Posted by Kevin Arnovitz On June 24, 2009 at 8:40 pm
- Joined the Blake Griffin scrum this afternoon at the Westin, and asked Griffin whom he’s spoken to on the Clippers roster. “I talked to Baron. He was in the gym when I was there for my workout. He said if I come there, ‘We’re excited about it. We’ll look forward to playing together.’ I talked to Eric a little bit. I’ve talked to DeAndre Jordan a lot. I’ve known him for a while. He’s a funny guy.”
- I continue to speak to basketball development and executive types who believe that, until he develops a jumper, Griffin is better suited to play the 5 spot in a halfcourt scheme — albeit with the ability to cross-defend power forward as need be. Once Griffin emerges with a true face-up game, the Clippers will have additional options. The suggestion that Griffin could play the 3 is met with eye-rolling or its rhetorical equivalent.
- Blake Griffin plays H-O-R-S-E with Subway pitchman Jared Fogle, and delights the banana pepper lobby.
- Bill Simmons, showing his work, echoes the sentiments of Berry Tramel of the Oklahoman.
- Chris Broussard at ESPN.com is reporting, “Chris Kaman and Tyson Chandler are being shopped and could have new homes tomorrow.” Andy Katz is less bullish on the prospect of Kaman’s being moved.
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keep kaman let him work with blake, because dj is not ready for center
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Clipper Speakeasy Reply:
June 24th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
In your scenario, the best outcome is that Griffin’s work ethic rubs off on Kaman. Trade Kaman now if we can get value, play Camby at C, Randolph at PF and then rotate Griffin through both off the bench while he develops his mid-range game. This fits with what KA is hearing from the developmental gurus. DJ fills in as needed. If we are in playoff contention, which seems unlikely, we hold Camby and go for it. If not, we hope he stays healthy and trade him around the deadline. After Camby’s gone, DJ takes Camby’s minutes and we hope the playing time gets him ready to take a Bynum-like jump in 10-11.
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Posted on June 24th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
I’d be happy to do a Kaman for Tyson Chandler trade. Both had injuries this past season but Chandler is 2 years versus 3 years. It doesn’t really solve the problems we have with our front court logjam, but I think it’s better than trading Camby who will be extremely valuable come the trade deadline.
Bill simmons can kiss my ass.
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Posted on June 24th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Trade kaman tomorrow!!! Dont think twice about it.
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Posted on June 24th, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I’m still undecided who to trade because I’d pick ZBo first but he’s tough to move so I’d go with Camby. Kaman has had some injuries but he boy has some skills and could be the long term answer with the younger core.
Bill Simmons can kiss my ass too. At a time where we can be really positive for a change, he’s loving writing downbeat Clipps articles – get back to supporting Boston you Celtics lover!
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John Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 9:33 am
I enjoy BS articles but as a regular reader I certainly get the impression that he stretches to make his points.
Obviously curses aren’t real, most of the failures of this organization can be attributed to poor decision making and a cheap owner–but Sterling started showing with Brand and Maggette that he was willing to spend to win, and most of the decisions they’ve made since at least reflected good intent–and many have been smart (last years draft class for example).
We can all agree on one thing…we have a good collection of young talent to build around, and some good assets which we can use to acquire what else we need (mostly)… I have a lot of faith that within 2-3 years the clippers will have a new mojo. There are at least 15 teams in the league with a worse situation that we have, ignoring personal feelings about MDSR.
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Jax Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Sure john, we’ll ignore “personal feelings about MDSr.” But the MDSr issues aren’t really “personal feelings” and I suspect you know that. Let’s not ignore the critical problems associated with his management and coaching of the team. Or maybe we can ignore those objective issues and stick our collective heads in the sand.
Having said that, I am excited about Blake Griffin. It’s a start at least.
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Gavin Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
John R and Jax – I love reading you guys! Don’t worry Jax, we know the coaching problem isn’t going away without being addressed, shame it’ll take half a season wasted for it to happen. They may do well DESPITE MDSr, not because of his coaching.
Still, tonight should be historic in Clipperland with our first Franchise player being drafted and I’m hoping we’ll make some move to pick up a late first rounder or early second rounder too.
Enjoy the evening guys.
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john Reply:
June 25th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
OK you’re right…Dunleavy has fallen very short for about three straight years. I guess my optimism here stems from my belief that the worst possible situation would be dunleavy for another year…if they have another poor year and it doesn’t look like mdsr has the young guys going in the right direction, even dts couldn’t bring him back. Perhaps following this line of thinking the worst situation could be if they showed “significant improvement” like Isaiah’s knicks a few years back.
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 3:47 am
Oh man, Dunleavy just called BS a joke writer and said he had no cred.
Check out BS’s twitter and the Dunleavy jokes he’s making every second:
http://twitter.com/sportsguy33
Reminder: Come to ESPN zone and join in the Fire Dunleavy Chants
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 9:43 am
where would simmons like blake to run to? idiot.
blake’s gonna be a clipper and simmons can kiss my ass and eat my toejam as well.
trade kaman. hard to judge his value with the injuries, but even less than fair value is fine by me. this club needs as fresh a start as possible.
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 10:22 am
Looks like the knicks are gearing up a trade for Camby…they just bought the 29th from the other team in LA. Although I don’t want to see Camby go…must get rid of cancer kaman!!!
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
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