noveldepot Chapter 166 The Clippers That Are Easily Ignored
Chapter 166 The Clippers That Are Easily Ignored
Chapter 166 The Clippers That Are Easily Ignored
After a three-day rest period, James' redness and swelling on his side buttocks also faded, and his body has fully recovered. The Cavaliers are back to good condition again. They will go to Los Angeles.
Going to Los Angeles this time is not to play against the Lakers, nor to have a hot pot with Kobe, but to play against another rival of Los Angeles, the Clippers.
The Los Angeles Clippers, founded in 1970 and joined the NBA, is an NBA professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, USA, and is part of the Western Conference Pacific Division of the American Men's Basketball Professional League (NBA).
The Clippers have moved many times. They entered the NBA in 1970 and were called the Buffalo Warriors. In the 1977-78 season, the Braves moved to San Diego and soon changed their name to the Clippers.Starting from the 1976-77 season, the Clippers failed to enter the playoffs for 16 consecutive seasons. In 1981, the team changed hands, and Sterling became the team owner. In 1984, the team moved to Los Angeles.But it has been unable to get rid of the identity of a big team, and the best record is the semifinals of the division.
Compared with the Lakers who are also in the Staples Arena, the Clippers are indeed so inconspicuous. In the 80s, the Zijin Dynasty and the Celtics took turns to sit on the field. When the ok combination of Kobe and O'Neal was established, they won three consecutive championships.Relatively speaking, the Clippers have won the lottery every year, and they have not been able to change the situation so far.
To some extent, the Lakers have reason to despise the Clippers.
Before the start of the 2001-02 season, the Clippers used the No. 2001 pick Tyson Chandler in their hands to reach a deal with the Bulls, and got the power forward wizard that the entire league covets: Elton Brand.In the 02-50.00 season, the impressive young people almost reached the peak of the team. When there was one month left in the regular season, the team's winning percentage had returned to more than [-]%. Abandoning the conventional style of play, and re-establishing the banner of running and bombing also made the Clippers one of the most watchable teams in the league.
But the 4 wins and 3 losses in April taught the Clippers a big lesson. It is really appropriate to describe the Clippers who have greatly improved this season by failing hard. The final record of the Clippers is 13 wins and 39 losses. But still missed the playoffs.
In the subsequent two seasons of 2002-03 and 2003-04, Darius Miles, the hopeful star who was too thin and always suffering from injuries, was sent to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for new assists. Wang Andre Miller, reinforcement starting point guard position.
Both sides of the deal were bloody losses, Darius Miles failed to perform well in the Cavaliers, Miller's arrival did not bring immediate results to the Clippers, Lamar Odom in the middle of the season The injuries of Corey Maggette and Elton Brand in the early stage and so on made the total absence of the main players reach 293 games.Plagued by injuries and lacking team chemistry, the Clippers were 27-55 under Alvin Gentry, who replaced Johnson as head coach.
In the 2003-04 season, although the promising young center Chris Kaman was selected in the sixth place in the first round, it did not change the predicament of the entire team.Because of the selection of too many first-round rookies after entering the 21st century, Sterling and Baylor must selectively renew their contracts among so many promising rookies.
In the end, Andre Miller, Lamar Odom, Michael Olowokandi and the longest-serving veteran in franchise history, Eric Piakowski, all left without an extension. The team, and all this is to retain Elton Brand, who has the name of the new captain, with a huge contract of 8220 million.
The current Los Angeles Clippers are ranked No.1 in the bottom of the Western Conference. They have only won 7 games so far this season.
The last time the two teams played against each other was in mid-November of this season. At that time, Lingbo's edge was first revealed, and the Clippers became one of the stepping stones for Lingbo to become famous.
Now that they are fighting again, although it has only been more than 50 days, in less than two months, Ling Bo has grown so fast, from a rotation substitute to the first core player of the Cavaliers.
In terms of lineup, the Clippers' starting point guard is Eddie House. This player has been wandering since entering the league. Although he himself said that he is good at offense, his average of 6.8 points per game is really ugly, and his defense is a mess.
Shooting guard Quentin Richardson was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 2000th place in the first round of 1. This year is his fourth season with the Clippers. Ray Maggette and Darius Miles formed the dynamic foursome of the team.But these four talented players did not make the team go further, and they only won an average of 18 games in four seasons.The performance of averaging 4 points, 30 rebounds and 17.2 assists per game this season is remarkable.
Small forward Corey Maggette, a swingman with a height of 1.98 and good offensive ability, is now tied for the first place in the Clippers scoring list with captain Elton Brand.
The power forward is Elton Brand, the No. 1999 pick in the [-] NBA draft.
In the 2000 All-Star Weekend "Rookie Contest", Elton Brand scored 16 points and 21 rebounds and was elected "Most Valuable Player".
On May 2000, 5, Elton Brand and Rockets rookie Steve Francis shared the title of Rookie of the Year.
Elton Brand started very high and performed very well afterwards, but this player's upper limit is very low. In the past two years, he has not shown much improvement.
The position of the center is Chris Kaman, a student of the same level as Limbo, James and others, who joined the Clippers with the sixth overall pick.
The last time the two teams played against each other, Kaman was only a substitute, and now he has become the starter. He has also proved with his own performance that he is worthy of No.6 in the "Platinum Draft" session.
It seems to be a good lineup, but the Clippers have been losing. On the one hand, it is due to the team's youth and lack of experience.But after the rise of younger knights, this reason makes people feel ridiculous.
On the other hand, there is a lack of good chemistry between the players, the back line is not strong, and the presence of inside players alone will not help.Olajuwon is strong inside, he has the cooperation of the glider Drexler, O'Neal dominates the basket, and the help of Kobe and others, especially the combination of Malone and Stopeton further illustrates the importance of internal and external integration.
If the Clippers lineup is paired with a slightly better guard, not to mention how far the playoffs can go, at least it is still possible to hit the threshold of the playoffs.
Looking at the Cavaliers' lineup, you can tell that Ilgauskas is very strong. Not necessarily, he is also difficult to play against an All-Star center, and often falls into the disadvantaged. But with Ling Bo's passing, this season He averaged a double-double per game, which he couldn't do in the past.
Besides Boozer, for the same reason, the addition of Ling Bo directly allowed the two inside players to rise like a rocket.
Only after the battle will we know who is strong and who is weak, and the Cavaliers are already prepared.
(End of this chapter)