213Hoops: The Lob, The Jam, The Podcast

The Finals are upon us, and while there are players to keep an eye on from the Clippers perspective, we're back to talk about the centers that were on the Clippers roster this past season. While guys like Montrezl Harrell and Ivica Zubac made their impressions late, Boban Marjanovic and Marcin Gortat were given big minutes early in the season. There are a lot of interesting tidbits from the Clippe...

Keep calm everyone! The Clippers future is still bright, even if all these Kawhi Leonard wins are a little bit discouraging. There's a good chance he might not care about how far the Raps make it in the playoffs, but watching him thrive and carry the Raptors to wins is not particularly exciting for Clippers fans. The Raptors are a win from the NBA finals, but the Clippers still have news. Patrick...

By the grace of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Steve Perrin is joining us today! For those of you who are not familiar with Our Fearless Leader, the original Clipper Steve founded Clips Nation in 2006, and for many years wrote virtually every word on the website. In 2015, Steve gave the reigns to Lucas Hann, and although he has written here and there on the site since, we have missed seeing his wor...

It feels weird not talking about current Clippers basketball games, but the future is bright. The guys talk about what was a great season in a bit more detail, look forward to the upcoming offseason, and chat about the current NBA playoffs, including having a chuckle at a few other things going on around the league. All that, and of course your Twitter questions on the latest episode of the Lob, t...

The Clippers never stopped fighting. In a game where the Warriors were comfortably ahead, the Clips kept putting just enough pressure on the Warriors to make them nervous, absorbing an all-time Kevin Durant game in the process. And really, they're just relentless. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had another great home game, Danilo Gallinari played well, and Lou Williams did not. But this pod isn't just ab...

The Clippers are hardcore. They just keep coming at you, and are very much living up to the blue collar underdog tag their brand has been hyping all season. The team went into arguably the hardest place to win in the league and won AGAIN, this time without a massive comeback, but by just outplaying the extremely talented Dubs, winning 129-121. Danilo Gallinari finally put it together, Montrezl Har...

Game 4 was a great game, but loaded with Clippers' missteps. One guy who did not misstep was the pod's beloved Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who took Doc's challenge to step up this game to heart. Shai had the offensive game of his life, but the other Clipper Doc challenged, Danilo Gallinari, continued to struggle and simply could not hit shots. Lou Williams got to his spots but was off as well, and wi...

The highs are high and the lows are low. The Clippers, fresh off an insane comeback, got handled by the Warriors in Game 3, a game that was never in doubt. Kevin Durant decided to destroy the Clippers, and pretty much set the tone for the game with his incredible performance. Meanwhile, the Clippers just could not hit their shots, particularly Danilo Gallinari, who has mostly struggled in this ser...

What a game! We're still buzzing. The LA Clippers came back from THIRTY-ONE (3-1) down in the 3rd quarter and reeled off a comeback that will be remembered in the history of this league. Led by Lou Williams, Montrezl Harrell, and the inspired two-way (?!) game of Landry Shamet, the Clippers punched back and sent the dynasty Warriors to the mat, if just for a game. Keep your lottery pick -- the Cli...

Ok, take a moment to forget how poorly the Blazers and Nuggets are playing to focus on this Warriors team. They are incredibly good and will likely win this series rather convincingly, but the Clippers can improve on how they played in Game 1! The offense lagged, even though the defensive blueprint was a pretty savvy one. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Lou Williams, and Montrezl Harrell all stood out as...

48 wins? Who would have expected it? But you know what would have been nice? That cushy 6 seed, and a possible path to a WCF berth! Ok, the Clippers probably were not getting to that elusive 3rd round either way, but man the guys can't help but think about that Laker loss changing the trajectory of these playoffs. But honestly, the team should be celebrated this season, and more than anything, Ral...

Right when you thought the ghosts of Lob City were behind them, the Clippers put up a true stinker against a garbage team. The Lakers can hold their heads up high as they played with a ton of urgency, while the Clippers sleepwalked through a terrible loss that could cost them serious ground in the playoff chase to close the season. While Shai Gilgeous-Alexander continued to ball out, Montrezl Harr...

The Clippers have been practically therapeutic to Clipper fans this season. Finally devoid of expectations, the team has broken every projection and are trying to somehow accomplish another 50 win season, which would be the first without Chris Paul. You know we're going to gush about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who's put it all together this month, and is putting up some gaudy shooting splits as well...

We can't believe the Clippers are in 5th place right now, but maybe anything is possible in one of the more enjoyable seasons in Clippers franchise history. The team has played some weak teams recently, but they've fattened up their record on them, running just as hot as they did earlier in the season. The team has played well, but the bench has dragged with Wilson Chandler, who is mostly washed....

The Clippers continue to build momentum despite a schedule loss against the Blazers earlier in the week. They had an excellent blowout win against the Celtics and, in an otherwise pretty mediocre game, had a third quarter for the ages against the hapless Bulls. The team is fairly healthy, and ready to try and get as high of a seed as they can. The magic number for the playoffs is 8, and while we h...

The Clippers are playing quite well. The team has lived most of the season as an underdog story, and has had to hear basketball "experts" undercut their accomplishments all year. How long until these surprising Clips no longer surprise, but are just expected? The team is at least 2 deep at every position, with even more reinforcements on the way. Have the new pickups made it hard to figure who clo...

The Clippers are fresh off a quality win against the upstart Kings, who are still pretty formidable at home despite not having rookie Marvin Bagley III. They return home for a back to back against the woeful Knicks, and then a pretty big game against the Los Angeles Lakers. The natural pessimist in the guys make them worried about the Laker game, but how worried should they be? How encouraging hav...

The Clippers are still in the playoffs, but the Kings and Lakers are behind them with signature wins. While the Lakers can beat and lose to anyone, the Kings are very much real and charging. The Clippers beat a pathetic Grizzlies team but needed a late game push, and then got blown out in Denver yet again. What do the guys think of the rotations now that the team is back? What about pod favorite S...

The All Star Game is over, which means the second half (really, the last third) of the NBA season is upon us. The guys briefly touch on the All Star Weekend and how boring it is, then discuss the games that happened before the break. Finally, they look ahead to the upcoming games against the Grizzlies and Nuggets, talk about the Clippers' rotations going forward, and answer some questions on Twitt...

Get hyped. Your Los Angeles Clippers threw some trades together, went to one of the more intimidating home courts in the country, and made history AGAIN with a historic 28 point comeback in Boston. Granted, the Celtics did not have Kyrie Irving to stop the bleeding, but we could not think of a better way to introduce sharpshooter Landry Shamet, role player extraordinaire Garrett Temple, possible c...

Well the Clippers did have another 20+ point comeback, capped off by a game-winner from an inspired Tobias Harris. The doubters about whether he could show up in the clutch and be worth a max contract were silenced, for a few hours. Then, in the dead of night, Tobias, Mike Scott, and Boban Marjanovic for a protected Philly 2020 first rounder, the coveted Miami Heat unprotected 2021 first rounder,...

The Clippers are still in the playoffs, just barely. The West continues to be wild, and the Clippers needed a miracle comeback in order to salvage a win through this week. Aside from a Raptors schedule loss, the week seemed very manageable but quickly became mostly a lost cause. Included in the week was a bad home loss against the bad Hawks, a tough loss against the stumbling Lakers, a crazy comeb...

The Clippers might have had some slumps through the week, but ended with a nice all-around win against a good Sacramento Kings team. Montrezl Harrell was fantastic in this game. The squad also ended a road trip 3-1 without the services of arguably their best player, Danilo Gallinari. Lou Williams also turned in the second 30 point triple double in Clippers history, first off the bench, in what was...

Well, the Clippers are hanging on for dear life in the playoff picture right now. The team came into Sunday on a 5 game losing streak and having lost 2 of their 3 best scorers to injury. The team had already been playing pretty bad basketball, but they played a great game in San Antonio and caught the Spurs napping a bit in an afternoon game. The Clippers have done their share of napping in their...

The Los Angeles Clippers do not look particularly good right now. They won a nice wire to wire game against an uninspired Hornet team this week, but were otherwise handled with ease by the West leading Nuggets and pretty much lost wire to wire against a bad Pistons team. Blake Griffin came back and played inspired basketball, Reggie Bullock hit timely threes, and Andre Drummond 20/20'd, but that P...