From the Clippers’ release:
Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Gordon will miss a minimum of ten days with the sore left groin he suffered in the fourth quarter of the Clippers’ 113-110 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on November 7th.
In seven games played this season, Gordon has averaged 18.9 points, 4.0 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 38.4 minutes per game.
A 10-day timetable would leave the Clippers without Gordon for five additional games, with a sixth game (home against Denver on November 20) a question mark.
UPDATE: Regarding Gordon’s timetable and the Clippers’ schedule, the Los Angeles Times is reporting that EJ “will miss a minimum of six more games and won’t return until Nov. 23 against Minnesota at the earliest.”
28 Responses
what else is new? I give up on this team, from what I hear they sound like they gave up. Baron needs to be a leader, but that won’t happen.
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
Oy, after last night’s debacle this easier schedule up front has just become a lot more difficult. Possibly the worst time ever for the supposed Clippers curse (that I don’t believe in but sheesh) to rear it’s ugly head. We need some help bad, if the Dunce has any coaching ability which I doubt he needs to show it now. Sadly, he now has another excuse to blame losing ways on if things don’t turn out well. Time for Ricky Davis to do that whole ‘contract year’ play.
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
If Eric is back before mid-December I will be shocked. Thanks for nothing, Jasen Powell.
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 5:48 pm
Injuries are a big part of the Clippers’ game!
Fritz Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
ha!
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
I bet we go 0-6 in this stretch, the 2 effective players in the 1st 7 games were Kaman and EJ.
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
I hope some good movies come out soon so I’ll have something to do while I’m not watching Clipper games… This is going to be brutal… The two players I was looking most forward to were Gordon and Griffin… Sheesh…
Big problem is, now we only have one quick defender in Sebastian Telfair… We won’t be able to guard a chair. It’s time to dump Rush and see what’s available for a quick player in the d-league…
SamMays Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
And not Mike Taylor!
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Can we get a post on Clipperblog about Chris Kaman not being put on the All Star Ballots?
jgroove Reply:
November 10th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Are you serious? No way.
Chris. Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 7:38 am
they had to select the players before the start of the season and went with Camby instead of Kaman based on last season’s numbers. Kaman could still make it because the ballot is just for starters and neither he nor Camby would’ve had the most votes of any center, especially with Amare Stoudamire being listed as a C on the ballot when he’s their starting PF. It’s a flawed system but hopefully with all the uproar & Kaman’s continued play he will be selected. It’s not going to be easy now as he is our #1 option on all levels right now with Gordon out.
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 7:11 pm
i’ve got pepcid. but i may have to try that oxycotton stuff all the kids are raving about.
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 7:21 pm
If you start Novak and Butler, then all of a sudden you are back to having two 3 point shooters sitting outside. This keeps the defense off of Kaman’s back down low and also allows Baron to continue posting up. Our offense stays intact for the most part.
With that said, we are going to have a really rough time defensively with Novak in there, but Al Thornton really isn’t known for his defense either. We still probably lose most of the games that Gordon misses, but at least we’d have a chance to steal a couple of them in shoot-out type style.
ghost_ride Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 4:26 pm
I’ve been thinking along the same lines. Novak would be my 1st option to start, Ricky Davis 2nd, and Al Thorton 3rd.
We saw how poorly the BD, Mobley, Thornton, Kaman starting unit started off last year. This would be very much the same story if Dunleavy doesn’t put a 2nd shooter in there.
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
I’m one of the most negative people you can find but 10 days? That’s not that bad. We won’t play as bad as last night. I’m not worried.
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
Great. Another excuse for Dunleavy to use when we start losing these upcoming games.
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
lets start a … play Mardy Collins and Steve Novak blog!!!! now!
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Any body care to trade for S. Jackson? I like the guy with Baron to keep him in check. Would be happy to trade Al, Ricky and Mardy. For salaries the trade would work and it would give the Warriors cap space next year with two expiring contracts plus Al. Not sure if the Warriors can take three for one? Any thoughts,other than S. Jackson is cancer like Ricky, and Jacksons contract is too long for his age?
Chris. Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 7:40 am
I think your final thoughts nailed it. He seems to be a quick fix like Randolph was last year but not the long term answer. There would go our cap space to offer a max deal this summer.
SamMays Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 8:04 am
I wouldn’t go for anyone who’s not a character guy. Jackson isn’t. Put him with Baron and it will be the lunatics running the asylum around here again.
The key is not to panic. This year is about figuring out who to keep and who to get rid of while trying to grab the 7th or 8th seed in the playoffs. We have Blake to figure out and see how Jordan continues and if Baron is someone who can be relied on for another three years… Gordon is proving he’s a keeper, while Thornton is failing the test. We’ll have plenty of moves to make this summer… Let’s not make them now out of desperation.
Posted on November 11th, 2009 at 7:26 am
I heard Clippers are bringing Derrick Martin out of retirement for a 10-day contract.
Posted on November 11th, 2009 at 8:17 am
I just saw on first take that Zach Randolph finally broke someone’s jaw…without trying!
Hasheem crashed down on Zach’s head last night with a bad result.
Posted on November 11th, 2009 at 9:31 am
This has got to be the most snake-bitten franchise in the history of the NBA.
If you believe in Karma then you know where the Bad Karma comes from..
thats right Mr Sterling Himself!!! Thanks a lot Donald!!
Posted on November 11th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
kwhy8strm do not feel so bad. The Warriors and 76 ers are worse. Now Elton B is complaning with playing time.
Posted on November 11th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
out of topic… but
ALL STAR 10 and no CHRIS KAMAN?? WTF!!!?
FireDunleavy .com Reply:
November 11th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
If Kaman wasn’t such a wuss last year, he’d be on it.
Posted on November 11th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
The injury parade is now in full swing!
Posted on November 11th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Dunleavy has to be fired. He has been given too much talent for too many years and has gotten his teams to under perform time after time. Get rid of him now before we have to sit through another wasted season.
Posted on November 11th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
Trackbacks