Eric Gordon

[Scoot McGroot]

Wont happen but Danny for EJ and Blake Griffin would be nice, send them a few draft picks to, rights to our foreign players

Gonna take a lot more than Danny to get EJ and Griffin.




One thing I've been kicking around in my head is a Granger/Hansbrough/picks for Aminu/Griffin/filler trade.

I think getting Griffin to play with Hibbert would be simply long-term dynastic, especially with Darren Collison long-term. George and Aminu could battle as the SF of the future, and that team would be set long-term.

I certainly know that if I were the Clippers, I just wouldn't trade Griffin for most anything right now. As a Pacer fan, I'd trade anything other than Hibbert and Collison in any combination for him, and be willing to take on any filler contracts, including Baron Davis for him.

[jowglenn]

Wont happen but Danny for EJ and Blake Griffin would be nice, send them a few draft picks to, rights to our foreign players

Gonna take a lot more than Danny to get EJ and Griffin.




One thing I've been kicking around in my head is a Granger/Hansbrough/picks for Aminu/Griffin/filler trade.

I think getting Griffin to play with Hibbert would be simply long-term dynastic, especially with Darren Collison long-term. George and Aminu could battle as the SF of the future, and that team would be set long-term.

I certainly know that if I were the Clippers, I just wouldn't trade Griffin for most anything right now. As a Pacer fan, I'd trade anything other than Hibbert and Collison in any combination for him, and be willing to take on any filler contracts, including Baron Davis for him.

Sorry, buddy, but keep kicking it around in your head. There is absolutely no way the Clippers trade Blake Grifin to ANY TEAM. That guy is their franchise right now, has so much potential it bleeds, is going to be a runaway ROY and will, barring injury, be one of the top 3 PF in the league for at least 7 or 8 years of his career.

I would trade ANYONE on our team to get Blake Griffin. And we would still get turned down.

[jowglenn]

And as for getting Gordon, I find it highly unlikely, but you can never really rule it out. Brand was their star player, their hero, and he left pretty quickly, even after they brought in Baron Davis. Makes you think that Brand secretly NEVER wanted to be in LA leading up to that FA.

It's because LA Clippers are a disfunctional organization, run by an insane **** in Donald Sterling. If they weren't in LA, which almost any reasonable player would pick over Indianapolis to live in, they'd have been forced to contract or something years ago.

I do suppose Gordon could say, 'yeah, play in my hometown, yeah!' But frankly, I know a number of people who moved out to So. Cal after college, and ain't NONE of them coming back while they're still young. That place is fantastic if you're young and rich, so I don't see any reason why Gordon would want to leave, especially now that they've got hte Griffin thing going.

[Starkiller]

Tidbit of info on EJ, when he was in college he really didn't do much other than go to class and practice. Lots of people I know who went to IU around that time said he was really quiet and kind of a dork. Didn't really hang out with anybody or party at all. Maybe he doesn't care about the LA lifestyle. Again, I'm banking on the idea that EJ will say he doesn't want to stay in LA and they may want to get SOMETHING for him, then our expirings/young guys could come into play so LA could replace him. But yeah, thinking about it, as much as I love him, I'd trade Danny for EJ.

[Scoot McGroot]

One thing I've been kicking around in my head is a Granger/Hansbrough/picks for Aminu/Griffin/filler trade.

I think getting Griffin to play with Hibbert would be simply long-term dynastic, especially with Darren Collison long-term. George and Aminu could battle as the SF of the future, and that team would be set long-term.

Sorry, buddy, but keep kicking it around in your head. There is absolutely no way the Clippers trade Blake Grifin to ANY TEAM. That guy is their franchise right now, has so much potential it bleeds, is going to be a runaway ROY and will, barring injury, be one of the top 3 PF in the league for at least 7 or 8 years of his career.

Looks to me like you don't read whole posts. If you HAD kept reading, you would've read that you're actually agreeing completely with me....

I certainly know that if I were the Clippers, I just wouldn't trade Griffin for most anything right now

But righteous indignation is certainly more fun than actually agreeing with a post, AMIRIGHT?!?

[Miller4ever]

BAM! Scooty McGrootied!

[captaincrunk]

If he pans out like he's supposed to, I wouldn't be afraid to have Paul at SF and have to ship Danny for EJ. EJ is just a better player. I think the only way we land EJ from LA is if they know he won't resign and want to get at least something for him, and then maybe our capspace can come into effect and a young wing (Rush, Lance, Paul) with a pick or something, while taking one of their bad deals.

Why does everyone keep saying EJ? Who the hell is EJ?

[jowglenn]

Looks to me like you don't read whole posts. If you HAD kept reading, you would've read that you're actually agreeing completely with me....

Scoot McGroot wrote:I certainly know that if I were the Clippers, I just wouldn't trade Griffin for most anything right now



But righteous indignation is certainly more fun than actually agreeing with a post, AMIRIGHT?!?

Relax, I'm not being indignant, I just hate seeing someone so generally acknowledged as a respected and intelligent poster say such absurd things as:

I'd trade anything other than Hibbert and Collison in any combination for him

so I felt I had to bring you back down to earth. That's all.

[Miller4ever]

I don't find that statement absurd. And I find it less absurd when I put it into context.

[Gremz]

Nothing EVER gets put into context with me.

[Miller4ever]

Your context is Australia. Nobody understands it.

[Gremz]

Am not.

[Scoot McGroot]

I would trade ANYONE on our team to get Blake Griffin. And we would still get turned down.

Looks like you're just as absurd. That's your comment, and it's almost exactly the same as what I typed.


Come on now jowglenn, what's the argument here? We're on the EXACT same page. Just don't create stances where I didn't post any.

[Dreamz]

For us to get Gordon from them, we would almost certainly have to take Baron off their hands and his huge contract.

[Scoot McGroot]

For us to get Gordon from them, we would almost certainly have to take Baron off their hands and his huge contract.

I don't see a problem with that, and I certainly wouldn't blame the Clippers for demanding that.


Alas, even still, to make this point clear, the Clippers would not, and should not trade Blake Griffin for anything short of true superstar value.

[Starkiller]

If he pans out like he's supposed to, I wouldn't be afraid to have Paul at SF and have to ship Danny for EJ. EJ is just a better player. I think the only way we land EJ from LA is if they know he won't resign and want to get at least something for him, and then maybe our capspace can come into effect and a young wing (Rush, Lance, Paul) with a pick or something, while taking one of their bad deals.

Why does everyone keep saying EJ? Who the hell is EJ?

EJ is Eric Gordon. You don't know that?

[Scoot McGroot]

If he pans out like he's supposed to, I wouldn't be afraid to have Paul at SF and have to ship Danny for EJ. EJ is just a better player. I think the only way we land EJ from LA is if they know he won't resign and want to get at least something for him, and then maybe our capspace can come into effect and a young wing (Rush, Lance, Paul) with a pick or something, while taking one of their bad deals.

Why does everyone keep saying EJ? Who the hell is EJ?

EJ is Eric Gordon. You don't know that?

Eric Gordon, Jr.

[Grang33r]

I like Gordon but i don't think it's wise to even consider trading for him because we are not one player away from being a complete team. To get Eric Gordon, i think we'd need to package Paul George as well as a very high draft pick, so we'd have to assume we are in the lottery and probably a top 10 pick. And that would be total over payment on our part.