Lisa Dillman at the LA Times reports that Chris Kaman could see action….soon: Kaman has missed the last 42 games this season with the Clippers because of plantar fasciitis of his left foot. His projected return almost has been a moving target, pushed back so long, so often that Kaman almost be[...]

When asked Wednesday night if he was being asked to make personnel decisions with a mind toward the  economic downturn, Dunleavy responded that he’d spoken to ownership and was told “to make basketball decisions.”    Other than a vague report from Johnny Ludden about a deal between[...]

ATLANTA –  Ball movement is a beautiful thing.  That Spalding moves faster than a human being, faster than even Josh Smith.  When it goes into the right player in the right place at the right moment, it can produce miracles.  To wit:  The Clippers generate 38 assists on 49 field goals tonight.[...]

It’s only fitting on the night the Clippers win their first game in nearly a month, the Clippers lose Marcus Camby to injury.  At the 8:52 mark of the fourth quarter, Camby collects his fourth offensive rebound, but lands awkwardly, then buckles to the floor. Camby’s injury is initially [...]

Tonight, the Clippers convert points on only one of their first seven possessions.  As analytic exercises go, documenting these fruitless offensive sets almost seems cruel.   Here at Clipperblog, we’re gluttons for punishment: [1st, 11:25]  The ball runs through Camby at the top of the circle.[...]

There’s news in Lisa Dillman’s notes that the Clippers plan to re-sign Fred Jones to a 10-day contract. Assistant GM Neil Olshey also tells Dillman that the acquisition of Adams was meant as a contingency plan, just in case Jones wasn’t ready to go tonight: “They acquired him[...]

When Jason Hart leaves the game in the first half with elbow tendinitis, Fred Jones – a player who wasn’t in the league a week ago – becomes the Clippers’ first-string point guard.   Jones doesn’t play poorly, finishing with a +9 on the night, as the Clippers hang around against a healthy, talented [...]

Statistics are still an emerging science in basketball.  Several new systems have been introduced in recent seasons to measure a player’s offensive and defensive value.  Now that we have this interwebby thing, we can do cool stuff like sort by offense, defense, this metric, that metric.  What&[...]