock on Jan 28, 2012 10:17 AM PST reply actions

Keith Closs........

Unfortunately he didn’t get hurt, but beaten up by 2 chicks on the sunset strip…… Haha

by Natedog1977 on Jan 28, 2012 12:53 PM PST up reply actions

Hard to say

The Clips had some talent on those squads. Would DTS pay to keep them?

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/LAC/1990.html

Ron “Hollywood” Harper was very good until he got injured as well, Charles Smith looked good, Ken “Snake” Norman, Gary “the General” Grant and Big Ben. With a healthy Danny Manning the team could have been really good.

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by ClipperChuck on Jan 28, 2012 2:50 PM PST reply actions

Last healthy game of the core

Look at that box score here

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by ClipperChuck on Jan 28, 2012 2:52 PM PST up reply actions

Seth Curry's daddy played in this game.

Deadeye like father, like son shooter.

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

by PV Mike on Jan 28, 2012 3:21 PM PST up reply actions

I was a bigger fan of Charles Smith.

Pretty formidable 6 right there.

by Wilpatyo on Jan 28, 2012 6:01 PM PST up reply actions

Manning was one of Sterling's favorite players...

There was always the story (I know it’s been told here and a few other places) about Sterling having a dream about Manning leading the Clips to a NBA title, and there were plans set-up to trade Manning for Glen Rice, which Sterling nixed.

If Manning had been heatlhy, it certainly would have been possibly that the Clips would be in the title mix, even though the West during the years of Manning’s prime was about as deep as it is today—Hakeem’s Rockets, the KJ/Barkley/Majerle Suns, Admiral’s Spurs, Stockton-Malone’s Jazz, Payton-Kemp’s Sonics, the Drexler-Porter-Kersey Blazers, and the Run-TMC Warriors.

Who knows…if Sterling was willing to spend the money, and Elgin Baylor actually cared enough about his job, the Clips would have been an annual playoff contender at worst.

by Shawn H on Jan 30, 2012 10:17 AM PST up reply actions

According to Elgin Baylor...

Sterling said “I’m offering a lot of money for a poor black kid.”

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by ClipperChuck on Jan 30, 2012 2:28 PM PST up reply actions

wow

almost forgot how good Hollywood Harper was

2.4 stls, 1 blk, 5 rebs, 5 assist, 48% fg, 23 pts

those are dwade type stats

by timkempton on Jan 28, 2012 8:01 PM PST reply actions

how good would Amar'e Stoudamire had been if he was drafted by the Clippers?

The Clippers drafted Chris Wilcox right before Amar’e by the way

also keep in mind…whoever the Clips drafted would be stuck behind Elton Brand

would Amar’e still become who he is today and help alter the Clipper universe, WITH Brand…or would he become a scrub and Chris Wilcox been an exciting big man in Phoenix because of more opportunities to play PF?

how good would the Clippers had been if Andre Miller wasn’t so…..Andre Miller?

how good would the Clippers had been if Kobe decided to sign here?

how good would the Clippers had been if Blake didn’t get injured in his first year?

how good would the Clippers had been if Korolev as never born?

Ralph, "Last year so often with Blake Griffin you would see these things coming, with Paul, he's so crafty, all of a sudden boom there it is."

by KidJustin on Jan 29, 2012 2:15 AM PST reply actions