So it's not a rumor anymore. It's not wishful thinking and it's not a few hopefuls like us at the Nation saying things so that fate takes it from there.

Jerry Sloan is out there. And he wants back.

With all due respect to VDN, if Jerry Sloan is out there, and as long as the Clippers have CP3 and BG, then he has to be the no-brainer, go-to man to replace VDN TODAY!!!

I mean, does he really, really, reeallyy wanna coach a Bobcats team with absolutely nothing to offer, not even the guarantee of winning the Anthony Davis sweepstakes? Would he really go to Orlando to a team that has more question marks than the Riddler's outfit?

With all the pieces we got, "unlimited resources" according to Olshey, shouldn't then Olshey be on the phone right about now just telling Coach Sloan "Welcome to our family, Mr. Sloan"? I mean damnit!!! CP3 and BG!!! Yes, Stockton and Malone revisited!!! A coach who emphasizes in tough physical defense and no whining??

I mean what is it? Back to VDN? Has he earned another chance? Maybe. But to not even try and pursue Sloan is a mistake.

It was a bittersweet ending to our season, a wicked, compressed, never to be seen again season. And our Clippers were good. No, they were GREAT. Really great! In a league in which you must have a Big 3 combo to actually make it far in the playoffs we had our Big 3 until that fateful night in Orlando. Billups went down, and the critics wrote off the Clippers right there and then. So everything we accomplished from that point on was with our remaining Big 2 and a bunch of spare parts. Turning Brian Cook into K-Mart (indirectly) and Nick Young was miraculous, it definitely helped us get this far this season, but remember, before we lost Billups, we were true contenders, after that we were one part short.

Since then and up until now, and it will continue, too, the critics did their part on praising CP3, showing respect to Blake even though some still feel he's overrated (like he'll never ever get any better, ugh...idiots like Barkley) and stating that our team wasn't just good enough to go far in the playoffs. Sadly, they were right, but to make it sound like this is the best our team has to offer, what they just accomplished, like our team will be OK with this, well, that's just the media taking shots.....at Donald Sterling.

Yes, Sterling is the Original face of our franchise. Players just play, coaches coach, GM's put the pieces together, owners make or break the product. Owners spend, never in vain, always with a purpose. Already there's questions being thrown around by the sports media aka the critics about whether Griffin and CP3 will stay with the Clippers, about the changes that will come, about "commitment"...that word right there. Commitment. That's not directed at the players. No. That's directed towards an owner who hasn't earned the league's trust, or the sports world, for that matter.

This, my friends, will be the biggest offseason in Donald's life. This summer, the most important thing will be to keep Griffin, and Sterling knows all eyes and ears are on him. Sterling needs to let the fanbase know that himself. Not through Olshey nor anyone. Himself. We have to see that. He has to bring it to everyone's ears, especially the critics, who love talking about the worst sports franchises as much as they love talking about the dynasties.

So, to Donald Sterling, I say, come on out. Talk to us. Shut your critics up once and for all. Let this year be every year for your franchise from here on out. Hell, Donald, look at all the revenue the playoffs left you!!! Imagine if you spent to make the team better!!! MORE REVENUE!!!! This is it. This is the right formula. You've come a long way, Donald. Don't regress. Put your wallet out there. You already got enough money and not much time left. You're old! It's our time. It's MY time, to stop saying...Donald Sterling sucks.

We got this. Now let's shut up the critics forever and prove that this year was just the beginning of something beautiful.

All or nothing.

All or nothing.

Yo! The voice or (t)reason again, liking the Clippers' rise from the ashes, we finished March on a good note and started April with a BOOM, but the bigger Boom will hopefully happen this Wednesday against that other team who stinks up the Staples Center every other day.

One solid fact: the Clippers have beaten all the teams that are in playoff position in the West. That's some swagger they can carry to the playoffs right there. Which makes this game on Wednesday even bigger! Imagine if it came down to a tiebreaker...yep! Winner takes it!

Eleven games over .500, 6-game winning streak, first since the Jackson-Harper and Danny "How dare you trade him for a washed up Dominique, Donald!?!?!" Manning. The ship is right! I mean, the Clipper!

Hooray for Coach Billups!!! I mean, Coach Pack!!! OK, OK, Coach Del.......Del..........aaargh, I'm trying.........Ne........gro.

I'm OK....I'm OK.

:)

OK, I'm really starting to get sick and tired of all the Clippers are unraveling talk and the paranoia and the "We suck since Billups got injured" and how the Clippers are not tall enough in the backcourt or play no defense or give up leads or Vinny is incompetent...getting sick of it!

We gotta look at the positives for a moment...the Clippers have been surprisingly good on the road, even if they have lost games in painful fashion (Cavs, Mavs, T-Wolves come to mind). Except for a couple of blowouts on the road they've done more than hold their own and they've come back after trailing and sometimes trailing big, which at the same time takes a lot out of any team. It's very hard to close out games when you just came back from down 20...anyways, moving on.

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Hi all. I'm new to the blogging world and I have quite a few things to say about a lot. Here's just a sample of something I wrote about Phil Jackson. Good feedback is good, bad feedback is better :)

Since I don't take offense to whatever people say, I'm open for criticism and that's good for me as learning on the job requires a little bit of that.

http://todaysopinionsportsnstuff.blogspot.com/2011/01/phil-jackson-retirescould-this-mean.html

I woulda posted last night after the game, but didn't have time. Basically, Chris Kaman blew it for the Clippers last night. He was the one who missed about 5 or 6 shots in a row while the Blazers did just that, blaze right past the Clippers going on a, what, 13-0 run?

VDN should know already, he IS VDN, not Mike Dunleavy. This is NOT Kaman's team. Your team is up 4 and the 2 hottest players for your team are Griffin and Gordon. How isn't the ball getting to them at that time? Down low to Griffin? And why you sit down Rasual to bring in Gomes late in the game when you're trying to regain momentum, Gomes who did nothing last night? Rasual was hot, Gomes was not. You shoulda put Aminu instead, VINNNNY.

Anyways, Kaman was bad, but the coaching was worse. That's all I got to say. I know, been already said, but I wanted to highlight it.

...to get rid of this?

http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=123714557647683&ref=ts

It's embarrassing...he should know better by now...c'mon, Darrell! What are you doing with this?!?!

You represent this organization, you're the ultimate fan, no one can hang with you, you're upper echelon when it comes to sticking with your team through thick and thin, not even Mark Cuban could buy you...so, por favor, please, sil vous plait, close the page down. Like right now. It's not cute.

Thank you.

How is not having a coach by Thursday help the Clippers hunt for free agents?????

Do they really, really need to wait for a big FA to sign with them so they cal follow this FA's orders? (Ridiculous)

Or, maybe they got their guy and this guy just wants to make sure that the Clippers can land they guys he wants before he signs????

Either way, IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME!!!!!!!!

They need to sign a coach like YESTERDAY!!!!

Time is running out, Clippers. You got other players on this team, don't wait just for one player to tell you what to do. GROW SOME BALLS!!!!

Give me a good reason(s) why I should renew my season tickets.

Or, give me a good reason(s) why I shouldn't.

Deadline to renew is this Friday.

I will bite my skin off if I don't renew and LeBron ends up here, 'cause I KNOW for sure those tix will triple in value.

But, if I renew and nothing happens and Sterling bites his tongue again and the Clippers suck again then I will just cause a riot at the Staples Center, probably as soon as I realize I wasted a lot of money again.

I have confidence in the Clippers, even in Donald Sterling (even though he will always suck, no doubt), that these people here in this organization realize that this is the time to make real loud noise. Their new motto, "Rise Up", speaks volumes. The attitude and the confidence is the right one. A potential customer likes when a seller shows confidence in the product they sell, and the Clippers are coming into the offseason with that confidence needed.
(Invoking Stephen A. Smith) HOW-E-VAAA...The front runners in the LeBron sweepstakes are undoubtedly the Cavs, because they just have enough cap space and the will to make that team even better. But I don't know that the Cavs can make it better with better players, because at the end of the day it's about chemistry, something that very few teams get away with not having but still manage to win championships (i.e. Lakers, Yankees, Patriots, et al.)
NOW, this brings me to the big sleeper team that might sneak in the middle of the night and take LeBron away, Baltimore Colts style, and that team is the New Jersey Nets. Why? Two words: Mikhail Prokhorov. Who is he? Oh, just the new Nets owner. he is Russian, and he is a billionaire. Get it? BILLIONAIRE? You think he'd care about the luxury tax the way that, say, Donald Sterling (GOD FORBID!) would? (Invoking Ozzie Guillen) Bah! Please!!! Jay-Z still owns a piece of the pie, as well, but the Russian guy has the real money here, and Jay-Z has money, no doubt, and, more importantly, a good relationship with LeBron (and every athelete in the country who bumps his shit, too).
The Nets also have ASSETS. Hey! The Clippers do, too! Blake Griffin ain't no chump. But...the Nets have assets plus a bottomless cap space. They're ready, with Mikhail, to dig deep into the free agent pool, and swim deep, and get players, and get John Wall, likely, and they already got a very promising PG and C.
So, the fact remains. The Clippers, got great pieces, but, when it comes to ownership of these teams, let's face it, some owners, like the Nets owner, and the Cavs owner, also, I'm sure, are willing to eat cheaper meals in order to bring glory to their respective cities. And, quite frankly, that ain't something that Donald, unless he decides he wants to prove everyone and their mothers wrong, is willing to do.

All I wanna say to the Clippers is: forget about  "Rise Up"
I got a better motto for you: NO NUTS, NO GLORY.

I don't see why not. And I could absolutely see it happening, too. Shaq, back in Los Angeles, on the cheap, playing for the vet minimum, sticking it to the Lakers once again, and to Kobe, this time going all in. Yes, he's past his prime, we all certainly know that, but tell me seriously, WHY NOT DO IT???

Of course, it shouldn't be done if LeBron wasn't part of the deal. But, OMFG WOW!!!!

Wouldn't that be just friggin' great!!!!!

Imagine the Clippers vs. Lakers games, those games would be talked about for centuries, I'm not exaggerating.

BTW, the Clippers would destroy anybody, LeBron should have that in mind. And Having Shaq around, with Kaman on the team, would teach Kaman some and give the Clippers the right backup C, plus teach DJ while he's at it.

It's awesome!!! Just awesome!!!

Has Kim Hughes already worn out on anybody else, other than me? What is this guy preaching to these players? It sure isn't defense. Oh, and fouling doesn't count as defense, by the way. The refs were whistle happy, as well, but that's just preferential treatment. When it comes to the Clippers, home court goes out the window.

I saw way too many easy baskets allowed by the Clippers. Forget the offense, the Clippers must emphasize in defense, defense, defense. And I'm sorry, hate to say this, but Deandre Jordan is proving to be a stiff. Right now I'll go as far as saying that Deandre is looking a lot like a poor man's Kwame Brown (if there is suc a pathetic thing).

Baron and Blake were both mediocre, also.

Damn...and I thought that that win over the Jazz on Monday meant that they figured things out once again, but hell no.

The defense is the clear, obvious problem. Kim Hughes is NOT the right coach for this team, or for any other team, for that matter. Dunleavy must put friendship aside here and can his buddy.

Dear Mike Dunleavy Sr.,

It's time to make a splash. YOU are the GM, YOU brought down Elgin Baylor and placed yourself where you are right now. YOU have drafted Thornton, DeAndre, EG and BG. YOU signed Baron Davis. YOU traded for Camby. YOU let go of Brand knowing he was damaged goods. Now YOU need to bring us Clipper fans what WE want. We want to party like it's 2006! WE want wins, wins and more wins! WE want YOU to pull off a trade NOW! A trade that will give the Clippers the swagger they lack right now. WE got YOUR back. Bring US someone, at whatever cost. YOU can do it. The trade deadline fast approaches, do something BIG. No, don't trade for your son! Trade for his buddy Granger! Do whatever it takes. Do IT! NOW!

LET'S GO CLIP-PERS! LET'S GO!!