From a piece I wrote for ESPN Los Angeles: There are seminarians who have been subjected to fewer questions about their religious views than Los Angeles Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy. Since the moment he arrived to coach the team in 2003, Dunleavy has routinely been asked whether the Clippers’ misfortunes can[...]
According to Adrian Wojnarowski and Marc J. Spears at Ball Don’t Lie: Besides Rondo and Rose, the East roster includes Boston’s Paul Pierce, Toronto’s Chris Bosh, Charlotte’s Gerald Wallace and Atlanta’s Joe Johnson and Al Horford. The West reserves are the New Orleans’ Chris Paul, t[...]
“This is humiliating. It is absolutely embarrassing.” — Ralph Lawler [4th, 0:59.2] With Devin Harris and Courtney Lee not suited up for New Jersey, the Nets have precious few places to go in the halfcourt. Brook Lopez on the block provides the Nets with a viable option, but there’s little else o[...]
Gordon was selected to the team, along with Derrick Rose, O.J. Mayo, Michael Beasley, Kevin Love, Brook Lopez, Danilo Gallinari, Russell Westbrook and Marc Gasol. The game is scheduled for February 12 — in 16 days. Presumably, Gordon’s toe will be healed by then. Then, of course… At halftime of the T-[...]
When we weren’t busy obsessing over Ramon Sessions, Clipperblog spent the last days of Summer detailing our hopes and fears for the upcoming season. Now that we’re past the midway point of the 82 game schedule, let’s review that Hopes and Fears series to get some perspective on where the Clippers curr[...]
There isn’t a game on the schedule where Eric Gordon doesn’t come in handy, but against Boston’s ball pressure in the halfcourt, EJ’s absence is especially costly. The Celtics’ defense focuses on cutting off large swaths of the floor with hard traps. The best way to alleviate that pressure? Perimeter spacin[...]
The Clippers bolster their badly depleted backcourt. From Marc Stein of ESPN: The New Orleans Hornets have lined up the last move they need to make to get under the NBA’s luxury-tax threshold. NBA front-office sources told ESPN.com that the Hornets have reached a verbal agreement on a trade with the Los Angeles C[...]