Oklahoma lost BlakeGriffin, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, from last year's 30-6 team that lost to North Carolina in the NCAA Regional finals. But the Sooners have guard Willie Warren, the Big 12 Freshman of the Year last season, returning plus ample size and talent elsewhere on a roster that has only three seniors.
The Clippers make one trip to Indianapolis in the regular season, just as they made a lone appearance, recently, in Oklahoma City.Call it an unfair quirk of the basketball schedule, which is severely messing with the homecoming hoop plans of the Clippers' youngsters.It'll be next season before Oklahoma City fans get to see native son BlakeGriffin, who is out because of a stress fracture...
... (0.83) is actually owned in 51% of leagues, which is far fewer then he should be thanks to BlakeGriffin’s impending arrival. But with Griffin likely out another 3-4 weeks, Thornton makes a good short-term play in every league. His latest game against the Wolves included 31 points and 10 rebounds. The Biggest Loser : Baron Davis (-0.43). The expectations for Davis aren’t that...
... and Chris Kaman (6-for-20) to improve to 6-9. If they can just hold on until Eric Gordon and BlakeGriffin are back … The hapless Wolves fell to 1-13. Imagine if they win the lottery and staring at a John Wall decision. Would they take another point guard? Milwaukee 98, San Antonio 112: Tony Parker returned, Tim Duncan contributed 24 points and 12 rebounds, and the bench came through...
He says he deserves a chance to prove himself when the injured Eric Gordon and BlakeGriffin return to play. Clippers General Manager and Coach Mike Dunleavy , with his team looking muddled defensively and in an opening-month spiral, on Thursday addressed the issue of his job security.
... ugly. The Clippers remain without Eric Gordon (who is due back for Monday's game) and of course BlakeGriffin , the two cornerstones of the future. They lost reserve guard Kareem Rush to a season-ending ACL tear on Tuesday night. And Marcus Camby, the former Nugget, is questionable with a lower back bruise. Baron Davis and Chris Kaman have been very good this season - but aside from...