The Clippers are parachuting into Denver without Al Thornton, Chris Kaman, and Marcus Camby, so I don’t expect tonight to be much of a game. The Nuggets’ frontcourt rotation is composed of legitimate big men — Nene, Kevin Martin, Chris Andersen, and Renaldo Balkman. They don’t engage in a lot o[...]
With the Clippers playing out the string and college basketball at center stage, it’s time to take another look at the Clippers’ prospects in the upcoming draft. Back in January, we briefly discussed the Clippers’ needs, but didn’t take more than a cursory look at the field. More than two months[...]
Imagine it’s Spring 2008. You’re a 22-year-old basketball cautionary tale. A year earlier, you were booted off your college squad for disciplinary reasons. You managed to put together a solid campaign for the Idaho Stampede of the D-Leaguer, but Boise is still a long way from the L. In transit to Des Moi[...]
David Thorpe has a new feature up at ESPN.com, in which he assigns each rookie a veteran to study. Eric Gordon’s homework: Gordon is already a beast to defend with the ball in his hands. But to make himself even more difficult to defend (and prepare for), he’ll need to learn how to play without the ball. H[...]
One number jumps out from the box score: The 24 turnovers. Squandering more than a quarter of possessions signifies a sloppy team– and by a fair measure, the Clippers are pretty sloppy tonight. Somehow, though, this game stirs an earnest hope. Gutsy performance would be the rote characterization, but the feeling[...]
Livingston signed a multi-year contract with Oklahoma City yesterday. Tomorrow, he’ll participate in his first practice with the Thunder. Rob Mahoney has a nice paean to Shaun Livingston over at Hardwood Paroxysm: The underlying sentiment of most Livingston stories will parade his rehabilitation, and rightfully [...]
He’s perfectly fine is the word from team sources. Taylor injured his knee Saturday night at Houston and had to be helped off the court, though he returned to the game in the third quarter. Taylor has been a dynamic, dizzying force for the Clips in the dregs of spring basketball. His size will continue to prese[...]