Clipper Exit Interviews: Day 1 (VIDEO)

Matt Barnes always has the best interviews. He’s epic.

Barnes at least sounded like he wanted to come back. CP3 didn’t instill nearly as much confidence, but it sounds like he and Paul talked about it on the plane. I still would say that they will most likely stay, but you never know.

it’s not about being a special group off the court it is about being a special group on the court I am sorry but I don’t see 2 much unity and harmony on the court not enough protection of each other working on a string I see one on one ball not enough help defense no movement off the ball no hustle play no stopping fast breaks no imagination no reversing of the ball side 2 side no coach advocating 4 his players especially blake coach needs 2 get necessary techs point out 2 referees that opposition got away with murder need coach that as excellent knowledge of his players who should start and who should be the guy this team will continue 2 not go further if this coach remains – get youth and athleticism in wing position make dj earn his right 2 start he should not be guarantee starting minutes I would like 2 see blake strive 4 defensive player of the year – want 2 see him steal more block more intimidate more front a player get around them more use his quickness and help teammates and make his 10-12 ft jump shots on consistent basis from left 2 right unstoppable moves u will be best player in NBA without a doubt do not need 2 hit a lot of 20ft shots u will be effective down low in the post that is ur game closer 2 basket but not where there is so much body contact every game because the team needs u healthy develop a floater in ur arsenal bledsoe needs 2 grow mentally get smarter on court know when 2 drive and reduce unnecessary turnovers but keep ur aggressiveness and develop a great 10-15ft shot

I’m concerned Chris Paul will leave. There’s a tone to what I’ve read and heard him say in the media the last couple of days that is more negative than I was expecting. He sounds basically appalled at the way things went and gthe way some of his teammates played.

When you stop and think about it, there’s really no good way for the Clippers to improve significantly. There’s no cap room for signing a star player. Possibly they could trade DeAndre Jordan. I listened to the call in radio show after the last game, and many of the callers were complaining about Jordan. The final call of the night and the season was from Jeff from Tarzana, who use to defend Jordan, and his very last sentence was “The Clippers have to move Jordan”.

Saturday morning i was listening to the Freddy Coleman’s national show on ESPN, and he was repeating what Barkley had said about Jordan on TNT the night before, “If you locked Jordan in a gym over night with a basketball and told him he couldn’t dunk, when you came back the next morning, he might have scored 6 points.”

So there seems to be a growing consensus Jordan is bad. Well, hopefully, they can trade him. Some of the bottom dwelling teams might take a chance on him, and then the Clippers might have some cap room to improve.

If the Clippers don’t improve significantly, then they aren’t going to be better than the New Orleans team Paul left. So why should he stay with the Clippers, other than the extra money. Maybe that’s enough reason, maybe not.

paul: “havent even thought about the free agency yet”

barnes: “chris and me already talked about it on the plane after the memphis game.”

I dont like this