Can we kindly suspend the term trap game with regard to any team not vying for a playoff spot and certainly one that’s lost 10 of its last 12 games? The Clippers don’t have trap games any more than anarchists have agenda items. Why have the Clippers descended to such an abject state? It&[...]

The league is changing and the seismic shift can be felt most conspicuously in the front-court. Some teams are getting stretchier at both the power forward and center, while others are employing smaller, more agile bigs who can beat you from any spot on the floor. The Clippers, as currently constitu[...]

Over the first five games of the season, Baron Davis had largely been deferential to his teammates.  To some extent, that was a function of his injury — he averaged fewer than 30 mpg during the first five games and wasn’t quite right at the outset.  But I think it was also a concession, [...]