The indispensable 82games.com has launched its 2009-10 coverage, and the advanced numbers for the Clippers are both fascinating and encouraging. Improved Ball Movement For the first time in a long while, the Clippers are truly able to space the floor effectively. As a result, the ball has been flowi[...]

From the Twitter feed of Los Angeles Times Clippers beat writer, Lisa Dillman: Eric Gordon (sore left groin) doubtful for Monday night’s game vs. New Orleans. Eric’s numbers have been astounding through six games and his absence makes life far more difficult for a Clippers’ team wi[...]

Finally had a chance to watch most of Dallas’ big win over the Lakers last night, and the findings were interesting. 80 percent of Dallas’ offensive sets can be reasonably classified as one of two things: Pick-and-roll Dirk Nowitzki There’s some overlap here, but Nowitzki — a[...]

Opening night is always a little dizzying. It’s difficult to measure the new versus the familiar, and to banish what you want to forget while still recalling the stuff that’s useful to remember. Though all five Clipper starters Tuesday night are alumni of last season’s miserable sq[...]

Even with all the highlight plays and their hot first quarter start, the Clippers still fell to the Lakers tonight 114-108 in the championship game of the Lakers Preseason Shootout Tournament. There were a lot of promising signs for the Clippers early, but the general effort and level of play tailed[...]

The Clippers exercised their respective options for the 2010-11 season on both Eric Gordon and Al Thornton. Gordon’s option runs $3.02 million, while Thornton will cost the Clippers $2.81 million. Extending Gordon, of course, is a no-brainer for the Clips. While I suppose you could make an arg[...]

The Clippers spent a good part of Tuesday’s practice working on defensive rotations. During the team’s 5-on-5 scrimmage, the coaching staff would have one practice squad run a high pick-and-roll, with a direction by Mike Dunleavy to go left or right off the action. The defensive unit was[...]

Quiet day in Playa Vista as the Clips wrap up their first week of training camp: Blake Griffin is day-to-day with a bruised left patella.  He worked out and performed some shooting drills today, but seems generally frustrated as a bystander.  He won’t play Sunday evening in Oakland when the Cl[...]