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Archive for April, 2010
Game Thread: Golden State at Clippers
On April - 10 - 2010
The Clippers, Draft Position and Wesley Johnson
On April - 9 - 2010
The recent swoon has had one unintended benefit:
The Clippers have quietly moved into the No. 8 position for the June draft. This morning, they stand only one game behind Philadelphia for No. 7, and two games behind Detroit for No. 6.
What does this mean?
So far as odds of winning the lottery, the bump is negligible. The No. 8 position has only a 2.8 percent chance of winning the lottery. But the Clippers’ reverse rise in the standings means that a couple of players who wouldn’t be available at the No. 10 slot — where the Clippers resided for the better part of the past month — will now be on the draft board.
Sacramento 116, Clippers 94
On April - 9 - 2010
How do you begin to assess a team that’s abdicated any sense of accountability on the defensive end of the floor?
Game Thread: Clippers at Sacramento
On April - 8 - 2010
Portland 93, Clippers 85
On April - 7 - 2010
With all eyes focused on the looming offseason, the Clippers were reminded tonight what a star player looks like when they took on the Portland Trailblazers and Brandon Roy.
I’ve never been bashful about stating my admiration for Roy’s offensive game. His body control around the rim is second to none. His midrange game is deadly, and he’s a mismatch in either size or quickness (usually both) for opposing players. But what most impresses me about Roy is his silent nature in which he controls the game. Roy rarely acts out, rarely demands the ball and demeans teammates, and is often willing to take a backseat to another Blazer if there is a better matchup on the floor.