Baron Davis

When the Carmelo Anthony swap finally happened, I was relieved. When the Deron Williams mortar shell of a trade was lobbed onto us with no warning, I was as shocked as Deron was when HE found out from watching TV. But this? THIS is mind boggling; I wake up to find that the Clippers are shipping surly-vet-turned-ebullient-teacher Baron Davis out for Mo Williams and small forward Jamario Moon of the floundering Cleveland Cavaliers. On the surface, this might look like another hare-brained move by a front office well known for it’s history of questionable decisions. Baron Davis was playing some of [...]

  Well. It’s a fact of the universe. Everything ends. The Cavaliers started the season in style, beating the defending Eastern Conference champs and as late as 3 weeks into the season were a “see we’re not THAT bad!” 5-7. Everything ends; from November 27th until tonight’s 126-119 OT outlasting of the suddenly shaky Clippers, the Cavs only had 1 other win in 55 days, slogging through the record setting, soul sucking 26 game losing streak you may have heard about. I can’t say I’m shocked that the Clippers dropped this game; they are a putrid 4-19 on the road, missing their leading scorer Eric Gordon, and [...]

Let’s get right to the point: as sports fans, we love home runs, we love tooth-rattling tackles, and we love seeing extremely tall men dunk on each other’s domes.  This last fact of fandom is why a game between an LA Clipper team with it’s playoff chances just about flatlined and a floundering Orlando Magic team that got throttled by Boston a few days ago was voted onto the NBAtv Fan Night (or as Charles Barkley calls it, “Nerd Night”). Yes, the casual fan loves the high wire acts of both Blake Griffin and Dwight Howard, but the more discerning fan wants more [...]

After this really good article by Fanhouse on Baron Davis, the great debate among Clippers nation now is whether or not to trade our starting point guard.  I’ve always sat on the fence about Baron Davis, unable to decide whether or not I like him or not.  So to make things easier, let’s make bullet points! Good Veteran Leadership One of the best passers in the league Can score Former all-star Floor general Highlight reel with Blake Griffin Probably the most clutch player we have on the team at the moment Local player Bad Chucks up too many bad shots [...]

Randy Foye is still missing in action because of a sprained left hamstring but that’s been a good thing because Eric Bledsoe is lighting it up right now. Eric Gordon is day to day because of his left shoulder injury but reports says he should be back soon.  I can’t wait to see him light it back up out there, the last couple of games, he was amazing. And Chris Kaman is out for around two weeks because of an ankle sprain.  Knowing Clippers history, this injury is going to last longer than expected.  I want to see DeAndre Jordan [...]

I am deeply sorry about not posting for a while, I haven’t fully recovered from my illness that got me 2 weeks ago.  But I still been keeping up with the Clippers and I like what I’m seeing.  This is a new era for the Clippers.  Despite the one win and five loss record so far, I am not enraged or disappointed and what I’m seeing.  This is mainly because the Clippers have a new leader in Eric Gordon.  With Baron Davis out with some knee injury that he had since 2007 (huh?) and rumored to be on the trading [...]

This was a great game for the first 3 and a half quarters.  Midway through the fourth quarter, Clippers had their trademark meltdown and let the Blazers go on a 15-0 run which sealed the game and forced the Clippers to lose their first game of the season and have Vinny Del Negro get a sub .500 record.  But being the first game of a new season with new coaches, players, and system, I’m not worried.  The Blazers have a system set in place with veterans and a team that has not had much change over the last several years [...]

So with last night’s loss against the Sacramento Kings in what was a good close game, the Clippers preseason can be officially called over.   The team finished with a record of 1 win and 7 losses.  So what does this mean?  It means nothing, this is preseason, where it is not about the wins and losses but about player and team development. Blake Griffin looks as solid as ever.  I know this has been said over and over and over again but dude is a beast.  His dynamic presence combined with his hustle and athleticism always makes him heard on [...]

My apologies for the delay here, I’ve been ill the last couple of days and is still getting used to this blogging business. Anyways, I caught this game last night on NBAtv.  I loved the first half, and lost my excitement mid way through the 3rd quarter.  Classic Clippers meltdown last night.  We lead the whole first half but quickly lost the lead But remember, this is still preseason so it doesn’t matter.  Rotations were sketchy and some players played too much or played too little. Game Notes It was really nice seeing Manu Ginobili drawing up the last play [...]

Clippers could’ve done better, could’ve done worse with today’s trade.