Paul George says losing Robert Covington and Nicolas Batum really hurt the Clippers:
“We started the year off hot. Everybody was playing well, there was the energy there. It was kinda like the first time of us all being healthy with Russ now. It was the emergence of what it’s
Kawhi and PG being out + Russ playing this great feels like it’s heading toward “we gotta run it back just one more time and hope everyone is healthy” territory
The non-basketball related memory that will stick with me the most from the Clippers run at Staples was when Chuck the Condor gave a 100 year old WW2 vet a Wet Willy
He’s gone from “I owe them a championship” to “I don’t feel like I have anything left to prove”
The Clips aren’t winning anything with him taking up that much salary
Paul George 'Likely' to Test NBA Free Agency; per
@WindhorstESPN
"So he's been under contract negotiations with the Clippers for months. No deal, and I think he is likely headed for free agency. The question really is this: Will they give him a max contract? I don't think that
If the Clippers manage to retain every key player from last year (which seems pretty possible at this point) AND get DeMar there needs to be an “entire front office bobble head night” to open next season
Sure I’m tipsy after a work outing, but the moves the Clippers have made to get ready for the “post Paul George” time have felt calculated and solid and I’m hyped to be an annoying 7 seed
So the Clippers don’t end up getting Jrue or Brogdon (who they had a trade agreed for earlier…but it fell apart)
This is setting up to be an all time disappointing off-season
yeah if only there was someone in charge of the team to help with cooperation, some kind of "manager" figure, idk if there's a word for what I'm looking for but does that makes sense???
"Not trying to take anything away from that [Clippers] team. That team was never going to win... we just didn't get along well enough as a group & you can't win without cooperation."
Doc Rivers on which team this Sixers group reminds him of
Free agent forward Derrick Jones Jr. plans to sign a three-year, $30 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, sources tell
@TheAthletic
@Stadium
. Major pickup for the Clippers.
Seeing a couple Clippers mock drafts that say things like “with uncertainty Kawhi will come back, the Clippers should look to add scoring” and I just don’t think the 25th pick will be able to *quite* fill that hypothetical void…
The Clippers trading for Bradley Beal feels like an insane swing "gut your depth wise" but also at this point I'm not sure I care since we had to watch 4 guard lineups and Moses Brown play a lot last year
Depth only matters if you use it
It's been a hellish season for a multitude of reasons, but one of the big ones has been the clear difference in how the FO wants the team to play vs how Ty Lue wants the team to play
It would not surprise me at all if the Clippers had a new coach for the 23-24 season
The Clippers running back a team that made the WCF while being incredibly short handed is a good thing
Boring compared to the last FA periods and trade deadlines for sure, but good
The LA Kings’ “lost fan cam” where they show someone at the game in a jersey that isn’t either of the teams playing and everyone boos is the greatest in-game segment ever
The Pistons will soon renounce James Wiseman making him an unrestricted free agent.
Instead of giving Wiseman a 1-year qualifying offer, Detroit prefers to clear more cap space.
The former No. 2 overall pick will be an intriguing buy-low option on the veteran’s minimum market.
“[Paul] George is also in a phase of his career where he wants to win and play the right way. And the
#Sixers
believe George to be a solid passer who can help with some of the ball-handling duties.”
Long way to go but it’s hard to not be hyped on the Clippers being the
#1
seed this late
They’re showing why this is shaping up to be the best Clippers team ever
Philadelphia 76ers star Paul George will make his return to LA for the first time to face his old team — the Los Angeles Clippers — on Nov. 6, league sources tell
@NBAonTNT
,
@BleacherReport
.
Paul George on what the Clippers should’ve done differently to beat the Mavericks.
🔺Play quicker.
🔺Get in transition more.
🔺Less “hero ball”.
🔺Too much ISO against Set Defense.
References how teams still in playoffs are “young”.
via
@PodcastPShow
If you googled “nba scores” Google used to show a nice, concise layout of in-progress games…now it’s this and I hate it
Just show me the scores, that’s all I want
“We started to hear the rumblings that nobody is going to respect this chip so we kind of just took our foot off the gas”
- Lou Williams on the Clippers losing in the bubble
(h/t
@Jacobtheclipper
)
This is funny as heck in a game the Rockets were about to win in LA, The fans were cheering when Boban missed his first free-throw, because if the opposition misses two in a row, the fans get free chicken.
So watch what Boban does. I love Boban!