The Clippers Have Created A Monster - The Scrub Problem

Wammy Giveaway · Post #1 » by **Wammy Giveaway** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 8:56 pm

Remember their loss to the Heat, when the Clippers got smacked by the big, unknown, Hassan Whiteside? They thought he was a scrub, and therefore, subjected to the same scouting report as rookies: easily foulable, won't be played until garbage time. Then this happened:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whQiYkhW8Fc[/youtube]

Hassan captured a career high in points and rebounds against the Clippers - and all because they refused to take him seriously. Thanks to that, the Clippers have single handedly created a monster, for Hassan, today, notched his first ever triple double against the Chicago Bulls: 13 points, 12 blocks AND rebounds.

Turning unknowns into All Stars for a day has been a thematic issue for the Clippers this season. This goes beyond the issues they have at small forward and defense in general. This is a scouting problem.

Why is it that the Clippers seem to be the only team in the league to turn opposing players into superstars?

This is also a place where you can post games that featured an unknown player going off against the Clippers, or a known player who broke out and turned into an All Star against them.

Quake Griffin · Post #2 » by **Quake Griffin** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:01 pm

This thread serious or humorous?

Neddy · Post #3 » by **Neddy** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:07 pm

its whammy doing what whammy does.

Wammy Giveaway · Post #4 » by **Wammy Giveaway** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:07 pm

Quake Griffin wrote:This thread serious or humorous?

Both. Mainly it's a question to the fans: is there a problem with how the Clippers scout opposing teams? If there isn't, why have scrubs like Whiteside gone off hard against them?

Neddy · Post #5 » by **Neddy** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:09 pm

I personally think Whammy has a bright future working for any conservative think tank because creating something out of nothing seems to be his talent.

Dynamix · Post #6 » by **Dynamix** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 9:13 pm

You give the best against the best.

TucsonClip · Post #7 » by **TucsonClip** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:05 pm

We have been terrible defending PF/Cs the last few years. This year is no exception as we are in the bottom 1/3 against centers.

Forte IV · Post #8 » by **Forte IV** » Sun Jan 25, 2015 11:10 pm

Anybody who thought Whiteside was a scrub before this game clearly needs to start scouting prospects. Everything Whiteside is doing was expected from him coming out of college. At one point he was considered as the #1 pick if he had returned for his sophomore season in college. He ultimately declared after his freshman season, because he was already 20. He was a blocking machine in college, and I'm glad it translated into the NBA. He was drafted in a bad spot in Sacramento, and unfortunately never got any playing time from them before being cut.

Quake Griffin · Post #9 » by **Quake Griffin** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 4:46 am

watching on ESPN.

apparently he said 3 months ago he was at the Downtown Y and couldn't get a team to pick up the phone.
the guy was out of the league for 2 years.

i mean….just lol at laying this at Doc's feet.
good for the Heat though.

kylem4711 · Post #10 » by **kylem4711** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:19 pm

Neddy wrote:I personally think Whammy has a bright future working for any conservative think tank because creating something out of nothing seems to be his talent.

haha

Post #11 » by **og15** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:19 pm

Wammy Giveaway wrote:Remember their loss to the Heat, when the Clippers got smacked by the big, unknown, Hassan Whiteside? They thought he was a scrub, and therefore, subjected to the same scouting report as rookies: easily foulable, won't be played until garbage time. Then this happened:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whQiYkhW8Fc[/youtube]

Hassan captured a career high in points and rebounds against the Clippers - and all because they refused to take him seriously. Thanks to that, the Clippers have single handedly created a monster, for Hassan, today, notched his first ever triple double against the Chicago Bulls: 13 points, 12 blocks AND rebounds.

Turning unknowns into All Stars for a day has been a thematic issue for the Clippers this season. This goes beyond the issues they have at small forward and defense in general. This is a scouting problem.

Why is it that the Clippers seem to be the only team in the league to turn opposing players into superstars?

This is also a place where you can post games that featured an unknown player going off against the Clippers, or a known player who broke out and turned into an All Star against them.

This is most likely due to not watching enough games of non-Clipper teams

nickhx2 · Post #12 » by **nickhx2** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 2:44 am

you could make a pretty good living in tabloid journalism.