BOBBY SIMMONS Reading Material: On the Road, by Jack Kerouac Perhaps to balance out all of the roster turnover — or more likely as an attempt to bolster a nonexistent wing rotation — the Clippers brought back an old friend in 2012. Bobby Simmons, whose best season as a pro in 2004-05 earned him a five-year,[...]
ClipperBlog is running a series called “Summer Reading” – tidbits, advice and (ideally) reading material for each member of the Los Angeles Clippers. The hope being that players return next season armed with newfound knowledge, improvements to their skills and emboldened by their summer studies. Because knowing is half[...]
ClipperBlog is running a series called “Summer Reading” – tidbits, advice and (ideally) reading material for each member of the Los Angeles Clippers. The hope being that players return next season armed with newfound knowledge, improvements to their skills and emboldened by their summer studies. Becau[...]
ClipperBlog is running a series called “Summer Reading” – tidbits, advice and (ideally) reading material for each member of the Los Angeles Clippers. The hope being that players return next season armed with newfound knowledge, improvements to their skills and emboldened by their summer studies. Because knowing is half[...]
“The Clippers’ curse isn’t a supernatural phenomenon. It has a name, a face and an unfortunate history of personal failure.” – Kevin Arnovitz on Donald Sterling, 8/18/10. In the end, Neil Olshey’s tenure as the Clippers’ General Manager concluded much like it began. Prior to &[...]
(Editor’s note: Neil Olshey did not actually write this letter) Dear Clipper Nation, For the eight full seasons and seven months this year when I was an at-will employee, getting paid month to month like many of you, it was my pleasure to serve the Clippers on your behalf. You stuck with us through thick and thin[...]
Neil Olshey is the GM for the Clippers! Neil Olshey is the GM for the Blazers! Did we just slip into an alternate dimension? Where did the timeline fracture? And how, for a brief instant, did we glimpse into the other side of the rabbit hole? Here’s the sequence of events (as best as I can surmise) that caused a flux i[...]