There are some unfortunate and inescapable truths about Mardy Collins, and they can be seen in numbers like these: In his nine games as a Los Angeles Clipper, Collins has taken 29 shot attempts from the floor.  Only ten of them have been successful, while 13 of the 29 haven’t drawn iron.  Desp[...]

Familiarity is one of the true pleasures of following a pro sports team.  It’s the same comfort you derive from turning on a really good TV series and knowing all the character attributes of Detective Jimmy McNulty, or Coach Eric Taylor, or Don and Betty Draper.  The Clippers team of recent ye[...]

Kevin Pelton has a fun read over at Basketball Prospectus that classifies NBA head coaches by their lineage, mentors, and influences.  Pelton identifies some of the major luminaries who have spawned a coterie of current coaches, people like Dean Smith, Rick Pitino, and Pat Riley.  Mike Dunleavy does[...]

Plaschke’s Wednesday column strongly suggested that Mike Dunleavy and Baron Davis are locking horns over the weight of the Clippers’ playbook.  Now there’s word that the two held a summit at Playa del Rey yesterday to clear the air: “Davis had been quoted in Plaschke’s [...]

During his tenure as the Clippers’ head coach, Mike Dunleavy has always preferred a more controlled offense. To a large extent that’s due to his natural inclinations, but it’s also been a function of the Clips’ personnel.  There wasn’t a member of the Cassell-Mobley-Mag[...]

It’s such an obvious statement that I’m almost embarrassed to state it but the Clippers looked like a team that’s never played together.  In that same spirit, it’s probably premature to make a categorical assessment of their ability to win basketball games this season.  But i[...]

No team is returning fewer roster members than the Clippers.  Can you name the five guys in uniform who logged minutes for the Clips last season? Four olympiads from four different countries are on the two rosters.  Name ‘em. Kobe Bryant, Baron Davis, and Derek Fisher played in all 82 games in[...]