yamaneko

livingston is not an all star at this point, thats why i said cassell is clearly the superior player. But he could really turn a leaf this season and become an all star calliber player. Other than that, then yes, i do see cassel starting most of the year barring injury because livingston just doesnt have the offensive tools of cassel.

i cant see maggette complaining about his role. UNLESS the clippers do the RIGHT thing, and keep him on the BENCH during every close game in crunch time.

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Kapt Clipper

hopefully Corey is about winning and not personal pt or stats...i think anything to help the team get to the playoffs he'll accept because this whole team and its fans are hungry!...besides, Sam and Cat are seasoned go-to guys...Corey needs to improve his finishing in crunch time.

leidout

Corey doesn't get nearly the love he deserves on the clippers for some reason. He's always a distraction for the opposing defense, which is enough reason for him to be playing in every crunch-time.

He might not take the smartest shots, but with two other good shooters (which we were completely lacking last season, and the one before). The floor will be more open and he will definitely be effective in late game situations.

Besides the guy knows how to get fouled, which can be absolutely critical.

I'd rather see:

Kaman, Brand, Maggette, Mobley, Cassell... with Livingston filling in one of the guard spots if defense is needed, cuz imagine we're playing the 76ers, Cassell is great in the clutch, but AI for example is better, I'd rather have Livingston towering over AI.

DaFranchise

Mags is gonna have a great year. The lane is gonna be more open for him to go back to his slashing style. Finally, we got some legitimate offensive weapons. I cant wait for the start of the season

yamaneko

Id like to see dunleavvy make this a running, gunning team. With so many weapons, we can tire out the guys more, since we have a super strong 9 man rotation of

Kaman Rebraca Brand Wilcox Mobley Maggette Livingston Cassell Ross

If we play a slow low scoring east coast style of play, i think some players might get frustrated with lack of touches.

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Starbury03

If they do get out and run the emphasis should still be on defense. The problem with running could be that they will go away with feeding the post maybe too much. The post is a area of advantage for the Clippers wth Brand Kaman and Rebracca.

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RhettO

I was going to make this same post.

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"When we're not doing what we need to do, what we're supposed to do, I just look at E.B. and go, 'Horse, I need you now. Let's go get it done, horse,' " Sam Cassell said.

Darth Bryant

Livingston has great talent and huge potiential. However, no matter how much he can improve over the coarse of a single season, he still wont be as good as Sam is right now. It's going to take a few years, and a few playoff runs for Livingston to get to the level we all believe he can get to. Anyone thinking otherwise needs to pass the pipe and give me some of that good stuff.

The main reason he played 20-30 games last season is because he is a light weight. As much as I like him, he needs to get into a better condition and gain some weight or he is in for a whole lot of seasons with only 20-30 games under his belt.

The only reason this situation is great is that it allows Livingston to learn at his own pace as well as learn from Sam who is by FAR the greater player at the moment. We have seen that some players don't ever reach there potiential when teams draft them right out of high school and expect them to take over starting position. This will work out great for both Sam and Shaun in the long run. Just watch.

Darth Bryant

Trading Mags at the price we have him for would be completely and totally retarded... So it could happen.