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Clippers Podcast: 11/1

Nov 01, 2012
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by Andrew Han




Jamal Crawford joins Kevin Arnovitz and Jordan Heimer in this weeks installment of the Clippers Podcast. They’re talking Clippers’ season opening win, Crawford’s debut and his vise-like memory. Won’t you have a listen?

Clippers Podcast 11/1

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  • Jakey

    If Grant Hill cant return to the court due to his knee injury (shudder the thought), close Chris Paul friend and fellow Wake Forest Alumn Josh Howard is still unsigned and available….

    http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2012/10/31/former-all-star-josh-howard-stays-positive-as-he-waits-for-work/

    • Clips4

      Josh Howard is a locker room cancer though. He is very immature and needs to get his act together. He’s kind of like Darius Miles who had so much wasted potential but kept doing drugs and partying and doing dumb things and he never lived up to it. Josh Howard had the potential to be a top 25 player, but wasted it.

  • http://barmapla.com FD

    As for Demote’s comments, I’m not sure he watched the game. I do agree with the bad footwork on defense.
    Many of the turnovers were not all his fault, I’m not worried about that. DeAndre shouldn’t really be touching the ball that much anyway. His hook shot isn’t bad though.
    VDN played him 23 minutes. That’s about right. We’ll see the next 10 games how much confidence VDN has in DeAndre. I don’t even think DeMote can complain about playing him 23 minutes. Maybe he would complain about playing him at the end of the game though.

    Give DeAndre a change these first 10 games and then play Odom the last part of games.

    • Patrick

      I agree to an extent. Deandre had the ball far more than he is used to in that game. Last year and years before the only time he got the ball was if he was wide open. Although now he doesn’t need to be wide open to make a shot or have a play drawn up for him so in the preseason it seemed he could handle a bigger role. The problem is the preseason is very soft basketball, the rough inside game of Randolph and Gasol really did throw him threw a loop and he just wasn’t ready for it. He will be great against soft big man, and teams that don’t double him. It was the combo of him being double teamed and Memphis physical play that caused him to have so many turnovers.

    • Clips4

      You also have to remember that DJ started getting double-teamed in the post when he went into beast mode during the first quarter. You got it right, FD, that not all the turnovers DJ had were his fault. DJ even admitted himself during the final preseason game against Denver last week that he was not used to seeing double teams. He is still a work in progress, but you do see the improvements. He needs to learn to be a heads up player and pass out of the double team and he is working on that. With the footwork, I feel like his lateral quickness needs work on. He did play some scrappy defense in the first half though. To put things into perspective, it was also just one game and the very first one. I am not concerned about DJ as he will get better this season. We came out with the convincing win against a good Memphis squad and that is all that matters despite CP3 and Blake combining for 23 points.

  • http://clipperblog Tim

    Jordan, once again, I agree, the Clippers will win tonight, Chris Paul is easily positioned to go off vs whatever the Lakes are bringing at the point. CP is the head of the snake, and counting the pre-season, and game 1 vs Memphis, I have yet to see CP dominate. Blake had 25 and 11 vs Denver, Crawford had 29 vs Memphis, Bledsoe has had his moments through-out, DeAndre has had huge games, and CP has been in the background for the most part. Tonight is Pauls coming out party for 2012-13. Also, tonights bench of Bledsoe, Crawford, Barnes, LO, and Hollins is going to be HUGE! After tonight, only 56 more wins to go!

  • http://barmapla.com FD

    Clippers should pick up Eddie Curry, Dallas just cut him. He didn’t look that bad in that game against the Lakers.

    If DeAndre just tried to box out instead of going for blocked shots, he’d be a much better defender. Problem is he isn’t even trying. I don’t know if that’s a coaching thing or not.

    Demote’s point that teams can double Blake Griffin because of DeAndre is true, but DeAndre only played 23 minutes, so you can’t really blame Griffin’s low numbers on DeAndre’s lack of range. I think what hurt Blake Griffin the most last year was the back to back games and him constantly taking abuse with less time to recover. DeAndre has a little more range now with his jump hook. He still needs a couple more years. Hopefully Odom will end games for the Clippers. I have no problem with DeAndre playing 25 minutes a game though.

    • Clips4

      No to Curry. Did you watch that Mavs game against the Lakers, FD? Curry was flat in his shots and it was just ugly. He would be a horrible fit for this team because he is not very mobile and can’t run the floor. He is just a big body that clogs the paint and has very little athleticism. Plus, there are questions about his motor because he ate himself out of the league for a few years. The problem with him is the talent that is there but the lack of a motor to work hard. Yes, his weight and conditioning are better than in previous years but that is because of what playing with Miami did for him last year. He is still a long ways away and bringing him in would affect the locker room.

      • Bongstradamus

        Yea but did you see that hit on Kanter?

    • Clips4

      Plus, Memphis is a bad matchup for Blake. Z-Bo got into Blake’s head and took him out of his game. Blake needs to have the mindset that he wants to kill someone and he’ll play better. He is getting more physical with his defense which is good.

  • http://twitter.com/DigbyHowis Digby Howis

    lots of water under the bridge now… brown gone, D’antoni in, Nash still unknown…


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