If you alienate all of your friends, eventually you’re left on an island all alone. Someone needs to relay that prognosis to the Los Angeles Clippers, because alienation has become their go-to move. First, there was the Chris Paul-Vinny Del Negro debacle, in which the Clippers indirectly pinne[...]
Over at ESPN.com, Kevin Arnovitz writes about how the Clippers halted the trade with the Celtics. Click here to read the full story. What’s the hurry? The Celtics’ situation is in flux and they’ve signaled to the world that they’re ready to pursue the wise course of rebuilding. If they buy out Paul [...]
So many big names have been thrown around in Clippers-Celtics trade rumors over the past few days, it’s hard to keep track of who’s in and who’s out. Doc Rivers, Kevin Garnett, DeAndre Jordan, Paul Piece, Caron Butler, Eric Bledsoe, first-round draft picks – all we need is a “player to be named late[...]
One of the things that is most entertaining as a fan is staring off into the night sky (or computer screen) and wondering what could have been if a hypothetical scenario had or had not occurred. It’s particularly enjoyable when results do not meet expectations. “What if the Clippers hadn[...]
As 3p ET ticked by, the trade deadline yielded less fruit than a ficus in nuclear winter, particularly for the Western Conference. The only notable trades were Portland acquiring Eric Maynor to shore up an non-existent bench and Houston smuggling Thomas Robinson out of Sacramento before moving vans [...]
Foreword by Michael Shagrin Two weeks ago, while the Clippers were taking on the Celtics at the Garden, word surfaced that the game was preceded by trade discussions. The rumor was both were entertaining a Garnett-Bledsoe swap, along with Caron Butler going to Boston for salary cap purposes. Represe[...]
Navigating the trade waters is difficult. Lies are told, feelings get hurt. Former Clipper and current New Orleans Hornets guard Eric Gordon is still upset over how former Clippers GM Neil Olshey apparently told him he wouldn’t be traded, then traded him a few days later. It’s the nature[...]
Over at NBC’s ProBasketballTalk, D.J. Foster breaks down the predicament that the Clippers currently have with Eric Bledsoe: And here’s where it gets tricky for the Clippers. Head coach Vinny Del Negro views Eric Bledsoe as a point guard, and playing behind the league’s best point guard, he is[...]