The Official Los Angeles Clippers Thread

[Richard]

I would like to thank Doc, the Clippers, and DJ for making this a very entertaining afternoon.

Edited July 9, 2015 by Richard

[DW711]

"I'm told that DeAndre Jordan won't even take a phone call from Mark Cuban or Chandler Parsons."

 

Wow, what a bitch!

[bloodbrother]

Tim MacMahon ‏@espn_macmahon 8m8 minutes ago

I'm told that DeAndre Jordan won't even take a phone call from Mark Cuban or Chandler Parsons.

 

Tim MacMahon ‏@espn_macmahon 5m5 minutes ago

This isn't the Clippers holding DeAndre Jordan hostage. This is them keeping him company while he avoid facing the Mavs.

 

Pretty weak, if true. Bad enough he's reneging on deal he agreed to with them, but to just ignore them?

[AngelsFaninGA]

Can't wait until 2 weeks into the season when the first reports start surfacing of Jordan being unhappy with his reduced role on the team, and absolutely nobody will feel sorry for him. 

[bloodbrother]

So Clippers @ Mavs Christmas Day? Make it happen

[bloodbrother]

Marc J. Spears ‏@SpearsNBAYahoo 2m2 minutes ago

DeAndre Jordan is telling friends outside the Clippers' organization that he is returning to LA, a source said.

 

 

Well there you go, Clips fans. Offseason saved

[Oz27]

Now it's official. Boom.

[xboom28x]

The last time Cuban got upset with the NBA, he got his wish. NBA Free Agency will have different rules next offseason because of this.

[bloodbrother]

Probably. This whole situation was a clown show

[m0nkey]

What if a team pulled an offer from a player? Probably doesn't end well

[OregonLAA]

Don't like he wouldn't talk to any of the Mavs but hearing Cuban pulled a lot of bullshit throughout this whole process so I don't feel bad for him. It was definitely weird day. Griffin had some hilarious tweets. Glad he's back. With the depth they added and a probably Crawford trade coming, I like the offseason so far

[Hollyw00d]

Hopefully they can improve the bench

[bloodbrother]

In the end DJ made the best decision for himself. 

 

DJ didn't hand this correctly, but he was also led astray by someone he pays to lookout for his best interests. His agent knows what he was doing and I hope DJ cans him. Griffin for Parsons? The devil himself couldn't lie that well.

 

His agent is Dan Fegan. Dude's just the worst. He orchestrated the whole Dwightmare thing in Orlando and recently just tried doing the same BS with Cousins in Sacramento.

[Rico]

Welcome back DJ!

[AngelsFaninGA]

His agent is Dan Fegan. Dude's just the worst. He orchestrated the whole Dwightmare thing in Orlando and recently just tried doing the same BS with Cousins in Sacramento.

 

Stein tweeted that Jordan did know up front that Fegan was on good terms with the Mavs. Jordan lied and threw his agent under the bus to justify his immature, classless behavior, hence the reason why Fegan refused to even show up and collect his commission on the contract. Notice how all of the reports about Fegan are coming from people associated with the Clippers, namely Jordan himself. 

[nate]

Nba free agency is so weird. What is the point of a one week period where you can meet with teams but not sign?

[OregonLAA]

Stein tweeted that Jordan did know up front that Fegan was on good terms with the Mavs. Jordan lied and threw his agent under the bus to justify his immature, classless behavior, hence the reason why Fegan refused to even show up and collect his commission on the contract. Notice how all of the reports about Fegan are coming from people associated with the Clippers, namely Jordan himself.

I believe he was fired. I've never heard a nice thing about Fegan. He tried pulling this shit with Dwight and he pulled some crap with Boogie earlier in the year. And ya the Mavs haven't made any comments about Fegan's involvement. I wonder why

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Once upon a time a verbal commitment or a handshake meant something but that's slowly gone the way of the dinosaur for most people.  The Clippers are the better situation for Jordan unless his role on offense doesn't increase and he gets mad when Chris Paul yells at him again.  Regardless this entire thing was weird.

[DW711]

Disclaimer: MUCH Swearing

 

This guy obviously watches/watched a ton of Wwe/Wwf. He stumbles a couple times, but I thought it was great!

 

[Oz27]

Hard not to love the bench we have put together. If you assume Paul, Redick, Pierce, Griffin and Jordan to be the starting five, we now have Rivers, Crawford, Stephenson, Johnson and Aldrich off the bench. It seems a safe bet Davis comes back too, so that makes us 11 deep and there's always these Josh Smith rumors too. But even if that doesn't happen, we have a bench unit that can actually compete this year - something we all would have killed for last year.

[happybat4]

Josh Smith to clips per ESPN

[Oz27]

I think you keep Crawford for now but he's clearly one of our main trade options if you need to shake things up mid season or pick up someone to replace a guy who is injured or underperforming. Even if Davis doesn't come back, this is the deepest I have ever seen a Clippers roster be. For the time being I'm happy to preserve that.

[Hollyw00d]

Need a real backup point guard

Rivers kinda sucks and isn't a playmaker. The bench is gonna struggle if it's crawford and a bunch of dudes standing around again

[OregonLAA]

Rivers was solid and got better the longer he played with CP3. Really like him in the backup role where he has a lot of mentors to help him

[Oz27]

If Rivers is the weakness of the bench unit then I take that as a sign we are in a pretty good place. This probably sounds simplistic but with what we hope to get from Crawford, Stephenson, Smith and Johnson, all we really need from Rivers and Aldrich is for them to not totally suck.