Some quick quotes

"Injured point guard Chauncey Billups has returned to the Clippers' bench for the last five home games, and L.A. has won all of them. 'Just giving little words of wisdom is definitely well-received,' assistant coach Robert Pack says."

"When a man is subbed out, he often pulls him aside and offers words of advice. He has told Chris Paul to be more aggressive. He has advised Randy Foye on when to shoot.

His suggestions seem to be working."

"We're not going to give up our remaining assets unless it makes an impact acquisition. Otherwise we're just being mediocre."

"The needle will move more once we accept that this is our team," Olshey said. "While we are a work in progress and we're trying to win a championship, we're [only] going to make good moves."

Making a deal now, Olshey suggested, "takes away your ability to get better next summer, when you really need to get better. [So] why would you do it?"

I'll admit as much as Wetzel attempted to balance out the article, the article was skewed in favor or Darrell Bailey. But me posting this isn't in an attempt to claim who's right and wrong again (we all know that the Clippers have the right to protect their franchise name and that the Clippers organization has done a terrible job in handling this), what I would like to bring up is the amount Bailey has claimed to have made ($7,500 in 18 years.) Now I'll admit that Bailey's word isn't the most honest, but nor is the Clippers. Somewhere in this article though, there has to be a middle ground though...right?

Here is the situation from what I've seen over the web: (to add onto the article)

From teams that are offering Butler an estimate of 5 million:
Butler prefers Bulls over San Antonio

From teams that are offering Butler an estimate of 7 million:
Butler prefers LAC over New jersey.

From what it says in the title, seems like thus far, Bull's is leading the race for Butler.

David Aldridge at NBA.com reports:

"Chris Paul will not commit to signing a contract extension after this season with either the Golden State Warriors or Los Angeles Clippers if he is traded to either team by the New Orleans Hornets, citing the potential financial hit if he were to do that rather than becoming a free agent and signing a new deal with a new team next summer, according to league sources. That has left potential deals with both teams in limbo….

The Clippers, for example, are very reluctant to include the unprotected first-round pick from Minnesota they currently own in any deal with New Orleans — which is understandably holding out for the maximum amount possible in exchange for its franchise player — under the current scenario."

ESPN INSIDER but a glimpse for those who don't have insider and a few speculations are as follows

First trade:
"Dwight Howard, Hedo Turkoglu, and Courtney Lee to the Clippers; Eric Bledsoe, DeAndre Jordan, Terrence Williams, Brian Cook, Minnesota's unprotected 2012 first-round pick and a future Clippers' first-round pick (2014 or later) to Orlando; Chris Kaman, the Clippers' 2012 second-round pick and a future Clippers' first-round pick (2016 or later) to Houston."

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"The Magic will push hard to get Eric Gordon out of this trade, but I believe L.A.'s offer wins even without Gordon. Jordan isn't quite as good as Lopez, but the draft picks and prospects the Clips can add to this deal are better. Also, Jordan would have to agree to a sign-and-trade to Orlando for this deal to work; there are worse places to end up."

Second trade:
"Chris Paul, Emeka Okafor and Trevor Ariza to the Clippers for Eric Bledsoe, DeAndre Jordan, Chris Kaman and Minnesota's unprotected 2012 first-round pick."

Description: "As with the Howard deal above, New Orleans will lobby for Gordon and the Clips will resist. Also, as with the one above, Jordan would have to agree to a sign-and-trade...But the real problem for the Hornets is that this deal is only second in the Clippers' "

"Memphis Grizzlies rookie point guard Greivis Vasquez has an ankle injury that the team's doctors are expected to evaluate this week.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal reports that Vasquez, a 6-6 player out of Maryland, might need surgery."

What a blow to Vasquez. Is this a bigger blow to Vasquez or Memphis? Vasquez still isn't signed and could his hurt his stocks even more with Memphis? Or could this hurt Memphis in the long run because Vasquez won't be on the floor to transition into the game quicker?

Berger writes: "The Clippers, according to sources, remain hopeful of persuading Larry Brown to leave Charlotte for L.A., but pressure is expected to mount on Brown to tell the Bobcats' brass definitively if he's staying or leaving so the team doesn't get shut out in the search for qualified replacements."

The Los Angeles Clippers and General Manager Mike Dunleavy today have severed ties. Neil Olshey, presently the Clippers’ Assistant General Manager, will assume the duties created by Dunleavy’s departure.

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Theres no surprise that EJ is our prized gem in this organization. Maybe we overrank our players as many fan does. In this case, Gordon is #9 on the list behind players like Ersan Ilyasova and Jason Thompson. He's also behind Westbrook who's #5.

"Gordon's game is improving in almost every aspect. He's becoming a bulldog on defense, fighting for every inch and averaging 1.58 steals per game. And on offense he's getting to the paint more -- and finishing -- which makes him a more effective player. On some nights, he looks like the Clips' best player."

What do you guys think? Does #9 do him justice behind guys (in this order?): Brook Lopez, Marc Gasol, Jason Thompson, Ersan Illyasova, Russel Westbrook, Anthony Randolph, Ryan Anderson, and Danilo Gallinari?

A nice article of Blake Griffin in ESPN Inside.

Does Steve let us post articles from Insider onto here as long as we cite our source?

Btw, I recommend reading the article then watching the video. Article is also in the ESPN magazine.

Just at the title states; meet Deandre Jordan. From 2:00pm-3:00pm on August 16.

... I wonder if DJ is still mourning over the lost of Mike Taylor...

Golden State Warriors- C
Los Angeles Lakers- A
Phoenix Suns- C
Sacramento Kings- C-
Los Angeles Clippers- A

Good young player who didn't preform too well over at Golden State. Maybe he'll have a better season with Memphis!

Right now tis 5:30am, so something might happen between those time when I go to bed. Im sure there are some Clipperfans out there that don't have ESPN insider (I dont either) but the title practically explains it.