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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 thread serious or humorous?

its whammy doing what whammy does.

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?

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.

You give the best against the best.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

you could make a pretty good living in tabloid journalism.