Mike Dunleavy Radio Interview

Kaman WAS a good pick. The problem is that Kaman has not progressed as a player, keeps getting injured every year (partly because he doesn’t work on his physical strength), has a lousy work ethic, and acquired a defeatist attitude, i.e. “this is the Clippers – we’re not supposed to be any good. So what do I care?” – That’s actually been one of the Clippers’ biggest faults – they’ve drafted talented players but never investigated their work ethic. A guy like Wilcox is way too gifted to be as completely mediocre as he is. But he is where he is because he has always been lazy. Even Brand called him out on it at the time. Kaman is the same way – lazy and a bad attitude to boot. That’s why having a guy like Eric Gordon is so refreshing. And Blake Griffin is from the same cloth. These are the type of guys that become franchise cornerstones.

Kaman needs to go – end of story. It’ll be good for him to get a clean slate and start fresh elsewhere, and we move on and transition to the Blake Griffin/DeAndre Jordan front court era with Marcus Camby serving as mentor. And we pick up either a starting SF or great backup PG/combo guard in the Kaman trade.

Regarding ZBo, there aren’t many 20-10 type guys in the L. Fact is, Zach’s got a great offensive game and deserves to be a starter until the rookie proves his worth. Unless they trade him away, I don’t see how you can give Zach less than 30 min/game at the 4 spot.

As for 3 pointers: Zach only averaged 1.9 threes with the Clips and converted 34% of them…that’s way better than Baron’s 5 attempts and only 30%! Also, it’s always a good thing to take a big man’s defender out to the perimeter with the threat of hitting a three ala Jamison, Okur and Sheed.

There’s always going to be haters. Many people will argue it was FElton and Sam Cassell that took us to the playoffs, and not MDSr. And even if they admit MDSr took us to the playoffs, they will argue that his terrible micromanaging skills cost us the series against Phoenix since he put Daniel Ewing on Raja Bell.

I’m personally neutral to Dunleavy. The injuries have been pretty terrible these past few years, but great teams play through injuries.

I actually think MDS is a decent to good coach, but EXTREMELY inflexible. He only wins when he has HIS guys — intelligent half-court players that care about defense. This team is most certainly NOT comprised of MDS guys. In fact, Camby and Gordon are really the only 2 that even come close to qualifying and they both have major chinks in their armor on D. He acquired ZBO because he does the kind of things that Dunleavy likes of his big men, but he absolutely doesn’t care about D…. negating any positives he bring to the table. The thing i like least about Dunleavy as a coach is that he’s incapable of making the best of a situation. Playing Livingston off of the ball, not letting Baron run, (the slightly more excusable) playing Camby at the 4, etc. If a guy doesn’t fit perfectly in his system MDS works his hardest to negate all of the good things that that guy brings to the table. He doesn’t have MDS guys on this team so he just can’t win with this group! Sorry….

As for the man’s ability as a GM… he’s is singularly awful when it comes to evaluating both talent and chemistry. He’s myopic, sabotages himself, and views guys in terms of how they relate to his system (in ideal terms) rather than their actual talent. He needs to be relieved of his GM duties immediately.

agreed!