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Dean Demopoulos Under Consideration

Jul 08, 2010
by D.J. Foster




Clippers sources confirm that Dean Demopoulos is under heavy consideration to join the coaching staff as a top assistant.

Demopoulos boasts one of the strongest defensive pedigrees in the league. From 1983-1999 he was an assistant at Temple under John Chaney before heading off to the pros to work as the lead assistant under Nate McMillan in both Seattle and Portland. Demopoulos has earned praise for developing strong defensive game plans and is credited with the institution of Potland’s vaunted “black zone” defense. Demopoulos is widely regarded around the league as one of the finest defensive minds in all of basketball.

Perhaps most important is Demopoulos’ ability to adjust defensive game plans based on personnel. Under Demopoulos and McMillan the Blazers were the 13th most efficient defense last year despite being absolutely decimated by injuries and playing a lot of young, inexperienced players.

That experience alone should lend itself well to Vinny Del Negro and a young Clippers team.

D.J. Foster

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  • Cassellmania

    This would be a fantastic hire. Make it happen Olshey.

    • chris.

      It’s VDN’s decision who he wants, isn’t it?

  • Isaac

    how about hiring a asst coach that has an idea of how to draw up offensive plays..

    • Juicebox

      Stop hating. VDN hasn’t even coached a game and people are moaning and groaning.

      • Isaac

        i like the VDN pick up.. but his offense is a one-trick pony.. i believe he can make our guys play hard.. that being said.. without an offensive mind on our coaching staff, baron davis is going to need to have a great year for us to make the playoffs..

  • Juicebox

    This would be an amazing hire. You can’t expect to go from basement dwellers to contenders overnight. Baby steps. Baby steps.

    • Clipped

      This team has been taking baby steps ever since STERLING took over. And the baby hasn’t seen its mama yet.

  • Juicebox

    This would be an amazing hire. You can’t expect to go from basement dwellers to contenders overnight. Baby steps. Baby steps.

  • http://www.versantewheels.com era

    WHO ARE WE LOOKING AT, AS FAR AS FREE AGENTS GO.. SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE GOING FAST.NOT GOOD

    • Cassellmania

      After tonight, expect the Clips (and everyone else with $) to rush into bidding for a SF. Mike Miller would be a great fit, but i can see NY/Chi/Mia getting him first. With Miller gone, I’m assuming we will sign one of the following SFs-

      Barnes
      J Howard
      R Butler
      T Prince (salary dump)

      I’d be fine with any of the above (wouldn’t be thrilled with Rasual again, but he’s better than nothing). I’m not to down with the idea of Deng or Igoudala.

      • http://www.versantewheels.com era

        I also read that we are looking at Al Harrington, Dont know if that would be good..

        • Cassellmania

          I’d rather have Miller (all around game) or Barnes (classic 3 and D glue guy), but Harrington is not a bad option, at the right price. . .can shoot the 3, rebound. I worry about his defense though.

          • http://www.versantewheels.com era

            You know what worries me, It seems like nobody wants to play for us.. Channing Frye took 4k less to stay in Phoenix. we offered 34mil and they offered 30 mil and got the deal..

          • kenji

            agreed. its going to take a big offer to land mike miller, but i think he may be worth the gamble. with the wolves and wizards, his minutes was always inconsistent because his position was too crowded on the roster. with is he’d be the main guy from the jump. maybe the situation with us is just what he needs.

            i want us to sign matt barnes regardless of who else we go for. We need his defense and toughness badly.

          • VH

            where did you hear we made an offer to Frye? surprising since he signed immediately but we still thought/think we have a shot at lebron.

        • Buckets

          Harrington’s a no-defense chucker and a bum. I’d rather keep the cap space.

      • kenji

        rasual as a last resort to come off the bench, but only on a 1 yr deal.

        • Cassellmania

          yeah- If Miller’s gone, i say we throw some cash at Barnes. With his LA/Baron connection he might be down too. . .but as with Miller, Barnes will get offers from contenders. Not sure he wants to be a part of a youth movement after going deep in the playoffs this year. After those two, i say take a gamble on J Howard (or Prince if Detroit is willing)

  • Cassellmania

    Good defense and rebounding leads to good offense/ fastbreak opportunities.

  • rk

    So tell me why he would want to leave Nate and Portland?

  • http://Www.beatrockmusic.com Tino

    According to most on this blog, it won’t matter, the Clips are destined to lose this season!

    • chris.

      That’s why most blogs suck, always drinking the haterade of the Clips.

  • Robert Lehrer

    To rk:

    If I was Demopoulos, I wouldn’t want to leave McMillan. Unfortunately, McMillan doesn’t run the entire franchise. Paul Allen runs the franchise and it’s going the route of the Titanic. I never thought I’d see the day when working for the Clippers may be more desirable than working for the Trailblazers, but the two organizations may be trading spots.

  • http://www.firedunleavy.com FD

    Hiring Webster’s Dad isn’t going to help anymore than Lucus did. Yawn.

  • southcentralclip

    Fuck espn and john ireland straight hating on clippers an all this radio stations

    • http://www.versantewheels.com era

      Laker lovers. Fuck em

    • Cassellmania

      Until we start picking up Ws and making the playoffs every year, the media Clipper-bashing will continue.

    • Clipped

      They’ve been doing it all over the airwaves ever since LeBron drama onfolded. Even Tribune(LATimes.com) played its part by removing CLIPPERS from its sports menu bar. They did to deter LeBron from considering Clippers.

      Imagine LeBron chosing a team which ELITE flocks in LA makes fun of….
      Priceless.

      KCAL9 and ESPN LA team have been grossly unprofessional in their hatred toward the Clippers. I think they sense the rise of Clippers. They also think Lakers base is crumbling because of this dirt bag team.

      It’s going to hit their pockets. That’s why they’re worried.
      Good. Atleast they’re talking about the Clippers. Good sign.

      I like it because Clippers are driving them crazy. There must be some valid reason which we do not know.

  • Cassellmania

    The Clips’ only way to success is to take the ‘homegrown’ approach of OKC- build a talented young core through the draft, add a few veteran role players, and employ a defensive minded coaching staff. . .and right now I have way more faith in this new group of Griffin/Gordon/Aminu/Bledsoe than i did in Odom/Brand/Miles/Q.

  • clippman

    I like the idea of picking up Barnes as he is a hardnosed player with attitude. this is something that this team has lacked for a while. he can also spread the floor which would help griffin and kaman in the middle. Is it true that david lee may be going to the warriors. would marrow be a target to get?

    • Cassellmania

      Morrow= one dimensional shooter, no D. Probably gonna be overpaid by a contender. Would make a nice backup to Gordon though.

  • Josh

    I am of the opinion that the backup guard minutes should go to Bledsoe and Warren. Both can play.

  • TNT57

    Lost BLAKE and OUTLAW today. What about BARBOSA? That guy is a rocket.

  • http://Lou Lou

    No wonder the NBA is going to have a lockout next year. The Nets are going to ink Travis Outlaw to a five-year, $35 million deal. He was a bench player with the Clippers and will be with the Nets.
    His best season was in 2007-08, when he averaged 13.3 points and 4.6 rebounds.

  • Bongstradamus

    All the players we traded Marcus Camby for at the deadline have all signed with other teams.

    Why did we do that trade again?

    • http://bcnbatalk.wordpress.com/ Drizzy

      so we can trade thornton and telfair away without there being any holes in our roster.

  • Jerdog

    Why Barnes? Don’t we already have a defensive player who can’t shoot in AFA?

    Didn’t anyone see Barnes brick post play after post play in the playoffs? LOL…..


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