“Here I Go Again On My Own”

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ClipperBlog X’s and O’s superstar Kevin Arnovitz has a great new piece in Slate today about that other Los Angeles, California basketball team.

Yeah, no lie, it’s the perfect introduction to the NBA’s new, working-class “it” team. Especially his description of the Clippers roster’s 9-to-5-like mentality:

Elton Brand is the consummate lunch-pail guy, an undersized power forward who battles for every offensive board. Corey Maggette throws himself into the lane with reckless abandon—anything to get to the line. The 7-footer Kaman looks like a lost member of a Whitesnake reunion tour but has the footwork of a ballerina. And, finally, the Clips traded a couple of spare parts for Sam Cassell, a mouthy point guard who knows every trick in the book. If the Clippers roster is full of hard-working stiffs, then Cassell is the bombastic union chief.

Wow, Kaman in Whitesnake; that is so dead on. Peruse people, peruse…

Birth of Clipper Nation [Slate]

UPDATE: Kevin’s going to be stopping by Wednesday’s TBJ Podcast to talk Clippers-Suns action with us, so if you have any questions – like, oh, I don’t know, what does Cuttino think about in the bath? – then well, hit us up.

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3) Leave ‘em here.

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By J.E. Skeets at 2:05 pm on 05.16.2006 — Tags: Announcements, Clippers

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4 Responses to ““Here I Go Again On My Own””

  1. Unsilent Majority at 2:38 pm on 05.16.2006

    cuttino is clearly envisioning a bath big enough for he and franchise to share.

  2. Sean at 8:04 pm on 05.16.2006

    I hate my voice

  3. benjammin' at 8:45 pm on 05.16.2006

    Did you know they make those bath tubs as deep as swimming pools?

    That’s freakin nuts. Imagine stepping into a hot tub and having to swim to the surface.

    I’m not sure I like this side of the NBA.

  4. Sean at 5:30 pm on 05.17.2006

    You guys hear about Justin Gatlin? They rounded his time off wrong, so he actually ran a 9.77 and ties the world record. Shit, that sucks.

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