Hollywood Blvd. News – Los Angeles Clippers Edition
- Updated: October 16, 2014
We like to start our day searching the web and reading articles about our beloved LA sports teams. It’s easy to get lost in the depth of the inter web, but luckily for you we have compiled a list of the most interesting and pertinent news stories for your morning reading pleasure. For this edition, let’s dive into the news surrounding the Los Angeles Clippers.
Michael C. Jones of Bleacher Report discusses the Los Angeles Clippers preseason and 5 questions they need to answer before the regular season kicks off.
“1. Is Chris Paul the same player?
As the seven-time All-Star enters his age-29 season, there’s already been predictable talk of Paul’s skills diminishing. On a recent episode of ESPN’s Numbers Never Lie, NBA insider Chris Broussard stirred the pot with these comments as transcribed by Larry Brown of LarryBrownSports.com:
I’ve talked to a few executives — two in fact who are huge Chris Paul fans in the past and now — but they think he’s lost a little something. They felt like the way he crumbled in Game 5 against Russell Westbrook — they should have won that game — Chris makes two turnovers in the last 13 seconds — they felt like Westbrook’s athleticism overwhelmed Chris.
Those are some poignant words from a source who knows the league inside and out.
If anyone believes the floor general isn’t the same player, Paul’s chance to dispel that perception begins in the exhibition season. ”
To read more of Jones’ article, click here. (Tip: Use arrows to read more questions)
We have listened to the back and forth drama stemming from Donald Sterling for an incredibly long time. Former Lakers coach, Phil Jackson, offers his thoughts on the now ex-owner.
“”Donald’s a Donald Duck. He’s a weird duck. There’s no doubt about it,” Jackson, now the New York Knicks president, said at the New Yorker Festival on Sunday. “Every since he got the organization — the San Diego Clippers — and moved them to L.A., he’s been an outlier in [the NBA].”
Sterling was banned for life by the league in response to racist comments the NBA said he made in a recorded conversation. Sterling was also essentially forced to sell the Clippers by NBA commissioner Adam Silver and the other owners.
“He did things his own way and went against all the rules, and eventually it caught up with him. Even though it was 30 years later, it still caught up with him,” Jackson said. “And it was embarrassing to the league. Because this league has always been embracing and compassionate, and this was not an embracing and compassionate act.””
To read more on this piece, click here.
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