From NBA.com:

The Los Angeles Clippers today re-signed unrestricted free agent forward Brian Skinner. Per team policy terms of the contract were not released.

In 51 games played with the Clippers last season, Skinner averaged 4.2 points, 4.0 rebounds and 16.5 minutes per game. Over his 11 year NBA career, Skinner has tallied 4.8 points, 4.8 rebounds and 18.3 minutes per game.

On June 30th, the Clippers announced that Skinner had decided not to exercise his player contract option for the 2009-10 NBA season, making him an unrestricted free agent.  More...

We’ve launched a mobile version of clipperblog.com. You do not have to download anything and it’s completely free. This is a “web-application” experience and is compatible with the iPhone as well as the iPod touch with wifi access. This should also work with Google’s Android, Blackberry 9500 and 9530. Basically any touch-screen mobile device.

How to use: Launch the Safari web browser app (on your iPhone) and go to http://clipperblog.com.

Loading times on the mobile version are significantly shorter thanks to a design that has been built on the iPhone mobile theme.

There’s an option on the bottom of screen to easily switch between the mobile view and the site’s regular view if you ever want to go back to the non-mobile version.

All of the main features of the regular site are available in the mobile version such as search, post a comment, twitter link, categories, tags, archives, photos and more. Screen shots as well as an overview of the features are below:

If you have any issues, comments or just want to say thanks, feel free to make a comment.

Thanks,

Mike Fiske
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The signing of Steve Novak brings the Clippers’ roster to 13.   That roster features a good deal of flexibility, with guys like Rasual Butler, Ricky Davis, Mardy Collins on the perimeter. A healthy, motivated Baron Davis is capable of guarding 2s off the ball, and even some 3s. Up front, Marcus Camby can operate at the high post alongside any of the Clips’ other bigs. A pairing of Camby and Griffin is particularly attractive because it allows Griffin to play the block offensively. On defense, Griffin can use his mobility and light feet to chase the league’s growing corps of more agile 4s both inside and out while Camby can do what he does best — protect the basket.  More...

From the Clippers’ release:

The Los Angeles Clippers today announced that the team has re-signed restricted free agent forward Steve Novak. Per team policy terms of the deal were not announced.
In 71 games played for the Clippers last season, Novak averaged 6.9 points in 16.4 minutes per game. Completing his third NBA season, the sharpshooter out of Marquette connected on 119-286 three-pointers (.416) on the year.

Novak personifies specialism.  He’s one of only 21 players in the NBA whose true shooting percentage exceeded 60 percent in 2008-09, and he was top in that category and in turnovers among the league’s 60 qualified small forwards.  More...

I’ll be updating this thread with Sofo impressions (who just entered the game) as well as taking any questions all day long. Just post in the comments section and we’ll update the front page regularly. Clipperblog – reducing work productivity since 2005!

In typical Los Angeles fan fashion, I arrived fashionably late, then couldn’t get my internet to work, so I regrettably missed some of the first quarter. Unacceptable start.  More...