Summer league isn’t about winning games. It’s all about player progression, deciphering strengths and weaknesses, and evaluating what you currently have and what you may get in the future. With that said, it still must have been nice for the young Clippers to hold on to a win tonight, es[...]
From Kevin Arnovtiz’s post for ESPN’s Daily Dime: “Summer league can be a tough place to evaluate prospects, and that’s particularly true for the Clippers, who assembled their coaching staff on the fly hours before their first practice. But Bledsoe and Aminu have had a rough [...]
From the Clippers’ release: The Los Angeles Clippers have signed guard Willie Warren, their second round selection (54th overall) in the 2010 NBA Draft. The University of Oklahoma product was an Honorable Mention All-Big 12 selection as a sophomore in 2009-10, averaging a team-high 16.3 points[...]
From Kevin Arnovitz’s piece at TrueHoop: When the Chicago Bulls hired Vinny Del Negro in June 2008, he was regarded as an outside-the-box hire. Here was a young, well-liked member of the basketball fraternity coming off a two-year stint in the Phoenix Suns’ front office. The Bulls brass [...]
Six thoughts after tonight’s 89-64 loss to the Wizards: Eric Bledsoe did a fantastic job getting into the paint, but his feet were just too fast for the rest of his body on many plays. Early returns on Bledsoe are that he’s lighning quick, but he’s got a long way to go in developin[...]
We’ll get our first glimpse of the new Clippers tonight as the Summer League squad takes on the Washington Wizards in Las Vegas tonight at 7p PT. Let’s take a look at some of the storylines going into tonight’s game. Big Debuts Four Clippers will make their pro debuts tonight ̵[...]
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 complet[...]
From my column at ESPNLosAngeles.com: After a stagnant offseason, the Los Angeles Clippers quietly made a few moves to round out their rotation by signing free-agent guard Randy Foye and forward Ryan Gomes to multi-year contracts on Thursday night. Instead of overpaying in an inflated free-agency ma[...]