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In what seems to be a soap-opera of basketball dramas this year, the Los Angeles Clippers are hoping to make a strong comeback for the 2008-2009 season after a staggering 59 losses to only 23 wins last season. With the sudden and unexpected retirement announcement of brand new point-guard Jason Williams, signed a mere fifty days into his one-year contract, the Clippers are making their best effort this fall to bring on new players and hopefully add a new spice to their game. William's gave no reason for abruptly ending his steady ten-year climb up the NBA ladder. The news came as a shock to both the Clippers and his own agent, but head coach Mike Dunleavy doesn't think Williams' is truly done.
The Clippers don't have time to get upset over the loss of their point-guard. They've been busy with their hiring and recruiting. Just two weeks after signing Williams, on August 25, they promoted then Player Development Consultant Fred Vinson, a guard out of Georgia Tech and an NBA veteran, to new Assistant Head Coach. With the recruiting of so many players new to the NBA for the first time, the Clippers feel that Vinson's own NBA experience will help make adjusting just a little smoother for the newbie's.
Yes, it is easy to say the Clippers have faced many changes and challenges this year. After the loss of long-time team doctor Tony Daly, who had been with the Clippers since they very first moved to Los Angeles in 1984, the Clippers must now also seek his replacement. After more than six years of battling prostate cancer, Daly finally succumbed to his fight in early September of this year. His September 10 funeral had more than 500 attendees to commemorate his passing.
Also to be felt this year was the retirement announcement of rebounding forward Elton Brand, their number one scorer and rebounder who was drafted to the team from the
Chicago Bulls in the 2002 season. After a ruptured left Achilles tendon last season, Brand finally called it quits. Corey Maggette, a center for the Clippers since 2000, also announced his departure from the Clippers earlier this year, but you will still see him on the NBA court playing for the Golden State Warriors. However, this came as more of a lucrative trade-off for the Clippers, who in exchange for the loss of Maggette, gained point guard Baron Davis.
Fresh from college the Clippers recruited shooting guard Eric Gordon, of Indiana University. Another NBA rookie to jump on board, center DeAndre Jordan, straight from Texas A&M.
Some more NBA vets gained were forward-center Marcus Camby, who only cost $10 million to bring him over from the Denver Nuggets. The Clippers made another fair trade this season, with
Utah Jazz. They brought on guard Jason Hart, in exchange for their previous guard Brevin Knight, who was only with the Clippers for one season anyway. Marcus Camby of the Denver Nuggets, another exchange made where the Clippers gained guard Jason Hart in exchange for the loss of guard Brevin Knight, guard Ricky Davis from the
Miami Heat, forward-center Brian Skinner of the
Phoenix Suns, and forward Steve Novak of the
Houston Rockets. And for their third Davis, the Clippers also re-signed center Paul Davis, who had been with the Clippers since 2006, but last year announced he was to be a free-agent player. The Clippers revoked that right this season and he is now once again an autonomous team-player.
With so many new players gained, and old-reliable's lost, coaches switched, the team doctor now an open position on the job market, the Clippers have some serious training to do so that when they step on court this pre-season, which begins in October, they will function as one unit, in tune with each other's moves and aware of each other's quirks.
After a couple refreshing strong seasons, and such a terrible one last year, no one can know what to expect from the Clippers just yet. But we do know that like any good soap-opera, you have to keep watching!
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