The Daily Clipper - TGIF Edition

by Lawler's Law on Feb 10, 2012 9:13 AM PST in News

I might just leave early to watch the entire game...Early starts - another reason to hate Grammy Trips!

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Ah man... I was really hoping that DJ woul've made the ASG.

we’re cheap, like to drink and are pissed off.

WHO WANTS A FREE SHARPIE?? -- Blake Griffin

by ClipperBEAST on Feb 10, 2012 9:25 AM PST reply actions

*would've

we’re cheap, like to drink and are pissed off.

WHO WANTS A FREE SHARPIE?? -- Blake Griffin

by ClipperBEAST on Feb 10, 2012 9:25 AM PST up reply actions

Gustavo Ayon is impressive

He’s a no-name for sure, but he has outplayed Kaman and has relegated Kaman to be expendable.

"After the first six minutes I was heavily winded"-Andrew Bynum

by oasisman on Feb 10, 2012 9:37 AM PST reply actions

Re: Sam Donnellon: Sixers still look as if they need a go-to guy

This is precisely why I just can’t fathom how a team built entirely from high Win Producers like Kevin Love and Mike Miller and Josh Childress could succeed in the playoffs. I can see how they’d have a great record, but with no go-to guy, there just wouldn’t be any offense in crunch time. All of those guys are efficient scorers, all of those guys don’t commit turnovers, and all of those guys get enough rebounds that they really limit opponent possessions. But in any close games, none of those guys is going to be able to create offense when it’s needed. Can you just rely on rebounding and scoring efficiently on very few shots in a game decided by 1 to 3 baskets?

Part of it is that it goes so strongly against all conventional basketball wisdom, and we haven’t seen a team like this before. Dallas (Dirk) and Detroit (Chauncey), for example, both had go-to guys that were a head above everyone else on the team and could basically get their shot whenever they needed to at the end. And we’ve all seen first hand how when the Clippers stay close in a game, CP3 just won’t let them lose. (Except the Cleveland game.)

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

by Erik O on Feb 10, 2012 10:21 AM PST reply actions