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**yamaneko** · 12-05-2007, 11:19 PM

Sure, lots of negatives lately...powell, davis, williams pretty much garbage. Mobley playing despite being handicapped. Thomas, maggette, ross stinking it up for big stretches of games, cassell being out, etc.

However, 2 nice things ive seen over the last few games.

1. Brevin Knight stepping it up. Hes not taking so long to put the ball into play anymore. Also he FINALLY is hitting some outside shots. Granted, he still cant hit a 3 pointer, but at least hes hitting from beyond 5 feet, which he didnt shows us the whole year, and in preseason. As many have mentioned, clippers need their PG to be somewhat of an outside threat. Knight will never be a 3 point shooter, but AT LEAST hes hitting some mid range shots. If im not mistaken in the last couple of weeks hes raised his FG% from around 20% to 40%. Good sign, especially if cassell will be hobbled.

2. Thornton finally seems to be transforming his game...something we mentioned will be necessary for him to get playing time and stay out of dunleavvys dog house. He doesnt seem to be chucking as bad as he used to...hes passing the ball in situations where he would have thrown up a terrible shot. Whether its a fluke, or perhaps whatever dunleavvy is telling him in practice is finally getting through, i dont know. But with his big improvements over the first month of the season, hopefully he can develop into a guy who can average at least 8 points for us the rest of the way, possibly more depending on if he can start outplaying patterson.

cadarn · 12-07-2007, 09:37 PM

or...
1. sacramento
2. minnesota

ElMarroAfamado · 12-07-2007, 11:25 PM

hahha it seems like there wasnt even a game thread for tonights game against the kings, and the CLippers won!!!
i say you guys dont make game threads you never know it might mean something!!ahah

**yamaneko** · 12-08-2007, 12:18 AM

Well, thornton kind of took a step back tonight, but knight continues to turn things around, and dickau did fine as well.

Game changer tonight was patterson

DaFranchise · 12-08-2007, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by yamaneko

Well, thornton kind of took a step back tonight, but knight continues to turn things around, and dickau did fine as well.

Game changer tonight was patterson

Damn, I have to agree. Patterson was the key which makes me wonder why Dumbleavy hasnt been playing him. I know Ruben has been hurt but he always provides energy off the bench. Dumbleavy's rotations are STILL so damn inconsistent. I understand the injury aspect but there needs to be some consistency in playing time in order for the players to get into a good groove.

**yamaneko** · 12-08-2007, 11:04 AM

Yeah. Dunleavvy kind of looked bad after his guy lashes out and then gets his wish, and turns out yeah this guy can play. He needs to keep it up. We need strong play from one backup wing player each game. That means if we want to win either patterson or thornton have to step up. I dont consider mobley a backup, hes just injured.