Marcus Camby on his new situation: “Anytime you get traded it’s always an awkward situation, especially when you’ve been in a place for a couple of years, you’re used to your surroundings, you know, you enjoy the situation that you’re in. But then to find out you’re traded and you have to move on to new surroundings, i[...]
The Clippers’ work on the phone lines seems done. Soon we can get back to the business of balling, or whatever remains of that enterprise for the Clippers until April 14. The Clippers essentially traded Marcus Camby, Al Thornton and Sebastian Telfair for Drew Gooden, Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake. More important [...]
When is losing better than winning? The obvious answer has something to do with extra lottery balls, but let’s ignore that aspect (for now). Sometimes winning can complicate things where losing won’t. A loss is just a loss, and a defeat to the Hawks is to be expected given the circumstances. But a win? A wi[...]
A few things from the 110-92 loss to Atlanta: Turnovers. The Clippers turn the ball over 22 times, which leads to many uncontested dunks and 34 total points off turnover for Atlanta. This isn’t a case of the the Clippers trying to engage Atlanta in an up and down affair – this is just blatant sloppiness. Th[...]
From Adrian Wojnarowski’s Twitter: “Cavs get Jamison and Telfair, Clippers get Drew Gooden and Washington gets Illgauskas, Al Thornton and Brian Skinner and Cavs 1st round pick.” Here’s how the trade looks on ESPN’s Trade Machine. Drew Gooden’s contract expires at the end of this yea[...]
For a team that’s dedicated itself to a more intuitive brand of basketball, I can’t recall one instant, apart from Bobby Brown’s alley-oop to DeAndre Jordan (3rd, 0:37), when a member of the Clippers creates a shot or makes a play for a teammate. You see basic entry passes (although even those present[...]