A lot of hype was made of this year’s Team USA Basketball Olympic team—even some experts, like ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, questioned whether or not the United States should even send our pro basketball players to the Olympics anymore. But, how good was the 2016 USA Basketball team anyway? How does the 2016 Olympic team [...]
October 14, 2016
Rob
Lists, R.S. De France
Now I love Kevin Durant as much as the next person, but KD’s choice to sign with the defending Western Conference Champion Golden State Warriors and leave OKC got me wondering. When I open my internet browser, turn on the T.V., or listen to the radio, all I hear are journalists like Stephen A. Smith [...]
August 11, 2016
Rob
R.S. De France
Chris Paul, unlike Pat Riley, is not surprised that Dwyane Wade left the Miami Heat for the Chicago Bulls. But that’s probably just because Wade informed him, Carmelo Anthony and LeBron James of is decision in their group text. Or something like that. Per the Daily Herald‘s Mike McGraw: “I wasn’t that surprised (about Wade),” [...]
July 19, 2016
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Los Angeles Clippers coach and president Doc Rivers has no plans to break up his team’s Big Three of Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan. It almost happened last summer, when DeAndre Jordan first agreed to join the Dallas Mavericks. And there will be questions about the long-term sustainability of this core next summer, [...]
By know we all know that the wind has been taken out of the Clippers sails in the past 48 hours. After an unexpected opportunity knocked on their doorstep in the form of a Steph Curry injury, misfortune struck as their two biggest stars, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, were sidelined for the rest of [...]
April 27, 2016
Anou Enright
Offbeat
According a report from ESPN.com Tuesday afternoon, Blake Griffin will miss the rest of the postseason after suffering a quad injury in the 4th quarter of the Clippers 98-84 Game 4 loss to the Blazers. [tweet https://twitter.com/ArashMarkazi/status/725066873478344704] This news also came with the final confirmation that floor general and spiritual leader Chris Paul’s postseason is [...]
April 27, 2016
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Ryan Bawek
The first round of the NBA playoffs has claimed another superstar. During the second half of the Los Angeles Clippers’ Game 4 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, Chris Paul exited after getting his hand caught in a jersey with what turned out to be a fractured right hand. He will most definitely need to [...]
April 26, 2016
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Chris Paul announced to Sports Illustrated writer Lee Jenkins (the guy who broke the LeBron returning to Cleveland story) that he will withdraw from competing to make the 12 man roster that will represent the U.S. in the Rio Olympics this summer. Paul told Jenkins that he feels like his body could use the extra [...]
March 29, 2016
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Prepare yourself for a long, hard, arduous slog through Blake Griffin trade rumors, because they aren’t going anywhere. That’s weird, and kind of annoying, knowing the Los Angeles Clippers won’t be trading him anytime soon, perhaps at all. Griffin is recovering from a fractured right hand he suffered when punching the team’s assistant equipment manager, [...]
February 5, 2016
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I have something I must get off my chest. I love you, Gregg Popovich. You’d probably hate me, most definitely humiliate me for sport if we ever met, but I love you, and you’re awesome. Allow me to catch you up. Popovich first trolled the Cleveland Cavaliers’ decision to fire head coach David Blatt after [...]
January 28, 2016
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