Before we start, here’s a crazy stat they threw out during the broadcast: throughout history the Celtics and the Lakers have so dominated the league, that there is only one decade in which neither team won a championship.  The league started in the 40’s, so we’re talking seven decades.  That’s insane.  If you wanna know what decade it was, the answer’s at the bottom.
It wasn’t always pretty, but sometimes winning ain’t pretty.  And often that’s the only way to beat a top team like Boston.  The Clippers struggled with Marcus Camby out, having to rely on DeAndre Jordan more than [...]

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 [...]

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% [...]

To my surprise, the Clippers decided to hang on to Kareem Rush.  Now even though I dumped on Kareem’s D the other day, I’m actually not upset with this decision.  Truth is that after Steve Novak, Rush probably has the best 3-pt shot on the team.  And we need good outside shooters to space out the floor so Baron, Telfair, Gordon & Thornton can slash, while Kaman & (eventually) Griffin can go to work down low.  Kareem’s a much better defender than Novak, so it should be easier to get him out there on the floor.  Also, since he’s a [...]