Via LA Times:

It’s not official yet, but it appears to be happening, Casey soon to be hired as the next coach of the Clippers, a journeyman assistant shoved into a scrum of challenging talent…

Horrible article though. Just filled with hate towards Casey, and not showing the full details of anything, including Casey’s old coaching job and the reasons why he was never given a proper chance at coaching in the NBA.

If you want to see both sides on the Vinnie Del Negro and Dwane Casey, read this article.

If you want to see why Casey should be the coach of the Clippers, read this article.

I myself prefer Casey (He’s known for developing young talent and preaching defense.. It’s not fair to him that the T-Wolves were becoming dismantled when he got hired.. His second best player was Ricky Davis), but I would be fine with VDN as well.

From NBA.com:

Friday July 9
COX Pavilion
1 PM — Denver vs. Dallas
3 PM — Houston vs. Phoenix
5 PM — Detroit vs. LA Lakers
7 PM — Golden State vs. New Orleans

Saturday July 10
COX Pavilion
1 PM — Toronto vs. Phoenix
3 PM — LA Lakers vs. Denver
5 PM — Detroit vs. Golden State
7 PM — Dallas vs. Houston

Sunday July 11
COX Pavilion
1 PM — New York vs. Denver
3 PM — Portland vs. Houston
5 PM — Washington vs. Golden State
7 PM — Miami vs. New Orleans

Monday July 12

COX Pavilion
1 PM — LA Lakers vs. New York
3 PM — Sacramento vs. Detroit
5 PM — Dallas vs. Milwaukee
7 PM — Washington vs. LA Clippers
Thomas & Mack
3:30 PM — San Antonio vs. Minnesota
5:30 PM — Phoenix vs. NBA D-League
7:30 PM — Memphis vs. Atlanta

Tuesday July 13
COX Pavilion
1 PM — Denver vs. Chicago
3 PM — Cleveland vs. NBA D-League
5 PM — Milwaukee vs. Memphis
7 PM — Portland vs. New Orleans
Thomas & Mack
3:30 PM — Houston vs. Toronto
5:30 PM — Sacramento vs. LA Lakers
7:30 PM — Golden State vs. Miami

Wednesday July 14
COX Pavilion
1 PM — Denver vs. Houston
3 PM — New York vs. Toronto
5 PM — LA Clippers vs. Chicago
7 PM — Sacramento vs. Minnesota
Thomas & Mack
3:30 PM — Atlanta vs. San Antonio
5:30 PM — Cleveland vs. Phoenix
7:30 PM — Detroit vs. Miami

Thursday July 15
COX Pavilion
1 PM — LA Lakers vs. San Antonio
3 PM — Golden State vs. Phoenix
5 PM — Washington vs. Dallas
7 PM — LA Clippers vs. Portland
Thomas & Mack
5:30 PM — Atlanta vs. Milwaukee
7:30 PM — NBA D-League vs. Memphis

Friday July 16
COX Pavilion
1 PM — Detroit vs. New York
3 PM — Toronto vs. Sacramento
5 PM — Washington vs. New Orleans
7 PM — Memphis vs. Minnesota
Thomas & Mack
5:30 PM — Cleveland vs. Chicago
7:30 PM — Milwaukee vs. Miami

Saturday July 17
COX Pavilion
1 PM — New York vs. Washington
3 PM — Miami vs. Cleveland
5 PM — LA Clippers vs. San Antonio
7 PM — Minnesota vs. Portland
Thomas & Mack
3:30 PM — Toronto vs. New Orleans
5:30 PM — Sacramento vs. Chicago
7:30 PM — NBA D-League vs. Atlanta

Sunday July 18
COX Pavilion
1 PM — Cleveland vs. Milwaukee
3 PM — Chicago vs. Portland
5 PM — Dallas vs. Sacramento
Thomas & Mack
1:30 PM — San Antonio vs. Memphis
3:30 PM — Atlanta vs. Minnesota
5:30 PM — LA Clippers vs. NBA D-League

SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE
All Times listed are local Las Vegas time.

Wow. What a huge, huge turn of events if this rumor is in fact true. This would be much bigger than our free agent this summer, our draft pick, and our new coach and GM. This could be huge for the franchise. Geffen has even said that if Sterling lets him buy 51% of the team, he would be able to Lebron.

The fact that he’s even interested in buying the team means he’s excited about turning the Clippers around, and to make their value higher.

This isn’t a valuable, chased after franchise (Face it, no one wants to own the Clippers just so that they can say they own a team.. They would get laughed at) and after all, he’s being a true businessman. Buy when the stock is low, and then when it rises you’ll be there to make the earnings. I’m sure he understands that his job is going to be helping the Clippers rise.

I don’t know if it’s really going to happen but I welcome it with open arms. The guy is a billionaire and he’s willing to spend money to make the Clippers a good team. It’s been said that Sterling has been willing to do the same lately, but if you have 2 guys who have ownership in the team who are both committed to win, how could you go wrong? Our future looks very bright, especially if this happens.
Source: Yahoo Sports

Mike Dunleavy and the Clippers are now a thing of the past. Dunleavy, after stepping down from being coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, isn’t the GM anymore either. Now Niel Olshey has stepped in to become GM. After a seemingly good series of trades, in what the Clippers organization called a “home run”, it seems that they’re not too happy about the trades anymore.

Clippers brought in Travis Outlaw and Steve Blake, two guys who are in one year contracts (meaning the Clippers don’t lose any cap space by trading for them, even though Camby is expiring as well). That was a lateral move, but then they also traded Al Thornton and Sebastian Telfair- the two guys who were in the way of the Clippers being able to offer a max deal next summer- for Drew Gooden (an expiring contract). That was a smart move, if the Clippers plan to use the cap space for this offseason at least.

This is very critical news. Although we Clipper fans never liked Dunleavy, especially as coach, why fire him now? This summer is huge for the future of the Clippers- space has been made to offer a max contract to some of the best players in the NBA. So why would the Clippers fire Dunleavy now, when they could have at least done it after this summer? What would the motivation behind a move like this be? It’s obvious that Dunleavy got fired. When we thought he got fired from coaching duties, he was said to have “stepped down from his job”. Now they’re saying that he’s severed ties with the Clippers. My guess is that they tried to make his firing from coach look good by covering up for it and saying he stepped down (since he’s still in the organization). Now that he’s gone, they don’t mind saying that they have severed ties.

So why would the Clippers do this at this point in the season?

My answer, or my guess, is- Larry Brown. Larry Brown has let the media know that he’s interested in the Clippers head coaching job, but also would like to have control over the organization such as the players they bring in, etc etc. Just an educated guess, but it looks like the Clippers might be showing him that the spot is up for grabs. They might be clearing the way for Brown to come here, which is actually pretty smart. If the organization can pull off Larry Brown, they can make some noise- especially in the free agent pool.

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Per ESPN:

Chris Kaman, 2010 All-Star.

Chris Kaman was named to replace Brandon Roy this year for the All-Star game- who was out with an injured hamstring and decided to skip this year’s All-Star game. Chris Kaman is averaging 20.2 points, 9 rebounds, and 1.9 assists- while having an EFF of +20.50. This will be Chris Kaman’s first career All-Star game appearance. Although Kaman had a chance to be a reserve for the All-Star game, he was snubbed by Pau Gasol who had barely played for the whole season due to injuries. After he found out he was snubbed, he got injured and was snubbed again (perhaps because of his injury?) when Chris Paul got injured and decided not to play in the All-Star game. David Stern chooses the injury replacements, and for Chris Paul he chose Chauncey Billups of the Denver Nuggets- who is having yet another spectacular season. This second injury, Brandon Roy, finally catapulted Kaman to All-Star status.

Alright guys, I’ll be brutally honest but I’m not going to bother looking up stats and stuff for this game. I’m very tired from a long day and still have lots of work to do, this Clipper game really set me back. That being said- I’ll still give you an analysis of the game. I’ll recap what went wrong, what actions should be taken to improve, and the positives we can take from this game. I like Kim Hughes’ style, although tonight it drove me crazy. However- I do see potential, at least until the end of this season. Until then, I’ll be rooting for him to get the team clicking. (Keep reading)

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An interview from the interim head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers.

I was very impressed by this interview. There are many good things that Hughes said that really made me excited for the game tomorrow night. (Keep reading)

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Thank you to Journeyman, a trusted moderator from clippers.topbuzz.com for finding this:

http://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/8695042537

She wrote: “Just checked with Clippers brass on the report about Isiah and got an ALL CAPS denial…”

An interview from Baron Davis about playing for Kim Hughes, how he feels about Dunleavy not being coach, and if he wants Hughes to be the permanent coach.

Great interview by Baron Davis.. I really enjoyed watching this one. Baron made a lot of sense. He did everything… From defending Dunleavy the most that he could, all the way to talking about the sacrifices the team made. (Keep reading for my full opinion on this interview)

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