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,’ [...]
It seems ridiculous to sanctify grown men for doing their jobs, but the Clippers’ few remaining healthy bodies play a gutsy game this afternoon. “Clippers Point Guard” is now the NBA’s equivalent of “Spinal Tap Drummer.” Today’s spontaneous combustion? Fred Jones — tod[...]
When Jason Hart leaves the game in the first half with elbow tendinitis, Fred Jones – a player who wasn’t in the league a week ago – becomes the Clippers’ first-string point guard. Jones doesn’t play poorly, finishing with a +9 on the night, as the Clippers hang around against a healthy, talented Phoenix team. Where [...]
Ben York of Ben’s Suns Blog has put together a solid Q & A exchange. I answered some questions about the state of the Clippers over at BSB, while Ben was kind enough to give us a glimpse of the league’s most ever-evolving team: Where do you come down on The Great Phoenix Suns Tempo Debate? I am one of [...]