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Blake Griffin dunks on teammate DeAndre Jordan
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Blake Griffin dunks on teammate DeAndre Jordan
One day, Blake Griffin will be able to take advantage of the “Hack A Blake” strategy. Going 2 for 9 from the line isn’t going to stop it any time soon.
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Clippers center DeAndre Jordan has a new favorite hobby: posting photos of his teammates while they sleep on the team bus/plane on his Twitter account.
Also, it says a lot about what winning can do for team camaraderie. When you win, every night is a going to be a lot of fun.
Bad News for the Clip Set
Chauncey Billups may be out for the season with a left achilles injury. No official word yet on the injury, but hopefully there will be an announcement later today. Despite recently signing Kenyon Martin, Billups’ injury is a big, big blow to the team. Sure, Chauncey threw up some misguided shots here and there, but the team was starting to gel and become something truly special.
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Kenyon Martin is heading to Los Angeles.
K-Mart has signed a one year deal for $2.5 million dollars with the Clippers.
Expect Martin to potentially suit up by February 10th
“CP3 said the most alley-oops he’d thrown before joining the Clippers was when he played with Tyson Chandler in N’awlins, and Chandler wanted the ball aimed just outside the rim. When Paul arrived in L.A. and talked to Blake, he found out that Blake didn’t want the ball adjacent to the rim. “Instead of throwing right in front of the goal,” CP3 said, “Blake wants it back, really far back.” Paul pointed like a foot outside the rim. (“I try to add some flair to it,” Blake said.)”
- Slam
This other Blake Griffin dunk was pretty good, too.
Dear NBA, thanks for honoring the ABA. Now please burn these jerseys and leave no evidence.
For those that don’t know, the Clippers and the Girzz wore these atrocious uniforms to help celebrate the 45th anniversary of the founding of the ABA. The Clippers were representing the Los Angeles Stars and the Grizzlies were in the colorway of the Memphis Tams.
Thanks but no thanks, NBA.
Kobe Bryant, on Chris Paul and the dust up between Paul and Pau Gasol at the end of last night’s game.
Gasol, Lakers show they’re still full of fight - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
It’s interesting to see how Kobe Bryant is down playing the budding rivalry between the Lakers and Clippers in Wojnarowski’s article. If it was just another friendly game between big brother and little brother, the game wouldn’t have been as physical and playoff like as it was. The calendar may say it’s still January, but at Staples, it felt like May. It felt like game five and the series was tied at two games a piece.
Side note: Lakers/Clippers isn’t a rivalry, technically, it’s a derby.
Chris Paul does not like to be touched, sir. He doesn’t like to lose, either.
He was 0 for 2 tonight as the Clippers lost and Pau fondled his head.
“There’s a lot of guys out there that, if you look at them, they like to lift a lot of weights, so it is going to be physical. These are two teams that have high hopes, so when that kind of clash happens, it’s going to be physical.”
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“He can’t buy a bucket!”
- NBA Jam Announcer
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If Blake hosted his own late night show, he’d be the funniest red head on television. Sorry, Team Coco.
via thecoachingstaff
David Lee defends Blake Griffin with his hands down, and Mark Jackson can tell you that means.
