The Daily Clipper - Monday 1/9/12 Edition

Interesting

“He’s a monster out there,” Clippers forward Blake Griffin said. “I call him our defensive gargoyle. He’s strong and he’s out there taking up space. He’s intimidating. He intimidates me and he’s on my team.”

From the linked ESPN article

Reggie, Reggie, Reggie

Mainly because BD right now is soaking it up in the N.Y. spotlight as the player that will get the Knicks beyond the first round in the 2012 playoffs.

So BD loves all the positive attention he is getting.

However, once the Knicks fans actually get to see BD play and the N.Y. sports media along the fans starting bringing their wrath on BD as only N.Y. media and fans can BD will wish he was still playing for the Clippers.

when baron said he was the sacrificial lamb, he was really thinking about some tasty lamb burgers to eat , gain 20 pounds on and be injured for half a season because of.

everyone in l.a. wanted baron to succeed…however, he was never, ever in shape…thats a simple fact…the clips gave him the $$$$$$$$$$ and he never kept his end of the deal.

it’ll be curious what expectations NY has for Baron. Will they just let him play PG, and not have expectations? I don’t know. If they continue to struggle like they have recently (well they’ve won 2 straight, but I think expectations were higher than their current .500 record) I think i’ve heard multiple media outlets say “just wait for Baron to come in”. We’ll see what Shumpert brings to the position now that he’s back and has time to mature, but if they’re still reeling from the lack of production from the PG position, I could easily see there being a lot of pressure put on Baron when he returns, and pressure from NYK fans will be nothing like the pressure put on by us clipper fans.

Baron was always one of my favorite players, so you can’t describe how happy I was when he came. I’d say I was more excited then than I am now, if that’s possible. When MDSr. anoints it the “Baron Davis Era” you can’t help but have high expectations and the pressure squarely put on his shoulders. I just hope Baron realizes there are $65 million reasons why he was the “sacrificial lamb”. I still am hoping he has success in NY, and think he can really contribute a lot to that team. He’s still a good player, just not a the franchise changer we were hoping he’d be.

As such, it seems likely that he would miss Wednesday’s game as well. If so, we do have a decent chance of winning, in my opinion.

I know for a fact that I will be ridiculed by multiple people. I hope that we go 3-0 this week, but I would accept a 2-1 and even a 1-2 as long as we beat, and hopefully BLOW OUT the Lakers.

forget the Heat and Lakers, to me this is the test as it’s on the road and in an environment where we normally struggle.