Game 50: Clippers (25-24) host Trail Blazers (27-22) on 01/30 @ 10:30 PM

Post #2 » by **thanumba2clippersfan** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 12:17 am

Guess we'll see how we look tonight. We won't have any of the new guys so I hope we can be competitive against the Blazers.

Post #3 » by **og15** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:50 am

Not bad so far. Good to see Gallo back, but keeping it close at half

Post #4 » by **og15** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:04 am

Wallace only guy that can score right now

MartinToVaught · Post #5 » by **MartinToVaught** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:13 am

Hope all the people who have spent all day justifying the Blake trade are watching this pitiful performance right now. Gee, it's almost as if a lot of our flaws were being covered up by the presence of a legitimate superstar!

BenchOnaQUEST · Post #6 » by **BenchOnaQUEST** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:35 am

MartinToVaught wrote:Hope all the people who have spent all day justifying the Blake trade are watching this pitiful performance right now. Gee, it's almost as if a lot of our flaws were being covered up by the presence of a legitimate superstar!

I'll take the liberty of quoting LA Times' Bill Plasche:

"Remember when the Dodgers' Andrew Friedman made his first big splash as baseball boss three years ago by trading Matt Kemp in a controversial move that helped them build a pennant winner? This feels a lot like that.
As a star, Griffin was fun. But as a foundation, he was shaky.
You could cheer for him, but you couldn't build on him. He was great in commercials, but struggled in fourth quarters. His dunks were breathtaking, but so were his debacles.
He never should have been made the cornerstone. He was always just a supporting player. During one of his hot streaks, I once wrote a column saying this was his team, and smart fans roasted me for it, and they were right."

Anyway, this sluggish game is getting interesting. I love the push our new-look team is making.

wassuphomeboy · Post #7 » by **wassuphomeboy** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:43 am

Even Lou hates this trade. And Lou liked everything about being a Clipper too.

illastrate · Post #8 » by **illastrate** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:47 am

MartinToVaught wrote:Hope all the people who have spent all day justifying the Blake trade are watching this pitiful performance right now. Gee, it's almost as if a lot of our flaws were being covered up by the presence of a legitimate superstar!

The team is 8-8 without him as well. This ragtag team has had quite a few impressive wins with a bare cupboard. Tonight's not one of those nights, it happens.

And BTW, I love Blake. Always will.

BenchOnaQUEST · Post #9 » by **BenchOnaQUEST** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 5:57 am

wassuphomeboy wrote:Even Lou hates this trade. And Lou liked everything about being a Clipper too.

Nah, I don't think it has much to do with that particulae trade. As much as players thinking "Am I gonna be traded next?", this just wasn't his night.... I mean everybody has a bad night every now and then.

wassuphomeboy · Post #10 » by **wassuphomeboy** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 6:01 am

Shaliq wrote:
wassuphomeboy wrote:Even Lou hates this trade. And Lou liked everything about being a Clipper too.

Nah, I don't think it has much to do with that particulae trade. As much as players thinking "Am I gonna be traded next?", this just wasn't his night.... I mean everybody has a bad night every now and then.

He definitely didn't look himself to me tonight. Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. We just had to try and find out the hard way though, huh

DJ has looked checked out mentally for a while now and he's always been one of the most energetic, hard-working players on the team. I don't blame him. Also, think Lou is as eager to resign now?

Keep this revolving door going and eventually you'll reach a tipping point.

MartinToVaught · Post #11 » by **MartinToVaught** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 6:18 am

illastrate wrote:
MartinToVaught wrote:Hope all the people who have spent all day justifying the Blake trade are watching this pitiful performance right now. Gee, it's almost as if a lot of our flaws were being covered up by the presence of a legitimate superstar!

The team is 8-8 without him as well. This ragtag team has had quite a few impressive wins with a bare cupboard. Tonight's not one of those nights, it happens.

And BTW, I love Blake. Always will.

There's a big difference between then and now. For that 8-8 record, everyone knew Blake was coming back eventually. That's obviously not the case now.

mttwlsn16 · Post #12 » by **mttwlsn16** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 7:35 am

Good God you are **** insufferable. Go root for the Pistons. Please. Everyone would appreciate it.

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Quake Griffin · Post #13 » by **Quake Griffin** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 8:29 am

https://youtu.be/y-R2p6DdK8M

^^^
DeAndre in the locker room after the game.

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Galloisdaman · Post #14 » by **Galloisdaman** » Wed Jan 31, 2018 6:15 pm

For a team that was very shorthanded they looked pretty good. I do not know if it is the plan but I think they could still make the playoffs if they have any luck.

esqtvd · Post #15 » by **esqtvd** » Thu Feb 1, 2018 7:07 am

Held them under 40% from the field but they hit almost 40% from distance, that was the difference. Avery and Austin are plus perimeter defenders. All is not lost.