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NBA Draft Update: Mayo and Love Part of Eight Player Trade
By Brian Kamenetzky | NBA Draft, USC, UCLA, What I See, Los Angeles ClippersUPDATE: The T-Wolves have Love on the front page of their website, so there’s no “reportedly” about this one, I don’t think.
This is why they say not to get too deep into post draft analysis until the dust settles.
The Memphis Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves have reportedly agreed to a blockbuster deal- or as blockbuster a […]
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Clippers Draft Indiana Guard Eric Gordon
By Brian Kamenetzky | NBA Draft, What I See, Los Angeles Clippers, ColumnEarlier in the day, the Clippers tried to move up in the draft, proposing to move up to Seattle’s fourth slot in exchange for the seventh pick and a future first rounder. The goal? Draft Indiana combo guard Eric Gordon. The whole deal was filled with intrigue, machinations, stipulations, and apparently, too […]
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Bruins Rising: Russell Westbrook Drafted By Seattle With the Fourth Pick, Kevin Love Goes Fifth to Memphis
By Brian Kamenetzky | NBA Draft, UCLA, What I See, ColumnEvery big time college coach likes to tell a recruit and his family that he can get the kid into the NBA. Sometimes it’s true, sometimes it’s not. UCLA hoops kingpin Ben Howland clearly ain’t telling tales. Five picks into Thursday’s NBA Draft, two Bruins have already been selected. First, guard […]
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Clippers Make Contigent Deal With Sonics
By Eric Patten | NBA Draft, Los Angeles ClippersUPDATE: Ford is reporting that the deal is off, and the Sonics will be keeping the pick…
ESPN’s Chad Ford is reporting that the Clippers have swapped picks with the Seattle Sonics to move up in today’s NBA Draft and select Indiana guard Eric Gordon. The trade, however, is contingent on Minnesota selecting USC’s O.J. Mayo. […]
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The Los Angeles Clippers Talk Pre-Draft
By Andrew Kamenetzky | NBA Draft, The Mind of AK, Los Angeles ClippersWith the draft about twenty-four hours from go time, Clippers Head Coach Mike Dunleavy and G.M. Elgin Baylor met with a few media members to provide a little insight into their direction for tomorrow. And I emphasize “little,” since they’re are no different than any other front office types reluctant to show their cards. […]
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Clippers’ Important Offseason Could Hinge on Draft Day
By Eric Patten | NBA Draft, Los Angeles Clippers, ColumnTwo years ago, the Clippers were one game away from the Western Conference Finals. They were, for once, a hot ticket. A stunted debate about who was better between them and the Lakers rumbled around Los Angeles as they finally seemed destined to become viable competitors with their Staples Center roommates in the standings and […]
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