i don't have insider, but i was wondering what they said about the clippers. we have to be up there with all this young talent, but i wouldn't be surprised if we got screwed over. i was waiting to see if anyone was going to post about it, but i didn't see anything.

here's the link to it:

http://insider.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?page=FuturePowerRankings-1-091215&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnba%2fnews%2fstory%3fpage%3dFuturePowerRankings-1-091215

The 2010 All Star Ballot was released today, and the most recent Western Conference player of the year is not on it. There are 12 centers available to choose from in the Western Conference, and none of them are named Chris Kaman. The only Clippers on the ballot are Baron, Blake, Al, and Camby. No Eric, no Chris. I don't know if there is anything we can do to get them on the ballot, but this is pretty ridiculous.

http://www.nba.com/2009/news/features/11/09/allstar.ballot.2010/index.html

With the glorified free agency summer getting closer, I was wondering what everybody thought.

Should we spend all our money on one marquee player, or use it to sign a handful of quality players. I mean, obviously we take LBJ if he wants to come, but what if he doesn't? With our core right now, the only major need we have is a versatile 3 who's preferably a defensive stopper. Someone like Ariza. Whoever we get doesn't necessarily have to be a guy who can light it up (although that does always help) cause we've got a lot of offensive talent.

I was looking at the free agents in 2010, and here's some players not named Lebron that caught my eye:

Joe Johnson

John Salmons

Josh Howard

Kelena Azubuike

Thabo Sefolosha

Matt Barnes

Richard Jefferson

Mike Miller

Some of these guys would be relatively cheap too. I'm all for adding to our bench and getting some guys who hussle and are gritty. Also, maybe trading for Battier, Gerald Wallace, Tayshaun Prince.

Just some scenarios to throw out. What do you guys think?