Clippers(8-21) @ Kings(7-24)

Post #1 » by **SD2042** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:01 am

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Who: Los Angeles Clippers(8-21) @ Sacramento Kings(7-24)
When: Tuesday, December 30th
Where: ARCO Arena in Sacramento, CA
Time: 7:00 PM PST
TV/Radio: FSNPT/710 AM
Season Series: Kings lead 1-0
Team Trivia: Kings forward Mikki Moore played 74 games for the Clippers in the 2004-05.

Clippers Starters

Kings Starters

PlinkingPanda · Post #2 » by **PlinkingPanda** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:08 am

uhh... go team..?

I don't really know how to react anymore. Wins are meaningless at this stage. The only thing we can hope for is for a certain head coach to get the boot. So.. In a way. I hope we get destroyed just so Sterling can open his eyes and see this isn't working out.

JJ LoDuca · Post #3 » by **JJ LoDuca** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:07 am

I can't help it, I still wanna win this one. I keep waiting for that winning streak that's gonna turn this season around, you know, the one that'll never come. Oh, to be young and naiive...

Go Clippers.....?

cinnamon · Post #4 » by **cinnamon** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:25 am

At this point it appears impossible to have any expectations of this team, but they are our team so we still may have some hopes.
The problem is, as Fishy so perceptively observes, identifying what those hopes are for.
I don't know.
Why am I surprised when this happens again for another year? It's those pesky hopes, I guess.

vi3t · Post #5 » by **vi3t** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:26 am

wats the status on Randolph?

Post #6 » by **mkwest** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:36 am

vi3t wrote:wats the status on Randolph?

Out 1-2 weeks.

ejftw · Post #7 » by **ejftw** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:55 am

Watch Udrih burn us for 30.

God we should have focused on signing him for the 6 mil or so he wanted and used the rest to get a proper bench together.

mj_shoefanatic · Post #8 » by **mj_shoefanatic** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:07 am

Hopefully F.Jones steals minutes away from Baron since he no longer wants to be a Clipper. :wave:

ejftw · Post #9 » by **ejftw** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:11 am

^^

Now now, we don't know that. I'm not going to take SJax's word over Barons. Now, it may be true, but until Baron hints at it, I'm not fully going to believe it. What Fred needs to do is take away minutes from Mardy "QRoss 2.0" Collins.

scratch21 · Post #10 » by **scratch21** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:22 am

I just want to see how Baron is gonna respond

Jeezo1 · Post #11 » by **Jeezo1** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 5:39 am

What's the point of winning this game when our season is already over? Winning will only increase the likelihood of Dunleavy remaining the head coach. We might as well root for them to lose so not only will it increase the chance of Dunleavy being fired, it'll get us another high lottery pick. We'd kill 2 birds with one stone. That will make this a successful season.

mj_shoefanatic · Post #12 » by **mj_shoefanatic** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:17 am

scratch21 wrote:I just want to see how Baron is gonna respond

He better do it fast or I'm gonna start the Bum Diddy for Crawford + fillers campaign :nod:

scratch21 · Post #13 » by **scratch21** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:06 am

^^ seriously

adiedanny · Post #14 » by **adiedanny** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:31 am

I hope he was quoted out of context. If not, I do not want any player that does not want to be part of our team. I still hope it was exaggerated and Davis still hopes to guide this team to success.

cinnamon · Post #15 » by **cinnamon** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:41 pm

LA Times now has Baron saying he doesn't want to leave, and isn't surprised by a rough transition year, and plans to tough it out. That's the decent thing to say. I can imagine him talking out of frustration to an old friend, and then having second thoughts. We just need him to play the best he can under these outrageously difficult circumstances for the Clippers.
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Clippers guard Baron Davis has denied claims by former teammate Stephen Jackson that he wants to return to the Warriors.

"No, I don't want out," Davis said on Monday. "I don't know what Stephen Jackson got from my conversation. That never came out of my mouth.

"I'm here. I'm here doing the same thing I did at Golden State. The first year I got to Golden State it was rough. It was a tough season. We were figuring each other out, figuring out the system. That transition year is always a tough year."

Jackson told the Contra Costa Times a slightly different version of the story.

"That's all we talked about. . . . He wants to come back. And if he wants to come back, I want him back," Jackson said of Baron's reported desire to return.
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illastrate · Post #16 » by **illastrate** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:01 pm

cinnamon wrote:LA Times now has Baron saying he doesn't want to leave, and isn't surprised by a rough transition year, and plans to tough it out. That's the decent thing to say. I can imagine him talking out of frustration to an old friend, and then having second thoughts. We just need him to play the best he can under these outrageously difficult circumstances for the Clippers.
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Clippers guard Baron Davis has denied claims by former teammate Stephen Jackson that he wants to return to the Warriors.

"No, I don't want out," Davis said on Monday. "I don't know what Stephen Jackson got from my conversation. That never came out of my mouth.

"I'm here. I'm here doing the same thing I did at Golden State. The first year I got to Golden State it was rough. It was a tough season. We were figuring each other out, figuring out the system. That transition year is always a tough year."

Jackson told the Contra Costa Times a slightly different version of the story.

"That's all we talked about. . . . He wants to come back. And if he wants to come back, I want him back," Jackson said of Baron's reported desire to return.
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Just a PR move. I'm sure Baron in his heart wants to go back to GSW, but he's not gonna flat out admit it. Whatever the matter, we're stuck with him for 5 years, so we have to deal with it. Let's just focus on everyone being healthy and see what we've got. That's the only thing I look forward to this season.

NYCF · Post #17 » by **NYCF** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:55 pm

Hard to conceive of anyone really caring who wins this stinkfest. The more interesting question is whether there will actually be more than 7,500 butts in the seats at Arco to watch this "contest".

JJ LoDuca · Post #18 » by **JJ LoDuca** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:04 pm

^ They love their Kings up there, I'm sure attendance will be fine. In a town where its either basketball or cow tipping, I think the Kings get the better end of the deal

corgiBear8 · Post #19 » by **corgiBear8** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 7:15 pm

I don't want to give up on the season. I hate the Kings and hope Baron plays big.

JJ LoDuca · Post #20 » by **JJ LoDuca** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 8:34 pm

I hope the recent comments add fuel to Baron's game tonight. The script for the game goes like this: the team that plays the hardest wins.