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The Minnesota deal does not preclude a Sessions acquisition. Those conversations will continue, according to sources on both sides of the discussions. The Clippers still hold a trade exception, which is a nice chip to have and gives them another way to structure any potential deal. Craig Smith is a considerable upgrade[...]

Craig Smith Position: Undersized 4 (6-foot-7) Contract: 1 year, $2.5M 2008-09 PER: 17.01 Comment: Smith is an extremely efficient offensive creature, though he needs to step away from the table if he wants to be able to guard quicker, longer face-up 4s and perimeter 3s. Smith shot 47.9% on 2-point jumpers — one o[...]

From Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo! Sports: The Los Angeles Clippers have reached an agreement in principle to trade guard Quentin Richardson to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Sebastian Telfair, Mark Madsen and Craig Smith, leagues sources said Monday. Richardson is quickly becoming the Mike Remlinger of basketball. More[...]

I’ll be tweeting Summer League from about 3p PT until the last game is over at around 930p PT.  I’ll be bouncing between gyms, but will have the entire Clips-Suns game for you from Thomas & Mack at 730p PT. Here’s the link over at TrueHoop. And here’s my Twitter feed if you’re on the g[...]

There are two primary reasons why Eric Gordon has missed each of the past two games: [1] He has a bruised leg, though it’s nothing serious. [2] He’s been invited to Team USA mini-camp here in Vegas next week. “We don’t want to kill him,” assistant general manager Neil Olshey said.  There&#[...]

“Done,” according to Mike Dunleavy, as of a little after 3:30 p.m. PT.[...]

From David Thorpe’s Summer League Twitter Thread: Once again, DeAndre Jordan is taking pride in setting screens. Thrope mentioned this the other day and ever since, I’ve been making a point to watch DJ in screen situations.  You know what? He’s right. Jordan is a completely different, more engaged pla[...]

From Marc Stein: In more definitive transaction news involving the Clippers, L.A. has offered a coaching position to famed skills guru Tim Grgurich in hopes of convincing Grgurich to walk away from longtime boss George Karl. The Nuggets are working to convince Grgurich to stay. In NBA circles, the notoriously taciturn [...]