213Hoops: The Lob, The Jam, The Podcast

Rob and Louis are back with another episode of Same Old Clippers after tough back to back losses on the road in New Orleans and Houston. The guys examine the losses and identify the Clippers' weakness against skilled big men in addition to lamenting Doc's overuse of Montrezl Harrell and Lou Williams. They also discuss Paul George's epic return to action and the first NBA start of rookie Terance Ma...

The Clippers played a couple of very different games last week, each entertaining in their own reasons. The Clips split the week 1-1, suffering a throwback (to last year's Clippers) defeat by the hands of the very elite Milwaukee Bucks without Kawhi Leonard, and then earning a W against a sputtering Blazers team with Kawhi. The guys discuss the idea of load management and talk about Kawhi's genera...

The NBA is now in full swing, so the guys are back to debate more various goings on as the NBA heads into week number three. The biggest point of discussion is Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard resting against the Milwaukee Bucks and reigning MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo, and what that means for the NBA and for fans. Other significant topics touched upon includes the suspension of John Collins for 25...

Well, that was a grind. The Clippers ended the week with some difficult wins against the Jazz and Spurs on nights when the team could not particularly find their shots, outside of Montrezl Harrell, who can barely miss anything. Luckily, the team has Kawhi Leonard, and he can right the ship when things are chaotic down the stretch. The team also lost to the Jazz in Utah without Kawhi and had a ho-h...

The guys were joined by Sabreena Merchant of Clips Nation and Silver Screen and Roll to do a crossover pod about the Lakers and Clippers, and how both teams are faring in a Western Conference that seems to be in the midst of some upheaval. The Suns are frisky, the Kings look dreadful, the Warriors have no defense, and yet the Clippers and Lakers remain the two biggest stories in the Conference. Do...

The third (and for now, final) show of the expanded Clips Nation podcast network is here! Same Old Clippers will air on a semi-regular basis and will touch on more than just the Clippers and their various ups and downs. Shit-talking will be rampant, player and coach handsomeness rankings and what that means for success will be expounded upon, and fun will be had. Check out the first episode, which...

That was fun. The Clippers finally beat an NBA team in their first game of the regular season, in a resounding 112-102 win over the rival (?) Los Angeles Lakers. The guys dissect the game and talk about what has gotten them excited about this team so early in the season, focusing on the insane depth of the Clips and the superstar power of Kawhi Leonard. After watching the dichotomy of fans at Stap...

For the second episode of the Clip Fix with Mike Jaglin, a very special guest from ESPN joined the show: longtime Los Angeles NBA beat reporter and journalist Arash Markazi. The guys chatted about the Lakers and Clippers summer, the dual pairing of superstars in LA, and whether Clippers-Lakers is finally approaching a true rivalry. Both teams believe they can win it all this season, and pairing tw...

The games are finally going to count soon, with preseason basketball winding down and the regular season just a week away. We did get our very first glimpse of Kawhi Leonard in a Clipper jersey, with the added bonus that Shapan covered that game for TLTJTP, talking to some of the players before and afterwards to record some interview footage for the pod. The team also played an Australian squad, a...

NBA BASKETBALL IS BACK. It's totally fair to talk down preseason basketball, but there's still so much hype in the air and everything is fresh and fun. Rob and Shap talk about their early impressions of some Clipper role players, particularly on the fringes of the team. How excited are we about Terance Mann? How refreshing is it to see Ivica Zubac catch passes? Did Jerome Robinson finally impress...

Media day is now done, and that means Clipper basketball is just around the corner — before the end of the week to be precise! Mike Jaglin was at media day, and he joins the guys to talk about all the rumblings that went on throughout the day. Not too much new information really dropped, but we did get a bit more of a timetable on Paul George, and it's good to see the guys together answering quest...

Well, September is still September even with the offseason coup the Clippers have pulled off. There are some encouraging videos of the team working out together already, but they just make us crave Clipper basketball even more. Still, former Clipper kid Shaun Livingston just announced his retirement, the SI Top 100 came out, and there are rumors that the Clippers are taking a look at Joakim Noah....

There's a new show on the Clips Nation podcast network! Welcome to Clip Fix, with Mike Jaglin (the Jaguar), who will be creating episodes once or twice per week during the Clippers' 2019-2020 NBA season. Normally these episodes will run during the morning after games to get your Clippers fix on the way to work. However, for his debut episode, he's bringing in Brian Sieman, the new voice of your LA...

The lull of the offseason continues, but there have been some Clippers-related things to discuss in recent weeks. The Clippers took something that the Lakers figured was theirs in new assistant coach Tyronn Lue, and the schedule has plenty of highlights. But, perhaps more interestingly, Ramona Shelburne put out a 30 for 30 on ESPN focusing on Donald Sterling, his ownership of the Clippers, and his...

Well, free agency was mostly over about a month ago, but the Clippers are still getting the edges cleaned up. Patrick Patterson seemed like he was coming, but now he may not be. Rob and Shap talk about his potential utility on this team, and whether or not they think the Clips still sign him. The guys also discuss how they feel regarding FIBA dropouts, as well as the upcoming marquee matchups anno...

Clips Nation will soon hold an additional podcast on its feed outside The Lob The Jam The Podcast! Mike Jaglin, formerly of ClipCast, will be the host of this pod, and he joined this episode of TLTJTP to discuss his new show, as well as various other Clippers happenings. Rob, Shap, Lucas, and Jag then debate the Clippers' Over/Under, give their thoughts on the Clippers' new broadcast, and marvel a...

We've got a good one for you today. Rob and Shap are reunited with Patrick Zajac, who was with TLTJTP at the very beginning, during the Lob City era. Pat still follows the Clips, and is hyped to talk about the Clippers and their future prospects with Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Then, the guys return to their 18-19 retrospective and talk a little about rookie guards Jerome Robinson, Landry Shame...

You might still be on a bit of a high, and so are we. Clipper Steve returns today to discuss all the incredible Clipper moves that have been going on over the past week. The Clippers final roster continued to fill itself out, as JaMychal Green also returned on a valuable room exception deal, and of course Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are still Clippers. While Leonard did sign a shorter deal than...

We're still processing things, everyone. Kawhi Leonard and Paul George are still Los Angeles Clippers, and there is going to be a lot of talk about their fit on the team this offseason. Ivica Zubac also signed a deal to stay with the team for the next 4 years at a decent, not great 28 million dollar clip. JaMychal Green remains a piece floating out there that the Clippers hope to keep, but may fet...

WHAT. The Clippers just pulled off a massive coup while everyone was sleeping, signing Kawhi Leonard and trading for the Thunder's Paul George. While our very own Shai Gilgeous-Alexander might be gone, sometimes you have to pull the trigger. The Clippers gave up an unprecedented haul in draft picks along with their promising point guard, but Paul George and Kawhi Leonard are now Clippers! Make no...

We're exhausted. Free agency has barely started, and the Clippers have not made too many moves, but the chase for Kawhi Leonard has been draining to everyone around Clippers Nation. The guys are here to talk about what's going on with Kawhi, celebrate the return of Patrick Beverley, and touch on the Mo Harkless deal that brought an 11 million dollar expiring deal to the Clippers as well as a prote...

This rumor-riddled last week of June is almost over, and free agency will be in full effect on Sunday. We're here to breakdown what we think may happen, and we have not been bribed by anyone! Lucas breaks down the cap to start things off, and then the guys go into possibilities and their feelings of what will happen to all the Clippers-relevant names on your mind, including Kawhi Leonard and Jimmy...

The Clippers traded into the first round of the NBA Draft with Philly's future first from next year. In return, they netted FSU's Mfiondu Kabengele, a 6'10 big man with tenacity on both ends and range on his shot. They also drafted another FSU alumni in Terance Mann in the second round, another player with nice defensive upside. How did they do with these picks? We got Trevor Magnotti from The Ste...

Mike Prada, Ben Epstein and Ricky O’Donnell host a recap of this year’s SB Nation NBA Bloggers’ Mock Draft. In addition to going through the picks that were made and discussing fits of certain prospects on certain teams, the guys also talked with Sabreena Merchant (18:20) about the Lakers’ trade for Anthony Davis and the Clippers’ free agent aspirations. Later, they welcome Joe Mullinax (29:00) to...

The NBA Finals just ended and NBA basketball is done for the season, but it ended with a bang. Kawhi Leonard, a guy Clipper fans are quite familiar with, won another MVP, and two free agent superstars suffered huge injuries with long recovery times with Klay Thompson's torn ACL and Kevin Durant's ruptured Achilles. How does this effect what the Clippers want to do? Does much change as far as the C...