One of the ways analysts project a player’s production is through similarity scores; other players of comparable attributes and stats, then integrate that information into the player one is projecting. ClipperBlog has opened up the archives looking for historical comparables to key members of the 20[...]

One of the ways analysts project a player’s production is through similarity scores; other players of comparable attributes and stats, then integrate that information into the player one is projecting. ClipperBlog has opened up the archives looking for historical comparables to key members of the 20[...]

Here’s an excerpt of a piece I wrote over at ProBasketballTalk about just how good the Clippers point guards have been. To read the full piece where I fawn over Eric Bledsoe in a manner that would even make our main man Charlie Widdoes blush, please click here. -D.J. *** A quarter of the way t[...]

Defense is something every writer on this site has been harping about at some point or another. And even though the Clippers are a top-10 defensively rated team, a lot of that is derived from turnovers, second unit gambles and late game clamp downs. So when I saw a strong, 24-second defensive posses[...]

One of the ways analysts project a player’s production is through similarity scores; other players of comparable attributes and stats, then integrate that information into the player one is projecting. ClipperBlog has opened up the archives looking for historical comparables to key members of [...]

One of the ways analysts project a player’s production is through similarity scores; other players of comparable attributes and stats, then integrate that information into the player one is projecting. ClipperBlog has opened up the archives looking for historical comparables to key members of [...]

In the trade that shocked the NBA, the Oklahoma City Thunder pulled the plug on its young core and traded James Harden, Cole Aldrich, Daequan Cook and Lazar Hayward to the Houston Rockets for Kevin Martin, Jeremy Lamb, two first-round draft picks (Dallas and Toronto) and a second-round pick (Charlot[...]

One of the things that has been percolating in my mind for some weeks now is how the Clippers’ jump shot selection will change in the upcoming season. It’s almost an impossible thing to quantify given the amount of roster turnover that has occurred. (Granted, the starting lineup is largely intact; i[...]