The Clippers are exciting while they Lakers are....

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EOG Master
Re: The Clippers are exciting while they Lakers are....

no pure shooter, kobe is not going to be able to carry the team
 

DJDalamar

EOG Dedicated
Re: The Clippers are exciting while they Lakers are....

I was afraid they wouldn't cover but fun game tonight anyway.
 
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Its preseason means nothing. You ready for a prediction? Clips wont make the playoffs. If it came down to strictly players heat would of won it all. Clips are built to lose upstairs and that you cannot change.
 

Flamingo kid

Everybody's hands go UP!
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Its preseason means nothing. You ready for a prediction? Clips wont make the playoffs. If it came down to strictly players heat would of won it all. Clips are built to lose upstairs and that you cannot change.

:lolxmas
 
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Their top 4 players have played a combine 48% of their possible games over the past 2 seasons combined.

brian cook, trey thompkins and randy foye will carry them through it with a great coach in del negro and a better front office run by al davis errrr i mean donald sterling. Almost gave sterling too much credit. Al davis won a championship in 30 years this team will disappoint again.
 

Flamingo kid

Everybody's hands go UP!
Re: The Clippers are exciting while they Lakers are....

Their top 4 players have played a combine 48% of their possible games over the past 2 seasons combined.

brian cook, trey thompkins and randy foye will carry them through it with a great coach in del negro and a better front office run by al davis errrr i mean donald sterling. Almost gave sterling too much credit. Al davis won a championship in 30 years this team will disappoint again.


They're not too deep, they have 6 really good players and then everyone else is way behind the top 6. The season being shorter helps a team with a really good top 6 and an 'average' bench. Also, DeAndre really needs to become a better defender...he's got long arms and can block shots, but he's really easy to fake out, he's gotta get better and smarter on D.

They might struggle in the playoffs, but they'll most likely make it.
 
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They're not too deep, they have 6 really good players and then everyone else is way behind the top 6. The season being shorter helps a team with a really good top 6 and an 'average' bench. Also, DeAndre really needs to become a better defender...he's got long arms and can block shots, but he's really easy to fake out, he's gotta get better and smarter on D.

They might struggle in the playoffs, but they'll most likely make it.

I would like to see all their players remain healthy. But its the same with andrew bynum. Lakers were dumb to dump odom because now its not if bynum will go down its when. Atleast the lakers have pau. If blake goes down who plays the 4, billups?
 

Flamingo kid

Everybody's hands go UP!
Re: The Clippers are exciting while they Lakers are....

I would like to see all their players remain healthy. But its the same with andrew bynum. Lakers were dumb to dump odom because now its not if bynum will go down its when. Atleast the lakers have pau. If blake goes down who plays the 4, billups?

You're right, they're not deep, any injury to their top players, they're fucked.
 

John Kelly

Born Gambler
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Re: The Clippers are exciting while they Lakers are....

...short-handed.

Don't forget Andrew Bynum will miss the team's first five games for his cheap shot on JJ Barea in Game 4 of last season's Western Conference semifinals.
 

Flamingo kid

Everybody's hands go UP!
Re: The Clippers are exciting while they Lakers are....

...short-handed.

Don't forget Andrew Bynum will miss the team's first five games for his cheap shot on JJ Barea in last season's Western Conference playoff game.

Bynum's suspension should be reduced...they gave him 5 games out of 82, now he has the same 5 games out of 66.
 

DJDalamar

EOG Dedicated
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Or he could have just not been a douche in the first place.
 

Integrity

EOG Master
Re: The Clippers are exciting while they Lakers are....

Their top 4 players have played a combine 48% of their possible games over the past 2 seasons combined.

brian cook, trey thompkins and randy foye will carry them through it with a great coach in del negro and a better front office run by al davis errrr i mean donald sterling. Almost gave sterling too much credit. Al davis won a championship in 30 years this team will disappoint again.

it's vinny del african-american, gotta be politically correct!! :lol
 
Re: The Clippers are exciting while they Lakers are....

Lakers will be a lottery team. If they dont get Howard for free that is. Especially now that Kobe is down.

If he is out for 2 weeks thats going to be 9 games, they could go 2-7 there pretty easily, even with Bynum back for 4 of them.

Lakers are slow, old, and in a system they dont get. The only reason they even looked decent was because Blake hit 5 3's. Which is only going to happen once in a blue moon. Without that they get beat by 20. And Bynum played out of his mind. Which also isnt going to happen more than half the time. They turn the ball over, they have zero depth, And Kapono looks like a complete waste despite so called experts calling him a steal.

As for the Clippers, I am not sure if people are saying they dont have depth, but if you are youre retarded. Gomes is good and will only get better especially if they mix line ups a little bit and throw him in there with Paul. Williams is old but he still has the shot which is all they need from him. Cook is as serviceable a center as anyone has and he is the back up, the beauty of a league with no quality big men. Foye is also right on point with other guys at that position in the league, so off the bench he is a quallity player. Again in a mix matches line up he probably improves. Not to mention Bledsoe who was good as a rookie and hasnt played yet due to injury. So once he comes back who knows.

The Clippers only question marks are on defense. And their front court the most obvious point. Starters included. But offensively they should create enough opportunities that even mediocre defense should be enough to be more than competitive. Theyre probably not title good on either side but in a short year who knows, they are young and if they mesh and Jordon learns how to play basketball they could be a major shocker.

Seriously when you look at the lakers without a fanboy attitude you have to see the abortion they are. Clippers have nothing but upside.

The only thing is Clipper fans have to worry about a plane crash or Paul or Griffen getting shot by a sniper somewhere. Because it seems like Clippers never catch a break. So it is a mtter of time to them probably. But assuming avoiding any disasters going forward they look really really good for at least the next 5-6 years. Which in the market theyre in should lead to perpetual success. As they will be the destiation like the lakers used to be to come to LA and play for a perennial contender with 2 young stars.
 
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