There was a moment two years ago that I’ll never forget. I was in the Clippers locker room before a game, digesting the white board that had Vinny Del Negro’s scribblings all over it. Now, examining the white board in a locker room is one of the many unwritten rules of the media — [...]
With five games left to go in the regular season, the questions surrounding the Clippers’ postseason future still feel somewhat complex and insoluble. Are they playoff roadkill? Are they first-round fodder? A contenders’ punching bag? Can I think of more ways to reword the same question?[...]
The Los Angeles Clippers survived the 2012-13 season with almost no drama. These Clippers do a great job of keeping any potential problems behind closed doors, and are cognizant of what that type of negative attention can do to a close-knit group. At times this season, there was almost no news even [...]
Here is some post-game video from tonight’s 101-95 Clipper victory over the Brooklyn Nets: Jamal Crawford Vinny Del Negro Chris Paul Follow @jovanbuha[...]
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[...]
Malcolm Gladwell, writer, seeker of the anthropologically quixotic, geek savant, came up with a catchy idea in his 2008 book, Outliers: The Story of Success, the “10,000 hour rule.” Simply, the thought is that for one to become an “expert” in a skill or field, it requires 10,000 hours of practice. N[...]