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[Fresh8]

I would make Telfair a star in mines but everyone was against it.

[Lamrock]

Noone's against it. Kidd is getting up there. Bassy just doesn't have what it takes, and thus, isn't delivering for your team.

[The X]

Great preview. I really enjoyed the writing. I think the Clippers are very interesting & untapped. Your self-deprecating sense of humour should work hand in hand with a Clippers' dynasty. I love the fact you put PER and Win Shares up & I know you won't let me down & will continue to do so I had been planning on eventually incorporating some PER & other stats in mine & eventually will, but like how you are getting it done, especially since you love them IRL.

I think Clippers will end season 36-46 & finish 10th in the Western Conference. Hopefully you can stay healthy & get that homer-like 42-40

I'm hoping you can turn Eric Gordon into the team's star by end of next season. Couldn't care less about Blake Griffin to tell you the truth. One thing though, get rid of that scrub Sebastian Telfair. I think you need a steady PG to play behind the erratic & injury prone Baron Davis. Shame Clippers never got Ramon Sessions, although probably a good thing as you'd feel bad not starting him. Better he is in Minnesota I would say.

I like Camby starting at PF. Very old school feel to that. Interested to see if DeAndre Jordan can develop into anything. Aside from that, good luck & I'll be watching

[Mark.]

X comments like that will never give Bassy the confidence to improve (well if your his coach anyway). I agree on Griffen though im not too excited about him really. I quite like Thornton hopefully he can become productive for this squad.

[kibaxx7]

Interesting team... can't wait for Griffin to return.

Noticed a typo in the roster: it says Anthony Randolph.

[mp3]

Wishful thinking

[Its_asdf]

I enjoyed the bad porn reference for Corey Maggette. I've always had a soft spot for a team that continually sucks every year (maybe the Raptor fan in me can relate). Hopefully no one dies in this one either.

[Lamrock]

The X, Thanks man. Glad you like the recap. I'll try to keep PER and win shares in this. Need to find out how to calculate the latter though. Your prediction seems pretty good. I've simmed to their current record of 12-14, and since team records are always far less polarizing in 2K, I'm only a game or two out of the playoff picture.

I really like Eric Gordon, so that is my intention. I'm not sure about Blake either, but we'll see how he does. Camby has been a beast so far. Best player on the team, just like real life.

Mark., I think you are about to hate what happens next then.

Thierry., Serves me right for copying the roster template from Nellieball I guess. Thanks for checking in TH55.

Its_asdf, Yeah, I seem to always use perennially downtrodden teams. Never used a genuinely bad one though. Unless Baron comes to training camp overweight again and I can't trade him, then I think everyone will live through this one.Thanks for checking in.

[Patr1ck]

I have never followed an association/dynasty before. I think I might follow this one.

[hova-]

I guess I'm the only who does not like Eric Gordon. I cannot prove anything stat-wise, actually he seems to be a pretty effective guy. But I hate undersized SGs.

[Lamrock]

Sorry for the drought of updates guys. Been busy with Christmas shopping, my other association and Orange Box. Decided I'm going to go with 29 game seasons here, with 5-5-5-5 playoffs. Makes the most sense to me. (I'll pro-rate the record at the end so that we can compare it to the season preview)

[mp3]

Looking forward to seeing some Blake Griffen updates !

[Lamrock]

He still doesn't return until January though.

[Lamrock]

CLIPPERS LOSE
The #18 Clippers blog on the Web! (The Clippers of Clippers Blogs)

The opposite of how the game went
Season Opener: Warriors 108, Clippers 80
Warriors Open Second Half With 19-0 run as Clippers suffer disastrous defeat

November 6, 2009 - When I saw that we would open the season facing the Golden State Warriors, I thought that we might actually open up the season well for once. It looks like I was wrong, as we did just the opposite.

Baron Davis responded to the home crowd's boos by posterizing Ronnie Turiaf on the opening possession. This set the tone for the first quarter, as we got off to an early 22-10 lead. Unfortunately, Eric Gordon took over, chucking bad shot after bad shot, and not defending. Golden State finished the quarter on a 12-3 run, but for some reason, Dumbleavy left him in, instead taking out Baron, who had the hot hand.

We seemed to regain our barrings in the second period, getting our lead back up to eight. A Warriors timeout saw our "coach" go with a small-ball lineup of Sebastian Telfair, Baron, Ricky Davis, Al Thornton and Craig Smith. Monta Ellis then proceeded to take a shit on the Clippers defense, leading his team to a 16-3 run. Despite a pair of treys by Rasual Butler, we went into halftime down nine points. When asked by Craig Sager about the small-ball lineup, Mike Dunleavy said "yeah that was dumb".

The third quarter was an absolute travesty. The Paperclips were held scoreless for the first five minutes of the second half by the Warriors, yes, the Warriors. The result was a deficit insurmountable for any franchise not called the Kings. Finally, Butler ended the run with a jumper. Dumbleavy kept his main guys in, but the Warriors put in their underrated second unit, who kept the Warriors afloat to give their team a 90-62 lead going into the final period.

The fourth quarter was garbage time. Even Steve Novak got some burn. In a quarter unusual for Oracle Arena, the two teams combined for just 36 points in the final period as the Warriors cruised to a 108-80 victory. Bad Porn won player of the game honors with 22 points and 8 rebounds off the bench. On the bright side, Baron Davis and Rasual Butler had solid games with 16 points apiece. Our next game will be our home opener against Ben Gordon and the Pistons, before we finish out the month (gotta love 29 game seasons!) in San Antonio.


Eric Gordon: about to miss | Clippers not rotating on D

Radmanovic admiring Camby's hustle | Biedrins scoring off one of LA's many turnovers
(0-1) 25 20 17 18 80
(1-0) 22 32 36 18 108

JORDAN Player Of The Game: Corey Maggette (Warriors): 22 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists (31 minutes)
Corey Maggette was fantastic off the bench for the Warriors tonight. The former Clipper's ugly style of play was huge in the Warriors' 19-0 run to start the second half. Bad Porn also had a team-high +35.
MCDWYANE Shitass(es) Of The Game: Eric Gordon & Al Thornton (Clippers): Gordon: 7 points, 3 assists, 3-16 FG (34 minutes)
Thornton: 7 points, 3 rebounds, 3 turnovers, 2-10 FG (27 minutes)
Eric Gordon and Al Thornton were both so bad that I couldn't even decide who was worse. Eric Gordon hurt the team early and often with his constant bricks. When you are shooting under 20%, you shouldn't lead your team in field goal attempts. C'mon son. Al Thornton quietly put on a show of bawfulness, going 2-10 and committing 3 turnovers. His butterfingers and poor shot selection were major factors in the third quarter scoring drought.

Other Noteworthy Performances

Monta Ellis: 19 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds (30 minutes)
Anthony Randolph: 10 points, 11 rebounds (21 minutes)
Anthony Morrow: 21 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds (28 minutes)

Baron Davis: 16 points, 7 assists, 4 steals (31 minutes)
Rasual Butler: 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3-4 3pt (28 minutes)
Marcus Camby: 2 points, 10 rebounds, 3 blocks (27 minutes)

I have a lot of ideas for these recaps, but I wasn't able to make this one look good. I also don't know how mp3 gets the boxscores from 2K blog to appear as images. Anyone want to give me some pointers? The game was played using nine minute quarters, but minutes are multiplied by 4/3 when mentioned.

[kibaxx7]

I also don't know how mp3 gets the boxscores from 2K blog to appear as images. Anyone want to give me some pointers?

I believe there's a print screen key in the keyboard

[Lamrock]

One that I don't know how to use. How's the recap?

[cavs4872]

The captions are hilarious. Keep this going. I love it so far.

I also don't know how mp3 gets the boxscores from 2K blog to appear as images. Anyone want to give me some pointers?.

You just have to find a way to capture them on your computer screen, and then upload them to a website like ImageShack. I have a Mac and know a pretty easy method of doing this, but assuming that you're using a PC you should just ask mp3 yourself.

[dare]

tough loss against your former team about the boxscores maybe you just press the print screen then paste it in paint then crop it I think that's an easy way to do it

[Lamrock]

Changed the recap a bit, since the pictures between the paragraphs looked horrible. Still doesn't look great though. Print Screen is weird on my computer. The key says home, then print screen is circled under it. Nothing happens unless I do shift+home/print screen, which simply goes to the top of the webpage. I feel like a noob.

Warriors aren't my former team, as that dynasty is also active. Its just in a transition period of sorts as I sim out the season.

[hova-]

The recap is just very good and funny to read. I like he ironic style of it! It looks a bit packed though, dunno how you could change that.

For the game, hell, looks like you want to beat my Bobcats in terms of playing bad defense, shitty offense and even worse in every other aspect of the game. I think you'll need some time to adjust to the Clippers. How's Kaman doing? You did not mention him one time.

[Lamrock]

Yeah, I think the large pic may be the main offender. My pics look better smaller anyway. I only intend to play 30-40% of the games, but I've played the first two games now, and I intend to sim the third, which is the game's final month. Not sure how to present the simulated games - whether to make mini-recaps for them or just mention them in the monthly recap. Martti has a good system, so I'll have to check his again.

I wish I could get the 2KShare boxscores. For the record, Chris Kaman had 6 points and 5 rebounds on 2-5 shooting. He steps it up in the next game though. My defense wasn't that bad considering it was the Warriors, though I did up the quarter length to 10 minutes for the next game since the score seemed low. My offense was just very stagnant. The only guys on the team I have a good feel for are Baron and Rasual Butler.

Will post the recap I've been alluding to tomorrow (uh... today I guess. Better get to bed). It was a fun game.

[deihatein]

I have been missing a lot in your GSW association. The only thing I can remember is that you kill Monta Ellis and Darko Milicic is the next Dirk Nowitzki (not really)

The recap style is kinda familiar though (the layout itself, I find the recap funny). I think I have seen that somewhere. Gonna follow this one if I don't get lazy again.

You still haven't fix the Anthony Randolph typo yet. When I read it, I thought you traded Camby for Randolph

[Fresh8]

Good first recap. Don't like the big picture though...

[Martti.]

Love the recap.

[kibaxx7]

MCDWYANE Shitass(es) Of The Game... that's classic.