213Hoops: The Lob, The Jam, The Podcast

The season wrap-up series continues, with the first edition of our Around the Beat, end of season edition with all your favorite Clippers media members. Today joining Shap and giving their takes on this Clipper season are radio voice Adam Ausland (@followAdamA) from Clippers Talk, Mirjam Swanson (@MirjamSwanson) from the OC Register, and Law Murray (@LawMurrayTheNU) from The Athletic.

Lucas, Rob, and Shap get together to put a bow on the 21-22 Season that was. The trio recap the play-in loss, strides made individually amongst players, what it means for next year, and possible pieces the Clippers could use to consolidate going forward.

Lucas, Shap, and Cole (@colehoops) recap a tough season-ending loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, 105-101. In a game that was truly one of runs, the Clips were incredible in the 3rd and faded in the 4th, just running out of gas. What does the crew make of the game, and the season?

Lucas Hann and Robert Flom break down a do-or-die contest between the Clippers and the Pelicans with Mason Ginsberg of the In The N.O. Podcast.

Shap, Justin (@laclippersfilm), and Jamal (@JamCristopher) chat after a discouraging loss in Minnesota, 109-104 to a very plucky Timberwolves squad. Paul George played himself into a game late, but tough rotation decisions with Terance Mann and Robert Covington headlined a couple stretches that dragged to a halt in the 2nd and 4th quarters. The crew regroups, reflect on the game, look ahead to the...

Lucas Hann and Robert Flom from 213Hoops are joined by Minnesota Timberwolves journalist Dane Moore to discuss the ins and outs of a very exciting play-in matchup between the LA Clippers and Minnesota Timberwolves.

Shap, Jag (@Mjags24), and Cole (@colehoops) get together after a record breaking Clippers win, 138-88 over the beyond lowly Oklahoma City Thunder. The Clippers have an NBA leading 11th straight winning season, and set a franchise record with a 50 point win. Amir Coffey was brilliant and Luke Kennard aggravated his hammy, but generally a ho hum sort of win for the resilient Clippers. The guys talk...

Shap, Cole (@colehoops), and Jamal (@JamCristopher) get together after LAC held onto a 113-109 win over a mostly resting Suns team. While there was a late game let down, Norman Powell returned to the lineup, scoring an effortless 24 points and looking every bit the scorer we've been waiting for. The guys talk about what they saw from Norm, the Luke Kennard question, and get a little ahead of thems...

Shap and Jag (@Mjags24) cover a laugher of a game, a 119-100 blowout of the Pelicans in a game that was a blowout after the first half and just stayed that way. The guys cover the good stuff seen up and down the roster from Marcus Morris Sr., to Paul George, to Ivica Zubac, to the nice bench play. More importantly, the guys talk about decisions to be made now that the roster feels more whole, with...

Lucas Hann and Robert Flom break down a strange back-to-back that saw the Clippers collapse late in Chicago on Thursday and then secure one of the most bizarre wins you'll ever see in Milwaukee on Friday. The duo discusses Robert Covington's impact on the team and how the standings, rotation, and injury report might shift in the final week of the season.

Shap, Justin (@laclippersfilm), and Joey (@joeylinn_) are hyped to talk about Paul George's fantastic return game, where PG dropped 34 points in a cool 30 minutes and lead another 20+ point comeback in LA against the Utah Jazz. The guys talk about that great game, the benefactors of PG's return, and the interesting rotation decision of leaving Amir Coffey out. Then the guys recalibrate their expec...

Lucas and Shap get together to talk Clippers, but Shap had a moment to chat with Reggie Jackson after the Sixers loss! Reggie talks about being a Clipper, his progression from the start of his career until now, his favorite moment as a Clipper, and touches a little on how he's kept himself occupied off the court. Then Lucas and Shap talk a little about the PHI blowout loss, standings watch, and in...

Shap, Jag (@Mjags24), and Justin (@laclippersfilm) get together after another good effort turned loss in Denver, 127-115. While the squad got some good performances from Terance Mann, Isaiah Hartenstein, & a sprinkle of Brandon Boston Jr., they continue to be competent but just short of closing. The guys talk about the game and the news about the Clippers injured big 3.

Lucas, Rob, and Shap chat after a very forgettable loss in Utah continues to show some roster flaws for a still banged up Clipper squad. The trio then touch on league standings, the play-in situation, and some possible rule changes that could be implemented after watching the NCAA tourney.

Shap, Joey (@joeylinn_) and Jamal (@JamCristopher) chat after a tough loss against Toronto, where the outmanned Clippers just couldn't get enough of a run to get over the top against an on fire Pascal Siakam and the Raptors. After chatting about an intense post game presser, the guys take a long view look at this game, talking about Luke Kennard's woes, how they translate now/on a healthy Clipper...

Lucas Hann and Mike Jaglin discuss the Clippers' win against the Pistons and overtime loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Lucas Hann and Robert Flom break down the Clippers' loss to the Atlanta Hawks, as Marcus Morris was ejected from the third game of the team's intense 5-games-in-7-nights stretch.

Shap, Justin (@laclippersfilm), and Jamal (@JamCristopher) celebrate a quality win over a feisty Wizards team, 115-109 in a game that came down to the wire but featured a great Marcus Morris Sr performance and more quality from Reggie Jackson. The roster played well entirely, and the guys talk about the highlights. The guys also look ahead to the road trip coming up and touch on expectations for t...

Shap is joined by Andrew Greif (@AndrewGreif) of the L.A. Times to talk about a pretty bad thud of a loss for a previously streaking Clippers to the Knicks, 116-93. Were there any substantial takeaways from what was a pretty rough game? The guys then talk about injury updates on the Clippers big 3 of Paul George/Kawhi/Norm particularly with PG doing dribble/shooting drills with his right elbow ove...

Lucas, Jamal, and Justin break down the Clippers' dominant performance against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Lucas and Shap get together after another dominant Ivica Zubac performance, 22/12 in a tidy 24 minutes, keeps the Clippers winning again in Houston, 113-100. The guys look at some strong Zu play, continued confident Terance, and look at the rotation's edges as a whole with Isaiah Hartenstein and Brandon Boston Jr. To close the duo look at the teams behind the Clippers and how comfortable the team...

Rob and Shap chat after a grind out 99-98 W led by a virtuoso Ivica Zubac performance. The guys talk about Zu, more good RoCo, some good Amir, and rotation decisions by Ty Lue including the short reintroduction of Brandon Boston Jr. into the rotation. Then the guys just talk about the Clippers at large, who are finally back over .500

Shap, Jag (@Mjags24), & Jamal (@JamCristopher) chat about ANOTHER last minute win against the other LA team, 105-102 thanks to huge RoCo minutes and big play down the stretch from Terance and Amir. The guys talk about the revelation that is Terance Mann over these last few games, some Ty errors that were corrected in the last minutes, and touch on the Paul George injury news.

Lucas, Rob, and Shap finish their second part of their more-than-midseason player grade series by looking at the rest of the roster and handing out some more grades, and they also talk about the head coach. Included on this part are: Ty Lue, Serge Ibaka, Ivica Zubac, Justise Winslow, Isaiah Hartenstein, Nico Batum, Robert Covington, Marcus Morris, Moses Wright, Semi Ojeleye, and Wenyen Gabriel.

Lucas, Rob, and Shap take a look at some player grades from the first half and change of the season! The trio have a ton of players to talk about and included here are: Eric Bledsoe, Reggie Jackson, Luke Kennard, Terance Mann, Amir Coffey, Brandon Boston Jr., Paul George, Norm Powell, Rodney Hood, Keon Johnson, Xavier Moon, and James Ennis III.