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Al Thornton and Eric Gordon will be arch rivals — at least for a couple of hours.  Both Clippers have been selected to play in the 2009 Rookie Challenge during All-Star Weekend in Phoenix: Forward Jeff Green, Durant’s teammate in Oklahoma City, joins him on the Sophomore team, which also includes Atlanta Ha[...]

Given his combination of brute strength and quickness, there’s really no reason that Eric Gordon should record his first rebound at the [3rd, 1:44] mark, particularly with Camby on the shelf.  But that’s what happened Friday night against Oklahoma City.  In Monday night’s game vs. Portland, Gordon put[...]

Going into the 2008 NBA Draft — before Baron Davis signed a five-year, $65M contract to serve as the Clippers point guard through 2013, and before Elton Brand slipped out the back door — the Clippers were a team in desperate need of a backcourt scorer, and preferably one that could play the point.  Unlike t[...]

The Clippers manage to stay close to Portland for three quarters, but they play much of the game on borrowed time.  How can we tell?  By taking a closer look at the shot distribution.  While both teams shoot well in the first half — Portland 55.9%, the Clippers 48.5% — Portland gets precisely the shots they[...]

Game 44 7:30p PT Fox Sports Prime Ticket KSPN 710 AM UPDATE, 6:52pm: About 45 minutes before tip-off, and Baron Davis is working his way counterclockwise around the three-point arc.  Coach Mike Dunleavy told reporters during his pregame avail that Baron is still on schedule to return Wednesday or Friday.  Davis has now[...]

In his most recent Draft Watch column at ESPN.com, Chad Ford appraises the talent pool at the wings in the upcoming draft: While there is some talent, the field doesn’t appear to have the next Dwyane Wade or even the next Danny Granger in the mix. When you take a look at the Clippers’ organizational chart, [...]

Basketball games that feature the Golden State Warriors tend to produce some counter-intuitive data, which makes sense because Don Nelson is a prophet of counter-intuition.  He’ll assign 6′ 10″ Anthony Randolph to guard the ball.  He’ll put Corey Maggette on the Clippers’ best perimeter sh[...]

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