Imagine it’s Spring 2008.  You’re a 22-year-old basketball cautionary tale. A year earlier, you were booted off your college squad for disciplinary reasons.  You managed to put together a solid campaign for the Idaho Stampede of the D-Leaguer, but Boise is still a long way from the L.  I[...]

David Thorpe has a new feature up at ESPN.com, in which he assigns each rookie a veteran to study.  Eric Gordon’s homework: Gordon is already a beast to defend with the ball in his hands. But to make himself even more difficult to defend (and prepare for), he’ll need to learn how to play[...]

One number jumps out from the box score: The 24 turnovers. Squandering more than a quarter of possessions signifies a sloppy team– and by a fair measure, the Clippers are pretty sloppy tonight.  Somehow, though, this game stirs an earnest hope. Gutsy performance would be the rote characterizat[...]