Clippers considering Del Negro

[shadowgrin]

They probably got him cheap. Del Negro wants a coaching job, Clippers want someone cheap, never mind a good one.

[Patr1ck]

Bet Casey wanted more money. Looks like Sterling hasn't changed.

[shadowgrin]

There's some articles that suggest that is the case. With his tenure as head coach of Minnesota being his reason as wanting to have 'head coach level' salary.

[shadowgrin]

Tried looking for Clippers thread, I'll just post it here.


Old Simmons article (06-24-2009) after drafting Blake Griffin about the well-managed Clippers.

Might be quite a long read for some, discussing some moves the Clipps have done from years 1976 to 2009, but a good read if you're interested on the train wreck of a franchise that is the Clippers.

(Summer 1983) At this point, God is running out of ways to torture the Clippers and settles on just blowing out random ACLs for the next few years.

[Axel The Great]

Good read and good find. Still haven't finished reading it, but it's just too funny to stop reading it. I hope Blake takes that advice.

[Andrew]

First, McAdoo turned off the locals by saying about a potential Florida move, "It doesn't make any difference to me, as long as I can play and get paid for it." Thanks for the support, Mac!

You've got to admire his honesty.

They trade a 1986 No. 1 pick to Philly for Joe "Jellybean" Bryant (Kobe's dad), which would be like the Clips trading their unprotected 2016 No. 1 to Minnesota for Ryan Gomes. (Crap, I hope I didn't just give them an idea.) Oh, and that 1986 pick? It ended up being first overall. This is your new team, Blake.

That's eerily prophetic. They didn't trade for him, but Gomes is now with the Clippers.

June 1984: Blessed with the Nos. 8 and 14 picks in the greatest draft in NBA history, the Clips whiff on No. 8 (Gordon, taken just ahead of Kevin Willis and Otis Thorpe) and pick Michael Cage at No. 14 (two picks ahead of John Stockton). Would you rather have Gordon and Cage or Willis and Stockton? I thought so. Blake, please tell me your sneakers are on. As soon as you hit the last line of the column, start running.

Ouch...though to be fair the Clippers weren't alone in erring when it came to Stockton and Willis. There's really only three teams that off the top of my head I'd say wouldn't change their picks in the 1984 Draft.

June 1987: The good news: Elgin acquires two extra first-rounders thanks to savvy trading (sending away Cedric Maxwell and Kurt Nimphius). The bad news: Elgin makes the picks. He takes Reggie Williams No. 4 … one spot ahead of Scottie Pippen (and ahead of Kevin Johnson, Horace Grant and Reggie Miller). He takes Joe Wolf at No. 13 and Kenny Norman at No. 19, missing Mark Jackson (18) and Reggie Lewis (22). In a draft laden with All-Stars, Elgin emerges with three guys who make a combined zero All-Star appearances. Elgin Baylor everybody!

Amazing that he kept his job for 22 years. Or perhaps not.

Thanks for the link, it was a good read...though it'd be quite a depressing one for a Clippers fan.

[Patr1ck]

Tried looking for Clippers thread, I'll just post it here.:

According to that article, if there was an actual Clippers thread on this forum, it would be the beginning of the end to this entire site. You'd think I would have made one by now, but I know. Trust me, I know.