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Six Pitfalls of NBA Management, Part 1: Passing on the Best Player
Posted: 21st March 2010 by Blake Wettengel in NBA
Fans of bad NBA teams, perpetually bad teams, will try to tell you their plight is a result of plain, old, bad luck.
They have suffered through years of untimely injuries, unforeseen circumstances, bad bounces, poor officiating, unjust suspensions, or the fact that they’re the Utah Jazz. Whenever they’re questioned about the shortfalls of their team, they quickly, and with a complete lack of cynicism or self-awareness, point to these ...
Mike Dunleavy was stunned, STUNNED I tell you, to learn that the Clippers had fired him.
As related in an article for ESPN Los Angeles, written by Ramona Shelburne, “Mike Dunleavy still doesn't know exactly what happened.
Tuesday afternoon he got a haircut, packed for a scouting trip to the ACC tournament, then went out to a local golf course for a couple hours. “Unbeknownst to him, and still unexplained to him ...
Ground Zero For The Los Angeles Clippers’ Failure: Awful Drafting
Posted: 11th March 2010 by Blake Wettengel in NBA
Among the many reasons why the Clippers have largely failed as a competitive basketball organization over their existence in LA is poor drafting. Looking back over the past 10 years, the Clippers have drafted the following players in the first round (overall pick in parentheses):
2000 – Darius Miles (3)
2001 – Tyson Chandler (2)
2002 – Chris Wilcox (8), Melvin Ely (12)
2003 – Chris Kaman (6)
2004 – Shaun Livingston (4)
2005 – Yaroslav Korolev (12)
2006 ...