- The Clippers fill out their assistant coach corps with Tony Brown. From the release: “Brown joins the Clippers after last serving as an assistant coach with the Milwaukee Bucks during the 2007-08 campaign. This will mark Brown’s third stint under Dunleavy, serving as an assistant coach on Dunleavy’s staff in Portland (1997-2001) and as an advance scout in Milwaukee from 1994-97. This also is a return to the Clippers for Brown, who averaged 4.7 points in 22 games played for Los Angeles during the 1991-92 season.”
- NBA TV caught up with Marcus Camby in Las Vegas for a quickie interview.
- In the Las Vegas Review Journal, Blake Griffin reiterates his position that he doesn’t need to be a savior for a team with as much talent on the roster as the Clippers: “‘I don’t put any pressure on myself,’ Griffin said. ‘We have players who are talented. I just need to fit in with them, work hard and help make the team better.’”
- Spoke to one of the foremost capologists in Vegas about the Clippers’ spreadsheet going forward. Here’s his assessment: “They’ve helped themselves as much as any team in the league this offseason. They shed $17M off their cap number for next year. Anytime you can do that…that’s impressive.” Some specific details:
- For 2010-11 (provided the Randolph trade goes through), the Clippers have $37.4M committed to seven guys.
- If the cap goes to $53.6M in 2010-11 — which is the consensus — the Clippers would have $16.2 available.
- But, the Clippers will also have a mid-to-high first-rounder whose contract they’ll have to put toward the salary cap. That brings the total number of players to eight. Figure the cap hold for the Clips first-round pick will cost, let’s just say, $2.25M. That would bring the available cap space to just south of $14M.
- Since 12 roster positions are required, the Clippers would need to add four roster charges of at least $473,604. So that’s roughly another $1.9M, bringing the available cap space down to around $12 million for the 2010 offseason — a pretty nice number all things considered.
- For 2010-11 (provided the Randolph trade goes through), the Clippers have $37.4M committed to seven guys.
