NBA Jam (Today) Rosters: Pacific Division

You can search out previous incarnations of this theme, Atlantic and Central already out there.


GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS:
Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson (Andrew Bogut)

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS:
Blake Griffin, Chris Paul (DeAndre Jordan)

LOS ANGELES LAKERS:
Kobe Bryant, Julius Randle (Carlos Boozer)

PHOENIX SUNS:
Goran Dragic, Eric Bledsoe (Isaiah Thomas)

SACRAMENTO KINGS:
DeMarcus Cousins, Rudy Gay (Ben McLemore)

Steve Ballmer Is (The Fun, Safe) Crazy

New Clippers owner Steve Ballmer took the stage at the Staples Center yesterday during a fan rally... and he came out swinging.  Well actually he came out to "Lose Yourself" by Eminem.  Apparently he was all kinds of fired up with Mircosoft too, but this is new to me.

We talked about it on the show, and producer Josh Deering also provided a necessary mash up.

Click Here For Ballmer Audio and Mash Up

(From last night's show on 98.5 The Sports Hub)

Celtics 2013-14 Schedule: Games of Note

The Celtics open the 2013-14 season on October 30th at Toronto at 7pm.  Other notables...

DECEMBER 10  @ BROOKLYN (first game vs. Paul Pierce & Kevin Garnett)

DECEMBER 11 vs. LA CLIPPERS (first game/ only home game vs. Doc Rivers)

JANUARY 8 @ LA CLIPPERS

JANUARY 26 vs. BROOKLYN (first home game vs. Pierce/ KG)

MARCH 7 vs. BROOKLYN

MARCH 21 @ BROOKLYN


No Christmas game this year for Boston.  Your five-pack is...

Bulls vs. Nets
Thunder vs. Knicks
Heat vs. Lakers
Rockets vs. Spurs
Clippers vs. Warriors

Podcast: Keefe & Robb With The Latest On Doc, KG, Clippers

Podcast: Keefe & Robb on Doc-Clippers Potential Deal

Rich Keefe and Brian Robb of CelticsHub.com chatted on Monday night about the chaos that is the potential Celtics-Clippers trade. 

Thoughts On Doc, Clippers, Celtics

Almost too much going on with the Celtics right now to make sense of it all.  Almost.  Here are some bullet points of what I think is happening/ will happen.

• Doc Rivers MUST go.  $7 million a year for 3 years, for a guy who wants out and will be coaching a sub-par team.
• Doc wants the Clippers to keep Bledsoe?  That's gotta be some kind of double-secret tampering.
• DeAndre Jordan, Caron Butler, and a 1st round pick is NOT enough for Doc & KG
• True, KG (retire) and Doc (TV) could leave and the C's could get nothing, but the Clippers need them even more, so C's can't give in for less than a Bledsoe package.
• Blake Griffin should be the player the Clips refuse to deal, not freakin Eric Bledsoe
• Would you rather have Doc & KG or Lionel Hollins, Eric Bledsoe, and DeAndre Jordan
• Bledsoe is a nice player.  However wouldn't surprise me if he was never an All-Star
• Bledsoe and Jordan are both overrated.  If they were better, the Clippers (with Chris Paul and Blake) would still be playing.
• Celtics WILL NOT buy out Paul Pierce for $5, makes no sense.
• C's can trade Pierce this off season or even in the season.  $15 is a lot, but teams can make that work.  He's still a Top 8 small forward.
• Where Pierce ends up is a mystery.  Clips, stays in Boston, no clue.
• Cliff Paul is awful.
• Ultimately LAC will include Bledsoe (after agreeing to max deal with Chris Paul) and get Doc and KG for Bledsoe, Jordan, Butler, picks.
• Celts need to shed Jason Terry and or Courtney Lee (perhaps get less picks or what not to make that happen.)
• If the reason the Clippers don't want to include Bledsoe in the deal is so they can pair him with Blake in a trade for Dwight, that's dumb.  Not happening.
• C's should hire Ty Lue once Doc is out the door.
• Vinny Del Negro is the worst.
• Celtics need to acquire enough assets to make future push for Kevin Love or LaMarcus Aldridge.
• C's current assets: Rondo, Bradley, Sullinger, Green, Melo, 16th pick in this month's draft.... (Doc, KG, Pierce.)
• My head hurts trying to put all this together.

NBA MOCK DRAFT COMING SOON...

-Keefe

2011-12 Clippers: Point Guards Galore

The LA Clippers finally got the untradeable Chris Paul from the league owned New Orleans Hornets. All it took was Eric Gordon, Chris Kamen, Al-Farouq Aminu, and the T-Wolves 1st round (unprotected) pick in the 2012 draft. CP3 is now in Los Angeles, although he is not the only All-Star point guard who will be suiting up for the Clip.

Clearly Paul is one of, if not the best point guard in the NBA. But the Clippers must not have been sure he was going to land there (why would they be) as they also claimed Chauncey Billups after he was amnestied by the Knicks. The team also has Mo Williams (who they got in the Baron Davis deal with the Cavs) as well as 2nd year man Eric Bledsoe, and combo guard Randy Foye. That's 4-5 point guards out of your best 8 players. What to do?

Lucky for them, many of these guys are scoring point guards, therefore they do not need to immediately search out trades and sell low. CP3 is obviously the main man, but how will the rest of these guys fit in. I see the rotation looking something like this.

STARTERS:
PG - Chris Paul
SG - Chauncey Billips
SF - Caron Butler
PF - Blake Griffin
C - DeAndre Jordan

BENCH (from most mins to least):
Mo Williams
Ryan Gomes
Eric Bledsoe
Randy Foye
Free Agent Big Man X
Free Agent Big Man Y
Willie Warren

Trey Thompkins
Renaldo Major
Travis Leslie

Dealing Kamen, they got pretty small, but not something they can't overcome. They obviously need to add another big body to go along with Griffin and Jordan. The Clippers are going to be fast, quick, and exciting to watch. As long as Paul and Griffin stay healthy, there will be two playoff teams playing in the Staples Center this year.


-Keefe

Blake Griffin dishing out facials for free

Over the weekend the big NBA hype was this monster game that Blake Griffin had against the Knicks, with a few ridiculous slams added in. Check out two of them in the video below. Absolute porn star stud with the facials he gave out. Nut everywhere.



A couple things about these dunks...with the first one, I love two aspects: a) he actually pulls the guy's head into his crotch with his left hand, completing disrespecting him in the worst of ways; b) his hand never touched the rim. Just threw it straight into the hoop. Unreal.

Also, the second one is fantastic just because Gallinari had no freaking clue what to do. Sometimes you just need to abort. Get the hell out of there so you don't end up in a highlight reel or on a poster. Sadly, Gallinari chose to ignore such advice and now qualifies for both.

I won't even ask you which one is better, because we all know it's the first one. But both are fantastic.

-Bess