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The Daily Clipper – TGIF Edition

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Seems after that win over the Heat, the Clippers stock among the media is at an all-time high. Lots of national and local coverage! Here's a few stories for you all this Friday morning!

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Chris Paul, Clippers score impressive victory against Heat | The Point Forward - SI.com
The Point Forward – SI.com - SI.com's NBA Blog

LeBron James calls Chris Paul the best point guard in the NBA - latimes.com
LeBron James calls Chris Paul the best point guard in the NBA after the Clippers beat the Miami Heat.

Daily Dime - ESPN
1. Actual Basketball Is The Best Story In L.A. By J.A. Adande ESPN.com LOS ANGELES -- We interrupt this episode of Real HouseLakers of L.A. for this breaking story: there's honest-to-goodness basketball (emphasis on the goodness) going on in this city, as long as you pick the right night to watch.

Clippers, not Lakers, are LA's top team
They aren't surrounded by hype, but the Clippers might be the LA team to beat.

Fart Prank - "Got Em" w/ DeAndre Jordan - Ep 3 - The NOC - YouTube

Vinny Del Negro admits his offense is pretty much just Chris Paul | The Basketball Jones | Blogs | theScore.com

Bledsoe living up to 'Mini-LeBron' alias - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN
h/t to citizen mustan6944

No, by All Means, You Dunk It: A Look at Blake Griffin's Passing vs. the Heat - The Triangle Blog - Grantland
In today’s NBA, it’s hard to find a more polarizing player than Blake Griffin.

So far, simple has meant successful for the Clippers

Finally, one of my favorite The Cure songs:

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NBA Stuff:

Video: Keyon Dooling reveals history of abuse

DeMarcus Cousins got a confusing suspension for confronting Spurs commentator Sean Elliott | Ball Don't Lie - Yahoo! Sports
From the blog Ball Don't Lie: On Sunday afternoon, the NBA suspended extremely promising and divisive Sacramento Kings big man DeMarcus Cousins two games for confronting San Antonio Spurs TV commentator Sean Elliott following the Kings' 97-86 loss on Friday night. Here's the official press release, … Continue reading →

Marv Albert's Brooklyn - Grantland
The famed sportscaster has never called a game in his home borough — until tonight.

Dime Magazine (dimemag.com) :
UNCOVERING THE TRUTH BEHIND THE BIKINI BASKETBALL LEAGUE

Rockets beginning to fine Royce White for his absence | ProBasketballTalk
On the surface, the impasse that has apparently been reached between the Houston Rockets and their rookie first round draft pick Royce White seems complicated, and the details seemingly make it difficult to choose sides.

Report: New Orleans working to buy out Matt Carroll | ProBasketballTalk
If you want to know why the New Orleans Hornets traded Hakim Warrick for Matt Carroll in a seemingly meaningless swap of bench players, the answer was clearly money. We can say that because Carroll already makes $500,000 less than Warrick ($3.

Six Surprises of the Young N.B.A. Season - NYTimes.com
Rajon Rondo of the Celtics and Omer Asik of the Rockets have excelled. Ersan Ilyasova of the Bucks has not.