(Editor’s note: Neil Olshey did not actually write this letter) Dear Clipper Nation, For the eight full seasons and seven months this year when I was an at-will employee, getting paid month to month like many of you, it was my pleasure to serve the Clippers on your behalf. You stuck with us th[...]
Neil Olshey is the GM for the Clippers! Neil Olshey is the GM for the Blazers! Did we just slip into an alternate dimension? Where did the timeline fracture? And how, for a brief instant, did we glimpse into the other side of the rabbit hole? Here’s the sequence of events (as best as I can surmise) [...]
So, that happened. And, to be honest, I’m not even sure what my own “that” is referring to. It could be the moment Donald Sterling bought the Clippers in 1981. It could be the moment, however it happened, when he decided that Vinny Del Negro would be the Clippers coach, instead of[...]
30 days has September, April, June and November…All the rest… Shnikees! June 1st is only three days away, and the conclave in Playa Vista (or Malibu, more likely) has yet to throw up the white smoke. Sterling isn’t moving on Del Negro’s contract until he has to, which isnR[...]
It’s official: The Clippers have signed forward Reggie Evans to a one-year, veteran’s minimum deal. Before we discuss Evans’ value as a player, it’s important to point something out. Clippers VP of Basketball Operations Neil Olshey is absolutely killing it right now, and move[...]
It’s too early to discern whether Vinny Del Negro has the command, tactical strength and creativity to build the Clippers into a respectable entity in the Western Conference. My preferences for Dwane Casey aside, enough smart basketball people I’ve spoken to believe that, despite his ear[...]
With the Clippers’ season careening toward another demoralizing end, there is one crucial difference this year. For the first time in seven seasons, the organization will be moving forward without the steadying (or corrosive) influence of Mike Dunleavy at the helm. However, the organization ha[...]
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