Sources close to Dahntay Jones have confirmed that preliminary, but substantive, conversations between the Denver guard’s camp and the Clippers are underway. The source emphasized that the Clips are among a few teams looking at Jones, but that the most likely scenario has him returning to Denver.
Although Jones doesn’t have much of an offensive game (9.67, 13.59, 9.07 PER the past three seasons), he posted very strong defensive numbers for the Nuggets both in the regular season and the playoffs. The Clippers are searching for a capable defensive stopper on the wing to pick up some of the more difficult assignments, and the 6-6 Jones could be a nice piece at the right price.
UPDATE: Jones gets four years and $11M from Indiana, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports.
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Dude definitely can defend.
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 9:54 am
MDsr loves these type of guys…definetly in the mold of qross
Lawler's Law Reply:
July 8th, 2009 at 11:30 am
speaking of qross…he’s going home…
http://nationalsportsreview.com/sports/us/digitalsportsdaily/2009/07/08/mavs-sign-dallas-native-quinton-ross/
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Is he the guy that tripped Kobe. Bad sportsmanship
andrew Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 12:08 am
thats a good thing.
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 11:20 am
So F*ckin’ What, F*ck Kobe! I would trip him too; nobody likes him
Gordon for President Reply:
July 8th, 2009 at 2:10 pm
Ditto. Jones would be good to start at the 3. He’s comfortable with starting, and our most successful year was having Q-Ross start over Maggette. Jones with Al off the bench sounds good to me. Still want Marion on a one year, though…
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 11:40 am
Kobe’s also the same guy who elbowed Manu and mike miller. For me, if u play dirty deserve it back
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Oh yeah and kobe doesn’t ever cheat…elbow to artest. He’s a perfect angel. Fuck the lakers.
No more one dimensional players…if we get a free agent, get someone that is worth it on both ends.
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Looks like Dallas wants to compete next season. They signed Q. Ross and are working on signing Marion as well.
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
That trip was one of the dirtier and more undeniable dirty plays I can think of. As far as how that concerns him being a Clipper, it really doesn’t. A nice cheap option that fills some needs.
andrew Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 12:09 am
bruce bowen kicking wally z in the face ? Sasha Vujacic getting hit by melo ?
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
They’re charging $15 to watch the vegas summer league games on the internet this year. It’s probably worth the $15, but it was free last year. I hope the quality is better than last year though.
andrew Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 12:10 am
thats a rip off. the announcer suck and the quality of play is obviously not that great either.
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
If you have NBA league pass , they show the games on NBA TV . And I will be recording them .
John Reply:
July 8th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
I’ll bring the beer, your bring the women…
Chaderack Reply:
July 8th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
I bring the kush!
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
Women ? absolutley. Beer? Hell yes! Kush ? Im on a 30 day clean up.
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Kicked them a little too long…Jones to Pacers per Yahoo…
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=Aj_FCSm7W2YyyeU7I_XcI968vLYF?slug=aw-jonespacers070809&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
i read on clipsnation that jim eyen is leaving to be an assistant in sacramento- this is dunleavy’s chance to offer sam cassell a job since he just retired.
Drew Reply:
July 8th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
cassell signed with the wizards a few months ago for a assistant coaching job.
pel Reply:
July 8th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
my bad, he’s already an assistant in washington, oh well, offer him the job anyways
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Everyone is a “piece.” What a stupid word. How about a nice player or something simple and not stupid like “piece.” That is Dunce speak.
andrew Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 12:11 am
not really. A piece is a player that will actually fit into our roster. example, tayshaun prince is a piece, Kwame Brown is not.
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Who would have been happy if the Clips signed Jones for 4 years/$11 million?
andrew Reply:
July 9th, 2009 at 12:12 am
not me. he’s a liability on offense
Posted on July 8th, 2009 at 10:34 pm
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