It really couldn’t happen any other way, could it? Not when you are dealing with the Los Angeles Clippers. With the NBA taking the court for real tonight to begin another season, the news about Blake Griffin’s knee is like a punch in the gut. It also indicates the black cloud that [...]

The NBA season is only eight days away (!?!?!?!), and one of the most-watched storylines will be how number one pick and new Los Angeles Clipper Blake Griffin transitions from college to the pros. Well, if the lead video is any indication, Griffin, he of the otherworldly athletic talent, is going to baptize just [...]

Last night, the overall number one pick in last month’s NBA Draft, Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin, made his Clippers debut in the NBA’s Summer League. And judging from David Thorpe’s observations, if there’s a one-word description for Griffin’s first appearance, that word is “impressive.” Here’s another example of Thorpe’s opinion of Griffin, who had [...]

…And for the next 48-72 hours, we are simply going to be living in it. In about 24-plus hours, Griffin will be made the overall number one pick in tomorrow night’s NBA Draft. Not only that, he’ll be asked to perform an almost-impossible task — make the Clippers a relevant NBA team. [...]

A hypothetical phone call to Blake Griffin following last night’s lottery:
Blake Griffin, you were the best player in college basketball last year, an exciting player with pogo sticks for legs and a body made out of Kevlar. Your reward for being all things to a rebuilding team? Getting to play the first leg [...]

The NBA Lottery selection is tonight, and you know what that means: time to break out all those NBA Draft conspiracy theories in case we have to figure out why the Oklahoma Thunder are picking first. I mean, there’s absolutely no way their ball would just happen to be the selection unless it [...]