Seems appropriate, given the big win last night and the fact that we had a power outage (thus the heat off) in our OC hood this morning! Found a few bits of stuff in the internets for your enjoyment after the jump:
Clippers blog
Well, well, well! OCR recognizes the Clippers exist (although without ATIII)! Head over to the Register's Clippers blog!
Chris Paul: 'I plan on being' in L.A. - NBA - Sporting News
What's the Clippers' standard for success? - TrueHoop Blog - ESPN
Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images Blake Griffin and the Clippers are still sizing up their prospects in the West. LOS ANGELES -- For all the fanf
1-11-12 Blake Griffin alley-oop slam against Miami - YouTube
Blake Griffin gets the ridiculous alley-oop pass from Chris Paul and slams it down against Miami.
ANIMATED: Blake Griffin, Clippers Turn Into Flop City Vs. Heat - The Red Carpet - SB Nation Los Angeles
Who is this guy and why does he write for SBN!?
Miami Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh commentary from Ira Winderman - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
Miami Heat, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh commentary from Ira Winderman
Clippers applying heat - ESPN Los Angeles
The Clippers are growing up early, beating the team to beat in the Heat.
Bill Plaschke: Clippers rise to the occasion in big win over Heat - latimes.com
Lob City became Mob City.
Lob City Ledger: Los Angeles Clippers vs. Portland Trail Blazers - ESPN Los Angeles
Quick Clippers Takes At The Buzzer
Miami's upgrade status holds lessons for Clippers - latimes.com
Reporting from Oakland — There is something different with the Miami Heat this season.
Report Team USA Preliminary Roster Set - RealGM Wiretap
Real GM
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good to hear cp3 reiterate that he wants to stay here
jon y - January 12, 2012
The Sporting News article...
Is based on Sam Amick’s SI article here. Really great. I’m gonna put it up as a fanshot too.
John Raffo - January 12, 2012
My standard for success is simple
Make the playoffs and finish better than the Lakers – this is the bare minimum requirement in any given year.
No need for me to think bigger yet…the above makes me happy. The only other success factor I would think about are that the long term goals (i.e. resigning CP3 and Blake) are not compromised in some way.
banandy - January 12, 2012
seems like that GIF
made by the SBN guy of the “flop” is missing the first action by wade. Seems like the ball is on the ground and Griffin is already in pain by the first frame, can’t really tell what happened before that. Was that the play where Griffin went down for a while?
osamu - January 12, 2012
That's a stupid cherry-picked gif by ignoring the majority of the collision
I could do that with any collision if I just started the animation right when they touched. It would look like everyone is flopping every time…
From what I remember, Blake came down and (obviously accidentally) Wade’s fist was already where Blake’s chin ended up. So Blake ended up getting the uppercut, just because Wade’s hand was in the wrong place at the wrong time. It certainly wasn’t a flop.
Erik O - January 12, 2012
I kind of remember Blake giving Wade a look that could kill.
lovinglosangeles - January 12, 2012
yea, that's how I recall it too
it was pretty much on a rebound. I’ll give it to the guy that Blake does attempt to draw fouls on occasion, but I don’t think that play was even close to a flop. If he was trying to make a case, there were better examples out there.
osamu - January 12, 2012
Exactly
I think he flops plenty, but this was just a bad example.
Erik O - January 12, 2012
But, but Matt Barnes says the Clippers are big-time floppers :-)
lovinglosangeles - January 12, 2012
But...everybody says Matt Barnes is one of those big time fake tough guys
you know.. those guys that get hit, then when he’s around his friends he’ll pretend he wants to fight because he knows his friends will hold him back? Yeah those.
But we all know Gasol is a bigger flopper right? I didn’t know it was possible to make a flop “mixtape” LOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjRizobEQig
JackduhSun - January 12, 2012
great win last night
but we still need a wing defender. Get er’ done Neil!
big0lbad - January 12, 2012
The SI article written by Sam Amick is very good. It shows us
that probably DTS is now getting it. The LA Times piece was very good. Enjoyed it very much.
lovinglosangeles - January 12, 2012
Can someone explain to me
how come I’ve been seeing “B [NBA logo] G” everywhere? Are they promoting Blake Griffin? I saw a commercial with BG in it with all the superstars but it had Griffin like 3 times.
JackduhSun - January 12, 2012
its supposed to be "Big things are coming"
With the logo as the I. Pretty lame, but I assume their marketing minds had little time to put something.
yaggiefresh - January 12, 2012 via mobile
perhaps Stern has deemed BIG to be defined as the year of Blake Griffin?
banandy - January 12, 2012
nah
obviously it’s the year of Ben Gordon
or maybe they’re honoring the illustrious career of Bobby Gross
osamu - January 12, 2012
They gave out the "Big Things" t-shirt at the pre-season open scrimmage
I thought they were promoting Blake at the time.
ganima - January 12, 2012
Well, contrary to CBS belief, Blake is the most marketable power
forward in the game.
lovinglosangeles - January 12, 2012
re the GIF file
That dude is giving us Indians a bad name, damnit.
yaggiefresh - January 12, 2012 via mobile
DJ is second amond Centers in All-Star voting. I'm proud of him
kikyexcel - January 12, 2012
Nice Article By My Favorite L.A. Times Sports Writer, Bill Plaschke
Buddahfan - January 12, 2012
Clipper Stripper got LA Times Props.....And we are undefeated when there are Fricken Lasers!
HVYDRT007 - January 12, 2012
i forgot what game it was recently, but some young kid was trying to do the Clipper Stripper schtick
except with Clipper t-shirts! He ended up having shirts trapped around his head and stuff – too funny!
banandy - January 12, 2012
I like the Clipper Strippers, I mean Spirit, as well
ganima - January 12, 2012
Now we need to work on the pre-game show.
lovinglosangeles - January 12, 2012
Agree - I Would Like To See Its Running Time Increased To 60 Minutes
Buddahfan - January 12, 2012
with enough smoke to obscure the court and pump up the bass a smidge
ganima - January 12, 2012
I want a few cameos from Bill Walton
in the booth, or before/after games, something. Maybe bring back Westphal too, now that he might be looking for new employment.
osamu - January 12, 2012
And also dim the lights a bit
during the actual game.
lovinglosangeles - January 12, 2012
Ew Lakers
Erik O - January 12, 2012
Lakers are not the only ones do it.
lovinglosangeles - January 12, 2012
This is true
Erik O - January 12, 2012
Off Clipper Topic but the a torn pectoralis seems to be the injury of the day
ganima - January 12, 2012
3 coworkers used the phrase " Los Angeles Floppers" with me today...
REALLY?
indy818 - January 12, 2012
this is especially annoying coming from fans of a team made up of Fisher and the biggest 7 foot flopper ever.
indy818 - January 12, 2012
violence is always the answer, punch them or fire them if you can
chrisd - January 12, 2012
Anyone see this article?
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/281107/20120112/lakers-clippers-preview-who-s-better-debate.htm
What the hell is that? They are basically saying, yeah, we have a worse team, but we have an excuse to lose and we are using them before the game.
SurfinQ00 - January 12, 2012
*excuses to lose
SurfinQ00 - January 12, 2012
Great 3 minute video of the evolution of the Clips
Just saw this on ESPN Los Angeles.The first 5 seconds alone listening to Ralph saying me o my watching Brent Barry miss 2 layups is worth the look alone.
http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/
PV Mike - January 12, 2012
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