The Daily Clipper – Thur 2/9/12

by Lawler's Law on Feb 9, 2012 9:04 AM PST in News

Short and quick CD today...Bad loss yesterday!...let's hope BG gets the best of EB...

Chris Paul is a killer at heart - ESPN The Magazine - ESPN
In ESPN The Magazine, Howard Bryant writes that Clipper Chris Paul is the poster boy for the NBA's new generation of rivalries.

Injuries Throwing Wrench into N.B.A. Contenders' Plans - NYTimes.com
Injuries were expected to impact the post-lockout N.B.A. season, but they have cost the N.B.A. many of its big stars on playoff contenders.

Kenyon Martin makes solid debut with Clippers - latimes.com
Reporting from Cleveland -- Power forward Kenyon Martin played in his first game with the Clippers on Wednesday night and his presence was felt right away.

’87 Clippers lost Nixon to same injury as Billups’ - Clippers blog : The Orange County Register
Tweet I was there, at Cal State Dominguez Hills, when Clippers point guard Norm Nixon tore an Achilles’ tendon at the very end of the last practice before the start of the...

Mo Williams hurting himself and Clippers with selfish attitude - latimes.com
From Cleveland -- What a bummer.

Clippers' effort angers coach in loss - latimes.com
Vinny Del Negro is upset after 99-92 setback to Cleveland, the team's first game since losing Chauncey Billups to injury.

Clippers Podcast: 2/7 - ESPN Los Angeles
Kevin Arnovitz and Jordan Heimer are joined by Eric Neel of ESPNLA to discuss the impact of Chauncey Billups' injury, the addition of Kenyon Martin and the organization's changing culture fueled by Chris Paul.

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I am not a fan of Vinny as an X and O guy

but I was glad to see him call out the team last nite, CP3 included. If they miss a home seed by one game they could be haunted by this game. I also think he was setting the table for the Philly game as they will get blown out if they are not 100% engaged.

"Cheikh Samb, the player who allowed us to emotionally move on from losing Keith Closs"

by PV Mike on Feb 9, 2012 9:54 AM PST reply actions

They play Philly, Charlotte and Dallas for the rest of the road trip right?

1-2 would make this a 3-3 trip. Past years I would take that, but 3-3 feels like a fail with this team.

by lbclips on Feb 9, 2012 10:36 AM PST up reply actions

it is a fail for this team

no question.

by dulciusXasperis on Feb 9, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions

Just saying this loss could haunt them

Clippers play 4 out of 5 last games of the season on the road.

"Cheikh Samb, the player who allowed us to emotionally move on from losing Keith Closs"

by PV Mike on Feb 9, 2012 10:38 AM PST up reply actions

Yah only excuse is the loss of Billups

"[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."
Mike Dunleavy, Sr.

by Jax on Feb 9, 2012 10:49 AM PST up reply actions

Hey Griffin

if Brand attempts another hard foul, shove his face where the sun don’t shine and make some babies with him. Mozgov that sucka!

"Things change when something is taken away from you" -BG32

by JackduhSun on Feb 9, 2012 9:57 AM PST reply actions

if Felton tries to mess with Blake

K-Mart will beat the shit out of him while Reggie will be squeezing his nuts

by paris clips man on Feb 9, 2012 10:12 AM PST up reply actions

Yeah K-Mart was all over the Cavs that one foul on Blake last night.

No doubt if he’s in the game and Blake gets fouled hard, he’s gonna kick some ass and take names.

by dulciusXasperis on Feb 9, 2012 10:39 AM PST up reply actions

LMAO!

by big0lbad on Feb 9, 2012 10:42 AM PST up reply actions

The article on Mo is unsettling

But it’s TJ Simers, so I take it with a grain of salt.

"Fact One: Races are won or lost in key moments. Fact Two: Success in the sport is, above all else, about enduring suffering." - Chris MacCormack

by Chris McD on Feb 9, 2012 11:05 AM PST reply actions

Geez I Would Think So

Short and quick CD today….let’s hope BG gets the best of EB…

Over the 76ers last eight games Brand has scored 46 points and had 40 rebounds

He played in six of those eight games for per game averages of 7.7 PPG and 6.7 RPG

by Buddahfan on Feb 9, 2012 11:59 AM PST reply actions

I Don't Rember The Injury

’87 Clippers lost Nixon to same injury as Billups’ – Clippers blog : The Orange County Register
Tweet I was there, at Cal State Dominguez Hills, when Clippers point guard Norm Nixon tore an Achilles’ tendon at the very end of the last practice before the start of the.

However, according to BasketballReference.com Nixon missed both the entire 86-87 and 87-88 seasons

by Buddahfan on Feb 9, 2012 12:04 PM PST reply actions

“We need all of our players to play hard on the defensive end, have a defensive mind-set instead of worrying about how many touches they get and all that stuff that losing teams talk about,” Del Negro said. “We have to focus in on what we control and that’s our effort, our energy, our focus and how to win games. We didn’t do that tonight and that’s what I’m disappointed about.”…

“But we have to move on with that. That would just be an excuse. Guys in there are pros, they are paid to play and we did not play like pros tonight.”

Somewhere along the line since his days with the Pistons someone may have said that about Billups, but if they did it wasn’t said very often. This is one of those intangibles that Billups brings night in and night out that can not just be discarded because his two point FG% sucks.

by Buddahfan on Feb 9, 2012 12:12 PM PST reply actions