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^^^ Good that CP isn't playing.
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Still plenty of time for things to change, but as of now it appears that the Clips keeping the family close for real, and I dig it. Great newsKurt Helin@basketballtalk
Rumor: J.J. Redick has also already committed to re-signing with Clippers
The Clippers face a make-or-break offseason.
It seems they might have already handled their major business.
Blake Griffin and Chris Paul have reportedly already agreed to re-sign. Now, it seems L.A.’s third major unrestricted free agent – J.J. Redick – might also be staying.
Steve Kyler of Basketball Insiders:
The capped-out Clippers will have no mechanism to adequately replace Redick if they re-sign Paul and Griffin. Exceeding the cap to re-sign Redick is the only feasible path to maintaining contender status – a must with Paul, Griffin and DeAndre Jordan in place.there is a belief that Redick already has committed to re-sign in July. Like Griffin and Paul, Redick is viewed as a core piece, and while his $7.3 million price tag is likely going way up, there is a belief that Rivers and the Clippers are ready to pay it.
If Redick agreed this early to re-sign, that suggests he’s not going to extract every penny he can from the Clippers or that Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is willing to spend big. Redick really could have put the screws to the Clippers by playing hardball through free agency.
His leverage due simply to the Clippers’ cap situation would have been immense, but the rest of the league would have also provided a safety net. The 3-and-D skills that make Redick valuable to the Clippers would help any team.
All this said, Redick – and Paul and Griffin – can’t re-sign until July. No matter their intent today, there’s plenty of time for these deals to fall apart.
But the Clippers having assurances from all three to stay would be a big deal.
I got us winning tonight FYI. I have no reasoning behind this prediction, but yeah lol at the very least I don't think it'll be a blowout.
Semi close. On to SAS
I got us winning tonight FYI. I have no reasoning behind this prediction, but yeah lol at the very least I don't think it'll be a blowout.
Semi close. On to SAS
Clips continue to hang w/GSW for 3 out of 4 quarters. Tonight it was the 3rd that put the game away.
Their problem with GSW is two fold to me: they can't guard them, and their best players against GSW isn't Blake it's Austin and Jamal because of their ability to play 1v1, and go downhill. That's a recipe for disaster. I think they're giving up like 125ppg against the Warriors over their last 10 straight Losses, that's awful.
Missed Free throws, and bad shots in the third did us in. You can't feed into that inferno by taking long contested two's / three's and leaving points on the line.Yeah, as some point in each game, the Warriors manage to turn it into a pick-up ball, track meet and we can't compete with them at that style of play. We need to be extemely disciplined and keep the game slower, so we can get set defensively on the Warriors possessions. That's what we did in the first half last night, but completely got away from in the 3rd.
It also hurt that Steph started hitting stupid, ridiculous shots, but that tends to happens when they gain momentum.
. @hoopscritic said on @NBATV that the Knicks wanted Austin Rivers for Courtney Lee. Clippers weren't interested & it got shut down.