Josh Smith to Sign w/ Clippers

[SpurPadre]

This can either be a total trainwreck for them or it could put them into legit contenders.

[Mr. Body]

That's a good pick up. Their bench was . Now it's less .

[ThaBigFundamental21]

L.A. has had a great off-season. Smith is flawed, but he is a very good player. Their bench is way better than last year.

[elemento]

Isn't this clown Dwight's BFF ?

Surprised he went to the Clippers tbh

[tholdren]

The Clippers have surpassed the Lakers in y-ness IMO. The Lakers were really only annoying because of Fisher and Phil. Kobe and Shaq were great players.

Now you have the Clippers. A team with a ty work ethic - a bunch of new-age bruce-jenners. Obsessed with themselves, whining, ing, crying, and trying to look cool on social media. Chris Paul and Blake Griffin are league-backed, so that makes their antics only that much more suspect. Then you have "doc" Rivers. Ultimate cheating . Glad the Clippers got Smith. He fits right in with the the nba is becoming.

[spursparker9]

[therealtruth]

So why didn't the Spurs go after him?

[exstatic]

So why didn't the Spurs go after him?

He's a dumbass head case.

[ThaBigFundamental21]

The Clippers have surpassed the Lakers in y-ness IMO. The Lakers were really only annoying because of Fisher and Phil. Kobe and Shaq were great players.

Now you have the Clippers. A team with a ty work ethic - a bunch of new-age bruce-jenners. Obsessed with themselves, whining, ing, crying, and trying to look cool on social media. Chris Paul and Blake Griffin are league-backed, so that makes their antics only that much more suspect. Then you have "doc" Rivers. Ultimate cheating . Glad the Clippers got Smith. He fits right in with the the nba is becoming.

Get em!

[spursistan]

So why didn't the Spurs go after him?

He is on all-NBA Anti-Spur team Want no part of him, tbh..

[Aztecfan03]

So why didn't the Spurs go after him?

Im pretty sure he wants more playing time than the spurs can/would give him.

[Mikeanaro]

What about his friendship with Dwert?

[HarlemHeat37]

Clippers got better, they're a legit contender, but I don't know where this "matches up well" notion came from..it took them a buzzer-beater in game 7 in a series where virtually all of their guys played better than they did during the regular season(and in Rivers and Barnes' case, better than they ever have), and virtually all of the Spurs' players had their worst series' in years..

As others have said, with the Clippers roster construction, it could really go either way, it reminds me of the Blazers of the early 2000s/late 90s..Stephenson and Smith are 2 of the 5 biggest cancers in the NBA, they are hit or miss, and throw in Jamal Crawford/Austin Rivers, and that bench is going to be full of chuckers/players that want the ball, it will be interesting to watch how they do it..there's no question they have upgraded in talent, though(although Pierce vs. Barnes is a downgrade with the Clippers IMO, Pierce won't get to play his style with Paul dominating the ball)..

[Mikeanaro]

They are contenders in the West so thats not saying much really, every year we have to play teams like that they aint winning .

[diego]

isn't too shabby, the Clippers go-to play in crunch time is the double high screen and roll with CP3/Blake/DJ, with Blake popping, DJ rolling, and CP3 reading the defense via triple threat. Now last year, we hid Parker on Barnes, and even then, we dared him to shoot, and that gamble paid off until the last game. Now given that their starting lineup is their closing lineup, and the same applies to us, who do we put Parker on? CP3 is too athletic for him, Re is always in motion and Parker isn't above average when it comes to getting through screens, and Pierce can post him up. In the end, what I'm basically asking is, how do we defend their now well spaced (Pierce>Barnes) crunch time play?

IMO pop didnt handle those double high screens right. then and now, just leave parker on paul- force him to do everything and he'll wear out. that far away from the basket, pulling out your best defender just so he can get taken out of the play is exactly what they want, let them take out your worst defender, or wait under the screen at least. paul had a great series but i think you have to turn him into a scorer and wear him out.

I was under the impression that the clippers couldnt sign anyone after the dj saga, they definitely look better on paper, but a lot depends on what doc can get out of them and how pop handles it. last year he basically gave up, as the botched last play confirmed.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Team Basketball IQ of duck butter confirmed.

[cd98]

...with a bunch of ball hogging, low IQ ballers.

Is Chris Paul low ball IQ? Paul Pierce? They didn't look like ball hogs in the playoffs. They pick and rolled us to death.

[Russ]

Clips are the NBA's new Bad Boys.

[Kawhitstorm]

As others have said, with the Clippers roster construction, it could really go either way, it reminds me of the Blazers of the early 2000s/late 90s..Stephenson and Smith are 2 of the 5 biggest cancers in the NBA, they are hit or miss, and throw in Jamal Crawford/Austin Rivers, and that bench is going to be full of chuckers/players that want the ball, it will be interesting to watch how they do it..there's no question they have upgraded in talent, though(although Pierce vs. Barnes is a downgrade with the Clippers IMO, Pierce won't get to play his style with Paul dominating the ball)..

With their new additions, I was also reminded of the post-1999-00 Blazers who never recovered after choking in the '00 WCF:
-Pierce = Pippen
-Josh Smith = Kemp
-Lance = Bonzi

[RayTdropout]

Feck the clippers

[Uriel]

If Smith was looking to sign with a contender and willing to play for the minimum, why didn't he just choose the Spurs? David West did it before him, and his presence would've made an already stacked roster absolutely phenomenal.

He would've had a defined role here, too. The Spurs are looking for a veteran wing, and they can do a lot worse than Smith.

[benefactor]

If Smith was looking to sign with a contender and willing to play for the minimum, why didn't he just choose the Spurs? David West did it before him, and his presence would've made an already stacked roster absolutely phenomenal.

He would've had a defined role here, too. The Spurs are looking for a veteran wing, and they can do a lot worse than Smith.

Probably because the Spurs don't need another PF...much less one that's a cancer.

[exstatic]

If Smith was looking to sign with a contender and willing to play for the minimum, why didn't he just choose the Spurs? David West did it before him, and his presence would've made an already stacked roster absolutely phenomenal.

He would've had a defined role here, too. The Spurs are looking for a veteran wing, and they can do a lot worse than Smith.

. You can't be serious. If you constructed one player with every trait the Spurs hate, and will never tolerate, it would be Josh Smith. He's a huge baby who has improved almost nothing in his game since being drafted, preferring instead to rely on athleticism that is mere minutes from deserting him.

[dbestpro]

Is Chris Paul low ball IQ? Paul Pierce? They didn't look like ball hogs in the playoffs. They pick and rolled us to death.

The chemistry in Clipper land will not be pretty. Stephenson is a chucker. You pass him the ball you won't get it back. Jordan and Smith are going to get fouled all day. The three of them combined have the lowest BBIQ in the league of any trio. Red , and Pierce, there best shooters, will never see the ball. The have no SF defender, and the only thing that do better than any other team in the league is whine.

[rjv]

Is Chris Paul low ball IQ? Paul Pierce? They didn't look like ball hogs in the playoffs. They pick and rolled us to death.

Jordan, Smith and Stephenson are. CP3 and Griffith are known to make stupid ass mistakes in critical moments.