- It’ll come as no surprise that the Clippers are struggling mightily without Eric Gordon, and his absence is impacting the performance of the other guys in the rotation. So far as the small forward spot, Al Thornton’s offensive numbers are improving rapidly, while Rasual Butler continues to struggle with his shot, but is still the better defensive option at the 3.
- Of greater concern, the new starting lineup of Davis-Butler-Thornton-Camby-Kaman is getting shredded defensively, and is Bobcats-bad offensively.
- An in-depth profile on “Clipper Darrell” Bailey. You can place Bailey squarely in the camp of those who feel Mike Dunleavy has performed well as a general manager, but has lost the team as its head coach.
- DeAndre Jordan furtively defies the Clippers’ strength and conditioning coach and opts for the Brownie Sundae: “When Blake doesn’t go on the road trips with us, I’ll have to go out to eat with some other people, like Richard Williams our Strength and Conditioning coach. I’ve told you before how he doesn’t let me eat sweets, so when we go out to dinner I’m not allowed to get dessert. It sucks! Every single time we go to dinner, we’ll go out somewhere like Yard House or Grande Lux Café or CPK, which all have my favorite dessert on the menu – a brownie with caramel on it, then ice cream then more caramel and a cherry on top. They’ll even decorate your plate for you. Whenever I’m out with Rich, the waiter will come over and ask if we want to see the dessert menu. I’ll look over at Rich and he’ll just give me that knowing look and I have to tell the waiter, ‘No thank you.’ I can’t even look at the waiter when I’m saying it. I always like dessert. The good news is, he’s not on Twitter so he doesn’t know about that delicious brownie sundae I got when I went out to dinner last week.”
- Speaking of DeAndre, he’s leading the hazing campaign against rookie Blake Griffin (video below).
