Clippers sign Brian Cook

09 Jul 2010

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From Ramona Shelburne’s report on ESPNLosAngeles.com:

The Clippers are close to signing veteran power forward Brian Cook to a two-year, $2.3 million contract, a source close to the situation told ESPN.com’s Marc Stein Friday morning.

Clippers sources said the deal would likely be completed later this afternoon.

The former Laker has played for Orlando and Houston over the past three seasons. He was waived by the Rockets on February 19, after playing sparingly in just 15 games.

Cook is a career 39.1 shooter from behind the 3-point arc. His best year came in 2005-06 with the Lakers, when he averaged 7.9 points on 42.9 percent 3-point shooting.

The deal is said to include a player-option on the second year.

We’ll have more details and analysis as the deal is finalized.

TNT57

I forgot we HAVE KAMAN AND DJ! I’ll start planning the parade! Whoo-hooh! I completely forgot those guys! I’m sorry. That one was probably out of line. Forgive me? It’s been a long day of NyQuil and Boone’s Farm.
- http://www.beatrockmusic.com Tino
  
  TNT57: please see my earlier post to YOU! Beat it punk!
  - TNT57
    
    Punk? Wow. You’re really bringing out the big guns now. Tino? Are you a Shark or a Jet, Tino? You guys just can’t have any fun with this nightmare. NETS, SUNS, GRIZ are all teams that made significant pick ups today. But we still have Brian Cook! Hey, Tino, man, here’s some inside advise to YOU! Just ignore me if I bother you so much.
Matt

Some of you guys are criticizing the Clippers for no big signings – but all of the bad signings are overpaid players that can kill a team’s salary cap. We aren’t doing that. If we can build a winning team then a really, really good player will want to come play in L.A.

Quite frankly, the Lakers are getting old. Kobe will be 32 next year and he’s an old 32 because he has played in the NBA for so long. 82 game seasons plus playoffs really wear down a body and legs.

Ron Artest will be 31 next year. Lamar Odom will be 31. Pau Gasol is 30. The Lakers have another 2 years of dominance, but once they lose Kobe and Gasol is past his prime, they are going to be in the same boat as everyone else in the NBA.

Kobe Bryant has carried that franchise. All I am saying is that the Clippers ARE THE FUTURE OF LOS ANGELES. I’m glad to be a Clippers fan because I’m really starting to believe we can do this – I just want to see Blake Griffin stay healthy next year.
- Steve
  
  Matt, come on buddy. Please get real. We are criticizing for no big signings, because that’s EXACTLY what was supposed to happen this summer. Why do you think we were one of only several teams in the league that had room to sign LBJ? And after that, all the 1st AND 2nd tier FAs are pretty much gone. So after going from trying to get the Quitter here to signing Brian F***ing Cook, yeah, most of us are pretty irritated at the lack of any big name signings. It’s same ol same ol.
- TNT57
  
  Why are you supporting this junk Matt? All fun aside. I don’t understand how you can be remotely satisfied with any of this.
  - TNT57
    
    You keep talking about how old the Lakers are, but you’re wrong. They aren’t old and when their skills finally erode the Lakers will bring in a whole new crop of talent to continue rolling. This is the point, the Clippers never even get started. Our 2 best players were drafted so they had no choice. Baron sold his soul for money. That leaves exactly ZERO players who want to be here.
SamMays

The signing of Cook is just a wake up call to all who thought Olshey would be different (competent) than his predecessors. The fact is, like in Clipper land continues as it always has. We remain the laughing stocks of the league, unable to interest any good free agents in even taking out money. Instead we sign Foye and Gomes and call this a victory? Some of you may recall that Foye was handed the starting PG spot at Minnesota and lost it to Bassy Telfair… Gomes was a college PF who has become a marginal SF and only started because Minnesota is abysmal and they had no one better to put there.

Neither signing is exciting, but it’s the signing of Cook that reminds us that we’re still Clippers, that our management is hamstrung by the worst owner in the history of sports and that our future remains is grim… Sure, Griffin will help for a few years, bring us some respect and keep fans buying tickets. He’s hope in the same way Danny Manning was hope 22 years ago. That Elton Brand was hope seven years ago…

Does anyone actually expect us to resign Blake Griffin when he can get out of here? Really? Probably the same people who think signing Cook was a good move…

So long as DTS is alive, the Clippers will offer periods of false hope and nothing more. That’s why I remain such a loyal fan. I love train wrecks…
- TNT57
  
  AMEN BROTHER!
http://www.firedunleavy.com FD

While olshey was busy stealing Cook away from other teams, the Suns got Childress for a 2nd round pick, and turkoglu for barbosa.

The Clippers would be pretty good if they got Childress and Turkoglu. I would even say they would have a shot at making the playoffs depending on how good Griffin will be.
Matt

The Suns got Childress for $30 million over 5 years – I don’t think Childress is that good. They overpaid.

I don’t understand what you guys expect. Mike Miller only averaged 11ppg last year – he might be overrated in this market. Who exactly were the Clippers supposed to sign? Rudy Gay isn’t worth what he got and he would have crippled our cap and quite frankly I don’t think he’s a great player. Travis Outlaw just got $34m from the Nets. Should we really pay someone $5m a year that only averaged 7ppg last year (Kyle Korver)?

Our biggest need is SF and it is a terrible SF position in free agency and we got a high upside guy in Aminu for the future who might be able to grow into that position. Worst case scenario is Aminu is a defensive stopper + rebounder off the bench for us.

I don’t know what you guys want the Clippers to do – you don’t know what offers they made that got rejected – those aren’t reported. Maybe they have been trying to sign but have been unsuccessful, and if that’s the case then you can’t blame the new regime.

Dorrell Wright recently signed with Golden State, but if the Clipps gave him more money then you guys would bash our organization for that signing since you are bashing everything else.

I think Josh Howard has GOT to be in the discussion now. We are really out of options barring a crazy trade.
- http://www.firedunleavy.com FD
  
  Turkoglu plays SF. Suns got him for nothing. Childress would be overpaid (to you), but still good off the bench. I’m sure they made offers that got rejected, but it’s their job to get deals done. They haven’t so far. I don’t think anyone is questioning their effort.
  
  PG – B Davis, Bledsoe
  SG – E Gordon
  SF – Turkoglu, Childress ,Aminu
  PF – B Griffin, Sofo
  C – C Kaman, D Jordan
  
  Plug in some backup guards and that’s a playoff team.
  - clippafan4life
    
    WTF, why couldn’t we get these guys?
    - http://hitfix.com/awardscampaign jgroove
      
      EXACTLY!!!! We couldn’t get either of them??? Instead we have Ryan Gomes and a rookie who can’t shoot. When does Clips management want to win? Ever?
  - kenji
    
    we should’ve scooped up hedo.
    
    olshey was all in on the lebron pipe dream, and now he’s just letting the offseason pass us by, with only gomes and foye to show for it. if he wanted to really show us they’re in the win-now mode, then hedo should’ve been brought here. enough with the age and contract yapping. it takes risks and money to win in this league. And hedo’s skills is exactly what we needed.
    
    i feel its now safe to say “f**k olshey”. pritchard wouldn’t have dropped the ball like this. our roster is no better than last season, with the exception of blake coming back.
    - TNT57
      
      Welcome to reality brother. I guess I just caught an earlier flight but we’re both standing on the tarmac staring at FOYE, GOMES and COOK. If BLAKE gets hurt this team isn’t much more than a D-League unit.
- TNT57
  
  You have to pull the trigger to find out. One thing is for sure, sign nobody and you’ll never win. Take a leap of faith on 2 players like this and hope for the best. If it fails at least your fan base can’t complain that you didn’t try. It’s this lack of commitment that drives me crazy. It’s like the Clippers have folded their tent already. If any of you guys pay money to support this you are only feeding Sterling’s greed. He clearly couldn’t give 2 shits about any of us or his current players. Imagine you’re BLAKE GRIFFIN and you’re sitting back watching this feeble effort. Man, if I’m him I’m counting the days until I get my ass out of town. This is all about not having a known or respected GM. These guys have relationships and histories that OLSHEY doesn’t have and he’s being squeezed out.
- TNT57
  
  Who can you blame then? I blame Sterling for putting a GM in place that has no history, no connections or respect withing the league. OUR GM IS FAILED SOAP OPERA ACTOR! If you wrote this as a broad comedy you’d reject the notion as being over the top dumb. But it’s not a movie, it’s real. Who do you hold responsible for this mess?
Respect Griffin

Ya’ll need to calm down about this Brian Cook signing… here’s one positive to look at:

Brian Cook is a true LAKER HATER. We needs players like that
Mac

I guess this is Sterling’s way of responding to Lebron giving $2.5 million to the Boys and Girls Club. Charity begins at home with DonnyTokowitz!
- ReadytoRoll Z
  
  That is hilarious. LOL
Mungo

There’s a lot of overrated players out there in the FA market and I’m glad that the Clipper management isn’t as ridiculously myopic as some of the posters here. I certainly don’t want us being the team to give $30m to Mike frickin’ Miller or take on Turkoglu’s giant mistake of a contract.

Having said that, not sure that I get Brian Cook. He’s like Steve Novak without being quite as good at shooting. OK, he isn’t as bad a defender as Novak (who is?), but he’s pretty bad, and it’s not like he’s a particularly strong rebounder either. I just don’t see him siginificantly improving our rotation.
- ReadytoRoll Z
  
  Just to clear the air, I am not a Clipper Hater. I just wanted to get out the other story on Cooks’ game. Most of the bloggers on here are emotionally charged over the lack any big name players, (yet) in such a hyped year. (The brief clipper hate was me laughing at something, obviously not so funny) Being a bulls fan, I am happy with our off season, and would of loved Cook on our squad in a backup role. He was the big ten player of the year, not a national champ but was a leader on a team the year before they went to the title game. That’s right, big ten player of the year over Deron Williams ( not to say their game is even close in comparison now). But Cook isn’t some guy who just came about and Respect G is right on the Laker hate. The comparison to Noah wasn’t about a winning history. It was in regards to atheltic ability, meaning while they are both flat footed, hustle, passion, and a good coach, in combination with heart and opportunity can lead to amazing things. Cook is also a resident of the LA area which makes it a good fit, being a famliy man.
  Just to note as well, if you want to create a good team you have to have good fans, which you all seem to be, even the haters. But, you should stay optimistic and if you have a chance to meet or run into these guys on the street show them some love, and just maybe it will spill over to the court.
  For all of you WTF people, I hope you find some peace in your hearts. Passion is great, but you should make it constructive. The lack of agreement and diversity in thought is the only reason blogs exist, so try and use a blog to create a better situation for your cause.
  Peace and I will see you at a game or two.
  - Respect Griffin
    
    OK Ready to Roll, I like the way you express yourself, and as the biggest Clippers fan on this blog, I personally rescind the “NOT WELCOME” you were given
    - TNT57
      
      Was there a vote or pagent held to crown you RG? Are you wearing your crown and sash? The only thing you’re biggest is a clown.
  - TNT57
    
    1 or 2 games? And you think you support this team more than some of us? EVERYTHING I write is my opinion. Who elses would it be? You made my point again by saying the Bulls made some good moves. The Clippers haven’t. The SUNS just signed 2 players that could have really made our line up solid. GRIFFIN, GORDEN, KAMAN, DAVIS, CHILDRESS, TURKAGLO and DJ would be sweet.
    - Respect Griffin
      
      ur a moron if you think signing tukaglu would have been a good deal. That guy is overrated and yes, definitely overpaid. And Childress has no offensive game. I’m more satisfied with Foye’s and Gomes upside and potential to improve, for a lot less money.
- http://www.firedunleavy.com FD
  
  How is Turkoglu’s contract a giant mistake?
  - Mungo
    
    A 31 year old who has been declining for 3 straight years, who has 4 years and 43.8m left on his contract, the fourth of which is a player option for 12m that he’d be mad to turn down? I don’t fancy it, personally. Your opinion may differ.
    - http://www.firedunleavy.com FD
      
      He didn’t have a great year in Toronto cus he didn’t really fit in there. He can play PF, SF and SG and shoot the 3. Just what the Clippers need, even if he is on the decline. He’ll be 34 when the contract ends, and Kaman’s contract ends in 2 years. His contract isn’t the best thing ever, but it’s not like he’s getting 16mil a year.
      
      Point is, there are deals to be made. If not Turkoglu, trade for someone good. Good GMs get things done, not use the ‘tried best they could’ excuse.
  - kenji
    
    i’m riding with FD all the way.
    
    hedo is the type of player we need.
    
    and who cares if his last year is a player option of 12mil that he picks up? that last year is great trade material if we think he’s declining. every team in the league would want that expiring contract, and we can use that to trade for new guys we need.
    - Bongstradamus
      
      Like we used Cambys contract to trade for guys we wanted?
      
      Youre seriously recommending we take Hedo’s contract?
      - kenji
        
        dunleavy is the one who orchestrated to camby move. it was to free up pt for deandre, and to get outlaw’s bird rights for either a trade chip or to re-sign without affecting the cap.
        
        everybody here is complaining about not having a SF and no moves being made, then b**tches about not wanting to take on a higher dollar contract, be it hedo, childress, etc. You people need to make up your minds. You want a chance at winning NOW? or you want to live every season crying over future cap room?
        
        everybody complains about us not winning every season. Well in order to win moves need to be made. Let worry about the salaries when the time comes and go for winning now. Always focusing on future cap space only makes for a roster full of cheap players not able to win games.
      - Bongstradamus
        
        Im fine with making moves, Im not fine with taking radioactive long term contracts on a role payer to fill a need.
        
        Im one of the few who views this team realistically, meaning we need to trade into talent since we cant seem to sign them during Free Agency no matter how much cash we’re sitting on.
        
        Childress, while I love the fro, isnt the guy we need anyway. His shot is terrible and we keep talking about needing a shooter who can rebound. Childress is a rich man’s Al Thornton. In other words his skill sets are not what we need. Anyway, hes going to Phoenix so its a moot point.
        
        And we arent in win now mode, we’re banking on Minnys draft pick next year which means wed probably like a lottery pick of our to go alongside it. This years goal is rebuilding with the new coach and getting Blake acclimated to the NBA. We’ll be lucky to get over 35 wins, and thats being generous considering how we totally whiffed trying to swing for the bleachers this off season.
whatever

why dont we sign coby karl?
YLB

We should go after Toney Douglas from NY. Trade B Diddy for him plus a draft pick. Douglas is what we need. Tough competitor, great on-ball defender, can hit big shots and take over games, good passer (in addition to his skills, he’s not too worried about his ego; in other words, he plays basketball like it should be played)…the only thing lacking is that “veteran leadership” we need. But is Baron really giving us that type of leadership? Trade him now and bring in Douglas.
- mark
  
  Throw in chandler and a draft pick, for b diddy
- Bongstradamus
  
  Theres $11M reasons why that just wont work
TNT57

SUNS pick up CHILDRESS and TURKAGLO. BOTH of those players could have helped the Clips more than what we have so far.
TNT57

I challenge STERLING and OLSHEY to hold an open fan forum to hear how we feel about the summer so far. They won’t because they’d be chased out of town.
http://www.johnpezzetti.com Pez

I like Childress but as KA pointed out he can’t shoot…Hedo seems to have given up trying since he got his payday, something we see too often…TG he’s not on our team!

+1 for Coby Karl…after reading about him in Summerleague.
Matt

Hedo Turkoglu’s contract is terrible and Josh Childress won’t average more than 15 ppg for the Suns. I think the Suns will take a major step back next season and I doubt they have a better record than we do. They lose Amare, but we gain Blake Griffin, a better bench, and a better head coach.
- Steve
  
  Matt,
  
  I would LOVE to have a player who can average 15PPG for us this year.
  
  Better bench? This one’s a tossup leaning in favor of PHX
  Better head coach? Alvin Gentry>VDN ALL DAY.
Respect Griffin

I will repeat, Turkaglu is overpaid and going down, and Childress has no offensive game. Everyone shut your mouths with these two guys. Foye and Gomes have more upside and are getting paid way less.
ryan solorzano

I think that they arent picking up anyone worth a damn because they know its a lost cause with miami putting together the gnarliest dream team ever. they have a better chance losing 3 straigh seasons, making moves through the lottery, and waiting for miami’s dynasty to end.
Matt

Turkoglu and Childress are bigger names, but Gomes and Foye are MUCH better values.
jr

What a waste of money Brian Cook tipical Clippers pass on Davis Lee or Al Harintong both 20 – 10 and mgmt say they are going into free market to complete a team to compete highly . O and by the way if they are thinking of Carmelo Anthony you might as well forget next season too because thier will not be any good free agents like now. So good luck with whatever you want to call this team or next decades Clippers. Thanks for screwing the clippers fans again. R Butler is still around better than Cook thatsd for sure!
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