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[...]
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 [...]
DeAndre Jordan continues to impress. You always have to offer a qualifier in Summer League, because many of Jordan’s easy routes to the hoop won’t be there when long, speedy NBA help defenders in the regular season slide over to cut off DJ’s path to the rim, but here in Vegas, he’s winning every[...]
Last night’s showcase of Blake Griffin and Eric Gordon at the Thomas & Mack Center should have been the halcyon moment in the Clippers’ rebirth as a franchise. With the Clippers’ brass beaming on the sideline, the team’s featured 20-year-old offensive stars ran a clinic, establishing themsel[...]
I’ll have more on Griffin’s debut over the next several hours. This is what I filed for TrueHoop: Moments prior to Blake Griffin’s NBA debut, the Los Angeles Clippers’ brass was lined up courtside, smiling widely like expectant parents. And if the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas weren̵[...]