Archive for the ‘Al Thornton’ Category

Dec22nd

Top 10 Most Hopeful Clipper Moments Of The Decade… Though None Panned Out

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Brian Skinner, Bulls, Cavaliers, Chris Kaman, Clippers, DeAndre Jordan, Donald Sterling, Eric Gordon, Heat, Jazz, Kareem Rush, Knicks, Lakers, Marcus Camby, Mardy Collins, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Nuggets, Ricky Davis, Sixers, Suns, Timberwolves, Trailblazers | COMMENTS: 2 Comments

Being a Clipper fan is not about rooting for a winning team.  It’s about hope.  Praying things will get better.  Thus to look back at this past decade, I present The Top 10 Most Hopeful Clipper Moments.  Of course, as you’ll see below, every time of hope… has been followed by disaster.
1.  The decade started off with a bang for Clipper fans.  Yes, Lamar Odom was drafted in 1999, but it was in January 2000 that he had his most productive month: 19.1 points, 9.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists on 47% shooting.  Other highlights from his rookie year?  He tied [...]

Dec10th

Fantasy Basketball Draft Analysis: Red Hot Six

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Bobcats, Bucks, Celtics, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Eric Gordon, General NBA, Grizzlies, Hornets, Kings, Nets, Nuggets, Pacers, Pistons, Raptors, Rasual Butler, Rockets, Sixers, Stats, Warriors, Wizards, fantasy bball | COMMENTS: 2 Comments

Welcome to the penultimate part, aka part six of what will eventually be a seven part article.  This is the analysis of a fantasy bball draft, based on what I thought at the time of the draft.  However, it happened so long ago that it no longer is about who made the best choices, but rather whether I was right or wrong in thinking they made solid choices.  Anyway, as a reminder again, those players with a (K) next to their names are keepers, thus making them pretty much all good choices so they won’t be analyzed.
Round 10
1. Stephen Curry [...]

Dec9th

Clippers Crumble In Fourth Again – Lose To Orlando Magic

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Craig Smith, DeAndre Jordan, Magic, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Sebastian Telfair, Steve Novak | COMMENTS: None Yet

Like with many of their recent games, there were times the Clips looked great last night and there were times they looked…  well, let’s just say that Patrick Ewing was at the game last night (he’s an assistant coach for Orlando) and there were times when he looked pretty compared to what the Clippers were doing on the court.  And as everyone knows, Ewing, although I love him, is co-captain with ex-Clip Sam Cassell (who I also love) on the All-Ugly Team.
That said, what initially killed the Clips, who lost 97-86, is that the Magic were on-fire from behind the [...]

Dec3rd

Same Story: Clippers Crash Against Rockets In The Fourth

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Blake Griffin, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Donald Sterling, Eric Gordon, Grizzlies, Knicks, Marcus Camby, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Rockets, Steve Novak | COMMENTS: 3 Comments

I believe back in high school when we had to take statewide exams in English each year that they always used the same sample essay question:  The more things change, the more they stay the same.  Discuss.
Has any team been better at collapsing in the fourth quarter than the Clips?  Yeah, yeah, I know sometimes they like to collapse earlier, but that ain’t what I’m talkin’ ’bout here.  Actually, as I was mentioning to my friend Greg last night, the Clips have advanced from last year.  Last year they’d be behind by a bit at the half, but then would [...]

Nov30th

Clippers Almost Sleep Through One O’Clock Game, Yet Beat Memphis Grizzles

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Cavaliers, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Craig Smith, Eric Gordon, Grizzlies, Rasual Butler, Sebastian Telfair | COMMENTS: 1 Comment

No, there was no power shortage at the Clippers’ hotel that prevented their alarm clocks from waking them up.  They weren’t told the game would be later & thus had to scramble.  Nor did some foul fiend slip the whole team mickeys to knock ‘em out.  The game was in L.A., so they weren’t all in the same hotel and of course didn’t all eat together, so that rules out foul play from an outsider.  The team was even at the court on-time to prepare beforehand, yet somehow they still managed to sleepwalk through nearly 40 minutes of the game.
Those [...]

Nov28th

11 Things For Which A Los Angeles Clippers’ Fan Can Be Thankful

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Bucks, Cavaliers, Celtics, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Craig Smith, Donald Sterling, Eric Gordon, Hawks, Heat, Kareem Rush, Magic, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Ricky Davis, Sebastian Telfair, Timberwolves | COMMENTS: 2 Comments

No sugar coating: we’ve had a sad start to the season due to injuries to two key players and disappointing loses.  However, while some view being a Clipper fan as a form of self-masochism (and not in that kinky fun way), really being a Clipper fan is all about hope.  About faith.  About believing things will get better.  We refuse to give up, and somehow we always believe that tomorrow will bring better days.  That if we gut it out, our day will come, and ohhh, then it will be all the sweeter (ie. see Red Sox; Winning World Series [...]

Nov23rd

Clippers’ Win Over Denver An Aberration Or The Start Of Something?

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Chris Kaman, Clippers, DeAndre Jordan, Eric Gordon, Mardy Collins, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Nuggets, Rasual Butler, Ricky Davis, Sebastian Telfair, Steve Novak, Timberwolves | COMMENTS: 1 Comment

Friday night the Clippers actually had a nationally televised game.  Most likely it was due to the fact that they drafted Blake Griffin, and thus could be interesting to watch.  Unfortunately, with Griffin out, plus up-and-coming soph Eric Gordon, and the team sucking, it looked like the scorching hot Denver Nuggets would have an easy blowout.  The Nugs came out strong, and within the first quarter they were already up by 12.  Nugget & Clipper fans everywhere started thumbing through the TV Guide to see what else was on.  However, early-MVP candidate Carmelo Anthony sat down, and the Clippers’ second [...]

Nov19th

Clippers Trying To Regain ‘08-’09 Awful Form

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Brian Skinner, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Craig Smith, DeAndre Jordan, Eric Gordon, Grizzlies, Kareem Rush, Kings, Knicks, Marcus Camby, Mardy Collins, Mavericks, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Rasual Butler, Ricky Davis, Suns, Warriors | COMMENTS: 1 Comment

After stinking it up in the previous game, Baron came back last night determined to make amends.  Unfortunately, the rest of the Clippers came out determined to play crappy defense and do their best imitation of last year’s pitiful team.  Memphis, who earlier this week had only won one game but had lost eight, shot an astounding 54% against your LA Clippers.  Offensively, the Clippers were fine, they shot 47.6% which should be enough to win most games.  Their three-point shooting is still off, as they shot only 20% for the long ball.  The free-throw shooting was a pitiful 61% [...]

Nov18th

Baron Davis Goes Rasual; Clippers Lose Game

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Comedy, DeAndre Jordan, Donald Sterling, Hornets, Kareem Rush, Marcus Camby, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Stats, Steve Novak | COMMENTS: None Yet

Last night the Clippers went up against a team, the New Orleans Hornets, that not only has been sucking all season, but that was also missing its MVP candidate, its motor, its sole consistent player this season: Chris Paul.  This is a team that is known for having a lack of depth.  It should’ve been a Clippers’ win.  Unfortunately no one remembered to tell LA that.  Or maybe the Clips were told that & thus they came out assuming they’d win.  That’d explain the lack of hustle.  As proof of that hustle-ness-less, look no further than these stats posted by [...]

Nov16th

Clips 1-2 over last three games but improving

AUTHOR: Alex David, aka Short White Boy | IN: Al Thornton, Baron Davis, Blake Griffin, Chris Kaman, Clippers, Kareem Rush, Marcus Camby, Mike Dunleavy Sr., Raptors, Rasual Butler, Sebastian Telfair, Steve Novak, Thunder | COMMENTS: 1 Comment

The Clippers stand at 4-7 and they’ve had several disheartening losses that they could’ve/should’ve won.  It sucks, but the truth is that both the team and the coach keep taking steps in the right direction.  In the first of the last three games, the Clippers choked in the fourth quarter against Oklahoma City, highlighted by Chris Kaman driving under the basket so he had nothing available, then jumping in the air and passing it to Kevin Ollie.  It was painful.  Kaman got a lot of crap for that in the blogosphere, but c’mon he’s been the one reliable player all [...]