Lorenzen Wright was found dead outside of Memphis, according to Wright’s family.  The former Clipper had been missing since July 19. Wright was considered one of the league’s good guys, as J.A. Adande recounts at ESPN.com: The NBA world is so warped, the values so skewed, that sometimes [...]

From Clippers.com: USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo announced today that Los Angeles Clippers guard Eric Gordon has been named a finalist for the 2010 USA World Championship Team, following four days of training and an intra-squad exhibition game that were held July 19-24 in Las Vegas, Nevada[...]

Agent Sam Porter tells Jonathan Givony of DraftExpress that the Clippers have signed the forward from the University of Vermont to a 2-year, partially guaranteed contract. I like this deal for two reasons: The Clippers get a low-risk, heady, athletic ballplayer who makes good decisions, can defend t[...]

The Clippers have brought back small forward Rasual Butler on a one-year deal. Financial terms of the contract have yet to be released. Butler was sort of the forgotten man this offseason. He was drawing interest from teams around the league, and most expected him to bolt to a contender, so this sig[...]

From my column over at ESPNLosAngeles.com: Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. An aging, injury-plagued, former All-Star is looking for a new home. He’s tailed off considerably over the past few years, and because of some character issues and the unwillingness to accept a new role, [...]

Craig Smith has inked a one year deal to return to the Los Angeles Clippers, with the value of the contract yet to be revealed. The return of Craig Smith means a few things for the rest of the Clippers’ roster. At this point it now seems highly unlikely that Sofoklis Schortsanitis, aka Big Sof[...]

From Lisa Dillman’s Twitter account: “Breaking Clipper news: Just received an email from Craig Smith’s agent. He says Clippers have resigned Smith for one year.” Check back on this thread for updates and analysis as terms of the deal become finalized.[...]

Could it have ended any other way? The Clippers went 1-4 and had their issues as a team in Vegas, but there were some nice individual performances throughout the five games. Al-Farouq Aminu got progressively better as the week went on, capping off the trip with a 21-point performance. Willie Warren [...]