According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the Clippers have reached out to the Boston Celtics to resume their discussions about the potential Doc Rivers and Kevin Garnett trade. So much for this deal being dead — that lasted a mere 24 hours. Here are Woj’s tweets: The Clippers re[...]
• Chauncey Billups was named the recipient of the inaugural Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award yesterday, according to the NBA. Here is part of the press release: As part of its support for the Twyman-Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, the NBA will make a $25K donation to the charity of Billu[...]
A new name materialized on the coaching front today. George Karl, newly minted Coach of the Year was let go from the Denver Nuggets as that organization continues to overhaul its staff. Sources told Ramona Shelburne of ESPN Los Angeles that Karl is “very intrigued” by the open position w[...]
We interrupt Los Angeles’ coaching search to bring this message: On Wednesday, Adrian Wojnarowski tweeted that DeAndre Jordan has been invited to Las Vegas for Team USA camp. Clippers center DeAndre Jordan has been invited to the USA Basketball national team camp in Las Vegas, league source te[...]
For ESPN Los Angeles, Kevin Arnovitz writes that the Clippers’ front office claims responsibility for Del Negro’s release. In response to reports that Chris Paul was unhappy with being linked to the firing of former coach Vinny Del Negro, Los Angeles Clippers management on Friday publicl[...]
The Orlando Magic are reportedly interested in acquiring Clippers guard Eric Bledsoe, according to ESPN.com’s Chad Ford. The deal would center around the Magic’s Arron Afflalo going to the Clippers in exchange for Bledsoe and Caron Butler’s expiring deal. Here’s an excerpt fr[...]
The All-NBA teams were announced today, and Chris Paul and Blake Griffin were named to the first and second teams, respectively. This was Paul’s fifth time being named to the All-NBA team and third time making the first team (also made it in 2008 and 2012). Meanwhile, Griffin’s selection[...]
Over at ESPN Los Angeles, I wrote about the Clippers’ offseason and some of the issues they need to address. Here’s a quick excerpt: Big man with shooting range One of the biggest problems for the Clippers offensively this season was that besides Griffin — who’s at his best when op[...]