tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50474262011-12-12T14:26:10.649-08:00in the land of the deaf the one eared dog is kingAlfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.comBlogger2801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-17249280038545831292011-02-03T13:31:00.000-08:002011-02-03T13:38:27.624-08:00

Just cuz I ain't sayin nothin don't mean I'm not up on the sitch. for the first time in my hawaiian life post EB Maggs phat contracts, I have fox sports west 2, er, prime ticket, and I've watched some or most or all or a tidbit of just about every game. I'm soaking in it, loving it, hating it, crying & laughing & living with it. My 3 year old daughter knows who Blake Griffin is. She likes to

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-63069453205929614872010-10-06T17:16:00.000-07:002010-10-06T17:17:47.156-07:00

OK, I know it’s his first preseason game, but this doesn’t sound good:Clippers rookie Al-Farouq Aminu fouled out in 17 minutes, scoring 1 point, turning the ball over 4 times, going 0 for 3 from the field, grabbing 0 rebounds and dishing out 0 assists. His night was spent one of two ways: 1) drawing player control fouls 2) floating around on the perimeter. You've heard of the "deer in the

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-23469448942787488502010-08-03T12:16:00.000-07:002010-08-03T12:18:00.782-07:00

For real.ok, on with new business.Clip a day or your money back. Y hoy: Baron Davis. I’m assuming, since I haven’t seen any “Baron’s fat again” articles, that boom is still cut and splashed (copyright). That being the case I’m good with that at the one, as long as kid (man) isn’t jacking threes at every chance in the nation (toss it to EJ more often). Pound the ball down to Kaman, catch

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-92006329195718138882010-08-02T14:55:00.000-07:002010-08-02T14:57:27.012-07:00

With the return (a la Vanilla Ice, ie he’s back, um, you were never here?) of Blake Griffin to the Clipper on-the-court squad, and yes, I think that was the very first mention of Blake Griffin on this blog (yeah, I’m back, & I was actually here, er, well, in this nodule of the negasphere) and yes, my first acknowledgment of the saving son is to compare him to Vanilla Ice. I = evil.Hmmm, that

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-53145956048266970672010-02-18T13:54:00.000-08:002010-02-18T13:55:56.009-08:00

Grecian urn time, folks. That last post (see ultrabs, well, actually, here too, wow, that’s a sad set of exigency) was vague even by my standards, but yet a thing of beauty in mine own eyes (ie for mine eyes only, post script) that I’ll stand by until the end of things, cuz, well, actually, nah, I dunno, throw me in an expiring contract and I’ll prolly let it go for like Rick Brunson or some

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-89772531748430906492009-05-29T22:01:00.000-07:002009-05-29T22:13:33.213-07:00

response from the la la rilliesfrom keith el otroto oaktown nutty block & denverite loco kenoI dunno, (denver fan who shall not be named) was repping the nugs back when the clips pwned(!) them back in 05 (a series I still relive daily)and he was repping nougat with keith (NOT moi) WAY back in 96 going to stan sheriff to watch shaq & co. romp on they silly asses (dear readers: in Honolulu,

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-59813250400429611412008-10-23T14:07:00.001-07:002008-10-23T14:09:50.276-07:00

eff the lakes, all the way strait to hell... ok, not to hell, purgatory? but the lakes should be good this year... clips? get on board the mystery wagon, who the eff knows... and BD won't need surgery, thank allah, and camby should be healthy too, should be an interesting year, and as for EB, i'm reminded of a certain NWA skit with benedict arnold getting a haircut and an unforeseen encounter

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-10538501179284635212008-07-17T17:26:00.000-07:002008-07-17T17:31:28.492-07:00

Marcus Camby signed by the clippers for just about nothing… wow, a real and actual coup, smart move, brains being showed, by elgin Baylor and mike dunleavy… next up in tonight’s news, flying pigs with semi-automotic machine guns reign fire down on the Glendale gallery and ala moana mall subsequently in one of the most ill advised yet brilliantly choreographed acts of animal vs. human war in our

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-80902024917229652962008-07-09T11:42:00.000-07:002008-07-09T11:43:42.163-07:00

Wow. So Elton’s goners. And I guess now we go after Josh Smith. Ok. Younger, extremely athletic, but, hmmm, that price tag. Atlanta will match just about anything. Is it really worth it? But what’s the alternative? I really don’t know if I can handle watching Tim Thomas “try” to bang with the league’s 4’s for another 82 games, Baron Davis or no Baron Davis. Tim Thomas, he, he saps my

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-81379187892658432842008-07-01T17:54:00.000-07:002008-07-01T17:56:20.660-07:00

Per the worldwide leader's Marc Stein it’s a done (verbal) deal."Sources told ESPN.com that Davis, 29, will receive a five-year deal worth an estimated $65 million.Forward Elton Brand also opted out of his contract with the Clippers on Monday, and speculation quickly began that the team would try to keep Brand and sign Davis. This scenario is only possible if the Clippers renounce the rights of

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-61167196153926392622008-07-01T13:44:00.000-07:002008-07-01T13:48:06.955-07:00

I’m in a shits & giggles windstorm. Cosmic fluxidization has conflugrated to enable the possibility of bringing Baron Davis, the boom dizzle, into the clipper fold, and possibly at a bro discount due to the kind hearted and lofty champ aspirations of one Elton Brand. Wowsers. To think that the Clippers, yes, Don Sterling’s wayward bastard stepchildren, could be the recipient of some type of “

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-61526028946571735292008-04-16T12:23:00.000-07:002008-04-16T12:26:54.446-07:00

lots of people are giving rat’s asshole burgers about this save our sonics dillio, myself included. When I say giving rat’s asshole burgers, that’s a high compliment of insanely huge proportions, ie it’s gigantically important to many people in the know. Saying “no one give’s a rat’s asshole (burger)” is essentially the opposite of the current scenario.Supersonicsoul threw up a bell clamoring

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-63601766626020977882008-03-26T12:31:00.000-07:002008-03-26T12:38:46.964-07:00

Yup, this blog still exists, sorry in arrears. The Clippers’ season? Not so much. Well, I guess, yeah, they go out and play the games, what scant refugees they happen to be able to scrape off the locker room floor five minutes before tip-off, but I don’t know if I’d call it an acual team.Watching the semblance (that has a nice ring to it) for intermittent moments against the mavs yesterday,

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-32730056521077375072008-02-13T16:43:00.002-08:002008-02-13T19:02:31.748-08:00

You try and blend, you try and fit in, you attempt some reasonable acclimation to “bloggerdom” by instilling titles in the format (so on places like lowpost and ballhype if your posts ever come up at all at least they say something besides “no title”) and what happens, blogger chooses really the most god-awful non flattering color. I’ll figure out a way to fix it or trash the whole idea. Never

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-21792778465414936482008-02-13T16:43:00.001-08:002008-02-13T16:43:54.055-08:00

You try and blend, you try and fit in, you attempt some reasonable acclimation to “bloggerdom” by instilling titles in the format (so on places like lowpost and ballhype if you’re posts ever come up at all they say something besides “no title”) and what happens, blogger chooses really the most god-awful non flattering color. I’ll figure out a way to fix it or trash the whole idea. Never liked

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-55675727912084112212008-02-07T12:09:00.001-08:002008-02-08T10:23:42.578-08:00

Got to watch maybe the first 3 possessions of the clips Celtics game last night before I got swept up in kids wife houseguest etcetera acres and then I wasn’t able to resist peeking at the score this morning. Yup, another loss.A bigger loss, in my mind, is that our road weary soldier, bringing clipper nation’s woes and (occasional, yes, they did happen) joys to the plebeian masses, LA Times

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-1984836245167711742008-01-30T11:35:00.000-08:002008-01-30T11:39:17.079-08:00

With Thornton now sick with a stomach virus, reportedly unrelated to Kaman & Maggs still being out with the flu, the Clips are so short-handed they can’t even have a proper practice. From the LA Times, Sam Cassell’s reaction to the carnage:"We can't do nothing," Cassell said of Tuesday's practice. "We've got [eight] guys out here. We were watching film and just looking at guys like, 'Wow.' This

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-65875145844861383362008-01-24T11:57:00.000-08:002008-01-24T11:58:06.090-08:00

wow, bury your (my) head in the sand for a couple days and clipperville turns into Falcon’s Crest. The Hatfields and McCoys seemingly momentarily possessed the bodies of Don Sterling & Mike Dunleavy, and hilarity (the melancholy sobbing type) ensued. If you’re not up on the up & up, peep the LA Times Clips page and dive in (especially make sure you read the two TJ Simers columns which lit and

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-51551919753833850442008-01-24T10:41:00.000-08:002008-01-24T13:20:14.875-08:00

Well up until last night I had been living in a world where it was still early in the first quarter of the clips home game against Utah on MLK Jr. day. I avoided any and all reference to the clippers for over 48 hours, except for one moment to verify what year it was they fled Buffalo (1978). I had caught every precious minute of the home overtime thriller win against New Jersey, Al Thornton’s

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-24704550586526910802008-01-18T11:49:00.000-08:002008-01-18T11:50:40.986-08:00

Watched the dallas loss, but didn’t get to see the phoenix win. Watching, over the course of 2 days (I work 40 hours a week & have 2 kids under 2, natch, and yeah, it was the weekend, but see item #2) it was obvious the clips were playing a higher level of ball than they had the whole year, except for maybe the first week or 2 (during which they inexplicably had a winning record and fooled a few

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-81321520545236601362008-01-11T13:16:00.000-08:002008-01-11T13:27:18.653-08:00

might as well bang out a few notes while I'm in here adding Kelly Dwyer's (& Rod Benson's, natch) NBA experts blog to the ol' blogroll. Check it out btw, brilliant stuff. Dwyer is a font of info, a guy with a huge (hayuge) collection of nba games burned to DVD that's never seen the Godfather (actually a shame, you really should peep it in between, uh, appointments.) anyhooo, oh yeah, the

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-35060479058507638522008-01-07T18:37:00.000-08:002008-01-07T18:38:19.493-08:00

Hey all, apologies, even though yaren’t supposed to do said utterances, for the long absence. I was busy traveling the globe (er, the western hemisphere, or part of it) and among my many wild & wooly destinations one happened to be the Staples Center on January 2 to see the bastard stepchildren take the court against the Hornets of New Orleans. New Orleans had a special place in my antithesis

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-26535634201842289662007-12-11T14:03:00.001-08:002007-12-11T16:29:04.679-08:00

Win one at Sacto, (which I didn’t see), lose one at home against the MIA (which I did see, in a nightmarish daze), give, take, onesy, twosie don’t work after you dig a hole. An inequitous one, at that. Kaman looked strong out the gate against the Heat, and then withered under the continued Shaq banging, and moreso, Mourning applied guile imbued pressure. Funny that all these years later, the

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-37703286730674180522007-12-07T11:14:00.000-08:002007-12-07T11:17:51.517-08:00

Seven (7) game losing streak. Yes, seven (7) games in a row that have been lost by our LA Clippers. Wow. That’s, uh, that’s not good. Per the LA Times’ Jonathon Abrams it’s the longest such streak for the clips since 2004-05. Bonkers. 9 out of 10, 11 out of 13, down the toilet of inequity. Dire days, dark times, that pinprick of light in the distance, a mirage or an homage? Only the grunt

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-9840854007883331602007-11-30T18:28:00.001-08:002007-11-30T18:28:54.311-08:00

Clips wow what’s to say? Losing ways. Injuries out the gazoo. Too much cat when we should have taken away dunleavy’s blankie? What to opine indeed. What to quoth from your lungs when they’ve lost 3 straight? Life’s hard for a gee-whiz sunnuvagun. The only win wedged in between desperate times a random whothunkit win against Denver last week, and now we got Denver again tonite. Karma. The

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-49916204298844099692007-11-20T10:44:00.000-08:002007-11-20T11:05:13.168-08:00

In my short praise of Ruben Patterson (one line in yesterday's post), blinded by remembrance of his nice steal and throwdown, plus other spattered positives, I had completely forgotten about the bone awful things he did in that Chicago game. John (a la Clipperblog) serves up a reminder of the yang you get with Patterson’s Ying:Ruben Patterson – I was higher on the Ruben signing than Kevin… but I

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-74905894097788408912007-11-19T11:02:00.001-08:002007-11-20T10:44:08.342-08:00

Watching Chicago play against the clippers on Saturday night, it was easy to see why a lot of people were caught snorting the kool-aid mix and had picked them to win the East. When their shots are falling, which they were at Staples (but, apparently, though I didn’t catch them yesterday, they weren’t dropping against the Lakers, no idea if that was in any relation to some fantastic defense the

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-47894441653630024722007-11-14T13:28:00.000-08:002007-11-14T14:54:47.120-08:00

Well our beloved clips are 4-2 after dumping the last two (a road blowout against Detroit that was never really in question and a fairly close home loss to Cleveland that was incredibly disturbing) in a row. Why was the loss to the Cavs disturbing? Because as good as the Bron-nites are on the offensive glass, there is just no way, especially down the stretch, that a “good” team gives up so many

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-5235310344835859722007-11-08T16:58:00.000-08:002007-11-08T17:23:51.832-08:00

hey y'all, just a quick note to acknowledge that yours mine & ours (but not that guy's in the corner's) LA Clippers, the lovable bastard stepchildren of the city of angels, have started off the season 4-0. Two home wins and two road wins. the road W's against Chicago (who was supposed to be good this year but hasn't won a game yet) and Indiana (who was supposed to suck and came into the matchup

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-34428930718639298612007-11-06T12:39:00.000-08:002007-11-06T12:47:38.039-08:00

With the clippers 2-0 and various warnings throughout the negasphere to temper sudden expectations due to the quality (especially on the defensive end) of the first two opponents (Golden State & Seattle), it’s easy to just say “well, those teams suck, so you can’t read anything from two scoring sprees in a row.” But, well, I think you can read something, at least a tiny bit of Braille amid the

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-78347262451127140112007-10-26T18:20:00.000-07:002007-10-29T19:29:17.879-07:00

peep the la clippers’ daily dime espn clips preview. Not extremely optimistic. Jemele Hill is especially gracious, saying LAC will be “the worst team in the NBA.” Chad Ford gives props, calling the clips “possibly the NBA’s worst team.” Chris Sheridan has high hopes, saying “things will not go well right from the get-go.” At least we’re able to count on former LA times scribe and LA sports

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-71595447064366546262007-10-16T18:58:00.000-07:002007-10-17T12:28:00.986-07:00

How great is it to be excited about a rookie as a clipper fan? Don't answer. I guess it was a normality in our ancient years, in which every season's possibility of excitement hinged on what new young talent would come in to replace the developing veterans donald sterling in his infinite evil ushered out the door like the rotten pastrami gets thrown in the alley outside shady delicatessins

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-82310155020888598542007-10-12T13:50:00.000-07:002007-10-12T14:07:23.587-07:00

Lakers warriors preseason, Thursday night, 10/11/07 at the Stan Sheriff Center on the campus of the University of Hawaii in beautiful Manoa. Traffic to the game was bumper to bumper on the freeway basically from when I got on right off of the Pali Highway to where I got off at Bingham (the exit before University, where people not in “the know” like myself all waited in an even more horrendous

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-88036872996195272022007-10-10T17:56:00.000-07:002007-10-10T19:00:14.883-07:00

Professional basketball is once again upon us, not that it ever left, our minds that is. The continuous need to discuss, ponder, suffocate our brains with thoughts of what our team, any team, the nba in general, is doing at any given point in the off-season, and I’m just as guilty of this as the next guy, is, shit, what makes things fun in a way. Just knowing that you’re such an obsessive nit

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-46808018919968749302007-08-29T17:18:00.000-07:002007-08-29T17:26:31.889-07:00

Good to see the Bucks finally signed Yi Jianlian. I have this weird affinity for Milwaukee, I team I’ve never avidly followed situated in a city I’ve never been to, the only tactile connection I can currently cognosticate a childhood fascination with Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley. I wish them well, as long as their not playing the clips.Speaking of LA’s bastard stepchildren, anyone reading

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-66362465542219015142007-08-07T14:02:00.000-07:002007-08-07T14:05:40.585-07:00

Steve at Clips Nation is already throwing in the towel for this coming season....We've seen how important Elton Brand is to this team the last few years. It is simply not realistic to expect them to be in contention for a playoff spot playing the first half of the season without him....provide(s) an opportunity for Chris Kaman to step up, for Al Thornton to play a lot, maybe even for Yaroslav

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-71185832622131870452007-08-06T17:04:00.000-07:002007-08-06T17:06:03.481-07:00

sigh. Elton Brand ruptured his Achilles Tendon, and will likely miss the first two months of the season. That’s, uh, great. Fan effin tastic. Salud. At least his movie's getting good reviews.

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-13840283319731378842007-08-02T14:56:00.001-07:002007-08-02T14:56:59.322-07:00

Just a quick note of acknowledgment to the massive happenings in the NBA, because God knows you’ve all been waiting with bated breath for Alfred keith pennyworth whaley’s take on the said occurrences. Yup, donaghy, well, what can ya do? NO WAY, illicit and corrupt gambling on the NBA? Pshaw. This seems to me one of those things that everybody & his brother, no matter what evidence or lack

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-38027662989630025372007-07-19T17:10:00.000-07:002007-07-19T17:21:15.613-07:00

Well you can all exhale, populace of clipper nation. Steve Francis is going to the Rockets. Can’t say I’m surprised. The guys got a wife & kids and makes his home in Houston. Money’s not an issue since the huge buyout from Portland, so it’s kind of a no-brainer. Wife & kids in Houston, and he can work in Houston, his former team, a contender, yeah they’re a bit clogged at the point, but

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-16527089014669959722007-07-16T12:13:00.000-07:002007-07-16T12:14:11.144-07:00

So much going on, so little commentary by moi on said eventage. I’d hang myself from the nearest saloon alcove railing if 1) I lived in the old west 2) saloons actually had alcove railings (actually maybe they do) and 3) I actually had a good excuse, ie, I just became a father for the 2nd time, so cut me some damn slack mr. bernenstein, you and your damn bears, the pressure (cries.)Soooo. Yup.

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-10300659052389842932007-06-28T18:48:00.000-07:002007-06-28T18:49:03.223-07:00

The clips picked Al Thornton out of Florida State. At 24, he’s a bit on the geezered side, but it’s about mileage not the year of the ride, right? Right. And this kid (guy?) is rated by some as the best small forward in the draft. Although I would have loved to see the clips walk away with a point guard, I’m glad they didn’t take Crittenton (who ended up going across the hall to the Lakers).

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-88667064874528835132007-06-28T17:44:00.000-07:002007-06-28T17:45:38.963-07:00

Sigh. The hawks just took Acie Law with the 11th pick. Obviously, so far, the big point of interest in the draft was the trade of Ray Allen to Boston for the 5th pick (which Seattle had Boston take Jeff Green out of Georgetown with). No other huge surprises, unless you count Milwaukee taking Jianlan outta China (his agent said he did NOT want to play there – maybe they’re gonna trade him?) and

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-23813535414929693822007-06-27T15:40:00.000-07:002007-06-27T15:47:36.496-07:00

Acie Law IV could now supposedly drop all the way to 20 (Miami), in the wake of the monster trade that seems pending that will send Amare Stoudemire to Atlanta and KG to the Suns, giving Minnie the 3 & 11 pick as well as Zaza Pachulia and Anthony Johnson. Wowsers. And supposedly the rub, at least for me, is that the clippers are SUPPOSEDLY in love with Javaris Chrittendon out of Georgia Tech at

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evidence exhibit #834 for why the clippers, if they have a chance, NEED to take Acie Law IV with the 14th pick in the draft. He’ll prolly be gone already, but, well, maybe other teams (hi, Atlanta) will be stupid. Crittendon being a Georgia Tech alum plays into our hands nicely, but, well, 14 is a high number, so odds are not, uh, good. There’s gotta be something piddling we could use to trade

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There is just nothing floating out there about your LA Clippers. The most fools goldish nugget I could find was this crazy rumor about Smush Parker maybe signing up with the clips in the offseason, but this balderdash was pulled from the same NY Daily News article that mentioned that Del Harris (assistant coach with the Mavs, former Laker head coach) might jump to the Bucks as an assistant,

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Face.It was a good ol' fashioned blowout.And I've actually become accustomed to blowouts over the last decade or so. Watching the Warriors play the role as the Western Conference's personal tetherball, seeing them beat like they owed people money was commonplace and almost expected at times. But then there will be little crumbs of hope left out for people like myself to hang on to. Antawn's

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Cats from Chi to NY spit game that came from...Photo By Joseph CastilloIf there's been one thing throughout the Dallas/Warriors series that has been harped on over and over again (other than the fact that Dirk apparently left his heart in San Francisco), it's the fact that Baron Davis is a top 5 player in the league when healthy.Healthy?Before last night's game, I was prepared to write about how

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glancing over my last post (from Monday, 4/30) I still think that most of what free darko says in that quote is a good point, about the rest of the league tanking because of two extremely (apparently) good teams, and I think you have to throw detroit in the east into that conversation too, even though they struggled a bit early, but upon further review, to say there's just a negligible difference

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Free Darko makes a really good point:--One final thought on GSW/DAL. The Mavericks (and to a lesser extent, The Suns), I realize now, are the real reason this year's regular season sucked so badly. I mean, they were really the catalyst behind (Simmons'-coined term) Tankapalooza. All these teams were so shook by the sight of 60 wins, they figured, screw it, we don't have a chance in hell. Hand em

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Hmmm, on second go-round, I actually did find a news tidbit of mild interest in reference to LA’s bastard stepchildren today. Per the mothership, Corey Maggette underwent an arthroscopic “procedure” (is that somehow different than surgery?) for some “intermittent pain” he’d been having in his right leg. Supposedly he’ll be right as rain in 3-4 weeks. No word if Chris Kaman’s (feel free to

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Before I even scan the net for clipper crap today, (ok, I just looked; there’s nothing really happening, except I did read further mention of something I’d already heard, a trade rumor with Indiana that some crackhead cooked up along with his freebase shot in an alley somewhere. Jermaine Oneal & Jamaal Tinsley for Elton, Corey and Shaun? Puh-leeze. The salaries might match up, but that’s just

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Chris Kaman “has already committed to another intense off-season workout program with (clippers’ assistant coach Kim) Hughes.” This is what he did the summer before 05-06, when he, and the clips, had their breakout season. Last summer he slacked a bit, hanging out with family, moose hunting, whatever the hell, and he had a crap year.From the same LA Times article:"We're not trying to teach him

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It’s probably derivative at this point, and no I don’t care whether I’m using that word correctly, because if you’re reading this, why wouldn't you be reading that, the turtle asked the owl, but clipperblog slapped up an excellent post today outlining 7 games (representing the 7 fewer the clips won this year than last) that should’ve been wins this season. Continuing in the things you probably

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Well, this settles the mystery (I mean, I figured the answer was obvious anyway, but it’s nice to see it in black & white) of if the clips were aware of the score of the Warriors Blazers game during last nite’s anticlimactic death knell of a game at Staples center (from the LA times):"Obviously, I'm disappointed that we lost the game tonight," Coach Mike Dunleavy said. "Unfortunately, by halftime

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Clippersteve wrote an interesting post on the mavericks yesterday. I encourage you to read it for yourself, but in a nutshell it kinda delves into what Mavs coach Avery Johnson’s motivations may have been for playing not his B, not his C, but his Z team against the warriors, when in two other games since clinching the #1 spot, he was playing his big guns what approximated normal minutes. The

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Not sure how much time/energy I have, so this is gonna be pretty all over the place, and picking and plucking from a variety of sources with way better information slash writing skills slash brainpower slash will to live than I currently hold. OK, maybe I have just as much if not more will to live (I’m like a wiley ? sand crab) but I’ll put my lack of knowledge up there with the best. Again,

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From the LA Times' TJ Simers' column today:"We basically had only two guys, Quinton Ross and Elton Brand, who showed up against Sacramento," Coach Mike Dunleavy said. "After watching film of that game, I felt like throwing up. I told the players if that doesn't hurt you, I wish there's some way I could know that, because I don't want you here."That’s the gem quote, but TJ also makes some good

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Exhibit # 383 why I love Tim Kawakami’s Golden State Warrior coverage and wish daily upon a star that the mainstream media had a guy half as wolverninish and obsessive covering the Clippers on a day to day basis. (Maybe if the Lakers didn't exist, there would be, but I doubt it) Anyway, from Kawakami’s blog yesterday: It’s right there for the Warriors, who played marvelously and destroyed

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You know you're in a frightening den of sullen iniquity when the pic of the day is quincy douby goin up for the jam. sigh. just a real quick ramblin scramblin han soloish (?) rundown of the days, er, past couple days, activity, care of your friendly and slightly beginning to get sloshy on a Sunday late afternoon (just hit six post meridien here in the islands, gratzi, yup, jamaican rum, enjoy),

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Your humble correspondent only caught maybe 20 minutes, in bits and pieces, of the HUGE MONSTER WIN over the evil nonbastardized children of favor down the hallway, aka the LA Lakers, accomplished with considerable aplomb by our heroes of this heralded story, yes your hometown former san diego & buffalo residents, your, mine, our (drumroll) LA Clippers. Forgive me, I am still away from the Alf

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Yes, well, that was pretty depressing. An absolute must win game and, despite a monster evening from Elton, the Clippers managed to fritter it away, in overtime, no less. Three straight losses after that feel good win over the Lakers at Staples, the pinnacle of what seemed at the moment such a dramatic turnaround. And now we’re in the shit again. Do other teams jockeying with the clips for

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I posted a preview of tonite’s huge game at Oklohama City on Clips Nation. So, uh, go read it, as well as every other word on that especially fine world wide innernet web site. Gratzi & aloha.Oh yeah, Hornets 247 has its own “half-assed” preview of tonite’s matchup. I dunno, I thought it was at least three quarters assed. I especially like the piece’s opening stanza:After six months of

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I don’t mean to get all Darth Vader but the Clippers just inherited a shit salad by dropping yet another crucial game, this time in the Big D, and sad story becoming sadder, Golden State is up (very) early on the Jazz in the bay. It’s still the first quarter in Oaktown but consider this, batmen: if the dubs win that puts us back in that nightmareville virtual tie with the Warriors, and with

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from the Dallas Morning News, a Maverick perspective on tonite’s game against our beloved Clippers (hat tip to Mavs Moneyball):“On the bottom end, only Golden State has a realistic chance to catch the Clippers. So go ahead with the conspiracy theory about how letting the Clippers win tonight would help the Mavericks because it would make it that much tougher for the Warriors – and any spell Don

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Well, yep, the Clippers lost yesterday to the highly evil nuggets of damnation from the hidden hills of Denver, Colorado. They came blowing into downtown Los Angeles with their pick axes and shovels and mined a serious blow out of the collective okoles (asses, in Hawaiian) of our fair LA bastard step children. I’ve already had my mea culpa about not watching said matchup, and even though it

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peep my clips nugs preview on clips nation (woefully after the fact, sorry in arrears)howdy all, yapping at you from Lanikai Beach in Kailua, Hawaii, with my beautiful daughter in my lap and the Mokuleia Islands standing picturesquely out the picture window behind me. Confession time, yep indeed. I am not in Alf Manor in lower Nuuanu, but here in vacationville, as the folks flew in from la la

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The Lakers and Clippers are teams going in vastly different directions at this precise moment. The Lakers, to put it bluntly, look just horrible, if you were to base their quality on last night’s game. I imagine, especially against a team with two quality bigs like the Clips, they’re much different with Kwame Brown (out last night, and just the fact that he is a difference maker to that extent

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Bob Baker (the LA Times’ Cliptomaniac) wrote a nice piece on the effect of Jason Hart on the Clippers’ stretch run this year. The jist of it: “Hart reminded the Clippers—by deeds, not words—what it feels like to have something to prove.” Read the whole thing. For me. No, for yourself. OK, for me, if that’s what it takes, but afterwards, you’ll thank Allah. Promise.In other Clipper point

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The Clippers have not so suddenly won 7 out of their last 9. For a little perspective, prior to that, they’d lost 6 of 7, so yeah, it’s something of a little turnaround, ok, no, it’s gigantor vs. mothra in the fetid scrap metal pit of doom, a la Elvis trading shots with Jimi Hendrix with the stakes either or both’s own very eternity in the pop cultural landscape, winner take all. Dare I

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Quoth Clipper Steve: The demons of Sacramento have been exorcised.The Clips put a capper on a 17 game losing streak at Arco Arena, which spanned over NINE years. Yes, you are reading that correctly. In fact, there was a shorter streak, but still ignominious, of overall losses to the Kings, that was broken at Staples in late December. Your fair host sir Alfred keith el otro was there for Mike

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Sigh, the Clips blew a golden opportunity, ahem, to put some distance between them and their bay neighbors to the north, as well as close ranks on Denver, but Shane Battier, in a fit of pique for which the damn sumbitch has been known throughout his career, nailed a dagger three while Tim Thomas lollygagged ogling some courtside breastesses and, thus, despite a valiant effort, the same conclusion

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Bill Simmons finally admits that he was wrong about saying the Pac-10 sucked, even going so far as to call the conference underrated, (and admitting his darling Big 12 may have been a bit OVERrated, although whining that Kansas had no business losing to UCLA with all that talent, on which point he’s probably right) in this ESPN radio spot. This just goes to show the east coast mentality in

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What a coinkidink, the one day I happen to utter the name Michael Olowakandi, the former LA anti-hero (Alan Moore's Comedian was unavailable, doing a gig in Tacoma, what kind of gig is still being ascertained) ends up getting shut down for the season, with yet another injury. Downright eerie and frightening, ouija board and tarot cards not included. Film at 11.Loy’s place has the full scoops.

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Catching up on some Clipper past ignominy, it’s good to know that former Clips #1 draft pick Michael Olowokandi is still all about the commitment to excellence. Excellence in pine-sitting and paycheck collecting, that is. Yeah, big Mike ain't exactly having the career all us clipper loyalist had to have been hoping for when we heard that mysterious nom de plume uttered by the commish. ah well,

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After reading over my last post, I realized I didn’t really say anything about the Wizards after the tight loss they experienced against LA’s bastard stepchildren on Saturday. Well, I’m here to rectify that.I know that with Caron Butler out, one cannot see yesterday’s game as indicative of the team as a whole this year, but there are some things that one can ascertain. First off, DeShawn

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Thoughts during half-time (we’re talking tivo-time here, gang, to grab a Ralph Lawler appellation, the game could actually be over as I type this) of the Clipper Wizard matchup at Staples Center, downtown LA, on Saturday, March 24, in the year of our lord two thousand and seven. End scene. Er, rather, start scene. Well, my daughter (10 months almost already, WOW, don’t let people tell you time

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Suddenly, the Clippers have won 3 out of their last 4 (all on the road) going into a 3 game homestand. Wish I could say the opponents were a bit more patsy like, but Utah, Washington, and then Houston is no cake walk. The Clips have been good at home, though, and none of the aforementioned teams are even close to unbeatable. The Warriors came an Ewok’s hair away from beating the Jazz on the

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Clips pull out the win at Milwaukee, 104-103.Didn’t get to watch, and haven’t really pored over the numbers yet, but apparently it was a horrendously ugly road to the finish line, as Milwaukee outscored LA 32-14 in the 4th.A win, though, is a win, and the Clips will most definitely take it, slopfest against an injury decimated squad as it may be.By the way, looking at the pics from the game, is

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Milwaukee, the Clippers’ road opponent tonite, is 2-0 under new coach Larry Krystkowiak. You may remember Larry from his playing career (9 years, most notably a stint with the Bucks from 87-92), or more recently as the hometown hero (he was born & raised in Missoula) University of Montana coach that shocked Nevada in the NCAA tourney last year. Well, after that season, he resigned and hooked on

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Yup, the Clippers won last night in Chicago, the suicide mission somehow didn’t end up like prognosticators across the globe well versed in such matters would have anticipated. Much like the kamikaze pilot from that episode of Curb your Enthusiasm, the man behind the controls is coming back home after grandma’s already rented his room out to the kind elderly gentleman that used to live in the

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According to the LA Times, the clippers still have a chance, and actually, they really do, as their remaining schedule, aside from playing two more games (which may help them, if they can WIN them) is just about identical, difficulty wise, to the Golden State Warriors. (Note, everything in italics below is from the linked LA Times article):The Clippers are 2-7 this month. They have nine games

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I didn’t get to watch the Clippers win at Charlotte on Friday (no fox sports prime ticket at Stately Alf Manor) but I did catch, well after the fact, in the evening after a hard day’s work on said manor, a tivo’d edition of the KTLA telecast of yesterday’s matchup in the Meadowlands against the New Jersey Nets. Cutting to the chase, it actually ended up being a fun game to watch, not really a

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From the Red Rowdies:For the first time in the Rockets’ three meetings with the Clippers this season, Elton Brand was featured more prominently in the Clips’ offense than Chris Kaman. Brand—averaging 14.8 field goal attempts per game, his lowest since 03-04 despite the fact that he’s shooting a career-high 53.1 percent—finished with 37 points, 10 rebounds and five assists while going 13-of-23

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Rockets 109, Clippers 105It's satisfying to play well, but we have to get victories," Brand said. "We had opportunities and we just didn't finish. We just wanted to win this game so badly and we let it slip away. It's a tough loss."Elton had a season high 37 plus 10 boards. McGrady led the Rockets with 21.Clips fell out of 8th playoff spot (by percentage points, they’re practically tied with

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After watching last night’s game, in which the Clippers actually played pretty well, tip your hat blah effin blah, the biggest most obvious thing that I couldn’t stop thinking is that the ghost of Rick Brunson is haunting the building. And when I say building I don’t mean the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, I mean the metaphorical building that is the Clipper organization. Not that I’m

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Obviously, the biggest story in the NBA this morning, and the biggest thing on any standings watching Clipper fan's mind (aside from tonite's game in Texas), has to be the thorough trouncing the Golden State Warriors handed to the Dallas Mavericks in Oakland last night. The Dubs are only a game back of our Los Angeles heroes now, and with tonight’s contest in San Antonio looming like a wide

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-48276503001706053012007-03-12T14:36:00.000-07:002007-03-12T14:40:45.315-07:00

I’ve got spurs on the brain, with the Clippers doomed trip into San Antonio for tomorrow’s game in near proximity to the Ozzy urinated Alamo, and I got to thinking, who is the most recognizable Spur in the annals of Spurdom prior to the David Robinson era, and my answer to myself, which was nice to get, cuz normally I’m self-ignored, was George “Ice Man” Gervin. So I did some digging, and found

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-54882988327510253362007-03-12T13:23:00.000-07:002007-03-12T13:25:13.073-07:00

From clipperblog’s post on the home blowout loss to Detroit yesterday:All season, we’ve been trying to figure out precisely what is responsible for the Clippers’ demise. Watching Detroit run its offense on Sunday crystallized it for me: The Clippers have nobody on the floor who can pass the ball... The Clippers? With the exception of Livingston, there isn’t an average passer on the roster...

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-46236639724270579412007-03-12T11:53:00.001-07:002007-03-12T17:10:37.991-07:00

Howdy. Well, the clippers lost in Oakland on Friday, in the much hyped & ballyhooed (by others too, not just me) intra cali matchup, brimming with huge ramifications in the swill infested middle of the barrel western conference race for the 8 spot and the opportunity for quick infamy via decimation (division into 10 even pieces of squalouros dilapidation) by Dallas in the first round.From what I

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From Tim Kawakami’s blog today (note: everything below in italics is Kawakami, everything not is my ingenious, er, un-genius, response and witty repartee thereby).In reference to the Warriors’ chances in the race for the final Western conference playoff spots (which for weeks, he’s been describing as zero).I’ve taken a look at the schedules for the other five “contenders,” and I can’t believe I’m

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-48879899160259647822007-03-08T18:42:00.000-08:002007-03-08T18:43:01.473-08:00

Shaun Livingston’s reconstructive knee surgery is scheduled for next Tuesday in Birmingham, Alabama. There, that was your depression laced Livie injury update. Guess I should be happy, the fact that they are doing the surgery this soon would seem to mean to this not even playing one on TV armchair doctor that the swelling must be staying down, which I would take as some semblance of positivity.

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-219726808397408732007-03-08T12:03:00.000-08:002007-03-08T12:23:09.438-08:00

The Lakers lost to the Bucks last night (Kobe serving a one game suspension for the elbow to Marko Jaric's face) in a battle royale with “all the intensity of a lunch-time pickup contest at the YMCA”, and the Nuggets lost to Golden State (Melo out for the birth of his first kid) and suddenly the Clips, though still in that 8 spot, are only 3 games back of the flailing lakers for the 6 spot, and

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-13495380685665048492007-03-07T16:43:00.000-08:002007-03-07T16:50:51.939-08:00

The Clips have today and tomorrow off before heading to Oracle Arena to take on the Warriors, but Oaktown’s finest host Denver tonight. Hopefully AI, Camby, & company will run them ragged as Elton Brand and Chris Kaman relax 350 miles south and sip Martinis with green olives shipped in from Barbados, getting backrubs at the club and mentally preparing for the grueling half hour flight north that

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The Clippers don’t play until Friday, at which date the momentous occasion will be a road battle versus the Warriors in Oakland. Maybe it’s because I lived in Berkeley for almost 5 years and in many ways that’s where I really became a sports fan (for whatever reason it never interested me much before I went to college. Having Russell White as my school’s star running back and Jason Kidd as the

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-79148515302073523732007-03-06T18:34:00.000-08:002007-03-07T11:18:02.189-08:00

well, it’s 4:30 PM here in Kailua, which means I’ll be hitting the trail to the palouse very soon. Best be getting to making some kind of order out of all these random notes I’ve been typing throughout the day as I read various tidibits of bball wisdom on the good ol innernet. If this isn’t wrapped up in a pretty enough bow for your visual pleasure or organized in such a fashion as to make your

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-67471208560684118602007-03-05T12:33:00.000-08:002007-03-05T17:43:30.557-08:00

some random this n that thoughts on a Monday morning in Kailua:Corey Maggette had 20 points (5 for 6 from the field, 10 for 10 from the line), 4 assists & 3 steals in only 22 minutes against Indiana on Saturday. Now that is an incredibly efficient line, reminiscent of some of the fine work Maggs did for the clips in the playoffs last year. He’s averaging 19.2 in 6 games since the all-star break

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-31578529477686514592007-03-02T11:03:00.000-08:002007-03-02T11:26:17.182-08:00

Wow, the Clippers looked really really bad last night. But I guess that’s what happens when your starting point guard is Daniel Ewing and your backup just got plucked out of the NBDL (Will Conroy). Conroy actually looked OK, but made a couple really costly mistakes, but hey, who didn’t? The Clippers turned the ball over at an ungodly rate, and the Sonics looked practically as bad, (not

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-28443134785602332352007-03-01T18:30:00.000-08:002007-03-01T18:40:12.545-08:00

Well, this is mildly encouraging: From the LA Times:Tony Daly, the Clippers physician who had used an eight- to 12-month time frame predicting Shaun Livingston's return from a knee injury, said he hopes it can be more like six to eight months, while conceding, "It's an inexact science.""His age is in his favor, 21," Daly said before Wednesday's game with Seattle. "The fact that I've seen him work

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-79321748492350726172007-03-01T11:08:00.000-08:002007-03-01T11:25:48.128-08:00

Yahoo’s Dan Wetzel scribed a nice one today, using Shaun Livingston as an example of why it’s wrong to force kids to go to college for a year rather than letting them go straight to the NBA. (ie, Shaun would have gotten injured his first year in college, scared off NBA scouts, never made all the life changing money that he did). Have to say I agree. It’s no coincidence that just a couple years

Alfredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06981663091911615590noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047426.post-64910298436457295972007-02-28T15:24:00.000-08:002007-02-28T18:06:19.827-08:00

Well, life (and the Clippers’ season) must go on, so I’ll stop (for the moment) regaling you (knock knock) with further information on the devastating Shaun Livingston injury situation. It’s done, and all that’s left is rehab and the hope that he’ll be his old self once again some day. The clippers did sign a backup point guard to a 10-day, guy by the name of Will Conroy, who played college

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