According to Bill Simmons: "Blake and DJ dont like playing with Chris Paul"

[QUOTE=EnoughSaid]Clippers are honestly overrated as hell. Clippersfan and others need to STFU when putting them in the Heat, Thunder and Lakers class. They're in tier 2.[/QUOTE]
You didnt shut up the years prior to 2012-2013 either.

[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]Bledsoe in the media two days ago said "I love playing with Chris" and how he wanted more time on the court WITH Chris. Yet he hates playing with him??? This team has great chemistry off the court and even pretty good chemistry on the court.[/QUOTE]
If Bledsoe doesn't play beside Paul he's going to average 12 minutes in the regular season and 5 in the playoffs.

[QUOTE=EnoughSaid]Clippers are honestly overrated as hell. Clippersfan and others need to STFU when putting them in the Heat, Thunder and Lakers class. They're in tier 2.[/QUOTE]

didn't everybody predicted the Bulls would finish 5th in the East with no chance of Derrick Rose winning the MVP? :pimp:

I don't believe it.. Blake gets have of his buckets from CP lobs and bounce passes..

Also said LO gonna retire in 3 months. Wonder if he has word from the inside somewhere to make that kind of prediction?

He's talking like an idiot. But let's get over it.



The Celtics are not in that 2nd tier. They're easily higher than that.

he has brought up "too many guys" for the clippers multiple times, but has not once thought of it with the celtics. how are they gonna find minutes for terry, lee, bradley, and barbosa?

Simmons is a damn good writer but his homerism and laker hatred are hard to swallow sometimes. He's gone out of his way to take shots at Lamar Odom over the years, be interesting to see if he back pedals now that he's back on one of his teams.

[QUOTE=Lamar Doom]Simmons is a damn good writer but his homerism and laker hatred are hard to swallow sometimes. He's gone out of his way to take shots at Lamar Odom over the years, be interesting to see if he back pedals now that he's back on one of his teams.[/QUOTE]
Lot's of writers blast Odom. 90% of the time it's deserved. Like now, how can he possibly after last season's melt down come into Clipper camp so out of shape that he can't even participate in full practices. This was his second chance he probably doesn't deserve and he blows it.

i will ride with simmons till the end

I find this hard to believe. They seem to have great team chemistry making the team relevant again.

[QUOTE=therammingman]i will ride with simmons till the end[/QUOTE]
I agree. I love The Book of Basketball. Probably read it 4 times at least.

[QUOTE=daily]Lot's[/quote]

Lot's?

[quote=daily] of writers blast Odom. 90% of the time it's deserved. [/quote]


interesting statistic... with loads of data to support it I'm sure.


[quote=daily]Like now, how can he possibly after last season's melt down come into Clipper camp so out of shape that he can't even participate in full practices. This was his second chance he probably doesn't deserve and he blows it.[/QUOTE]


your comment has nothing to do with what I said but thank you for your input

i think we all can agree that the clippers will make the fvcking playoffs. who gives a shit what he thinks. He makes some points, but going below 45 wins is a full team meltdown scenario.

Check out Simmons new article. Now he is saying Lebron might be better than Jordan. Pat Riley must have him comped at clubs when he come to South Beach. I dont know how seriously I take his statements on basketball anymore.

Simmons is a Laker hater.
He should be commended for that.

I have never seen a worse teammate than Chris Paul. He is a huge dick to all of his teammates. The guy is a complete jerk.

[QUOTE=Lamar Doom]Simmons is a damn good writer but his homerism and laker hatred are hard to swallow sometimes. He's gone out of his way to take shots at Lamar Odom over the years, be interesting to see if he back pedals now that he's back on one of his teams.[/QUOTE]

And now's as good a time as any to repost this gem:

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgoV5u2WWJs[/url]

[quote=Thechosen1][URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dY6JP4cZRXc#!"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dY6JP4cZRXc#![/URL][/quote]

Cool, been saying that for months.
Backward transactions and terrible off the court.
I despise Bill Simmons though, this makes me think I could be wrong.

[QUOTE=Euroleague]I have never seen a worse teammate than Chris Paul. He is a huge dick to all of his teammates. The guy is a complete jerk.[/QUOTE]
A-men.

He reminds of Obama in that he could kill people and just royally F up the chemistry of his country (or team) and the media is still their licking his boots. It's just pathetic how much leeway he gets compared to any other player.

[QUOTE=G-train]Cool, been saying that for months.
Backward transactions and terrible off the court.
I despise Bill Simmons though, this makes me think I could be wrong.[/QUOTE]

Terrible off the court? The Clippers team is among the closest off the court in the entire NBA. :facepalm

[quote=Clippersfan86]Terrible off the court? The Clippers team is among the closest off the court in the entire NBA. :facepalm[/quote]

Owner/Management/Coaching is what I am referring to. That's what it means 99.9999%, not the homo stuff.

[QUOTE=G-train]Owner/Management/Coaching is what I am referring to. That's what it means 99.9999%, not the homo stuff.[/QUOTE]

Confused... ownership, management and coaching haven't been an issue at all the last few years. Sure Sterling is a scumbag and Vinny is a terrible coach but in the way that the team is being run they have done a fantastic job rebuilding since Blake Griffin.

[QUOTE=Clippersfan86]Terrible off the court? The Clippers team is among the closest off the court in the entire NBA. :facepalm[/QUOTE]
Prove it.

If you're talking about the entire Nba, then clearly you have some sort of knowledge about all the player relationships on every team in the league.

[QUOTE=Yung D-Will]Prove it.

If you're talking about the entire Nba, then clearly you have some sort of knowledge about all the player relationships on every team in the league.[/QUOTE]

A few writers have compared the Clippers off court chemistry to the early 00's Kings. These guys are constantly hanging out off the court, doing everything together. DJ and Griffin stay at each others house regularly. You can dig up pictures all over the place. It's safe to say they are one of the more tight knit off the court teams.

This is my perception from reading up on other teams and obviously seeing photos, articles etc... obviously there is no way ANYBODY can "prove" this. Just my observation/opinion. All of our new additions comment on how close the team is so that's one huge indicator. Jamal Crawford said closest team he's even been on, compared it to family and said he'd run through a wall for these guys. Barnes said best off court chemistry of any team he's been on and that it was welcoming from day 1.

Also you can always see the bench dancing together, goofing off and genuinely cheering their asses off for each other. Just a great player environment.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9n95eqE30k[/url]

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SodHgZ46KQk[/url]

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdlhDxRgPvs[/url]


[url]http://articles.latimes.com/2012/feb/21/news/la-clippers-players-charge-food-to-each-others-rooms-on-the-road-20120221[/url]

How many teams regularly have more than half the team going to dinner together, baseball games etc? This is a special group.

[quote=Clippersfan86]Confused... [B]ownership, management and coaching haven't been an issue at all the last few years[/B]. [B]Sure Sterling is a scumbag and Vinny is a terrible coach[/B] but in the way that the team is being run they have done a fantastic job rebuilding since Blake Griffin.[/quote]

Bolded is a total contradiction. Add to that losing the GM.

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There is only one way out of being a Grizzly. In a body bag

[QUOTE=ncrizzle][IMG]http://stat.mobli.com/media_stills/media_21112550.jpg[/IMG]
There is only one way out of being a Grizzly. In a body bag[/QUOTE]

Yea Grizzlies are definitely one of the closest off the court bunches too. Grizzlies, Clippers, Thunder stand out as teams that hang out constantly off the court and genuinely all love each other and treat each other like family. I mean the guys on the Clippers have football games all the time and BBQ, go to beach together, go to sports games. Hell the other day there was a picture taken from a party with Barnes, Butler, CP3, Arenas and DJ.

Idiotic, even by that idiot's standards. DeAndre Jordan would average 2-4 ppg if it wasn't for Paul putting the ball in his mouth 4-5 times a game.

FWIW, Simmons sees rifts, bad coaching and bad teammates everywhere other than in Boston, home of the blue-collar, hard-working, team first, Ubuntu Celtics.. who just lost one of their cornerstones to their fiercest rival after he feuded with one of the other cornerstones.

No one wants to play with CP. The Clippers signing multiple veterans, who wouldn't have gone there for under a billion before last season, and extending Blake are totally not related to CP 's arrival. And no one wants to play with Kobe, either, not Nash, not Howard... they just.. went there..

Kobe suckz!!!111 Problemz in Clipperland!1 Did you hear him? Those things!