In case you’ve missed it or don’t have an Insider account, ESPN’s John Hollinger has been releasing his regular season forecast day-by-day starting last week. Today, he revealed his sixth-seed projection for the Eastern and Western conference. Alas, the Clippers came in at No. 6, b[...]
It wasn’t pretty, but the Clippers defeated the Heat in Chris Paul’s return from injury first preseason game this season. The Clippers led early and throughout, a stark contrast from the bashing they took in their first meeting with the Heat. However, L.A. nearly blew its 17-point fourth[...]
(Not really little. China is massive, both physically and in terms of population.) I’m not sure how many of you bothered to stay up last night to watch the game live, but I did. So now I get the joy of living in Pacific Time and adjusting myself off of China Time without the rigors of travel! [...]
The Clippers held an open scrimmage at USC’s Galen Center today, with the bench (white team) tying the starters (blue team) 31-31 after two 12-minute halves. Chris Paul, Chauncey Billups, Trey Thompkins and Grant Hill did not participate — Hill isn’t injured, so he likely sat out f[...]
Somehow, despite taking another step towards becoming maybe the most effective offensive player ever to play his position, and doing so on a team that went to the 2nd round of the playoffs, Blake Griffin regressed rather drastically in the eyes of #NBArank voters. His aggregate score (out of 10) dro[...]
There’s that depth we’ve been talking about! By at least one measure, the Clippers’ team building efforts this summer have been validated by the collective wisdom ESPN’s 104-person panel of #NBArank “experts.” They/we came up with six (6!) current Clippers between spots 110 and 130. It’s not really [...]
Surprise, surprise. The Los Angeles Lakers had the summer blockbuster — a big big budget production unlike any other. The producer somehow tracked down all the available stars, corralled them all together on one team, and bingo! It’s already being heralded as a massive success. The direc[...]