2011-12 NBA Season

[HolyStroke]

Kobe Bryant just passed MJ for 2nd most points all time with a single team. Still over 6,000 points behind the Mailman Karl Malone

[pmoehrin]

Vinny's days may not be much longer.

Just got the dreaded vote of confidence from the GM and owner.

http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/7744118/los-angeles-clippers-coach-vinny-del-negro-backing-owner-donald-sterling-gm-neil-olshey

I do think he'll finish the season but if the Clippers don't get to at least the second round in the playoffs, he's gone.

[CS85]

What is seen can never be unseen.

[NJTank]

What is seen can never be unseen.

Charles Barkley is the funniest man in the NBA.

[Kramerica Industries]

Meanwhile, Andrew Bynum continues to be an enormous jackass.

[pmoehrin]

http://msn.foxsports.com/collegebasketball/story/reggie-miller-don-nelson-lead-naismith-memorial-basketball-hall-of-fame-class-040212

Reggie Miller, Don Nelson are in along with Jamaal Wilkes and Ralph Sampson.

Glad Miller and Nelson got in as well as Chet Walker who announced earlier. I would put him in my top five best players not in.

Sampson I would say yes to if we are just looking at his college career, which I think they were, but no way he should get in on his NBA career. Jamaal Wilkes I look at as one of those guys who was a good player on a great teams and that's why he got in.

[Saint Zephyr III]

WHAT WAS SEEN CANNOT BE UNSEEN.

[Drew22]

Poor, poor Pau. He also got tip slammed on.

[CS85]

Blake has the highlights, but his team is still losing.

[Rockstar Matt]

That Blake dunk on Pau was a blatant foul. You cannot put an elbow/forearm in a dude's face. And then he taunted him afterwards. Blake Griffin is nothing more than a great dunker. Can't play defense, p*** poor attitude, and he only knows how to posterize someone.

The Lakers are playing poor defense and letting the Clippers back into the game. Poor rotation on D; letting CP3 go one-on-one against our bigs is such a mismatch. We gotta switch back. Chris will destroy us if we keep this up.

[CS85]

That Blake dunk on Pau was a blatant foul. You cannot put an elbow/forearm in a dude's face. And then he taunted him afterwards. Blake Griffin is nothing more than a great dunker. Can't play defense, p*** poor attitude, and he only knows how to posterize someone.

The Lakers are playing poor defense and letting the Clippers back into the game. Poor rotation on D; letting CP3 go one-on-one against our bigs is such a mismatch. We gotta switch back. Chris will destroy us if we keep this up.

Not a foul. Pau brought his face to Blake's elbow. Watch it again, Blake extends the arm to push away Gasol, who in the process of blocking gets a mouthful of elbow.

But you're right in that the league is well-aware of how Griffin's not exactly capable of more than what he is. I think his biggest issue is that he's afraid of the ball in the 4th quarter.

[MDC]

Nah, thats an obvious offensive foul. Griffin went up with an extended arm, caught Gasol's face with his elbow (which is actually a Flagrant 2, and should have been reviewed by rule) and then proceeded to saunter over to taunt. I don't like that at all.

[CS85]

The Lakers still won, so the scoreboard should provide all the justice you need.

[Rockstar Matt]

Yeah, I'm glad we still won, but Blake needs to realize his demonstrative antics don't really work in the NBA and especially not against the Lakers. I just thought it was a blatant offensive foul and like MDC mentioned, stood over Gasol and taunted him. Blake should have at the very least been called for a foul and a technical. Personally, I believe he should have been ejected.

Also, I was genuinely worried that Bynum was going to retaliate at some point. He's had a history of doing things like that. I'm thankful he retaliated by dominating the game in a way Griffin doesn't know how.

[CS85]

Yeah, I'm glad we still won,

Ahhhehhhhh....bleh.

but Blake needs to realize his demonstrative antics don't really work in the NBA and especially not against the Lakers.

They work enough to make him a famous name, potentially restore some dignity to the Clip franchise, and popularize the league. They also apparently work in some regard against the Lakers, considering he physically manhandled Gasol.

I just thought it was a blatant offensive foul and like MDC mentioned, stood over Gasol and taunted him. Blake should have at the very least been called for a foul and a technical. Personally, I believe he should have been ejected.

Sigh.

If Bynum laid a pair of dunks like that down on Griffin and got fouled/t'd, you'd say that the officials should've let him play the game. Griffin's a big lunkhead who throws down beastly putbacks all the time, it's one of the few things he can do well. Stay the hell out of his way if you're obviously not going to get the calls.

I'm not a Clippers fan at all, I just hate the "we," and blatant homerism.

[FiddySicks]

That Blake dunk on Pau was a blatant foul. You cannot put an elbow/forearm in a dude's face. And then he taunted him afterwards. Blake Griffin is nothing more than a great dunker. Can't play defense, p*** poor attitude, and he only knows how to posterize someone.

The Lakers are playing poor defense and letting the Clippers back into the game. Poor rotation on D; letting CP3 go one-on-one against our bigs is such a mismatch. We gotta switch back. Chris will destroy us if we keep this up.

You are such a blatant homer it's insane. The only thing that dunk was a foul on was Pau's manhood.

[Rockstar Matt]

Ahhhehhhhh....bleh.

They work enough to make him a famous name, potentially restore some dignity to the Clip franchise, and popularize the league. They also apparently work in some regard against the Lakers, considering he physically manhandled Gasol.

Sigh.

If Bynum laid a pair of dunks like that down on Griffin and got fouled/t'd, you'd say that the officials should've let him play the game. Griffin's a big lunkhead who throws down beastly putbacks all the time, it's one of the few things he can do well. Stay the hell out of his way if you're obviously not going to get the calls.

I'm not a Clippers fan at all, I just hate the "we," and blatant homerism.

Chris Paul is restoring dignity to the Clippers not Griffin. Chris Paul is a great player; Griffin is a great highlight.

If Bynum elbowed an opposing player in the and got called for it, it'd be a good call because he deserved it. Griffin fouled Gasol on that dunk. No other way to put it. I think he fouled Gasol on the Clippers first points as well, but that one wasn't as obvious and it was a close call. Whatever the referees called would be acceptable.

I'm sorry that you don't like when fans use the term "we" when referring to their favorite team. I'm still going to use it. Remember, without fans like you and I, Professional Sports wouldn't exist. What, how do I tone down my "blatant" homerism, become more pessimistic/cynical about my team? No way man. I love my teams, but I'm not going to gloat or taunt. I don't see how my love for my teams is a problem for anyone.

Back onto basketball, I'm glad we won tonight. The Clippers almost stole the game from us because of a great 4th quarter. I'll give them credit, they fought their way back and starting hitting shots that weren't falling for them earlier. It was a good game. I just wish we stopped blowing our double-digit leads though.

[Rockstar Matt]

That Blake dunk on Pau was a blatant foul. You cannot put an elbow/forearm in a dude's face. And then he taunted him afterwards. Blake Griffin is nothing more than a great dunker. Can't play defense, p*** poor attitude, and he only knows how to posterize someone.

The Lakers are playing poor defense and letting the Clippers back into the game. Poor rotation on D; letting CP3 go one-on-one against our bigs is such a mismatch. We gotta switch back. Chris will destroy us if we keep this up.

You are such a blatant homer it's insane. The only thing that dunk was a foul on was Pau's manhood.

But dude, I'm not the only one saying that! lol. Griffin checked Pau in the head with his forearm, how is that homerism and how is it not a foul? lol

EDIT: I'll admit this though, looking away from the foul Griffin committed, I'm simply astonished at how he was able to dunk it. When he was in the air coming down, you're thinking, "there is no way he'll be able to land this dunk" but he somehow did. While, I don't think he's that good of a player, he could be the greatest dunker ever. Really. At dunking, he's unbelievable.

[FiddySicks]

Griffin was in mid air and an out of position Pau Gasol tried in vain to make a late play. The only reason Pau got clocked in the head was because he got in the way after Griffin left the ground. It's more Pau's fault IMO.

[CS85]

Griffin was in mid air and an out of position Pau Gasol tried in vain to make a late play. The only reason Pau got clocked in the head was because he got in the way after Griffin left the ground. It's more Pau's fault IMO.

We told Pau not to do that, but he can't play any other way. Pau plays like that for us every night. We try to harness him in, but you know Pau.