Comments on: Clippers best Magic in first Orlando scrimmage, 99-90

By: chogokin

chogokin — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 16:44:11 +0000

I was thinking about a situation where for some reason the Clips decided to let Trez walk (e.g. if some other team gave him a max contract). Regardless, point taken.

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 03:38:12 +0000

Have to think it would cost at least Landry, at which point you’re getting a young and unproven center who won’t play behind Zu/Trez… probably isn’t in the cards.

By: Robert Flom

Robert Flom — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 02:10:27 +0000

I think Mo Bamba could well be traded soon, but even with his reduced stock the Clippers don’t have the assets to acquire him, probably.

By: Robert Flom

Robert Flom — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 02:09:39 +0000

I’ve watched a lot of soccer, it’s been great. But yeah, NBA is the only reason why I’d have a television.

By: G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD

G RAP OLD SCHOOL LIKE YOUR DAD — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 11:01:12 +0000

I forgot about Noah’s passing ability.
I remember the first couple seasons I played fantasy basketball Noah would always kill in assists for a big man. He covered a lot of categories .
So the next season I drafted him, problem was that was when he became a Knick and didn’t play, killing my season again lol .
I agree his passing is something our other bigs don’t have a natural ability/court vision for, should add another dynamic to all the scorers we have on this team.

By: osamu6238

osamu6238 — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 08:39:54 +0000

My biggest take away…. I literally haven’t watched live TV since March. All these new commercials. Feels so weird.

By: Lucas Hann

Lucas Hann — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 04:07:37 +0000

I didn’t think so–but remember it was just a pre-season scrimmage against a pretty bad team, and Noah only played 15 minutes in his first game in over a year. Hard to draw major conclusions. One thing I am comfortable saying: his passing is a level above both of the Clippers’ current rotation centers, and adds an interesting wrinkle to our offense with his ability to hit the weak side corner shooter. This might be his biggest trade-off in contrast with Trez’s effectiveness as an interior scorer and Zu’s effectiveness as a post defender and rim protector.

By: David Ramos

David Ramos — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 04:04:55 +0000

How was Noahs interior defense.? Is it as good as Zubacs? Didnt get to watch the game.

By: Efren C

Efren C — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 03:46:23 +0000

Basketball is back! =)

By: chogokin

chogokin — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 03:28:11 +0000

Regarding the main rotation, all of the guys the team will be leaning on heavily (i.e. PG13, Kawhi, Lou, MM, and Reggie Jackson) looked good today. Regarding the role players, I’m still pleasantly surprised with Patrick Patterson (before the season started I thought he’d be a decent 13th man), but I’m still kind of disappointed with JaMychal Green. It’s not that he’s been bad, and he didn’t look bad today, but before the season started I was expecting him to take a step forward (i.e. someone who should get heavy minutes), but he’s just been serviceable, and I can see why Doc platoons him with Patterson. Regarding the young guys, both Coffey and Mann looked kind of tentative out there on offense, but I was real happy with both of their hustle on defense.

On an unrelated note, is there any way we could trade for Mo Bamba in the offseason? Orlando looks like they trust Khem Birch more, and they re-signed Vucevic to a big contract this past offseason, so I feel like they’re stunting Bamba’s growth and wasting his potential by giving him so little run (he’s averaging fewer minutes this year than his rookie season). I was high on him when he was first drafted, and I feel like it shouldn’t cost *that* much to get him…which really would be our only hope, given how little we’ve got in terms of realistically tradeable assets.