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'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:35 am
by mkwest
Over the past three games, the Clippers have started to play highlights of the second unit to A Tribe Called Quest’s “Scenario” and the #ATribeCalledBench hashtag has started trending on Twitter in Los Angeles during Clippers games.
It’s no surprise that the nickname has caught on over the past three games. During that stretch no Clippers starter has seen the court in the fourth quarter (except for Caron Butler being forced to play the final 1:36 during Sunday's 102-83 win over the Toronto Raptors after Matt Barnes was ejected). In fact, in four of the past five games, the Clippers haven’t needed to turn to their starters in the final stanza once.
“Our starters do a great job of wearing teams out, and then we try to bring in the knockout blow,” Crawford said. “That’s why this team was built this way. Seeing Chris [Paul], Blake [Griffin], DeAndre [Jordan], Caron and Chauncey [Billups] play heavy minutes and getting beat up last season, by the time the playoffs were here everybody was either injured or tired.
“Now with our depth, those guys will be fresh the whole way. When they’re fresh, we’ll be a much better team.”
“We know what our ultimate goal is,” Barnes said. “We have a very talented team and guys have to make sacrifices ... whether that’s playing time, shots or whatever it may be. Everyone has bought in and the more time we have together, the better we jell and the better we play. It’s important when you like your teammates, and we all get along on and off the court. I think that carries onto the court and I think that’s big for us.
“We’re just having fun out there,” he said. “We know we have something special here.”
Arash Markazi,
ESPN Los Angeles
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 8:29 pm
by jflipclip
The nickname... is pretty bad. I like the NBA TV's nickname they gave for the bench: The Bench Battalion.
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:47 pm
by JordanLAC
I thought "MVB" Most Valuable Bench was pretty good! Awesome photo!! You should post it on the Clippers FB website!
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:33 am
by mj_shoefanatic
Love the moniker but then I could biased since I am a diehard ATCQ fan.
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:23 am
by apet8945
Yeah, "A Tribe Called Bench" is probably the greatest nickname I've ever heard in my life. Whoever came up with it is a freakin' genius. But considering that a lot of people won't know what it means or where it comes from, I can see why those people wouldn't like it.
But trust me, this is a BAD ASS nickname. So glad our bench has it.
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:21 am
by mike3
I don't actually get the nickname? I'm sure theres a deeper meaning.. explain?^
but either way, I love it, I love our bench. The way Crawford described it with them being the knockout blow is just perfect.
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:42 am
by mkwest
credit goes to Erik O of Clips Nation.
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:09 am
by thanumba2clippersfan
Very nice, I love midnight marauders
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:40 am
by mj_shoefanatic
& low end theory
two bonafide classics
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:16 pm
by playaloc916
mkwest wrote:credit goes to Erik O of Clips Nation.
I love it, incredible work by Erik O. The Turiaf ones are the best.
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:14 pm
by azncorruptedo17
turiaf faces.. hahaha
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:27 pm
by jflipclip
apet8945 wrote:Yeah, "A Tribe Called Bench" is probably the greatest nickname I've ever heard in my life. Whoever came up with it is a freakin' genius. But considering that a lot of people won't know what it means or where it comes from, I can see why those people wouldn't like it.
But trust me, this is a BAD ASS nickname. So glad our bench has it.
I know where it comes from... it just doesn't flow to me as a nickname. It doesn't really give them a sense of who they are as a bench unit. It's just hey look, they're named after a hip-hop group... cause they like hip-hop? Yeaahhh. Basically, it sounds like a hipster picked the name cause it's "retro".
meh
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:15 pm
by mttwlsn16
Who the hell is the bald guy w the headband on the bottom row lol
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:07 am
by mkwest
mttwlsn16 wrote:Who the hell is the bald guy w the headband on the bottom row lol
Old School Odom.
cliprkid posted this on Twitter the other day.
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:05 pm
by madmaxmedia
Depth is...having everyone on your team average at least 10 minutes per game.
Re: 'A Tribe Called Bench' is born
Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:45 pm
by TheNewEra
Any update on Grant Hill would love to get him going before the break so he can get chemistry off the bench
