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Blake Griffin Greets the Jazz

May 03, 2010
by Kevin Arnovitz




Over the past couple of postseasons, Lakers’ playoff opponents have been practicing and working out at the Clippers’ training facility in Playa Vista. Practice for the Jazz was called for 10 a.m. on Monday morning at the facility, where there was a slew of media waiting outside the practice court. When Jazz personnel flung the doors open to the court and the procession of cameras and notebooks filed in, who was the first person in view?

Blake Griffin, who was doing deep knee lunges on the practice court with Clippers trainer Jasen Powell.

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  • jclipper

    Blake griffin is quite the lucky fellow. Gets to meet different teams and see how they practice. And they probably talk to him and give him advice too.

  • Qlippers

    Nice to hear that Blake is moving, I haven’t heard much about Blake lately

  • Brian Tipton

    That just made me super excited to see what he will do next year!!

  • chris.

    Sad story because Jason Powell is mentioned.

  • http://Lou Lou

    Sterling is always making money. Can we loan Kaman to the Jazz? they need big guys. Does Jordan live in L.A.? He might be practicing free throws there.

  • clipper george

    Be healthy Blake!!!!!!! On another note does anyone else agree that we should settle on a coach soon before the good ones are gone and so we can tailor our team to the coach. I think that Avery Johnson and John Lucas would be a good fit.

    • tb

      Why not SAM CASSELL?

      • Glen

        I SECOND THAT!!!!

        Sam knows how to win and will no doubt be a great coach one day.

  • http://AndrewLeon.com Andrew Leon

    well if that just doesn’t make you optimistic then what will?

  • Slax

    Bring on Tom Thibodeau!

    • http://deleted Qlippers

      I like that pick

      • VH

        me too

  • rg12

    SAM i AM

  • http://deleted Qlippers

    With the hornets and gsw up for sale, any chance we get a new owner soon?

    • bestclipfan

      no because those teams were losing money and were in relatively small markets. The clippers amazingly are still profitable and are in a very large market, and Sterling isn’t known for selling things once he buys them.

  • Pboy

    I say Vinny Del Negro

    • jake parker

      If Vinny comes to LA, hopefully he’ll give Sterling a whuppin…

  • Brian Tipton

    Celtics beat Cavs in 6, Lebron comes to Clippers?

    • Bryant

      I send daily prayers to the man upstairs for LeBron to be in a Clippers Jersey…even if we do have a 5% chance….it’s still a chance! =)

  • http://www.twitter.com/HitFixGregory jgroove

    Keep Powell away! Please! Dear god!

  • First2One00

    Vinny Del Negro sounds interesting… I wouldn’t mind him coming over he’s led a young bulls team to the playoffs and has earned respect from the two bright young stars in Rose and Noah.

  • chris.

    Vinny seems too nice and the Bulls should be better than 8th in the East with that talent, so no, I don’t think he’s a good fit and didn’t get the most out of that young team.

    Didn’t Avery Johnson have issues with some of his players in Dallas?

    Let’s start new, Mark Jackson or Sam Cassell or one of the assistants like Dwane Casey. We need someone now and first and foremost with this squad we need a defensive minded coach cause we suck on D.

    • Curtis

      I wouldn’t say that we’re that bad on D. We need a coach who can inspire the team to play hard for the full 4 quarters and avoid any those nasty collapses. Also, a coach who can get the team to stop turning the ball over so much.

  • tb

    Once Sam Cassell goes to a top tier team, we’ll have no chance of signing him to coach this team. He belongs to this team ’cause fans trust him. It’ll be a mistake if STERLING doesn’t even consider talking to him. If I’m Sterling, I’d call Cassell & invite him to a dinner
    in my residence.

  • TNT57

    I keep reading about every tean BUT the Clippers talking to coaches and such. I also read that coaches, even playoff teams, can talk to anybody they want at any time.

    • bestclipfan

      There have been a ton of articles so far talking about the clippers talking to Dwayne Casey, Mark Jackson and Tom Thilodeau (sorry if I misspelled his name). So the clippers are talking to people they are just taking their time in making a choice.

  • SJ

    Bring on the Suns’ trainers!

  • clippman

    i second the sun’s trainers!!!!!!!

    • http://www.sportsciencelab.com pez

      Third

  • TNT57

    PLEASE DON’T PAY JOE JOHNSON THE MAX! He just went 4 for 11.

  • rg12

    Sam would not only be a good coach, he would put butts in the seats.

    • bestclipfan

      Would he really put butts in the seats, I think only us clipper fans would be interested in him being a coach for us. I think that the first step is that Sam needs to be an assistant coach a little while longer, there is a big difference in being a coach on the floor and actually being a coach.

      • Chris McD

        …as we’ve seen this season.

  • clips4me

    How about Erik Spoelstra? There are rumblings about Riley coming back to coaching. He took a depleted Heat team to the playoffs twice and could be an inside track to getting D Wade to come over. Just an idea.

    • http://www.twitter.com/HitFixGregory jgroove

      Spoelstra is 10 years away from being a good coach. He’s made a lot of mistakes in Miami. Nice guy, not experienced enough.

  • http://Lou Lou

    I do not think fans pay to see Phil Jackson coaching, they pay to see Jordan and K. Briant.

    Good point clips4me but I do not think Riley will coach unless he has Wade and somebody’s else like Bosh. Spoelstra is not strange to the West Coast, he might be a good fit.

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  • Dump Davis

    What fans pay is to see winning. They pay to experience winning games and especially they pay to experience winning champioinships.

    They would pay to see Jackson coached teams in direct proportion to how many games they won.

    So the big question is, could Jackson make them a contender for the championship?

    First off, the Clippers would have to dump Davis. No team can win with him on it, no matter who ‘s coaching it.

    If they do dump Davis, then Jackson could make a contender out of this team.

    Griffin is the key element. Jackson can run the triangle around him , , , as he did around Shaquille Oneil. Kaman, and Gordon are excellent support. Then there are draft picks to add in. If Jackson comes to the Clippers, that alone could be enough to attract a top free agent (nothing else will).

    So I really think Jackson could sell a lot of tickets . . because he could make the Clippers a real contender.

    The key is dumping Davis. Otherwise, his toxic ways will destroy the team regardless.

    • VH

      Davis was a winner with every franchise for whom he has played except the Clippers. They need to look in the mirror and not blame Baron.

  • http://www.firedunleavy.com FD

    Surprised Sterling hasn’t thought about Los Clippers jerseys. He could make up his poor ticket sales with jersey sales.

  • Paul B

    I hope we get B.Scott as our next coach or maybe Avery or John as mentioned before… on the FA front Dwayne Wade would be my choice…LeBron isnt going anywhere.

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  • Petey pablo

    When pushing the ball and making plays baron Davis is not as toxic . Outside of trading for Devon Harris , Chris Paul , winning the draft or Lebron , I feel he is still a capable and competent PG.

    I can only hope that with a healthy BG on board, BD will maintain his focus and drive .

    Although he may have the hot hand here and there, close to 16 & 8 averages in dunleavy’s system are still better than the Dan Dickau, Brevon Knight and Jason Hart days .

    Coach , SF and back up PG are key issues – almost forgot the draft too .

    Read an old college game article from when BG put up 40 & 20 on some body .

  • BigBroAl

    Here’s a trade, which to me can make us a playoff team…pity it will never happen:

    Raptors trade Bargnani, Turkoglu, Calderon
    Clippers trade Kaman, Baron Davis

    With that and Aminu drafter at 8, plus all the cash we have left we could easily go after David Lee for example.

    PG – Calderon, Blake
    SG – Gordon, Butler
    SF – Turkoglu, Aminu
    PF – Griffin, Bargnani
    C – Lee, DeAndre

    • VH

      OMG, how could you possibly want Turkoglou who is now on practically everyone’s “Most Overpayed” list and has what, 4 years left on the deal? Bargnani also makes $10MM a year, and is not worth it. Calderon is coming off a terrible season, if i recall correctly he lost his starting job to Jared Jack.

      That might be the worst trade I’ve ever read.

      • BigBroAl

        How can you want Baron Davis, who is practically THE MOST OVERPAYED PG in the league and one of the worse for that matter! Turkoglu is a great player on a team that doesn’t offer him enough good opportunities. Bargnani is 10 times better than Kaman, plays better D and shoots 3’s – he comes from one of his best seasons. Calderon needs a fresh start and has proven he can dominate!
        If for you having lazy, uninspiring Baron Davis in a Clips uniform until 2014 for $15 mil. is better than having a young perspect center and a promising PG than you should get a job on that Clippers team…you will make as bad decisions as they have for the last 10 years!

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