Clippers

Fire_Marshall_Bill

Should Ballmer blow up the team? My gut says yes. They had their chance for five or six years. Another first round exit doesn't cut it. At the least the g.m., Rivers, and pretty boy Paul need to be heavily scrutinized.

I don't really follow the NBA much though. What say the NBA junkies?

PurpleThrobber

Ballmer should blow himself up.

Tequilla

He'll live in the 45-50 win range for a while ... never being good enough to win but just good enough to not suck.

PurpleThrobber

Tequilla said:

He'll live in the 45-50 win range for a while ... never being good enough to win but just good enough to not suck.

Sounds like Windows Vista.

TierbsHsotBoobs

Tequilla said:

He'll live in the 45-50 win range for a while ... never being good enough to win but just good enough to not suck.

#ripcity

RoadDawg55

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

Should Ballmer blow up the team? My gut says yes. They had their chance for five or six years. Another first round exit doesn't cut it. At the least the g.m., Rivers, and pretty boy Paul need to be heavily scrutinized.

I don't really follow the NBA much though. What say the NBA junkies?

They should, but even though I think Paul is loser, your team is worse when he's gone.

dnc

RoadDawg55 said:

Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

Should Ballmer blow up the team? My gut says yes. They had their chance for five or six years. Another first round exit doesn't cut it. At the least the g.m., Rivers, and pretty boy Paul need to be heavily scrutinized.

I don't really follow the NBA much though. What say the NBA junkies?

They should, but even though I think Paul is loser, your team is worse when he's gone.

I'm way in the minority on this, but I don't think Paul's a loser. I think he's been surrounded by losers his entire career. If David Stern didn't block the trade to the Lakers we'd view him completely differently.

The Clips should blow it up and Paul should go somewhere with a real star he can play alongside, not somebody who just makes pretty dunks.

RaceBannon

Paul is a loser but "blowing up" the Clippers is going to mean instead of losing in the first round you don't make the playoffs.

Not sure why this is always the alleged answer. Paul has had plenty of good team mates and he still sucks and he still threw away the best chance for the Finals all by himself with the Clips

And the NO team was a GOOD basketball team as well

Edwin_Bambino

Ballmer should see if Paul wants to play on his son's AAU team and then Paul shoud transfer to Lakeside to make them randomly good at basketball for a year.

#NextSteps

PurpleThrobber

Edwin_Bambino said:

Ballmer should see if Paul wants to play on his son's AAU team and then Paul shoud transfer to Lakeside to make them randomly good at basketball for a year.

#NextSteps

Phil Jackson needs to move Carmello to the Lakers. In exchange the Knicks get the Lakers first round pick next year and Phil gets to rub Jeannie's fabulous ta-tas as frequently as he likes going forward.

Then Chris Paul needs to jump across to the Laker purple and gold and then somehow convince Olynyk, Dedmon or Noel to come to LA and rebound/defend.

Mostly I'd just like to see Phil get the ta-ta deal done. Well, mostly I'd like to see Jeannie ta-tas but I've got no trade bait myself.

TierbsHsotBoobs

RaceBannon said:

Paul is a loser but "blowing up" the Clippers is going to mean instead of losing in the first round you don't make the playoffs.

Not sure why this is always the alleged answer. Paul has had plenty of good team mates and he still sucks and he still threw away the best chance for the Finals all by himself with the Clips

And the NO team was a GOOD basketball team as well

What part of #ripcity did you not understand?

Being in the lottery is infinitely better than being in first round exit hell

RaceBannon

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

RaceBannon said:

Paul is a loser but "blowing up" the Clippers is going to mean instead of losing in the first round you don't make the playoffs.

Not sure why this is always the alleged answer. Paul has had plenty of good team mates and he still sucks and he still threw away the best chance for the Finals all by himself with the Clips

And the NO team was a GOOD basketball team as well

What part of #ripcity did you not understand?

Being in the lottery is infinitely better than being in first round exit hell

Yeah like Philly

Winning always beats losing.

TierbsHsotBoobs

RaceBannon said:

TierbsHsotBoobs said:

RaceBannon said:

Paul is a loser but "blowing up" the Clippers is going to mean instead of losing in the first round you don't make the playoffs.

Not sure why this is always the alleged answer. Paul has had plenty of good team mates and he still sucks and he still threw away the best chance for the Finals all by himself with the Clips

And the NO team was a GOOD basketball team as well

What part of #ripcity did you not understand?

Being in the lottery is infinitely better than being in first round exit hell

Yeah like Philly

Winning always beats losing.

I would rather know the team sucks than deal with false hope bullshit.

See 2008 Husky Football for details.

Edit: it's probably better to just hop bandwagons like @RaceBitchfork

RaceBannon

Philly is in year 6 of trying to get a couple of guys as shitty as Paul and Griffin

NEsnake12

Clippers will only get worse as the years progress and their core ages. They just lost a 1st round series to the Jazz who have a much younger roster that will only improve from here... and there's a 0% chance they could beat the Warriors or Rockets within the next few years in the West.

Blow it the fuck up.

dnc

RaceBannon said:

Paul is a loser but "blowing up" the Clippers is going to mean instead of losing in the first round you don't make the playoffs.

Not sure why this is always the alleged answer. Paul has had plenty of good team mates and he still sucks and he still threw away the best chance for the Finals all by himself with the Clips

And the NO team was a GOOD basketball team as well

You mean the team that went 21-45 the first year after losing him.

Sure.gif

RaceBannon

dnc said:

RaceBannon said:

Paul is a loser but "blowing up" the Clippers is going to mean instead of losing in the first round you don't make the playoffs.

Not sure why this is always the alleged answer. Paul has had plenty of good team mates and he still sucks and he still threw away the best chance for the Finals all by himself with the Clips

And the NO team was a GOOD basketball team as well

You mean the team that went 21-45 the first year after losing him.

Sure.gif

No the team that lost in the WC to the Lakers with David West among others

dnc

RaceBannon said:

dnc said:

RaceBannon said:

Paul is a loser but "blowing up" the Clippers is going to mean instead of losing in the first round you don't make the playoffs.

Not sure why this is always the alleged answer. Paul has had plenty of good team mates and he still sucks and he still threw away the best chance for the Finals all by himself with the Clips

And the NO team was a GOOD basketball team as well

You mean the team that went 21-45 the first year after losing him.

Sure.gif

No the team that lost in the WC to the Lakers with David West among others

When David West is the only other player you can name, you're not a good team.

RaceBannon

Why do you hate Quincy Pointdexter?

2005–2011: Chris Paul era[edit]
In the subsequent draft, the Hornets used their first round pick to select point guard Chris Paul out of Wake Forest University.


Chris Paul, selected by the Hornets as the 4th pick of the 2005 NBA draft
Because of the catastrophic devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina upon the communities of southeastern Louisiana, the Hornets franchise temporarily relocated its base of operations to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 2005–06 and 2006–07, posting records of 38–44 and 39–43 respectively.[13] During this time, the franchise was known as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. In these two seasons, most home games were played at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, while a few remained at New Orleans Arena. One year after the Hornets moved back to New Orleans permanently, the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder.

The Hornets franchise returned to New Orleans full-time for the 2007–08 season, with all 41 home games in the New Orleans Arena. The 2008 NBA All-Star Game and its accompanying festivities were awarded to New Orleans and a serious marketing campaign was commenced in February 2007. Healthier than previous seasons, the Hornets raced to a 29–12 record at the halfway mark, completing the regular season with a record of 56–26, making the season their most successful ever. The Hornets also won their first-ever division title, winning the Southwest Division. Having clinched the 2nd overall seed for the Western Conference in the 2008 playoffs, the Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks in the first round but eventually lost to the defending-champion San Antonio Spurs in seven games in the conference semifinals.

In August 2008 the Hornets unveiled a modified logo and new uniforms with the colors of Creole blue, purple, and Mardi Gras gold. Pinstripes were also added to the uniforms. The Hornets also introduced a new gold alternate uniform in 2010 which was used mostly in games played on Saturday at home and on the road. The Hornets finished the 2008–09 season with a 49–33 record. Paired up with the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs, the Hornets were eliminated in five games. The Hornets started the 2009–10 season in a disappointing fashion, and head coach Byron Scott was fired after a 3–6 start to the season. General manager Jeff Bower took over the head coaching duties for the remainder of the season. The Hornets finished the season with a 37–45 record, finishing last in the Southwest division they had won only two seasons before. Jeff Bower later resigned as head coach, and Monty Williams was brought in as new head coach. The team finished the 2010–11 season with a 46–36 record and qualified for the 2011 NBA Playoffs, where they lost to the Lakers 4–2.

In December 2010 the NBA purchased the Hornets from George Shinn for an estimated $300 million.[14][15]

dnc

RaceBannon said:

Why do you hate Quincy Pointdexter?

2005–2011: Chris Paul era[edit]
In the subsequent draft, the Hornets used their first round pick to select point guard Chris Paul out of Wake Forest University.


Chris Paul, selected by the Hornets as the 4th pick of the 2005 NBA draft
Because of the catastrophic devastation brought by Hurricane Katrina upon the communities of southeastern Louisiana, the Hornets franchise temporarily relocated its base of operations to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in 2005–06 and 2006–07, posting records of 38–44 and 39–43 respectively.[13] During this time, the franchise was known as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets. In these two seasons, most home games were played at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City, while a few remained at New Orleans Arena. One year after the Hornets moved back to New Orleans permanently, the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City and became the Thunder.

The Hornets franchise returned to New Orleans full-time for the 2007–08 season, with all 41 home games in the New Orleans Arena. The 2008 NBA All-Star Game and its accompanying festivities were awarded to New Orleans and a serious marketing campaign was commenced in February 2007. Healthier than previous seasons, the Hornets raced to a 29–12 record at the halfway mark, completing the regular season with a record of 56–26, making the season their most successful ever. The Hornets also won their first-ever division title, winning the Southwest Division. Having clinched the 2nd overall seed for the Western Conference in the 2008 playoffs, the Hornets beat the Dallas Mavericks in the first round but eventually lost to the defending-champion San Antonio Spurs in seven games in the conference semifinals.

In August 2008 the Hornets unveiled a modified logo and new uniforms with the colors of Creole blue, purple, and Mardi Gras gold. Pinstripes were also added to the uniforms. The Hornets also introduced a new gold alternate uniform in 2010 which was used mostly in games played on Saturday at home and on the road. The Hornets finished the 2008–09 season with a 49–33 record. Paired up with the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2009 NBA Playoffs, the Hornets were eliminated in five games. The Hornets started the 2009–10 season in a disappointing fashion, and head coach Byron Scott was fired after a 3–6 start to the season. General manager Jeff Bower took over the head coaching duties for the remainder of the season. The Hornets finished the season with a 37–45 record, finishing last in the Southwest division they had won only two seasons before. Jeff Bower later resigned as head coach, and Monty Williams was brought in as new head coach. The team finished the 2010–11 season with a 46–36 record and qualified for the 2011 NBA Playoffs, where they lost to the Lakers 4–2.

In December 2010 the NBA purchased the Hornets from George Shinn for an estimated $300 million.[14][15]

*Poontdexter

allpurpleallgold

Not blowing it up involves giving Chris Paul 200 million dollars and paying him 40 million when he's 37. So either way you're going to suck. Blow it up now and suck now or wait until you've got that contract around your neck and suck then. Either way it'll be interesting.