Official Los Angeles Clippers 10-11 Season Thread - The Griffin Era Begins (Again)

[laridah23]

So much for the so-called "winnable" games on this road trip

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Blake is exhausted, Vinny puzzles me with some of his decisions, and we really miss EJ.

 

[reduce523]

How can the clippers be so good and sometimes so bad??

 

[arff23]

Anyone know the most dunks in a season?...Is Blake on path to it?..

 

[drop knee 101]

i think amare has more than blake this season as it is

as for all time in 1 season, i dont know

 

[mjshoefanatic]

According to hoopsworld.com:

There are several teams in the market for deals, and most of them arelooking to buy, the few teams that are obvious sellers are waiting onthe Nuggets who are still telling teams they may not move Carmelobefore the February 24th trade deadline. The LA Clippers would like toadd a veteran small forward, and are active in talks. The Clippers arenot willing to give up the farm, but they'd love to get involved in adeal and have eyes for Detroit's Tayshaun Prince and Memphis' OJ Mayo.

 

[GaBeGRaMz]

Mayo and Eric Gordon is redundant.

 

[marath0n]

Gerald Wallace would be a perfect pick-up.

 

[mjshoefanatic]

According to Chris Mannix from si.com:

The emergence of DeAndre Jordan as an athletic complement to Blake Griffin has made Kaman expendable. Coach Vinny Del Negro acknowledged earlier this month that the team was open to dealing Kaman, who is owed $12.7 million next season in the final year of his deal. A source said the Clippers are interested in Portland's Andre Miller

if true

 

[drop knee 101]

moon and williams in, b diddy out


gaddamn davis gonna be pissed

[h2]Sources: Clips, Cavs agree to trade[/h2]

The Los Angeles Clippers and Cleveland Cavaliers have agreed in principle to a trade that would send Baron Davis and the Clippers' 2011 first-round draft pick to Cleveland in exchange for Mo Williams and Jamario Moon, league sources confirmed to ESPN.com.

Davis

Williams

The deal saves theClippers considerable money the next two seasons while giving them ayounger point guard who made the All-Star team while playing with LeBron James.

Davisis still owed nearly $28 million over the next two seasons and thebalance of his $13 million contract this year. Moon's contract expiresafter this season. Williams is owed the balance of his $9.3 millionsalary this season and, with player options of $8.5 million for each ofthe next two years, potentially could get out of his contractaltogether. The savings should give the Clippers more flexibility infree agency the next two seasons.

The Clippers would give up alikely top-10 lottery pick to make the savings happen. "That just showsyou how much we hate this draft," one Clippers source told ESPN.com.

Forthe Cavs, they would get a veteran who, when he's engaged, is one ofthe top point guards in the league. But will Davis be engaged on a teamwith the worst record in the NBA

"Baron won't be happy," said a GM who has hadpast dealings with Davis. "This is a worst-case scenario for him. Hewas just starting to get happy in L.A. playing with [Clippers rookie] Blake Griffin. There's not much to get excited about in Cleveland these days."

Thetrade agreement is a revival of discussions that began over the summer,when the Cavaliers scrambled to upgrade their talent to appease James,but those talks ultimately collapsed when Clippers owner DonaldSterling nixed the deal.

Neither Davis nor Williams suited up Wednesday night. Davis sat out the Clippers' loss to the New Orleans Hornetswith swelling in his knee. Williams sat out Cleveland's loss toHouston, after returning from a hip injury before the All-Star break.

Thenotion of Davis' being reunited with Cavaliers coach Byron Scott wouldbe met with skepticism after the two clashed earlier in their careersin New Orleans. There also is a question of how the trade would affectGriffin, who seemed to be developing a chemistry with Davis.

"I think anything's possible," said a source with knowledge of the talks. "I mean, would Utah really trade Deron Williams?"

 

[kvsm23vs24]

I like the trade. Williams is a good shooter.

Nah nvm not sure what to think

 

[TheGodFresco]

Horrible trade for you guys

 

[mikedamz]

wth! mo williams is bull crap.

 

[drop knee 101]

Originally Posted by GSDOUBLEU

Horrible trade for you guys

hopefully we can make up for it IF kaman is moved.  As for it being horrible, it sure can turn out to be.  baron was settling in with his on court role and filling the veteran leadership role. What little Chemistry we had is broken now in my opinion.

*edited

 

[TheGodFresco]

Biedrins + filler for Kaman

 

[p mac one]

Love this trade.

So much more flexibility, and it cost us a pick that was just going to take away that much more flexibility.

What was that about Deron Williams living in San Diego?

 

[drop knee 101]

deron is gonna be traded again?

 

[mr j 858]

Man Baron must feeling like killing himself right now.

Dude signed with the Clips to come home and now he's going to the worst team in the league and a hella boring city.

 

[TheGodFresco]

Originally Posted by P MAC ONE

Love this trade.

So much more flexibility, and it cost us a pick that was just going to take away that much more flexibility.

What was that about Deron Williams living in San Diego?

if you think D.Will is going to sign with the Clippers with your owner/management? keep dreaming

 

[dyyhard]

Del Negro must not have liked Baron's leadership approach coming into this season out of shape. Sterling obviously thinks he overpaid Baron.


Poor Baron

 

[drop knee 101]

man the more i think about it, the more im getting pissed.

the clipps cant possibly be done dealin yet

please let that be the case

 

[p mac one]

Originally Posted by drop knee 101

man the more i think about it, the more im getting pissed.

the clipps cant possibly be done dealin yet

please let that be the case

Maybe Gomes or Butler.

if you think D.Will is going to sign with the Clippers with your owner/management? keep dreaming

Why wouldn't he? When that summer rolls around, Griffin and Gordon will already have contract extensions. If Sterling is offering up another max deal at that point then it's pretty clear he means business.

People forget that how much money that package deal with Davis and Brand was.

 

[TheGodFresco]

Im sure theres gonna be a more lucrative team out there than the Clippers

It's not about how much money they can offer him, its whether Williams would want to come to the Clippers. With all these super teams forming, and depending on what happens with CP3, Williams is gonna want to join one of them power houses.

 

[p mac one]

The Clippers have two players in the top 10 in PPG already, though.

Power house is definitely forming, and you can't take away the LA factor.

 

[p mac one]

Deron had a lot to say about stand-out Clipper forward Blake Griffin.

"He's an animal.  He's a monster.  He's a force in this league.  Hewill be for years to come," said Williams, who agreed Blake is thefavorite to win Rookie of the Year.  "He's so athletic - strong. There's not many weaknesses in his game."


 http://www.hoopsworld.com/Story.asp?story_id=18343#ixzz1Erk3wHWO

 

[drop knee 101]

watching the clipper replay again. TOs everywhere smh