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Talk is Cheap 

Post#161 » by Ranma » Thu Nov 6, 2014 8:41 pm

Matt Moore, CBS Sports (11/6/14)
Q: What was the postgame locker room message?

"I didn't say much. I just let them blow smoke up each other's asses. That's all they did, in my opinion. I just think if you're going to talk, you've got to be real. I'm not a big fan of group meetings unless they're real group meetings. I think we're getting close with the talk today, but we're not there."


SHOTS. FIRED.

That's a suckerpunch. When you're questioning if your team talking to one another to try and work it out is legit, that's a bad sign. And that's also a pretty clear shot at Chris Paul, who's supposed to be the leader of this team.
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"We ran away from the game." Again, shots fired. Rivers is clearly frustrated with having to be patient with the team right now. He wants to put his foot behind them and make them give the effort, but he knows that they've got to hit that point on their own.

And the Warriors probably did work out for a month just to get ready for this game. They hate the Clippers pretty badly. They ran to this game, they ran over the Clippers, and they ran off the court. The Clippers kind of wandered onto the court, got run over, and then limped away sadly. Basically doing this:

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Doc Rivers livid after blowout loss to Warriors, says they're 'better than us'
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Re: Talk is Cheap 

Post#162 » by LACtdom » Thu Nov 6, 2014 11:45 pm

Ranma wrote:Matt Moore, CBS Sports (11/6/14)
Q: What was the postgame locker room message?

"I didn't say much. I just let them blow smoke up each other's asses. That's all they did, in my opinion. I just think if you're going to talk, you've got to be real. I'm not a big fan of group meetings unless they're real group meetings. I think we're getting close with the talk today, but we're not there."


SHOTS. FIRED.

That's a suckerpunch. When you're questioning if your team talking to one another to try and work it out is legit, that's a bad sign. And that's also a pretty clear shot at Chris Paul, who's supposed to be the leader of this team.
...

"We ran away from the game." Again, shots fired. Rivers is clearly frustrated with having to be patient with the team right now. He wants to put his foot behind them and make them give the effort, but he knows that they've got to hit that point on their own.

And the Warriors probably did work out for a month just to get ready for this game. They hate the Clippers pretty badly. They ran to this game, they ran over the Clippers, and they ran off the court. The Clippers kind of wandered onto the court, got run over, and then limped away sadly. Basically doing this:

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Doc Rivers livid after blowout loss to Warriors, says they're 'better than us'

I don't know why the clippers held this meeting now. I could tell from pre-season that we were playing like ****, I can't believe the players/Doc didn't see this coming.
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Re: Clips (3-1) @ Dubs (3-0) 

Post#163 » by ejftw » Thu Nov 6, 2014 11:49 pm

Meh didn't want to start a new thread, but a quick write up on the year

The Clippers are dead last when it comes to crashing the glass, with 33.8 per night. To put that into perspective, the 29th ranked side, grabs 37.8 per night. A difference of four rebounds per evening. They are in the middle of the pack when it comes to keeping opponents off the glass, however, ranking in at 14th, with 43 given up per game. A difference of -9.2, which is bad enough to be the second worst in the entire association, ahead of the tanking Philadelphia 76ers.


Redick has been the epitome of atrocious on this young season, hitting 28.9% from the field and 23.3% from three. This is a 43.0/38.8 shooter for his career, with an unimagineable drop off. A good amount of those looks, as well, have been wide open passes from Paul.


Griffin, however, has more vices. Yes, he has improved his jumper, and is hitting shots at a more consistent basis, but it has taken from everything he is known for and turned him into David West.


One brightside, for this horrible start, has been Jamal Crawford, however. Putting up 20.3 points, 3.5 assists, 1.8 steals to only 1.8 giveaways is quite impressive in 28 minutes a night. The supersub may soon be forced to start if the Clippers slump continues. Reggie Bullock also needs more playing time.


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Re: Clips (3-1) @ Dubs (3-0) 

Post#164 » by mike3 » Fri Nov 7, 2014 3:33 am

So depressing, Blake's made himself David West this season lol.

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