New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith was named Sixth Man of the Year on Monday, per ESPNNewYork.com’s Ian Begley. Smith finished with 484 total voting points (72 first place votes), while Crawford ended up with 352 points (31`first place votes), according to the NBA’s official voting breakdown. Th[...]

Los Angeles Clippers guards Jamal Crawford and Eric Bledsoe will miss Tuesday’s game against the Charlotte Bobcats. Grant Hill is also questionable. Crawford is with his family after the birth of his daughter, London, yesterday. He is expected to travel with the Clippers on their upcoming road trip [...]

Here’s an excerpt from a piece I wrote for ESPN Los Angeles today about Eric Bledsoe’s journey this season: With the departure of Mo Williams in an offseason trade, Bledsoe became a full-time backup point guard this season. Outside of high school and a small portion of his rookie season,[...]

The NBA announced today that Eric Bledsoe would be competing in the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest on Saturday night in Houston. It’s a bit of a unexpected but welcome announcement after word came out yesterday that DeAndre Jordan had declined an invitation to join in the dunk festivities. This is i[...]

In case you’ve missed it or don’t have an Insider account, ESPN’s John Hollinger has been releasing his regular season forecast day-by-day starting last week. Today, he revealed his sixth-seed projection for the Eastern and Western conference. Alas, the Clippers came in at No. 6, b[...]

Before the Clippers take on the Cavs at 4 pm PT today, let’s catch you up with a few post-Billups bullets.   Check out the latest edition of the Clippers podcast featuring Kevin Arnovitz, Jordan Heimer and ESPNLA.com’s editor in chief, Eric Neel. The guys discuss what the loss of Ch[...]

While you keep your fingers crossed for the MRI results on Chauncey Billups and his left Achilles, let’s give you some waiting room material to browse over. Jordan Heimer was on Lob City Ledger duty last night, and pointed out something that’s been mentioned in the comments section here:[...]

Let’s roundup the action from last night’s victory over the defending champs before we get to the recap:   Here’s the Hoopdata.com box score. Best nugget: Mo Williams had a True Shooting Percentage of 81.9% last night. If you had to hand out the 6th Man of the Year Award today[...]