From Clippers.com: Los Angeles Clippers today waived forward Taj Gray. Gray, who Earned First Team All-Big 12 honors in 2005 as a junior and second team All-Big 12 in 2006 as a senior at the University of Oklahoma, averaged 19.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 blocks in 11 French league games played for Chora[...]
The Clippers spent a good part of Tuesday’s practice working on defensive rotations. During the team’s 5-on-5 scrimmage, the coaching staff would have one practice squad run a high pick-and-roll, with a direction by Mike Dunleavy to go left or right off the action. The defensive unit was then ordered to tra[...]
The game between the Clippers and Warriors in Oakland wasn’t televised in Los Angeles or on the web. I wasn’t able to listen to the game on radio, and can only glean so much from the box score of the Clips’ 108-101 loss to GSW. The Red Flags 16 offensive rebounds for Golden State. That means the Clip[...]
We’ll have an idea by Thanksgiving whether the cautious optimism that’s brewing in Playa Vista is rooted in reality, but one thing is certain: It exists. And it’s more optimism than caution. The Clippers believe they’re a pretty good team. They feel like they have as many as 14 rotation players [...]
Quiet day in Playa Vista as the Clips wrap up their first week of training camp: Blake Griffin is day-to-day with a bruised left patella. He worked out and performed some shooting drills today, but seems generally frustrated as a bystander. He won’t play Sunday evening in Oakland when the Clippers’ take t[...]
I’d read recently on Kevin Pelton’s Statistical Analysis Primer that “Effective Field-Goal Percentage was invented by current L.A. Clippers Coach Mike Dunleavy.” Dunleavy as statistical innovator came as some surprise because the Clippers aren’t regarded as an organization on the vanguard [...]
For updates, please subscribe to Clipperblog’s Twitter feed. Blake Griffin sat out practice with a bruised left patella. It appears to be nothing serious, and there was no visible swelling on his knee. He spent the morning working out on the elliptical machine and the like. The Clippers have a 15th roster spot if[...]
An NBA team’s media day isn’t unlike the first day of school. Although nothing of consequence happens, the two-hour photo shoot and schmoozefest mark the start of the NBA season. The official training camp roster is handed out like a syllabus. Players and beat writers who haven’t seen one another in m[...]