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We’re inside the final three minutes of the game.  By all logic, the Clippers should be down 15-20 points.  But they’re up five, despite having only eight guys dressed, one of whom is Cheikh Samb.  This defies explanation…but it doesn’t really, because the Clippers have the guy on the floor, in Eric Gordon, who’s[...]

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Golden State waived Nelson during yesterday’s bloodletting of non-guaranteed contacts, a purging that also claimed Shaun Livingston. This comes as little surprise because Nelson’s strengths — the ability to defend three positions, a strong mid-range shot, a nuanced dribble game despite not being a pur[...]

Turns out that Henry Abbott composed a scouting opus of Samb during the 2007 Summer League in Las Vegas.  Abbott got impressions from both an anonymous scout as well as Joseph Treutlein of DraftExpress.com.  The first scout had this to say about Samb’s potential: Cheikh Samb needs to put on a lot of muscle. He ha[...]

Roundball Mining Company offered this scouting report on Cheikh Samb last month: Cheikh Samb - C – 7′1″ 240 lbs (Updated 12/22/2008) Offense:  Cheikh Samb is a raw player, but he already has an NBA quality offensive skill and that is a very nice outside shot.  Despite his height and lack of experience he has good[...]

In their effort to acquire a center corps composed exclusively of former Denver Nuggets, the Clippers acquired 7-foot-1 Senegalese center Cheikh Samb from Denver on Monday for a conditional second-round draft pick. Samb was drafted by the Lakers in the second round of the 2006 Draft — 17 picks after Paul Davis.  [...]

The Clippers today waived forward Paul Davis and newly-signed guard Fred Jones. Davis was the Clippers’ second round pick in the 2006 Draft.  He played in 27 games, averaging 4.0 points and 2.5 rebounds in 11.5 minutes per game this season.  Davis had a career night against Sacramento just a week ago, scoring 18 [...]

After today’s game, Mike Dunleavy offers an interesting comment to the Los Angeles Times‘ Broderick Perkins: “When guys get injured, typically you have agents that are going to tell them, ‘There’s no reason to hurry back. Make sure you’re 110% healthy before you come back,’ [...]