Monday, November 17, 2014

How Can the Clippers Make DeAndre Jordan a Better Defender?

There are lots of misconceptions about basketball and the way it's played, and most of those misconceptions seem to center around what "good" defense really is. Rather than really diving into the true effectiveness of a player on that end, it seems as though the Defensive Player of the Year is often just handed out to the guy that blocks the most shots, gets a bunch of steals or grabs a lot of rebounds.

Friday, November 14, 2014

Clippers to Sport Ugly Sweaters on Christmas Day

The NBA on Christmas has become a league tradition in recent years, with the league having five showcase games on major networks essentially all day long. The league tends to put its hottest commodities onto the Christmas Day slate, and the Clippers have certainly attained that status over the last few years.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Can the Clippers knock-off the unbeaten Warriors?

The L.A. Clippers are off to a 3-1 start despite being largely unimpressive in any of their games to this point. I suppose winning games in which you play poorly is the mark of a great team, but the Clippers have a long way to go before they can be considered "great".

Monday, November 3, 2014

The Clippers Have a Rebounding Problem

I touched on this in the Thunder preview from last Thursday, but the Clippers have a rebounding problem, you guys. It's obviously waaaaay too early to be panicking with just three games gone, but we kinda saw it coming.