Comments on: The Best Of The Rest http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/ Dissecting the Side-Screen Roll Since 2006 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:19:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bongstradamus http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-13949 bongstradamus Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:37:06 +0000 http://clipperblog.com/?p=2911#comment-13949 Theres a host of reasons why you add AI: 1. Ticket Sales 2. He's going to the Hall of Fame 3. He knows how to score at will. That being said theres also many reasons why you dont sign AI: 1. Chris Webber, Carmelo Anthony, Richard Hamilton, Jerry Stackhouse, Larry Hughes, Glenn Robinson and Dikembe Mutombo couldnt co-exist with AI over his 13 year career. What makes Eric Gordon and Blake Griffin different and somehow able to thrive with AI than the list of prior All-Stars and future Hall of Famers? 2. Eric Gordon is our starting Shooting Guard and AI wants to start. Why hamper Eric's growth? 3. AI is 34 years old. The average age of our team is 26. We're a young team, we need to add peices to the core, not rent a mascot for a year. 4. AI has butted heads with every single coach he has played for. Larry Brown included. 5. Drama. We dont need it. AI brings it. This is a basketball team not an acting troupe. Sure we're competing for a trophy, but not an Oscar. 6. Even with something to prove, 13 years of the same AI doing the same thing doesnt instill confidence that he's going to miraculously be the team player we need. We can however almost bank that he will try and shoot the ball 20 times and might decide to drive the ball to the hoop himself and lob it in than hit the open man. AI just doesnt make sense as a Clipper unless he's selling tickets. He hinders the growth of our young players, needs $5M for his rental fee, and will probably take shots away from the guys who need em most. Its just a bad idea. If he was 28, maybe it'd be worth the risk. Theres a host of reasons why you add AI:
1. Ticket Sales
2. He’s going to the Hall of Fame
3. He knows how to score at will.

That being said theres also many reasons why you dont sign AI:
1. Chris Webber, Carmelo Anthony, Richard Hamilton, Jerry Stackhouse, Larry Hughes, Glenn Robinson and Dikembe Mutombo couldnt co-exist with AI over his 13 year career. What makes Eric Gordon and Blake Griffin different and somehow able to thrive with AI than the list of prior All-Stars and future Hall of Famers?
2. Eric Gordon is our starting Shooting Guard and AI wants to start. Why hamper Eric’s growth?
3. AI is 34 years old. The average age of our team is 26. We’re a young team, we need to add peices to the core, not rent a mascot for a year.
4. AI has butted heads with every single coach he has played for. Larry Brown included.
5. Drama. We dont need it. AI brings it. This is a basketball team not an acting troupe. Sure we’re competing for a trophy, but not an Oscar.
6. Even with something to prove, 13 years of the same AI doing the same thing doesnt instill confidence that he’s going to miraculously be the team player we need. We can however almost bank that he will try and shoot the ball 20 times and might decide to drive the ball to the hoop himself and lob it in than hit the open man.

AI just doesnt make sense as a Clipper unless he’s selling tickets. He hinders the growth of our young players, needs $5M for his rental fee, and will probably take shots away from the guys who need em most. Its just a bad idea. If he was 28, maybe it’d be worth the risk.

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]]> By: SR http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-13940 SR Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:18:26 +0000 http://clipperblog.com/?p=2911#comment-13940 clips get AI and they a big percentage they will be much better. clips need to take this risk..it will either be very bad or very good.. cuz AI needs to prove himself just like the clips need to..so the team and clips will work hard together and get to the playoff..and the clips can move on from there..if AI do nt work they will just hav to work again the next year..TAKE AI cuz clips do not really hav much to lose so why not give it a try for one of the best player in nba.. clips get AI and they a big percentage they will be much better.
clips need to take this risk..it will either be very bad or very good..
cuz AI needs to prove himself just like the clips need to..so the team and clips will work hard together and get to the playoff..and the clips can move on from there..if AI do nt work they will just hav to work again the next year..TAKE AI cuz clips do not really hav much to lose so why not give it a try for one of the best player in nba..

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]]> By: AlAle http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-13737 AlAle Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:19:35 +0000 http://clipperblog.com/?p=2911#comment-13737 Oh come on...AI might be trouble, but he's still capable of scoring big! Imagine him coming of the bench for 15 ppg! We struggled all year with bench scoring, so we need some points there...Ricky Davis would never deliver and mediocre players like McCants and Wafer would never fit in! We needed Sessions as our guard of the future, but if we can't get him just sign AI or Bogans for a year and get a 1/2/3 FA next summer! GO CLIPS! Oh come on…AI might be trouble, but he’s still capable of scoring big! Imagine him coming of the bench for 15 ppg! We struggled all year with bench scoring, so we need some points there…Ricky Davis would never deliver and mediocre players like McCants and Wafer would never fit in! We needed Sessions as our guard of the future, but if we can’t get him just sign AI or Bogans for a year and get a 1/2/3 FA next summer!
GO CLIPS!

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]]> By: reggie http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-13687 reggie Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:47:24 +0000 http://clipperblog.com/?p=2911#comment-13687 mike taylor > telfair and mardy collins. why did they let him walk? i don't have the time to look it up, but HONESTLY i think that mardy collins is the worst player in the nba. mike taylor > telfair and mardy collins. why did they let him walk? i don’t have the time to look it up, but HONESTLY i think that mardy collins is the worst player in the nba.

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]]> By: Cp3noodles http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-13669 Cp3noodles Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:52:06 +0000 http://clipperblog.com/?p=2911#comment-13669 You make it sound like iverson is a quitter. He shut it down in detroit but no one has probably played hard regardless of dire times than him in the past 13 years. His warrior iimage has been destroyed by his season in Detroit. I say take the chance. His teams make the playoffs 70% of the time. You make it sound like iverson is a quitter. He shut it down in detroit but no one has probably played hard regardless of dire times than him in the past 13 years. His warrior iimage has been destroyed by his season in Detroit.
I say take the chance. His teams make the playoffs 70% of the time.

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]]> By: Chris. http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-13643 Chris. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:46:14 +0000 http://clipperblog.com/?p=2911#comment-13643 as a restricted FA who hasn't signed any contract yet, but the Clips are expected to keep him I believe. as a restricted FA who hasn’t signed any contract yet, but the Clips are expected to keep him I believe.

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]]> By: TNT57 http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-13577 TNT57 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:37:11 +0000 http://clipperblog.com/?p=2911#comment-13577 I think if you can't have a hard-nosed, Championship basketball team at least have a kick as reality show -- WELCOME TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL ALAN IVERSON! At least it will never be dull. Imagine the dramatic scowls and snears as the team enters the month of March a mere 25 games behind the hated Lakers and Dunleavy summons A.I. into the 4th quarter as our beloved Clippers trail the Memphis Grizzlies by 16. As Baron, Chris, Marcus and Griffin watch in street clothes, the steely eyed A.I. taps Mike Taylor on the shoulder (oh yeah, he'll be back) and proceeds to lead the team back only to watch helplessly as DeAndre Jordon launches an ill advised 3-pointer with 11 seconds left and the Clips lose by 2. I think if you can’t have a hard-nosed, Championship basketball team at least have a kick as reality show — WELCOME TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL ALAN IVERSON!

At least it will never be dull. Imagine the dramatic scowls and snears as the team enters the month of March a mere 25 games behind the hated Lakers and Dunleavy summons A.I. into the 4th quarter as our beloved Clippers trail the Memphis Grizzlies by 16. As Baron, Chris, Marcus and Griffin watch in street clothes, the steely eyed A.I. taps Mike Taylor on the shoulder (oh yeah, he’ll be back) and proceeds to lead the team back only to watch helplessly as DeAndre Jordon launches an ill advised 3-pointer with 11 seconds left and the Clips lose by 2.

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]]> By: Jayor http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-13569 Jayor Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:38:34 +0000 http://clipperblog.com/?p=2911#comment-13569 Bring back Marco Jaric-- Memphis might be willing to let him go. Bring back Marco Jaric– Memphis might be willing to let him go.

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]]> By: yep http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-13568 yep Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:45:19 +0000 http://clipperblog.com/?p=2911#comment-13568 Wafer could be a contract year flop, once he gets his contract he's going to come back down to earth and be the pre Houston Von Wafer. What about Sun Yue? Let's give this guy a shot. Wafer could be a contract year flop, once he gets his contract he’s going to come back down to earth and be the pre Houston Von Wafer.

What about Sun Yue? Let’s give this guy a shot.

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]]> By: ClippsUK http://clipperblog.com/2009/08/03/the-best-of-the-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-13550 ClippsUK Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:26:47 +0000 http://clipperblog.com/?p=2911#comment-13550 I like D Mason but the Von Wafer move wouldn't be bad either. Gives us some nice scoring off the bench as cover for Eric. If they get him, I like the way the roster is slowly taking shape. I like D Mason but the Von Wafer move wouldn’t be bad either. Gives us some nice scoring off the bench as cover for Eric. If they get him, I like the way the roster is slowly taking shape.

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