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Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 1:45 am
by thanumba2clippersfan
Ralph Lawler put the top 5 rookies we have had in our franchise and it got me thinking, out of the recent Clipper draft picks which one was your favorite?

If I have left a player off feel free to post the name. I'm only doing the 2000s basically and if you have anyone before that feel free to post their names as well.

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 4:06 am
by mkwest
It was between Odom and Gordon for me. I went with EJ.

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 6:18 am
by Vinsane15
D-Miles!!

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 7:21 am
by thanumba2clippersfan
I went with Odom

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 12:04 pm
by cinnamon
Odom has the most versatility for his team.
But with EJ, it's still early enough that I can hope he will fulfill all of his promise and become everything he can be as a player ---- something that the others, for one reason or another, don't make me feel.

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 12:12 pm
by Det the Threat
I really liked Q during his Clipper years, as he'd been a really good rebounder and emerged more and more on the offensive end.

Gordon we all know how good he was and how much fun it's been watching him, during this crappy season.

Though, my vote goes to Lamar, as he was just a lot of fun to watch, due to being one of the most versatile forwards i've ever seen.

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 3:37 pm
by jgustav1
I went with Gordon as the pick. Second on my list was Brent Barry but that is going back to the 90's. He added a nice spark from the bench and hit many key shots as a rookie.

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:32 pm
by Forte IV
If Q would have stayed with the Clippers I really think eh could have turned into a star. His last season with us was his best and ever since he left LA hes been going down hill.

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 6:30 pm
by thanumba2clippersfan
SuperNova854 wrote:If Q would have stayed with the Clippers I really think eh could have turned into a star. His last season with us was his best and ever since he left LA hes been going down hill.


That's how I also felt. He was my favorite Clipper when he was on the team.

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 7:35 am
by JJ LoDuca
D-Miles...that was my boy! He'll always be my favorite Clipper for sentimental reasons...whether I am embarrassed by them or not!

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Tue May 26, 2009 6:23 pm
by ClipperEric
Thornton just barely over Gordon.

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:01 am
by mj_shoefanatic
back in the day it was L-O but I had to pick EJ over that bozoe.

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:00 pm
by thanumba2clippersfan
Looks like Gordon is winning this one so far.
The rookies that I have really liked on this list are Lamar Odom, Al Thornton, and Eric Gordon.

Re: Favorite Clipper Rookies

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:54 pm
by madmaxmedia
Gordon of course has the most potential out of all of them. For some reason I picked DMiles, just my sentimental pick.

He was just a lot of fun to watch when he was here, plus played really good defense. Everyone wanted him to become this quadruple threat like Magic Johnson or something, he just didn't have the ball skills to do that.

When he was a rookie he was rail thin and you weren't quite sure he even belong in the NBA, straight out of HS. I went to one of the first games his rookie season and watched him swat an early Shaq shot into the stands, that got a lot of oohs and aahs...