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[...]
On this day of maternal appreciation, the Clippers have emerged victorious from a grueling series against Memphis. If the Clippers had lost this extremely physical Game 7, there would have been no doubt about Vinny Del Negro’s future; he would have been fed to the Mama Grizzlies, never to be seen again (besides i[...]
In the aftermath of a “Do-or-Die” Game 7, Kevin Arnovitz takes stock of the win, a quintessential Clippers victory executed in a manner most unexpected: There are big postseason games characterized by a brilliant strategic adjustment, exploiting a defensive weakness or attacking a mismatch at the perfect mo[...]