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Clippers Sign Ruben Patterson
August 29, 2007 - 6:58 pm
RealGM Staff Report -
The Los Angeles Clippers today signed free agent forward Ruben Patterson. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released.
A nine-year NBA veteran, Patterson is coming off a successful 2006-07 season in Milwaukee, where he established new career-highs by averaging 14.7 points, 2.9 assists and 31.4 minutes per game. Patterson appeared in 81 games for the Bucks, equaling a career-high while also tying his career-high with 5.4 rebounds per game. Patterson shot 55 percent from the field last season, his highest field goal percentage as a pro.
“We are thrilled to add Ruben to our team,” Clippers Vice President of Basketball Operations Elgin Baylor said. “Ruben plays hard every single night. He is an aggressive defensive player and has a real enthusiasm for the game. He gives 100 percent every game.”
The Clippers will be Patterson’s fifth NBA team, as he spent the 2006-07 season with the Bucks after appearing in 70 games and splitting time with the Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets in 2005-06. Patterson faced the Clippers in the 2006 NBA Playoffs, appearing in four games and starting one as the Clippers defeated the Nuggets.
“I am really excited by our signing of Ruben Patterson,” Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy said. “He is a great compe or. I have always admired the intensity he brings from game to game. His versatility will help improve our team.”
In his career, which has also seen stops with the Seattle Supersonics and Los Angeles Lakers , Patterson has averaged 10.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Originally drafted by the Lakers with the 31st overall selection in the 1998 NBA Draft out of Cincinnati, Patterson played in 10 games for AEK Athens in Greece during the 1998-99 season as well. The Ohio native signed with Seattle before the 1999-2000 season and then moved to Portland prior to the 2001-02 season.
Patterson was a star at the University of Cincinnati, averaging 16.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game during his senior year and earning Second Team All-Conference USA honors. Patterson played his first two years of collegiate basketball at Independence Community College in Kansas before transferring to Cincinnati for the 1996-97 season.
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Good signing.
I don't get at all this signing.
Paterson should have signed with a contender and not a lottery team and he doesn't fit Clippers roster.
maybe someone is getting traded in clipper land
That hurts Al Thornton's playing time, which doesn't make much sense.
And, Ruben Patterson in a city like LA, with all those illegal immigrant babysitters who don't speak English very well ... trouble.
That did it now I am going to lock up my little girl.
overweight and overpaid. im suprised the jailblazers didnt jump all over this.
The self-proclaimed "Kobe-Stopper" returns to L.A.
Is this the Clippers solution for filling the void left by Elton Brand's injury?
Can we get a vBookie on how many ping-pong balls the Clips have in the hopper when the draft order is determined?
The "Nanny Stopper" is a piece of and will continue to be a piece of .
At least now he's at home in a city with more pieces of per square mile than most cities in the world.
-A.
He'll be alright, In LA all you have to do is what Bill Clinton did with monica, just unzip and they'll understand.
So he'll have to change his name from the "kobe stopper" to the "valtrex popper".
Good times.
Catchy.
Ehh..who cares. Clippers with Brand injured are irrelevant anyway.
Clippers Waive Ruben Patterson
December 13, 2007 - 3:30 pm
RealGM Staff Report -
The Los Angeles Clippers today waived forward Ruben Patterson. Signed as a free agent by the Clippers on Aug. 29, Patterson has appeared in 20 games for the Clippers in 2007-08, starting five. Patterson averaged 5.1 points and 3.2 assists this season with Los Angeles. [READ]
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They signed Richie Frahm to replace him.
Can never have too many Ruben Patterson articles.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/200....ap/index.html
Clippers sever ties with Patterson
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Clippers waived forward Ruben Patterson on Thursday, hours after he helped them beat the Nets in New Jersey for the first time in nearly 10 years.
Patterson and Tim Thomas led a 16-5 run that put the Clippers ahead for good in the third quarter of Wednesday night's 91-82 victory.
Patterson signed with the Clippers as a free agent Aug. 29. He made five starts in 20 games this season, averaging 5.1 points and 3.2 assists.
The Clippers have been beset by injuries. Elton Brand is still recovering from an offseason Achilles' injury, Sam Cassell has missed seven consecutive games with a calf injury, and Quinton Ross sustained a lower back bruise when he fell in the third quarter Wednesday.
Could find a fit with Denver or Washington.
Strange move. There should have some injuries or locker room troubles behind that decision.
I don't like Patterson being a free agent. He's one of the best players in the league at guarding Manu. Hopefully he signs with a non-contender. . .
Sign him up.
The Dirk stopper, the rebounder, the guy that makes the Spurs unbeatable.
Literally.
the clippers are ing stupid. what a worthless franchise. no wonder they're perennial jokes.
Richie Frahm? are you ing kidding me?
Probably because Richie Frahm never raped his maid.
Yeah, when I first saw this headline, I wanted the Suns to look at him, but then I realized D'Antoni would use him just like Jalen Rose... aka, never.
Yea, he has been complaining to the media about playing time.
I dont think he and Dunleavy see eye to eye but then again Dunleavy has no control on the team. They run whatever they want at times. its really obvious.
last game, they were booed so loud at home, i thought I was at madison square garden.
we lucky we have Pop. for example, tonights game vs. Lakers, Dunleavy coaching the spurs, we lose by like 20 pts and get spanked, we put up a fight because people like pop doesnt let them lay down, there are consequences to pay, you know?
With Dunleavy, he is just so passive and Patterson is all over the place at times.
Last edited by spurscenter; 12-14-2007 at 07:56 PM.
Spurs can get him cheap. good insurance. marc jackson just said gambling is a good thing
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