Archive for October, 2009

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Linkin’ Center 10/30

News From Around The League: Pacman Jonesin’ pictures Brian Scalabrine as l’il orphan Annie.  Also, due to the “massive” controversy of their Top 25 TV Characters In History, it’s…Read More

The Onion Mercifully Kills Off The Clippers

I thought I was at the Clippers’ opening game & what I saw showed promise, but I guess I must’ve dreamed it in my desperate hope for something good to happen.  It turns out the Onion has…Read More

Clippers Zero For Two

Two games.  Two loses.  Two different showings. Game #1 against the Lakers: Even missing Pau Gasol, the defending champs looked pretty darn good.  Kobe drove fearlessly & hit outside shots.  Artest…Read More

NBA Team-By-Team Final Thoughts As Season Starts, Part II

This second part got delayed, so some of the initial thoughts I wrote below have already changed, so in brackets I have my revised thoughts also for The Trailblazers & The Wizards.  If you missed…Read More

Clippers Curse Real? Blake Griffin out 6 weeks

Just when we were allowing ourselves to finally feel some hope here in Clipperville, it gets announced that Blake Griffin broke his kneecap, pushing back his NBA debut indefinitely.  Initial estimates…Read More

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NBA Team-By-Team Final Thoughts As Season Starts, Part I

Atlanta – Their D wasn’t quite up to snuff in the pre-season.  Jamal Crawford needs to find his…Read More

Linkin’ Center 10/23

Funny LA Times article not about Blake Griffin learning his role on the court, but rather  off it. …Read More

Clippers keep Kareem Rush For 15th Spot!

To my surprise, the Clippers decided to hang on to Kareem Rush.  Now even though I dumped on Kareem’s…Read More

ESPN says Clips come in 9.3rd in the West

Today ESPN posted the Western Conference picks from its’ panel of 10 “experts.” The…Read More

Here’s To You, Mr. Roberson (&More Blake Thoughts)

Anthony Roberson and Jerel McNeal were waived by the Clippers today. That leaves Kareem Rush as the…Read More

Analysis of Clippers/Lakers game

For I believe just the second year in a row, Staples Center was host to a mini pre-season tourney.  On Saturday, in the first round the Clips beat the Jazz, and the Lakes beat the Bobcats (who if I recall,…Read More

Linkin’ Center

What’s going on elsewhere?  Here we present All The Links That Are Fit To Print. …or just some random ones from the rest of the FanSided network and others. Howard The Dunk presents 11 Reasons…Read More

Artest Kissing Up To Kobe

For those who don’t remember, last year after the Rockets defeated the Portland Trailblazers in the playoffs, Ron Artest was interviewed about their upcoming series against the Lakers.  Artest claimed…Read More

Analysis of Clippers/Warriors Game, Part II

Okay, okay, I know, I’ve been slacking.  It’s now taken me so long to finish up writing about the last game that the Clips already played another game last night.  Thus before I continue…Read More

Brief note: Clips pick up options on Eric Gordon & Al Thornton

No surprises here, but it’s nice to hear it was officially done.  Today the Clips exercised their third-year contract option on Eric Gordon and the fourth-year option on Al Thornton.

Analysis of last night’s Clippers’ pre-season game against the Warriors, Part I

I went to the Clips’ game last night and, man, what a game it was!  Even though the bottom levels were almost completely empty, up in the rafters where I was, you could feel the excitement &…Read More

Clipper Keychain Giveaway Trivia Contest!

Okay, I know many moons ago I said the free Clipper keychain giveaway would happen shortly, and well, it didn’t.  But now it will.  The keychains come from WholesaleKeychain.com, who sent me one…Read More

My How-They’ll-Be-At-The-End-Of-The-Season NBA Power Ranking

When I wrote My If-The-Playoffs-Were-Now Rankings I realized I also talked a lot about where I thought teams would end up, so I figured maybe I should make that list.  It’s fun to debate how hard teams…Read More

Coleman Collins, Living in Germany

This ain’t about the Clips, or even about NBA ball.  Instead there’s an impressive introspective analysis by a professional journeyman ball player who has to go wherever he can find a job. …Read More

DeAndre Jordan working to improve free-throw shooting — latimes.com

The LA Times had an article today on DeAndre Jordan working to improve free-throw shooting.  I didn’t realize quite how awful he was last year.  Apparently he shot 38.5% from the free-throw line. …Read More

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