Fun matchup between Joker and Wemby. Joker said, “He blocked six or seven of my shots.”
But Wemby didn’t block enough. Joker finished with 42 points, 16 rebounds and six assists, and he got a lot of help from Aaron Gordon (23 points, seven boards) and Michael Porter Jr. (15 points, career-high 16 rebounds).
Wemby, meanwhile, filled up the stat sheet with 23 points, 15 rebounds, eight assists and nine blocks.
So, you know you have a good day when both teams you support end up winning their respective games. That's what happened a few minutes ago when my #lakers won by 3 against the #Clippers and my #Rams beat the #Niners. It's a great way to end a day.
Two thoughts about the #Nuggets game. First, the #Clippers are going to be fine. Second, championship teams win on defense, and #Denver won this game by locking down defensively in the last five minutes. Joker, BTW — 32 points, 16 rebounds, nine assists. #NBA@nba
Some quick infrastructure reboot downtime thoughts on the four California #nba teams after they paired up for a couple of really enjoyable early season games last night, starting with the winners:
The #Lakers are in the same place they were at the end of last year: very good, but unless AD suddenly starts playing consistently on the offensive end, one significant player away from the top tier teams. They missed a bunch of their role players last night, but they won't move the playoff needle.🧵
The #Clippers are a true Frankenteam. A couple stars I like who can't stay healthy, a couple knuckleheads who do, no offensive concept or identity at all, just a lot of talent and no real team. It's pretty weird to have that many good players and still kinda fundamentally suck at basketball but here we are. The Harden thing is very likely to help their regular season win total a lot and could be a HUGE fantasy (🤮) season for him - the man is a regular-season king for sure. But c'mon man...
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where Los Angeles — among wide-ranging talks on Marcus Morris and Norman Powell — have approached Philadelphia on separate ideas of trading for James Harden and Tobias Harris.
James Harden just decided to opt-in to his $35M contract extension to help facilitate a trade to some crazy team or another that will have him. The #Clippers and #Knicks are allegedly interested. Per #NBARadio
The Clippers have been trying to find a trade exit for both Marcus Morris Sr. and Norm Powell, league sources say. They found neither before Wednesday at midnight and thus felt forced to waive Eric Gordon, because shedding Gordon’s $21 million salary for next season saved $110 million in luxury tax. You read right: $110...
[Wojnarowski] Free agent C Mason Plumlee has agreed on a one-year, $5 million deal to return to the LA Clippers, agent Mark Bartelstein of @Prioritysports tells ESPN. (twitter.com)
Plumlee landed with Clippers at deadline and decides to stay with LA despite bigger financial offers elsewhere.
[Wojnarowski] Free agent Russell Westbrook has agreed on a two-year, nearly $8M deal to stay with the Clippers, agent Jeff Schwartz of @Excelbasketball tells ESPN. (twitter.com)
Deal includes player option. Clippers were eager to bring back 9-time All-Star after his late season run as starting point guard.
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[Fischer] The Clippers and Sixers have been in contact this week, league sources told @YahooSports (twitter.com)
where Los Angeles — among wide-ranging talks on Marcus Morris and Norman Powell — have approached Philadelphia on separate ideas of trading for James Harden and Tobias Harris.
[Wojnarowski] The Clippers and Knicks are expected to be among the teams that'll engage with the Sixers on a potential James Harden trade, sources tell ESPN. (twitter.com)
[Stein via Hoopshype] Marcus Morris and Norman Powell on the block (hoopshype.com)
The Clippers have been trying to find a trade exit for both Marcus Morris Sr. and Norm Powell, league sources say. They found neither before Wednesday at midnight and thus felt forced to waive Eric Gordon, because shedding Gordon’s $21 million salary for next season saved $110 million in luxury tax. You read right: $110...
[Wojnarowski] The Clippers aren’t guaranteeing guard Eric Gordon’s $21 million contract and he’ll become a free agent, sources tell ESPN. Gordon has averaged 16 points on 37 percent three-point shooting in his 15-year career. (twitter.com)
Gordon’s waiving saves the Clippers $110M in luxury tax, per @BobbyMarks42.
[Begley] The Knicks and Clippers have had contact about a potential Paul George trade, per SNY sources. It is unknown if Clippers are willing to move George. (twitter.com)
@TheSteinLine reported earlier that Clips gave rival teams the impression that they were gauging George's trade value last week.
[Stein] Concerns raised by the Clippers about Malcolm Brogdon's injury status, league sources say, led to the collapse of the three-team trade expected to send Kristaps Porzingis to Boston before midnight tonight. (twitter.com)
[Wojnarowski] The three-team talks on a Porzingis-Brogdon deal with Celtics, Wizards and Clippers have fallen apart, sources tell ESPN. Sides are moving on. (twitter.com)