One of the few beneficiaries of the Clippers’ injury situation this season has been sharpshooting forward Steve Novak. On Sunday afternoon, Novak went 3-3 from the field — all three FGMs were from beyond the arc. He finished the game with a +13, far and away the best rating of any Clipper. Novak is now [...]
Commenter Petey responds to the recap of yesterday’s Phoenix game with a very timely and appropriate reference to a post on Eric Musselman’s blog: “I don’t have any answers. Maybe that high S/R should be run with EJ and Camby. Maybe you feed Thornton in the post and lure the Phoenix bigs out of the lane [th[...]
Per Lisa Dillman at the Los Angeles Times: Mike Dunleavy, the Clippers general manager and coach, said that they did not receive good news about Kaman and his strained left arch, saying he probably wouldn’t be ready to return until after the All-Star break. The All-Star game is Feb. 15 in Phoenix. Kaman has not p[...]
When you examine the anatomy of Al Thornton’s offense, the numbers are pretty dramatic. As an overall jump shooter, Thornton is a 36.7% shooter and generates 0.88 points per possession. When Al finishes at the basket, he’s a 57.2% shooter, and chalks up 1.2 points per possession. Take a look at some heat[...]
For about five halves of basketball — the Detroit game, Dallas game, and the first 24 minutes in San Antonio — the surprising, scrappy Clippers played an appealing brand of hustling, aspirational basketball. At some point in the third quarter of the Spurs game, that label expired. Tonight, Eric Gordon appea[...]