In early 2006 at the urging of some friends, I launched ClipperBlog. The Clippers were an interesting team at the time, but there was relatively little in the way of in-depth analysis and thoughtful discussion. Mike Fiske built the site from scratch, and we were off. Over time as life became busier [...]
We’re slightly more than halfway through the NBA season and that means it’s a perfect time to offer some midseason evaluations. ClipperBlog will be running “Clipper Midterms” throughout the week, one piece a day from Monday through Friday. Here is part two from Fred Katz. Basketball is a team game a[...]
We’re slightly more than halfway through the NBA season and that means it’s a perfect time to offer some midseason evaluations. ClipperBlog will be running “Clipper Midterms” throughout the week, one piece a day from Monday through Friday. Here is part one from Jordan Heimer.[...]
There’s nothing like a second try to get things right. After losing a tough one to the Blazers on Saturday, the Clippers made amends on Sunday with a Blake Griffin game for the ages. While everyone at the water cooler fawns over Kobe and his 14 assists, you make sure to mention Blake had 9 [...]
Just when it looked like things couldn’t go any worse for the Clippers, Chris Paul has no set timetable for his return and they dropped a winnable game to the lowly Phoenix Suns. Blake Griffin twisted his ankle and was hobbled, and Eric Bledsoe, Matt Barnes and Jamal Crawford did as much as th[...]
As the Clippers sit at 30-9 on the season, just a half game back from the Oklahoma City Thunder, Chris Paul is averaging a career-low 33.4 minutes per game, almost three full minutes less than that of his rookie season. This, in part, is because the Clippers have dispatched of their opponents with r[...]
According to the Los Angeles Times’ Broderick Turner, Chris Paul has a right knee contusion and will miss tonight’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies. Paul will also likely miss tomorrow night’s back-to-back game against the Houston Rockets. Here’s some more information from[...]
Here’s an excerpt from a post I wrote over at ProBasketballTalk on how some of the criticism surrounding Blake Griffin’s offensive game is off base. To read the full post, please click here. -D.J. *** Now it’s Griffin’s third season, and we’ve reached a strange place. A[...]