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Blake Griffin and Lamar Odom Frontcourt 

Post#1 » by SF_Warriors » Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:52 pm

I feel like Blake Griffin and Lamar Odom will see a lot of action together at PF & C.

Assuming Odom is healthy/motivated, what do you guys think of them seeing extensive time together in the frontcourt?

I do not see a Jordan/Griffin/Odom combo in the game at the same time. Odom is just not a small forward at this stage of his career.
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Re: Blake Griffin and Lamar Odom Frontcourt 

Post#2 » by RiversideClips » Fri Jul 20, 2012 10:07 pm

LO scares me, I am just very negative on this pickup, I expect NOTHING from him but drama.
What ever he gives in the positive will be a bonus, I would rather have the other Kardashians husband on the Clips.
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Re: Blake Griffin and Lamar Odom Frontcourt 

Post#3 » by mj_shoefanatic » Sun Jul 22, 2012 12:33 pm

I think we see them paired together if DJ gets in early foul trouble and depending upon who is playing @ C for the opposing team. We have a perfect team for that fast paced lob city bball. Hope Vinny can exploit that next season. LO is an overall better more versatile player than Kim K's ex-husband and he has playoff/championship experience. We would have been foolish not to add a player of his caliber to this team. Glad we made the right decision. :)
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Re: Blake Griffin and Lamar Odom Frontcourt 

Post#4 » by og15 » Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:29 pm

Even without foul trouble, unless Blake and Odom see time together as the PF/C, Odom can only get 12-13 minutes backing up PF, and that isn't going to happen, he will play 26+, so about 13/half.

It will be something like this:
The game will start off with Blake/DJ: 7 mins
DJ will sit, Blake will move to C, and then Odom will come in at PF - Odom/Blake: 3 mins
Blake will sit, then Hollins will come in, we will see a little bit of Hollins/Odom: 6 mins
Then DJ and Blake come back - Blake/DJ: 6 mins
Then Odom replaces Blake - Odom/DJ: 2 mins

Total first half: Blake (16), DJ (15), Odom (11), Hollins (6)

The last sub allows Blake to get extended rest going into half time. He will play more minutes in the second half (19). Hollins will get about 2 minutes in the second half, and DJ will play about 3 less. So you end up with Blake (35), DJ (27), Odom (26), Hollins (8).

On a DNP night for Hollins:
Blake/DJ: 7
Odom/Blake: 3
Odom/DJ: 4
Blake/DJ: 3
Odom/Blake: 4
Odom/DJ: 3
Blake (17) / DJ (17) / Odom (14)

Second half: Blake (19) / Odom (14) / DJ (14)
Total: Blake (36) / DJ (31) / Odom (28)
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Re: Blake Griffin and Lamar Odom Frontcourt 

Post#5 » by awaywehappened » Sun Jul 22, 2012 6:53 pm

Still hoping we can get Birdman to take Hollins minutes :/
He's fast enough to play PF and perform some effective perimeter D, could give us a little more versatility and options to change up our lineups.
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Re: Blake Griffin and Lamar Odom Frontcourt 

Post#6 » by og15 » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:38 pm

Yea, forgot that he's still out there, but I think with the whole "culture change", he's not the type of player the team will be looking for due to the aura of off court issues surrounding him.
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Re: Blake Griffin and Lamar Odom Frontcourt 

Post#7 » by mkwest » Sun Jul 22, 2012 11:54 pm

I don't think Andersen will be signing with anyone until the legal matters are (hopefully) cleared up.
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Post#8 » by mj_shoefanatic » Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:23 pm

This team does not need to add that pedophile. I'm cool with Hollins backing up DJ.

Hope he never plays in the NBA again for real. :nonono:
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Re: Blake Griffin and Lamar Odom Frontcourt 

Post#9 » by og15 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:37 pm

I don't believe he was proven guilty of that, somI would hold off on the hate of him until that is settled, cause of he didn't do anything, then it won't be nice after the fact.

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