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madelynburkeThrowback to 2012 when I fell asleep on the #Clippers team plane and Lob City was a thing. Life comes at you fast. #gotem #LACTV

LA Clippers players react to former teammate Blake Griffin being traded

DeAndre Jordan, who was close friends with Griffin since before the existence of Lob City:

“The organization felt like it was best for our team now and along in the future. Blake was a teammate of mine for nine years, his whole time here. We had a lot of good times together and he’ll be a friend of mine after basketball. It was definitely tough to see him go. I wish him nothing but the best.

Sam Dekker, whose locker was immediately to the left of Blake Griffin’s:

“Blake is a true pro. I’ve known him longer than I’ve been in the league. He’s good friend of mine. He’s a hard worker. Coming off a back to back, I’ll come to the practice facility thinking I’m early and he’s already there getting lift in. That’s why he is the way he is. I saw a tweet yesterday that summed it up perfectly. His first basket here was an alley top dunk and his last bucket was a go-ahead three-pointer, so it showed how much he’s worked on his game and evolved as a player. You can a learn a lot from a guy like that.

C.J. Williams, two-way rookie whose locker was immediately to the right of Blake Griffin’s:

“Oh man, Blake taught me a lot. He taught me so much. That’s why yesterday after I found out, I reached out to him and just thanked him for all the stuff that he’s taught me and just wishing him good luck because he’s a great guy. He’s a great guy having in the locker room and he’s very positive a lot of times. He’s very intense and out of your franchise guy, you want that passion, that ‘never want to lose mentality.’ He’ll definitely be missed but it’s a new chapter for him and for us as a team.

Tomer Azarly, ClutchPoints

Regarding the Clippers and their failures, Barnes stated to Beck that the team was their own biggest enemy. They would fight on the court and have so much dysfunction they were not able to get over the hump.



We got in our own way. That was most talented mentally weak team I’ve ever been on.



Barnes said that the beginning of the end was losing the Houston series, citing infighting between teammates as what kept the team from reaching their goal.

He mentioned briefly when playing against the Warriors and seeing their chemistry, that it was something the Clippers just couldn’t get a hold of in the playoffs.



(We) Should have won a championship but didn’t because we were too much again each other and not against other teams.



Matt stopped short of naming the players specifically but explained how he was the one to “bridge the gaps”, keeping the team functioning and rolling.


That just leaves so much open for interpretation on which player he had to have talks with. Could it have been Blake Griffin or DeAndre Jordan?


When asked about his favorite teammates of all-time, he mentioned three current and former Clippers. Chris Paul was first, Jordan second, and lastly he mentioned J.J. Redick. He made a point of stating that he actually didn’t like Redick before he actually met him. He notably left out Blake Griffin from his favorite teammate list, but I guess not everyone can make that list.