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First of all, I've always understood that Mark Twain coined the phrase that serves as the title of this post. Not so. Apparently , Twain popularized it's use in the United States, but even in his original usage in "Chapters from My Autobiography" he attributes the quote to Benjamin Disraeli. So there, I learned something today.
I love statistics as regards NBA ...
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According to Ramona Shelburne's Daily News blog, the Clippers are going to announce a free agent signing tonight. So keep an eye on her site , or here at Clips Nation. She posted about an hour ago, and said to check back in a couple of hours. So something may be announced soon.
Oh, and kudos to Citizen Lawler's Law for pointing out to her the need to change the banner with ...
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Here's the link - with a Hat Tip to citizens Buky, oasisman, Zhiv, Eggman and BoomDizzleness from GSOM (everyone was on this pretty quick - great job). I'll get this on the front page, and then update with more thoughts on what it means.
What does it mean? Well, first of all it means the Clippers are currently down to Marcus Williams backing up Al Thornton at the small forward, ...
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Well, it looks like he wasn't bluffing.
ESPN is reporting that Josh Childress has agreed to terms with Olympiakos to become the first, as far as I know, US-born NBA player in the prime of his career to turn down a guaranteed long term NBA contract in order to play in Europe.
We discussed some of the implications of this trend on a FanPost earlier this week. But let me just say ...
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Quinton Ross does not seem to be generating a lot of interest on the free agent market. I was assuming that he was definitely not an option for the Clippers if the Azubuike offer sheet goes through, but then it occurred to me that Ross could sign a minimum deal with the Clippers if he doesn't get any better offers from any other teams. But there's not a lot of room left on the ...
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You citizens probably don't want to hear it, but I'm trying to resist making any big, sweeping posts for the time being. For one thing, we've still got the Kelenna Azubuike offer sheet up in the air, and we'll know more about that soon enough. If the Warriors decline to match, then the top nine guys on the team will be pretty much set, with only minimum salary players around them ...
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Art Long
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It doesn't always work this way, but it's
interesting to note that the Clippers, Sixers and Nuggets
just (kind of) participated in a blockbuster, three-team, three-player trade that took about 19 months to complete. When Philadelphia sent Iverson ...
First, some history.
One could definitely say that Marcus Camby has had quite an interesting career arc. After winning the Wooden and Naismith awards as a Junior at UMass, Camby was the 2nd pick in the 1996 NBA Draft by the Toronto Raptors. Allen Iverson was chosen #1.
Camby's highest ever scoring average came in his rookie year, 14.8 ppg. It also happens to be his ...
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Hot off the presses, the Clippers have scheduled their Press Conference to introduce Marcus Camby to the LA media. It will occur Monday at 3:30.
So any theories that the Clippers traded for him in order to package him for someone else (or rather, that the absence of a press conference somehow validates these theories) can be put to rest for now.
Sure, the guy was pissed about ...
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This is usually Citizen John R's turf, but from time to time I feel compelled to wander into the realm of the salary cap. It's very complicated of course, and John does a terrific job of keeping it all straight. But I sense there is still confusion out there, and I'm hoping that I can simplify a couple of things. (Of course, there's also the possibility that I just further ...
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Let's start with a little historical perspective. Back in December 2006 , I was certainly on board with the idea of the Clippers trading for Allen Iverson. I was not on board with including Livingston in the deal, which apparently would have gotten it done. Obviously no one could have known what was going to happen to Shaun's erstwhile knee. But we can now look at the ...
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I'm back from a terrific trip to Yosemite with the family. Tent cabins in Curry Village, hiking to waterfalls, bears and deer, lots of cards and games - a wonderful and relaxing trip in every way.
And how great is it to return and find that my other family, my beloved community on Clips Nation, is thriving as well?
For the two-plus years that I've been blogging, I've enjoyed being a ...
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Marc Stein spoke with Mike Dunleavy for his piece on ESPN.com , and asked him about the Brand/Maggette for Davis/Camby "trade".
Coach Mike Dunleavy:
"We've been able to get ourselves a big-time point guard, which is probably the toughest position in the league to attain," Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy said. "So on that basis alone, you'd probably say you have to do that deal."
No ...
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Here. Perhaps John R. can expand on this.
At first glance it looks like the Clippers are suddenly quite good. The team already signed Baron Davis (11.8 Wins Produced and 0.177 WP48 last season). And Chris Kaman (10.1 Wins Produced as 0.233 WP48 last season) is returning. With Camby (21 wins) on board, the top three players on the Clippers in 2008-09 produced 42.9 ...
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I'll keep this short. The general consensus seems to have it right so let's just put it it out there. Assuming everything written before was accurate , the Camby situation should be pretty simple.
Camby takes about $10M of the $15M set aside for FElton. The quality of this news depends on how Baron Davis' contract was actually structured. It has been widely reported that it is 5yrs/$65M. If ...
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Did the Clippers just pull off a bigger
coup than the Lakers did when they acquired Pau
Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies for Kwame Brown and a retired dude? Maybe. The Clippers were able to land a bonfide defensive presence in ...
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From ESPN : The Clippers on Tuesday acquired
Denver Nuggets center Marcus Camby as their replacement for
Elton Brand . The Clippers will only have to surrender a future second-round pick to acquire Camby, who is being jettisoned into the ...
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Defense and rebounding win the day. Not a
surprise on a team led by Mike Dunleavy. Marcus
Camby is a Clipper--with a major chapeau to bballanalyst, who was apparently breaking down the Denver scenarios just as the trade went through. ...
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First off I'll admit that I'm only doing
this because I'm bored and anxious about the Clippers
next move. We still don't know what we don't know and all that. But we do know a little bit more than last week, at least, because of 3 summer ...
No news can be good news.
Not a whole lot out there today concerning the Clippers and their potential roster moves. One week after Elton Brand, aka FElton, and his agent, Dr. Evil (David Falk) left thru the backdoor, the Clippers have yet to address the gaping hole that was created at the power forward position. No offer sheets have been extended to any of ...
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