Sorry for the late DC! Had to attend an 8am meeting! 8am on a Monday morning!!!? WTH!?
Lots of links today!
Clippers' Ralph Lawler has always been at the top of his game - latimes.com
From Dallas -- I'm going to tell you a few things about Clippers honk Ralph Lawler you probably don't know.
Griffin next on Mavs' gauntlet | Mavericks/NBA | Sports News and Videos on the Dallas Cowboys...
All-Star stretch run starts with a visit by the Clippers.
Clippers can contend without Billups - Yahoo! Sports
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Clippers FYI: Randy Foye settling in as a starting guard - latimes.com
Randy Foye, who's started all four games since the Clippers lost Chauncey Billups to a season-ending injury, says he's getting used to expanded role and increased attention, but team still comes first.
Los Angeles Clippers Tie Buffalo Braves For Best Start In Franchise History - SB Nation Los Angeles
News, analysis and opinion from the fan perspective.
NBA Preview - Los Angeles Clippers at Dallas Mavericks - Feb 13, 2012 - CBSSports.com
Blake Griffin and Chris Paul say their partnership continues to be a work-in-progress, but it's been pretty impressive on the Los Angeles Clippers road trip.
Los Angeles Clippers Schedule: Week of Feb 13-19 - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
There are some important games coming up for the Los Angeles Clippers over the next week. Three of the four games for the Clippers come against teams that look destined to make the 2012 Western Conference Playoffs. It begins on Monday night (Feb. - National Basketball Association news
Bill Lyon: Iverson on the rocks
He always did have a craving for ice and rarely hesitated to indulge it. That ice is melting now. So diamonds, it turns out, really are not forever.
Loss at Cleveland motivates Clippers to take on Dallas - latimes.com
Reporting from Dallas -- The Clippers ' only defeat on their current trip, at Cleveland on Wednesday, has resonated all the way to Dallas.
SLAM ONLINE | " Stack’s Stats: Shooting Struggles Reign
Not sure if any citizen put this on a fanshot, but I missed this Q&A with our favorite play-by-play man...
Will DeAndre Jordan ever make an All-Star Game? - Clippers blog : The Orange County Register
As expected, no one from the Clippers joined Chris Paul and Blake Griffin on the Western Conference All-Star Team Thursday when the reserves were announced (see the rosters here)....
Taking Ineptness to New Lows - NYTimes.com
Through Thursday's games, the Charlotte Bobcats owned the league's worst record, at 3-22. But that only begins to describe how bad Charlotte has been.
Jeremy Lin Is No Fluke - NYTimes.com
Since the 1985-86 season, 41 players have had such a streak as the one Lin has just had for the Knicks. It is an extremely impressive list.
Hoops-Nation — Chris Paul Recruiting J.R. Smith To Clippers
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Chronicles Of Crotty #96: It Was A Good Day – The No-Look Pass
KEITH CLOSS: "For one, I didn't think I had any problem with drinking. You know, because I was a youngster... I just thought I was having fun."
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TJ Simers is so hit or miss
one day he is writing a good article and the next he is forcing words into Mo Williams mouth and now he has written a pretty decent article on Ralph. He needs to make up his mind on whether he is going to a professional or if he is going to continue to write junk so that we can ignore him.
bestclipfan - February 13, 2012
An idea...
I think Clippers should honor Ralph before he retires. Clippers don’t have anything up in Staples; maybe we should have a banner for Ralph. He’s been with the franchise so long and honestly, besides a Championship banner, a banner/jersey honoring Ralph would mean so much to him, Jo, Clippers organization, and Clipper Nation.
Hengtime81 - February 13, 2012
I agree...
also, Bob McAdoo and Sam Cassell’s jerseys should be retired too.
82-0 - February 13, 2012
McAdoo maybe
awesome player, but technically not a “Clipper”…i have mad respect for the dude, but its very similar to the Lakers going “we want our banners from the MPLS days so we can say we are closer than we really are to the Celtics”
Cassell, most def! or someone just get a giant poster of him doing his big balls dance and hang it up in the rafters
KidJustin - February 13, 2012
Might as well retire World B. Free's jersey
He did have his best year as an SD Clipper.
Honestly Ralph should have a statue next to Chick Hearn. That would be a great tribute to the two greatest NBA announcers ever to call games.
I think once the Clippers get to a finals or win a championship then the retired jerseys and tributes will come.
Chris McD - February 14, 2012
why before he retires?
KidJustin - February 13, 2012
Just to have something that's Clipper related...
Everyone else who’s playing in Staples has a banner, we’re the only team that doesn’t. Ralph is a huge part of the franchise.
Hengtime81 - February 13, 2012
We will likely have a Pacific Division championship banner after this season
bestclipfan - February 13, 2012
I’d put something up for Ralph tomorrow. He’s been the pride of the franchise for the past decade.
McAdoo is a legend (you did see my avatar, right?), but he’s a Buffalo Braves legend.
I love Cassell, but he played just over two seasons worth of games for the franchise. That’s not enough to retire a jersey. Don’t be like that team in Turkey that retired D-Will’s jersey after he played 13 games for them this off-season. No one here wants to hear this, but Elton Brand has a better case for a retired Clipper jersey than Sam does.
keown100 - February 14, 2012
I wish the NLP guys would have asked Closs being an alcoholic while in the nba. How did the coaches miss it? Ever played drunk? Good story. Glad he cleaned up his act…wish it would have been earlier in his life so he could have played a few yrs in the nba sober…
Lawler's Law - February 13, 2012
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