ClipperBlog Live: Clippers 103 Suns 77

Clips4, please stop making stuff up. Eric Bledsoe was 22 years old last May. I’ve heard you run this take that Bledsoe was gassed so I researched it. I read some of the blogs from the playoff series vs Memphis and San Antonio. He was not gassed in the playoffs. No one came out in any blog to say anything negative about Eric Bledsoe. People were posting that he was the best player on either the Clippers or the Spurs in game 1, so how do you figure he was gassed? To steal a quote from the game recap of the Game 4 vs the Spurs, you the last game the Clippers played from their long season, where Bledsoe was gassed??? “The Clippers got another big game from back-up guard Eric Bledsoe in the
series. Bledsoe, who scored 23 points in the Game 1 loss, finished with 17
points, including 11 in the fourth quarter, when he helped keep the Clippers in
the game”

You act like Vinny suddenly played Bledsoe for 40 minutes. The most minutes he had was 26, and you are trying to say that a 22 year Eric Bledsoe in the prime of his life, with 0% body fat, chiseled with muscles galore was gassed??? I’m shaking my head man!

DJ and Bledsoe will not be gassed if they suddenly end up playing a few more minutes come playoff time. These are young men in the primes of their lives. They can run hoops all day down at the gym, and be no worse for wear. Bledsoe gassed? Now that’s hysterical!

Bledsoe averaged barely 17 minutes during the playoffs last year, and his best performances were when he played extended minutes. Bledsoe most extensive minutes was 26 minute, 23 pt performance vs the Spurs in game 1, and he had 8 pts and 3 rebounds, a couple of steals in the 4th quarter. On such extensive minutes, for someone who was obviously gassed (but not really), that’s quite a bit of production there Clips4. I do not buy that Bledsoe playing 10 minutes during the regular season, and then ramping up to 17 in the post, resulted in Bledsoe getting gassed. His production alone proves that he was not. Bledsoe was not gassed, that’s all I’m saying.

Only saw the phrases “last year’s playoffs” and “no one said Bledsoe was not gassed.”

Just wanted to say that I think I said Bledsoe was gassed during the playoffs last year. I think Charlie, DJ and Jordan complained about it too. Can’t be sure, but I think it was Game 5 of the Memphis series. Maybe Game 6? I don’t recall without double checking, but I do recall the image of Bledsoe asking to come out during the 4th quarter because he was exhausted.

If this is not relevant to the conversation, then please ignore.

Ok, I stand slightly correct, so in Game 6, its true, you and Jordon did discuss the fact that Bledsoe was winded and he was, the term you used was gassed, but gassed means you got nothing left. Bledsoe subbed into the game with 2 and a half remaining in the 3rd, and didn’t come out until almost 4 minutes were left in the 4th quarter of a tight game decided by only 2 pts.Bledsoe played almost 11 consecutive minutes of crunch time playoff hoops, and the way he plays the game, winded is kinda what you’d expect. Gassed? That means nothing is left in the tank. They put Bledsoe back in the game a couple times before the end where he assisted on the final shot. A gassed player has nothing left, you can’t put a gassed player back in the game, he’s gassed. In a playoff series, do you really run a reserve player back out there who is gassed? All Bledsoe did from that point forward was get even better as a player, was solid in game 7 vs Memphis, and was the Clippers MVP during the Spurs series. Gassed means you got nothing left. Bledsoe was not gassed. I think the term was an over-exaggeration, but I noticed, other than Clips4, no one really latched onto the Bledsoe gassed theory. Gassed means nothing in the tank. I honestly think its ok for players to leave it all out there on the court, and catch there breath during time outs.

Regardless, with Bledsoe, if he plays 15, or 30 minutes, if he’s playing his game, he’ll be tired, or as you put, gassed In your terms, Bledsoe was gassed just the other night. Ever see Bledsoe do a post game interview where he struggles to catch his breath just seconds after the game ended? Yeah, he was gassed then too. Bledsoe is all over the court all the time. Are you worried that Bledsoe might get tired? That happens every game, at least it should, the way he plays the game. Consistent minutes has nothing to do with how Bledsoe applies his skill-set. You used the term gassed like its something terrible, that might happen. Bledsoe gets gassed every night, so what?

My long ass rant, and you “Only saw the phrases “last year’s playoffs” and “no one said Bledsoe was not gassed.” That’s it? That’s all you saw? Ok, just checkin’ Mr. Han.

Happy Holidays Mr. Han. Bring back the card game, that George McCloud card was awesome. I wasn’t sure if it McCloud or JR Rider, they both look alike, but Rider never wore a Mavs uni, but I could of swore he did during the game. I like checking out whats in Andrews old basketball card box. The scavenger hunt ain’t cuttin’ it! The card game, we can all play along at home, and guess. What am I suppose to do, bring something to my computer that I ate last week? It doesn’t work. Show me some old John Konkac or Shawn Bradley card show me so Detlef Scrempt. I want to see the old Marc Ivarroni 76ers card or something to bring memories, instead of watching Jovan search his humble dwelling for whatever you tell him to bring back. And so what if they don’t know the players from back then, it just shows how much they really know, or don’t know. Hey, us old-schoolers like seeing the old-school stuff.