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Re: CLIPPERS ALUMNI THREAD 

Post#41 » by esqtvd » Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:22 am

PG missing tonight's game AGAIN. Nobody even knows what his injury IS. :dontknow:

All of Philadelphia is laughing at Paul George, Daryl Morey, and Josh Harris, whose Washington Commanders await the winner of the Rams-Eagles game.

Harris doesn't care because he's a billionaire and the Washington Football team was his first love even before he bought them. But Morey is a fraud who should have been fired years ago, and PG is so invisible on the ultra-fanatic Philly sports scene that they can't even muster the energy to hate on him.

I listen to ultra-rabid WIP a lot and I can go a whole day without hearing his name ever mentioned. In the best sports town in America, Podcast P has exiled himself to Basketball Siberia. But maybe he likes it that way. Talk about no pressure? He's INVISIBLE, collecting the max cash and doesn't even have to show up for work.

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I still blame Pandemic P for choking away The Bubble Championship, torpedoing 6MOY Trezz, and shifting the blame to get Doc fired. Also getting Mann demoted because PG wouldn't play PG when Mann proved he couldn't, and insisting on signing J-Wall [although I thought that was a good move but I had no idea it was costing us signing Hartenstein, who we still miss].

Kawhi went along with it, surely, but PG was the cancer, and is proving it again in Philly. I hate him now more than ever. But not as much as the owner and the GM so :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: CLIPPERS ALUMNI THREAD 

Post#42 » by og15 » Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:14 pm

esqtvd wrote:PG missing tonight's game AGAIN. Nobody even knows what his injury IS. :dontknow:

All of Philadelphia is laughing at Paul George, Daryl Morey, and Josh Harris, whose Washington Commanders await the winner of the Rams-Eagles game.

Harris doesn't care because he's a billionaire and the Washington Football team was his first love even before he bought them. But Morey is a fraud who should have been fired years ago, and PG is so invisible on the ultra-fanatic Philly sports scene that they can't even muster the energy to hate on him.

I listen to ultra-rabid WIP a lot and I can go a whole day without hearing his name ever mentioned. In the best sports town in America, Podcast P has exiled himself to Basketball Siberia. But maybe he likes it that way. Talk about no pressure? He's INVISIBLE, collecting the max cash and doesn't even have to show up for work.

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I still blame Pandemic P for choking away The Bubble Championship, torpedoing 6MOY Trezz, and shifting the blame to get Doc fired. Also getting Mann demoted because PG wouldn't play PG when Mann proved he couldn't, and insisting on signing J-Wall [although I thought that was a good move but I had no idea it was costing us signing Hartenstein, who we still miss].

Kawhi went along with it, surely, but PG was the cancer, and is proving it again in Philly. I hate him now more than ever. But not as much as the owner and the GM so :lol: :lol: :lol:

I was reading injury reports and saw something about a groin injury
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Re: CLIPPERS ALUMNI THREAD 

Post#43 » by KL2 » Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:45 pm

So thankful the Clippers did not overpay PG and that he’s Philly’s problem now. I can’t say for certain he was the only problem or the biggest one but this group of guys seem collectively together than previous years.
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Re: CLIPPERS ALUMNI THREAD 

Post#44 » by Ballings7 » Sun Jan 19, 2025 9:16 pm

Never understood all the hype coming into the season about the PG signing. Just a hype job because he left Kawhi/Harden.

Clips got PG's last perennial all-star, elite seasons, and like I figured, and should of -- Clips left the table when the kitchen was on last shift. One of the best moves of the off-season some are actually talking about a bit, and I think it'll get mentioned more this year.

PG is still highly capable on both ends, though, and fun to watch - and can be a problem in the right matchup individually and team-wise. Can't truly write him off until he's done in.

Philly will be very interesting to see on their POs.. do they flame out in the play in, 1st round.. or have it together enough to get to the 2nd round and have a decent chance again (like in 2023)? I don't think they'll miss the play-in; I think they won't be healthy enough and go out in R1 again.
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Re: CLIPPERS ALUMNI THREAD 

Post#45 » by madmaxmedia » Thu Feb 13, 2025 6:31 pm

Last night with both Embiid and Tyrese out, 5 Sixers took more shots than PG did as they lose to the Nets 100-96, PG went 1-7 for 2 points.

I thought of something yesterday- had we not traded for James Harden and helped Sixers free up cap space, would we have ended up re-signing PG for 3 year/$150M? Pretty sure Sixers had the only 4 year max offer on the table across the league.
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Re: CLIPPERS ALUMNI THREAD 

Post#46 » by MartinToVaught » Thu Feb 13, 2025 7:07 pm

Ballings7 wrote:Never understood all the hype coming into the season about the PG signing.

He's still a "big name" based on what he did in Indiana 10+ years ago. At the same time, he's still not relevant enough for the national media to actually pay attention to him and update their view of him.
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Post#47 » by esqtvd » Wed Mar 5, 2025 7:49 pm

I'm always joking about somebody falling out of the NBA and becoming a Tel Aviv Maccabee but Pat Bev not only found himself in Tel Aviv but got himself kicked off the team. :lol: :lol: :lol:

https://www.hoopsrumors.com/2025/02/patrick-beverley-parts-ways-with-hapoel-tel-aviv.html

    As BasketNews notes, Beverley recently had a public spat with Dimitris Itoudis, drawing a suspension for mocking the club’s head coach on social media. He didn’t play another game for Hapoel Tel Aviv after the incident.

    In 14 EuroCup games in 2024/25, the 36-year-old averaged 10.7 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 1.4 steals on .410/.353/.968 shooting. Beverley averaged 9.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists on .492/.405/.750 shooting in nine games in the Israeli Premier League.

    It’s possible that Beverley could receive some NBA interest now that he’s a free agent again.
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PJ LIVES!! 

Post#49 » by esqtvd » Tue Apr 1, 2025 6:00 am

A two-way? :rofl2:

P.J. Tucker, Knicks Agree To Two-Way Deal

This is April Fools, right?

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Post#50 » by Captain Ballmer » Tue Apr 1, 2025 8:15 am

esqtvd wrote:A two-way? :rofl2:

P.J. Tucker, Knicks Agree To Two-Way Deal

This is April Fools, right?

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/279851/PJ-Tucker-Knicks-Agree-To-Two-Way-Deal


At this point, I think Tucker just desperate for the free courtside tickets, gym, nutrition, healtcare and masseuses.
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Post#51 » by esqtvd » Wed Apr 2, 2025 10:16 am

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Post#52 » by esqtvd » Tue Apr 8, 2025 7:54 am

wow

I feel bad for him
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but the man never ever really got it

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Post#53 » by esqtvd » Wed Apr 16, 2025 5:09 am

ex-Clippers in play-in game losses 4/15

Luke Kennard MEM 17 minutes, 3/1/1, minus-11 --- ASS
Terance Mann ATL 10 minutes, 2/0/1, minus-13 --- ASS

Not to dance on their graves, but they're both 28 years old now. They had every chance to make it here.
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Re: CLIPPERS ALUMNI THREAD 

Post#54 » by TrueLAfan » Thu Apr 17, 2025 11:35 pm

esqtvd wrote:wow

I feel bad for him
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One of the things I think about with Russ is something I heard Jason Kidd say years ago. He was talking about the physical issues with age. "People think you can't be fast and quick when you're old. You can," Kidd said. "The problem is stopping. It's a lot harder to come to a stop, and that gives you bad position and less time to make decisions." I think that's spot on with Russ.

Kidd evolved into a spot up three guy and a good one. It was shocking considering he'd shot like Dunn, maybe worse. Kidd shot 32 from three in his first 10 years and moved that up to 37 percent in his last 9 years. Not epic or anything, but more than good enough to keep defenses honest .... and he didn't have the wear and tear of driving to the hoop, and delays of struggling to come to a full stop. It extended his career and kept him valuable, albeit in a different way. Harden is doing kinda sort of the same thing--he's reinventing himself as more of a tempo and playmaker guy. Hopefully Dunn will continue to move in that direction too.

But that's not for Russ. Russ still thinks he can be a physical specimen and force like he used to be. And sometimes that energy is still there and enough. But more often, he looks a little out of control and out of place. He ends up in bad position, and then he makes bad decisions, just like Kidd said.
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Re: CLIPPERS ALUMNI THREAD 

Post#55 » by esqtvd » Fri Apr 18, 2025 7:31 am

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esqtvd wrote:wow

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One of the things I think about with Russ is something I heard Jason Kidd say years ago. He was talking about the physical issues with age. "People think you can't be fast and quick when you're old. You can," Kidd said. "The problem is stopping. It's a lot harder to come to a stop, and that gives you bad position and less time to make decisions." I think that's spot on with Russ.

Kidd evolved into a spot up three guy and a good one. It was shocking considering he'd shot like Dunn, maybe worse. Kidd shot 32 from three in his first 10 years and moved that up to 37 percent in his last 9 years. Not epic or anything, but more than good enough to keep defenses honest .... and he didn't have the wear and tear of driving to the hoop, and delays of struggling to come to a full stop. It extended his career and kept him valuable, albeit in a different way. Harden is doing kinda sort of the same thing--he's reinventing himself as more of a tempo and playmaker guy. Hopefully Dunn will continue to move in that direction too.

But that's not for Russ. Russ still thinks he can be a physical specimen and force like he used to be. And sometimes that energy is still there and enough. But more often, he looks a little out of control and out of place. He ends up in bad position, and then he makes bad decisions, just like Kidd said.


Aha, yes. And exactly why he can't finish at the rim anymore! He can get to the rim same as ever, but the damn ball refuses to go in.
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Clipper HOFers 

Post#56 » by esqtvd » Mon May 26, 2025 6:09 am

Also Harden made the all-nba third team .. got some all-nba team clips luv : )


Interesting. Chris Paul WILL become a HOFer, mostly as a Clipper.

HOFers who played for the Clippers but are not really "CLIPPERS." Bill Walton. Dominique. Bob McAdoo [Buffalo Braves]. Harden is already in the top 5.

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Post#57 » by MartinToVaught » Mon May 26, 2025 1:32 pm

If we include coaches, there's also Dr. Jack and Larry Brown (the only good coaches we've ever had). To be fair, though, this isn't like the baseball HOF where a big deal is made out of which team an inductee goes in as. For example, they chose a picture of Clyde Drexler in a Blazers uniform and memorabilia from his time in Portland even though the peak of his success was with the Rockets. This would have been moderately controversial in baseball but it's a non-story in basketball.
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Post#58 » by esqtvd » Tue May 27, 2025 12:55 am

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Post#59 » by esqtvd » Tue May 27, 2025 1:16 am

The complete list. Doc will be in there soon too.


Chauncey Billups
2 Seasons in LAC - Averaged 11.5 points in 42 games
Inducted in 2024
Adrian Dantley
1 Season in LAC - Averaged 20.3 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.2 steals in 77 games
Inducted in 2008
Grant Hill
1 Season in LAC - Averaged 3.2 points in 29 games
Inducted in 2018
Moses Malone
1 Season in LAC - Averaged 0.0 points in 2 games
NBA's Top 50, NBA's Top 75
Inducted in 2001
Bob McAdoo
5 Seasons in LAC - Averaged 28.2 points, 12.7 rebounds, 1.8 blocks in 334 games
NBA's Top 75, MVP, ROY, All-NBA 1st, 3x All-Star
Inducted in 2000
Paul Pierce
2 Seasons in LAC - Averaged 5.4 points in 93 games
NBA's Top 75
Inducted in 2021
Bill Walton
4 Seasons in LAC - Averaged 11.9 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.3 blocks in 169 games
NBA's Top 50, NBA's Top 75
Inducted in 1993
Jamaal Wilkes
1 Season in LAC - Averaged 5.8 points in 13 games
Inducted in 2012
Dominique Wilkins
1 Season in LAC - Averaged 29.1 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.2 steals in 25 games
NBA's Top 75
Inducted in 2006

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Larry Brown
Head Coach (1991-92 to 1992-93)
Inducted in 2002
Bill Fitch
Head Coach (1994-95 to 1997-98)
Inducted in 2019
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Head Coach (1977-78)
Inducted in 2021
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Post#60 » by esqtvd » Tue May 27, 2025 7:26 am

And of course

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