On Thursday night, as the buzzer sounded on the Suns’ 118-104 victory over the Clippers, Austin Rivers had a few choice words for Mirza Teletovic. I think. See, inside 15 seconds to play, with the shot clock turned off and the Suns already leading 115-104, Teletovic drilled a wide-open three. Rivers, the son of Clippers [...]
November 13, 2015
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Mark Cuban would like to remind Dallas Mavericks fans that DeAndre Jordan pulled the dip on them in free agency over the summer. Remember that? Remember when he said he would sign, and was pretty much signed, but then decided not to sign, breaking Twitter, along with all the unspoken offseason rules ever, in the [...]
November 11, 2015
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NBA Power Rankings are back! After a short delay, the return of The Hoop Doctors’ weekly look at where the league stands is once again ready for liftoff. There are no rules here, so check your need for order at the door. These rankings, like always, are going to change from week to week. That’s [...]
November 11, 2015
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Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr remains out of commission as he recovers from two back surgeries, and he may not be returning anytime soon. This, mind you, doesn’t seem to be reason enough to panic. The Warriors are still undefeated, still historically good, still destroying the concept of championship fatigue. Kerr has a great relationship [...]
November 5, 2015
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Blake Griffin is a beast. He proved that during their season-opener at Sacramento on Wednesday night, during which he finished with 33 points, 8 rebounds and four assists. But he didn’t stop there. Last night, Blake Griffin was on Beast Mode yet again. He led the charge for the Los Angeles Clippers with his game-high [...]
October 30, 2015
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Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban won’t be befriending the members of the Los Angles Clippers anytime soon. Or ever. The fates of the Clippers and Mavs intertwined over the offseason, when the latter tried, and for a second succeeded in, poaching DeAndre Jordan in free agency. But then Jordan started to waver on his decision [...]
October 30, 2015
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Lance Stephenson knows the 2015-16 Los Angeles Clippers are going to be better than any version of the Indiana Pacers he was a part of. This isn’t a difficult concept, of course. The Clippers have a crap ton of talent on their hands: three legitimate stars in Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan; an [...]
October 21, 2015
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You poke the Golden State Warriors, you get the wrath of the NBA’s MVP. Members of the Los Angeles Clippers, most notably head coach Doc Rivers, and the Houston Rockets, most notably James Harden, have decided to send less-than-completely-loving-and-adoring feelings Golden State’s way. Rivers, per multiple outlets, riffed on the role luck played in their [...]
October 14, 2015
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It’s a good thing the Los Angeles Clippers ultimately didn’t lose DeAndre Jordan to the Dallas Mavericks. Because coach and president Doc Rivers would have been pissed. P-I-S-S-E-D. Rivers opened up about the entire situation to Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski (h/t Bleacher Report), and it was during their little chat that it became clear that [...]
September 24, 2015
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I grew up amidst the basketball eras of Magic, Bird, and Jordan, when finding a great European player in the NBA was about as rare as the L.A. Clippers making a good draft selection or the playoffs for that matter. I grew up in a time where the Lakers Vlade Divac was literally considered the [...]
September 24, 2015
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