The Clippers are the flavor of the month. They have one of best starting line-ups in basketball, arguably the best point guard and power forward in the NBA, and appear to be serious contenders out West. There’s a unique buzz about the team, with famous rappers even making songs about the ̶[...]

Before the season gets started, three of our writers previewed the season for the Clippers as a team. How far can they go? Let’s see what Charlie Widdoes, Nick Flynt and Mark Shore have to say. 1. Fact or fiction: The Clippers will host a Game 1 in the 2012 playoffs.   Charlie Widdoes, Cl[...]

Time is winding down on the clock. The Clippers have the last shot. What do they do? Usually, and it’s this way with most teams, the answer is a 1-4 isolation — your basic clearout for a guard at the top of the key. There are a few reasons why this is so popular in the NBA. If you run a [...]

The foundations for last year’s annoying 23rd ranked offense were two of the more pestering and inevitable patterns of Clipper failure: third quarter collapses and a disproportionately high amount of turnovers. Completely understandable with a team carrying so many young players, but that doesn’t al[...]

Here’s Kevin Arnovitz on TrueHoop on what we need to learn about the Clippers:   “It was all so odd. Not just that the Clippers trampled the Lakers in a preseason game, or that the media scrum outside the Clippers’ locker room after the game dwarfed the crowd waiting to get in[...]

The line went around the block. It was weaving back and forth, almost set up like a queue at an amusement park, and filled with fans waiting for an opportunity to watch the new hottest team in basketball – the Los Angeles Clippers. Walking into the Galen Center, with the downtown LA skyline serving [...]

ClipperBlog’s Jovan Buha was able to catch up with a few of the Clippers after tonight’s scrimmage, while Mason Wehrli broke down all the action. Just remember – it was only a scrimmage. With the NBA finally back, the hype in Los Angeles is no longer exclusively Laker nation. There[...]

Here’s ESPN.com’s David Thorpe discussing the intricacies of the high pick-and-roll, how it will look with Chris Paul and Griffin running it, and what’s needed around those two guys to make it successful:[...]