I know everyone is freaking out right now about the fact that Chris Paul and Dwight Howard could potentially be playing for the Clippers come opening day, but I hope you are keeping a cool head. All this talk I've been hearing about trading Eric Gordon really scares me. Perhaps a Griffin/Howard or Griffin/Paul combo is better than Griffin/Gordon, but does grabbing a superstar outweigh what will be left of the team? I'm not convinced we should be willing to do whatever it takes to bring one of those superstar players over here, especially considering neither one of these teams is in any position to be making demands.

It's really simple, both of these teams are going to lose their star players and when push comes to shove no team in the league can make a better offer than the Clippers. They will make demands for Gordon and Jordan but there's no reason for you to put them on the table. All you need to do is say " We will give you Kaman's expiring contract, our first round pick from Minnesota, Aminu and Bledsoe." If they tell you "no," just tell them to find a better offer for rebuilding a team than that. Cap space, a top 10 draft pick, and two potential starters, honestly who has something better? That's the best offer around and come the trading deadline they may decide to take it. If they don't take it then we will move forward with a solid young core with great potential. Plus you never know, Paul or Howard may play for their teams the entire season and go into free agency next year, which will give you another chance to chase them again while keeping our core intact. :)

I've been reading articles and fanposts over this latest Clipper win and can't help but feel some of us are a little delusional. Before the game against Denver people were talking about boycotting this game, burning tickets in protest, and talks of the much needed firing of MDSR resurfaced. What happened? One win against a good team and all is forgiven/forgotten?

I remember a "big" win for us last year against the Celtics that was supposed to shove this team off into the right direction, perhaps a win to build some momentum on. As it turned out the next night we lost to the worst team in the league and followed up with a 7 game losing streak.

In case you forgot about last nights game, the Clips almost blew a 15 point 4th quarter lead in typical Clipper fashion. EVERYONE was fearing the worst and if not for Rasual's 3ball that game would likely have ended in a loss. The screams at Dunleavy's dismissal would still be roaring rampantly, but give us one lucky win over a good team and it cools the fire.

How many more losses are we going to give this jackass? How many opportunities are we going to give him to turn this team around? Say he does turn the team around and we start winning games, perhaps a 7-8 game win streak or even if we get above .500. Even if say by some miracle we make the playoffs, will he suddenly have redeemed himself? Or perhaps we forgot about a rookie coming in cold as ice to guard Raja Bell on the biggest moment in Clipper history. Or perhaps the biggest 4th quarter melt down in the playoffs for a team that was supposed to win it all. What makes us think if he gets us into the playoffs things will be any different? Or perhaps we ourselves are just content with mediocrity.

Do something about it. Stop going to games. Stop watching games. If you are such a Clipper junkie like myself, listen to them on the radio.Tell all your friends who are Clipper fans to do the same. Send your hate mail to the address below demanding to Donald T. Sterling that a change needs to be made...or you can hold onto your optimism.

Los Angeles Clippers
1111 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1100
Los Angeles, California 90015

(This is the address for Clipper fan-mail)

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4394050

I'd say the clippers found a decent backup/off the bench player for their gap at the SG/SF position. His contract is only for 1 more year so he won't hurt us in 2010. Very similar to Thorton in that he is long and athletic. Pretty decent defensively as well which is what the clippers need out on the perimeter. What do you guys think?