I wish I had some poetic words for you; some great analogy to really capture everything. Some infinite basketball wisdom. I don’t have any of those things. I guess all I can really muster is that if you’re anything like me, you struggle to appreciate the moment while you’re in it. [...]
Eric Bledsoe is no longer a secret. Not nearly a household name, but by putting up numbers not seen since Magic Johnson in 1981, he’s tough to ignore. Among those taking note is friend of ClipperBlog, Beckley Mason. A year after pointing out what made the Clippers tough to root for, it’s[...]
The best part about the NBA preseason is that, unlike in football or baseball, a majority of the players we’ll see in the regular season play. There just aren’t that many “dead” roster spots on an NBA roster, so we all win when we get to see the regulars tune up against each [...]
Training camp has begun and that means players no one has ever heard of are starting to come out of the woodworks. Every year, fringe NBA hoopsters get invited to camp and work their tails off to try to scratch their way onto a team’s roster. In the case of the Clippers, the training camp invitees p[...]
Because of their impending trip to China to play exhibition games against the Heat on October 11th (in Beijing) and 14th (in Shanghai), the Clippers got a head start on media day and the beginning of training camp over the past few days. So while players from most other teams are telling stories abo[...]
As tends to be the case with recent collections of megatalent under the umbrella of Team USA, this year’s gold medal winning group seems to have had itself a blast. And why not? It’s not hard to see why one might enjoy playing basketball alongside a bunch of unselfish superstars, most [...]
ESPN and others are reporting that the Clippers could help facilitate a deal that would send Dwight Howard to the Nets. For their troubles, they would be getting 23-year old, 6-foot-5 (with a 7″1′ wingspan) shooting guard MarShon Brooks from the Nets in exchange for a lottery-protected f[...]
Draft aficionados Charlie Widdoes, Andrew Han and Michael Shagrin put on their best suits and run a little 3-on-3 action. Awkward handshakes and hats that are too small for everyone! 1. What do you think the Clippers need to address most in this draft? Charlie Widdoes: They are weakest on the[...]