According to InsideHoops, the Clippers waived Mike Taylor today. Taylor’s contract was to become guaranteed after today, but Clippers management decided against retaining him. Taylor was scheduled to make $736,420 this year.

Taylor showed a ton of potential towards the end of the year. Taylor went off for 35 points at Madison Square Garden on March 25th, which was good for one of the highest single game point performances by any rookie last season. Taylor’s rough summer in Vegas, where he struggled with inconsistency and maintaining the proper tempo, probably lost him his job. Mike Taylor may not have been a true point guard, but many Clippers fans were hopeful he could blossom and enjoy a career similar to Bobby Jackson.  More...

Is this the first domino? Warrick’s deal with the Bucks is reportedly a 1yr/3mil deal. This appears to signal that the Bucks are going in a different direction.  Bruce Bowen’s contract becomes guaranteed for four million instead of two million tomorrow, so the Bucks probably aren’t done today.

The Bucks don’t look like they’re willing to match any substantial offers for Sessions. The ball is clearly in the Knicks court. Sessions isn’t in any hurry, and he’ll likely wait it out to see what New York offers.  More...

“Amazing tools, amazing skills, amazing potential but still doubts about his game. That’s the current status of Yaroslav Korolev. In a perfect world, a kid like him wouldn’t be thrown into the NBA so early” -Luis Fernandez of DraftExpress, August 23rd, 2005.  More...

Although the possibility of signing Sessions is still out there, the trade that netted the Clippers Sebastian Telfair, Craig Smith and Mark Madsen should bring some sense of finality to a surprisingly wild offseason. Yes, there are still a few holes that could stand to be filled, but as a whole the Clippers arguably improved themselves more than any other team this offseason. The way Dunleavy brilliantly flipped Zach Randolph for a valuable 7 million dollar trade exception and two talented young players in Craig Smith and Sebastian Telfair should have him considering a career in real estate once he’s done with this basketball thing. No matter how you feel about Dunleavy, you have to hand it to him for swinging a few great deals that actually puts the franchise in much better shape than it was around this time last year.  More...

Jason Williams was officially waived on Friday. J-Will apparently wanted to come back last year for a late season run, but just not as a Clipper. There were five teams outside of the Clippers who voted against Williams coming back: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Minnesota and San Antonio. I understand Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, and San Antonio, since they were all playoff teams who didn’t want another contender to add him. But what exactly was a non playoff team like Minnesota’s interest in not letting J-Will come back?

A bold prediction from one man. I am sure that I’m not the only one who had a Jim Mora like reaction after reading that. We all need to summon our inner MadTV and have some “lowered expectations”. My pop culture references are exhausted. That’s all I got.

Alternate opinions on the Richardson trade and the Randolph trade courtesy of the blogs Howlin T-Wolf and Three Shades of Blue. Both blogs offer great perspective on the deals, and you get the impression that money was the biggest factor in the moves, not the players themselves.

Nate Robinson is closer to a deal with New York. Keep a close eye on this one. If Robinson signs back with the Knicks, it would most likely leave the Clippers as the lone suitor for Ramon Sessions. Check out Steve Perrin’s breakdown on the Sessions situation, and why signing Sessions away from the Bucks is much more difficult than it sounds.

Since NBA TV is done replaying the Summer League games, here are some of the highlights from the games against LAL, NO, MEM, WAS, and finally PHX. Of course highlights don’t tell the whole story, but if you needed a reason to jump aboard the DeAndre Jordan bandwagon, look no further.