Comments on: Preview & Chat: The Los Angeles Clippers

By: Muddywood

Muddywood — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:20:06 +0000

One of those moves should be to get a top 10 pick ANY way they can and draft Cory Brewer of Florida.

By: nick (burbank)

nick (burbank) — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:16:47 +0000

Right now I am rooting for the Lake show to miss the playoffs because odds are better that a freak ball will land them Durant or Oden then they are for Lakers not getting swept by the Suns/Mavs…

By: ca-born

ca-born — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 03:39:28 +0000

Muddywood, one would think that the youngsters do not benefit from that experience, but we’re dealing with Phil here. He knows what he’s doing. He knows not to take the easy way out..when he had Jordan they didn’t take the easy way out…they were accustomed to playing to win…this team is one or two moves away from contention…I’d rather take my chances and earn that valuable experience for our guys, and use that to our advantage later on.

By: Muddywood

Muddywood — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:56:54 +0000

Kobe’s tired. The injuries to Kwame, Luke, Lamar aren’t gonna heal. I just don’t see the point.
Yeah Kobe will go off a couple of games, but he’ll get no help.
All the momentum, confidence and chemistry they had early in the year is gone.

By: kwame a.

kwame a. — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:49:12 +0000

Im almost inclined to agree with you Muddwood, but we have Kobe, that’s reason enough to think we have a shot to make a series interesting.

By: Muddywood

Muddywood — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 01:26:54 +0000

I dont see any benefit for this team to play terrible basketball, back into the playoffs and get swept in the first round or maybe win one game if they are lucky. I don’t think the youngsters wouldn’t benefit a whole hell of a lot from that experience.
This team would be better off not making the playoffs, getting a top 10 pick(cory brewer) in the draft, get healthy and come back next year and tear it up.
Just my opinion.

By: ca-born

ca-born — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:26:49 +0000

Anyone else see that flop Maggette was trying to draw on Smush?

By: Rob L.

Rob L. — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:40:54 +0000

Right now I sure wish one of the million Maggette trades form the last few years had gone through. It is bitter sweet to feel both right and wrong in my assessment of him as a player. I had believed that guy would be a star. But I thought it would be impossible for that to happen on the Clippers the way the organization jerked him around. Next year that guy could outshine Brand, easily. Perhaps not in actual team contributions, but in fan recognition. His game is way more sellable than Brand’s.

As for the Lakers, the game was the season writ small. Flashes of brilliance punctuated by massive errors. Sad to see that Bynum could not make any adjustments based on the last meeting. He just looks gassed, which should not shock any of us. Tonight will be interesting. The Lakers don’t go with the Kobe-Kobe-Kobe school of ball when playing the Suns. My guess is that’s why he had the green light last night. Unfortunately the Suns are still battling for 2nd. The Lakers can help their own cause greatly with an upset. That would directly benefit the team, obviously. But would also make the Suns more likely to still be full bore when they meet the Clippers.

By: TC

TC — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:34:03 +0000

have read most of the comments. Fully agree with Jones and DrRayEye that a good part of the fault yesterday lies in who was out there at crucnch time. Like you say Jones, I think Smusher must have some knowledge on maybe some drug use whose statute of limitations is maybe coming up for Phil from the ’70s…..really, it makes non sense, when Jordan has been so effective…and even Shammond, for heaven’s sakes, hasn’t hurt us, is not at the point down the stretch. And I’m one of Andrew’s biggest supporters but I think Ronny should be closing at the moment. But please, let’s not re-hash all the draft picks. I don’t think Mitch has done such a bad job. I still say that if Kwame comes back and knocks it out of the ballpark next year, we’ll have a great year. Chris will be back and we’ll have Andrew and Ronny. Should be some serious trade bait or something to maybe go get an energetic swingman or something. Seriously, all is not lost y’all. Sorry Golden State of Minders though…..y’all put your selves in this position again. If y’all’d get a coach who’d emphasize some D (see what’s happened in Dallas with basically the same team but a, you know, decent coach), y’all would be preppin’ for San Antone or something now. Oh well, another year, another Warrior failure to make the playoffs. Y’all amazingly loyal fans.

By: DrRayEye

DrRayEye — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:48:56 +0000

(52) Kwame, you said, “there are several problems outside of smush that are killing this team.”

Nate (aka Jones) did a really terrific job of developing my Smushian jab far beyond my capabilities, so we don’t need to go there.

In my comment, I said, “They call Phil the Zenmeister, who is at his best channeling vets who are stuck in their waysâ€“not the flexible thinker, who always finds a new way to win with young guys.”

Did I really have to say more than that?