DeAndre Jordan is changing his mind again. No, he’s not trying to renege on his deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. But he is leaving his agents at Relativity Sports following a controversial free-agency process in which he almost spurned the Clippers for the Dallas Mavericks. Broderick Turner of the Los Angeles Times first broke [...]
September 1, 2015
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Social media can be fun. It can also suck. This is one of those times when it sucks. Ken Berger of CBS Sports posted an interested question-and-answer piece with many of the stars that attended Team USA’s mini-camp in Las Vegas. It’s an interesting read, one worth more than a cursory glance. One of the [...]
August 21, 2015
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So about that rift between Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan… When Jordan first chose the Dallas Mavericks over the Los Angeles Clippers in free agency, his relationship, or lack thereof, with his point guard seemed to be the driving force behind said departure. Now, on the right side of his offseason flip-flop, it appears the [...]
July 22, 2015
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It’s been almost a week since DeAndre Jordan’s infamous free-agent flip-flop, which means it’s time for all the behind-the-scenes rub to come out. On Monday, Tim MacMahon and Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com published a fabulous in-depth analysis of what went down between Jordan, the Dallas Mavericks, the Los Angeles Clippers and DJ’s agents last week. [...]
July 14, 2015
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After spurning the Dallas Mavericks by having a change of heart to eventually re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers, it’s safe to say that DeAndre Jordan is the most hated man right now in Texas. Also, it’ll certainly be awhile before anyone can move on from this especially Mavs’ owner Mark Cuban, who went on [...]
July 13, 2015
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In case you were wondering, no, Chandler Parsons and DeAndre Jordan are not okay after the latter spurned the Dallas Mavericks for the Los Angeles Clippers. Jordan agreed to join the Mavs, then flip-flopped, leaving Mark Cuban’s team in shambles. They have cap space but no one to spend it on. Roy Hibbert has already [...]
July 10, 2015
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DeAndre Jordan is a baaaaaaaaaad man. After agreeing to sign with Mark Cuban’s Dallas Mavericks, the rebounding and shot-blocking machine flip-flopped on his decision Wednesday, just before the NBA’s free-agency moratorium ended, electing instead to re-sign with the Los Angeles Clippers. Things got weird and funny and ridiculous in the hours leading up to midnight, [...]
At the start of NBA free agency, it’s normally the players and teams that dominate the rumor mill. This year, however, it’s the salary cap. Make no mistake, player and team chatter is everywhere. But there’s another layer to the speculation fire because of the league’s impending salary-cap boon. The financial ceiling is set to [...]
Chris Paul and DeAndre Jordan will not be squaring off in an offseason battle royale. Yessiree, these are crazy times. On May 18, just after the Los Angeles Clippers were eliminated by the Houston Rockets, a loss that included relinquishing a 3-1 series lead, Fox Sports’ Bill Reiter brought word that the point guard and [...]
Take what you’re about to read with, um, an open mind. Following their epic collapse against the Houston Rockets, the Los Angeles Clippers are entering a pivotal offseason, one that should see them make substantial changes, perhaps wholesale tweaks, to a core that, as of now, just isn’t good enough. Some of the changes that [...]