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    Bosshog in the cut djohn2oo8's Avatar
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    The Clippers are in trouble. They got their 50th win of this storybook season Wednesday night, a franchise record, but internal problems seriously threaten their chances for extraordinary postseason success. The feel-good Clippers are gone, with DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin's immaturity dragging the team down. Jordan wants nothing to do with Coach Vinny Del Negro because he blames Del Negro for burying him on the bench. Yet Jordan's inability to play consistently or make free throws, thereby turning the ball over to the opposition much like a turnover, makes him a liability in close games. Jordan sees it differently, and he has for the last two seasons, maintaining he would be more productive if allowed to play more. He's as likable as they come and overloaded with athletic ability. But as an NBA starter on a team that wants to compete for championships, he's more cancer than consistent contributor while failing to justify what he's being paid.
    Griffin is Jordan's buddy, and still a kid.

    His development has been sabotaged by his inability to accept criticism of any sort.

    It helps explain why he's always at odds with the referees. He's never done anything wrong, as he sees it, so why are they blowing a whistle and calling him out?

    He takes a punishment when he plays, and right now he's playing hurt. But he reacts like a kid when done wrong, looking for the opportunity to get even while giving no regard to how that might affect his team's performance.

    He wants the ball like any great player, but when it doesn't go to him, he pouts. He's 24. Most of the time the ball goes to Griffin, but he's concerned only about the times when it doesn't.
    The other night in Sacramento, Griffin and Jordan exchanged words on the bench. Griffin told Jordan he best never again stare him down as he did when Griffin failed to give Jordan a good pass for a dunk.

    Everyone else was left to sit there while waiting for the kids to stop bickering.

    The pair have also grown tired of Chris Paul's voice, which is understandable at times.

    Paul, very much like Kobe Bryant — who has turned off Dwight Howard with his out-of-this-world standards — is relentless. He never shuts up. And Jordan and Griffin have become weary of him.

    When asked about being annoying, Paul smiled and said, "I need to work on being a better leader."
    http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-....column?page=1

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    Chris Paul is by far the most overrated leader in the NBA, tbh..

    This article is terrible, btw..

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    Paranoid
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    Wow that's a real article wtf... So Paul is walking this summer?

    Demonkey + Bledsoe for Garnett would have saved that team tbh.

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    Old sport KaiRMD1's Avatar
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    They should fight at the flag pole at 3 o'clock

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    Veteran LkrFan's Avatar
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    TJ Simers' articles always deliver the goods. Too bad for him stars don't take too kindly to him airing out their dirty laundry. The things he says about Blake doesn't surprise me one bit. Paul as well because of his big mouth. I'm interested to see Clipper Nation's of this tbh.

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    notthewordsofonewhokneels Thread's Avatar
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    It's a black thing.

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    Rippin N Tearin fevertrees's Avatar
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    "Varied by monkey type. It takes about 6 years for Capuchins monkey to reach sexual maturity. Macaques reach sexual maturity around 3 or 4 years old.

    Squirrel monkeys are tiny monkeys from Central and South America. They take about 1 ½ years to reach sexual maturity."

    These players are in their 20s so quit using the words "kids" around them.

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    The Dude minds DPG21920's Avatar
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    I bet Kool posts something about this..

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    Controversy Koolaid_Man's Avatar
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    TJ Simers' articles always deliver the goods. Too bad for him stars don't take too kindly to him airing out their dirty laundry. The things he says about Blake doesn't surprise me one bit. Paul as well because of his big mouth. I'm interested to see Clipper Nation's of this tbh.
    all the real s on the streets that i talk to when at the barber shop all say the same thing bout dem Clippas...
    Basically that them s look good aint going nowhere...Lakeshow have a better shot at advancing to 2nd round

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    The Dude minds DPG21920's Avatar
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    Bam ^

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    Veteran HI-FI's Avatar
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    DPG with the shorty Nostradamus goods

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    Controversy Koolaid_Man's Avatar
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    DPG with the shorty Nostradamus goods
    then he should have known his ass was mine for the taking...he chose to let me him.

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    then he should have known his ass was mine for the taking...he chose to let me him.
    Koolaid with the pseudo black/ turnaround jumper, welshing DPG in the process...

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    The Dude minds DPG21920's Avatar
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    lol no one has been owned more than Kool by DPG. It's scary

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    Dyna5ty BatManu20's Avatar
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    That's one of the worst articles I've ever read tbh. Belongs on BR. It's hard to say that a team that's won 50 games is in turmoil.. might be the first time that's ever been said.

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    the writer sounds bitter. must be a lakerfan

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    Veteran Richie's Avatar
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    Chris Paul is everything to that team. Without him, the Clippers are back to the lottery

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    Believe. jeebus's Avatar
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    2 immature chimps who can't handle the pressure; not surprising tbh. it's gonna be funny to see that team if Paul walks away.

    some nice gnsf goods in here as well.

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    Believe. Monkeyboy14's Avatar
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    Is anyone really surprised at this? This team will never win a le with both Griffin and Jordan together. To much talk, not enough walk.

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    Erryday I'm Hustlin' Robz4000's Avatar
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    When do they throw feces at each other tbh?

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    Board Man Comes Home Clipper Nation's Avatar
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    the writer sounds bitter. must be a lakerfan
    Nah, he trolls the Lakers too.... he's had Phil Jackson lose his and put him on blast in press conferences before

    But yeah, Simers has zero credibility and is known to exaggerate, tbh.... he's right that Griffin and DJ need to grow up, but I strongly doubt there's that much drama on a 50-win team, and he actually had the nerve to claim that Vinny's doing a good job of coaching

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    Nah, he trolls the Lakers too.... he's had Phil Jackson lose his and put him on blast in press conferences before

    But yeah, Simers has zero credibility and is known to exaggerate, tbh.... he's right that Griffin and DJ need to grow up, but I strongly doubt there's that much drama on a 50-win team, and he actually had the nerve to claim that Vinny's doing a good job of coaching
    ittttttt

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    Veteran LkrFan's Avatar
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    Nah, he trolls the Lakers too.... he's had Phil Jackson lose his and put him on blast in press conferences before

    But yeah, Simers has zero credibility and is known to exaggerate, tbh.... he's right that Griffin and DJ need to grow up, but I strongly doubt there's that much drama on a 50-win team, and he actually had the nerve to claim that Vinny's doing a good job of coaching
    You gotta be ting me. Ever hear of Shaq & Kobe?

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    Board Man Comes Home Clipper Nation's Avatar
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    TJ Simers' articles always deliver the goods.
    You mean like these goods?

    But then I guess knowing that if someone writes "Lakers, Lakers, Lakers, Lakers" in the first paragraph, and "Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, Kobe" in the second -- making it one of the most viewed stories on The Times' website -- it really doesn't matter what you write about the Lakers.

    http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-...4398954.column
    Listen to yourselves, Lakers fans.


    Reread your email and look in the mirror: You appear clueless and sound ridiculous.


    The Lakers are doomed to fail over the next two seasons and you are only kidding yourself if you think something can be done to change it.





    The guy who has played the hardest, giving it his all and who has been the best player on the court for the Lakers for the longest time is now the problem.


    And deep down you know it because Kobe Bryant is not going anywhere, and he is not about to become a role-playing Tim Duncan or a pass-first LeBron James.


    Like the fading MVP chants in Staples, try as he will, there's just not enough left to muster another championship run.


    It really doesn't matter how good of a coach Mike Brown is, whether Jim Buss is allowed to discuss the team or whether Andrew Bynum should be traded.


    As long as Kobe Bryant is here, the ball will be in his hands, and that's no longer a sure thing.

    http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun...imers-20120624
    The Lakers won. Yippee, hooray for them and all that stuff.


    Phil now has more rings than Red, like any of us could sleep waiting for this moment, while Jeanie continues searching for her ring, but then that's tweet for another day.




    Kobe did it without Shaq, because he had Pau.

    http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun...imers-lakers15

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    Purple and Bold! whitemamba's Avatar
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    You gotta be ting me. Ever hear of Shaq & Kobe?

    this, CN knowledge

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