It is often best to show restraint when it comes to young players. Expectations have a way of getting out of hand when you see eye-popping physical gifts and allow yourself to dream. You see what they can do, and all of a sudden you find yourself just assuming that a turnover problem or iffy shooting stroke will correc[...]
Isn’t it great to be watching a basketball game again instead of a barfight (i.e. Round 1)? Unfortunately, all that space, flow and tempo Clippers fans had missed came in a convincing loss to the San Antonio Spurs. Let’s start with the opposition Game 1 validated everything about the Spurs: they are disciplined, effici[...]
In some ways, the Clippers season begins tonight. After the Chris Paul trade and the elevated expectations that came with it, you could have argued — and I did — that anything less than a trip to the second round would be a disappointment. And so, here they are, ready to begin. The Spurs await, representi[...]
We interrupt your regularly scheduled playoff programming to bring attention to a phenomenal video documentary about the Sacramento Kings and their battle to stay in Sacramento. This has more to do with the Clippers than you might think — Anaheim wants a team, and well…just watch the video. It’s well [...]
After an incredibly hard-fought series, the Clippers must’ve enjoyed celebrating around this gift from the Memphis fans quite a bit. Adrian Wojnarowski, on Vinny Del Negro, who he says deserves credit, and a contract beyond this season, because of his team’s performance yesterday: “On his walk to the [...]
Going into the playoffs, the book on the Clippers was written. The boys from “Lob City” were more glitz than grit. They were a defensive disaster — slow on the perimeter, toothless up the middle. They were a jump-shooting team that was about as predictable offensively as a coin-flip. They had no depth[...]