Along with the same travel emojis the Clippers tweeted on the day they converged in Houston to re-sign Jordan were the words “Hey @LAClippers!”.
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It was another chastening night for the Grizzlies, who were run ragged by the Warriors last week during a 119-69 defeat. In its first six games, L.A. was averaging 104.3 points, but shooting just 40.3 percent from the field.
Redick’s back issues: Clippers shooting guard J.J. Redick hobbled to the locker room midway through the second quarter and did not return after experiencing back spasms. He then drew the assignment of defending Paul, turning the Clippers’ No. 2 scoring option into exclusively a facilitator while holding the perennial All-Star to 2-of-11 shooting. Austin Rivers scored 16 off the bench, Jamal Crawford had 11, Paul Pierce 10.
That’s why Wes Matthews is a Dallas Maverick.
While Rivers seemingly reveled in the environment the AAC provided, Jordan downplayed it. The Dallas Mavericks were up 10-5 over the Los Angeles Clippers. “But it was cool”.
The 27-year-old talisman said afterwards that the Warriors increasing maturity had allowed them to negate spoiling tactics used by Memphis throughout.
Doc Rivers seemed perturbed that so much is still being made of this. He was told it was July 8. Once it became official that Jordan wouldn’t be flying to Dallas, that was all fans needed to go up in arms. “It’s hard from where I’m sitting”. “I took him out”. “I’ll do a Macho Savage pose or give him the pile-driver (showing his elbow)”. Jordan was 3 of 9 from the line. The National Basketball Association salary cap makes it very cost prohibitive to exceed its threshold, so by committing max money to DeAndre Jordan, the Mavs had no money left to spend.
Check here for the play by play, stats, score and updates for the game. Not to mention that Dallas does have a title under their belts, so it’s not as if these are just two teams who do not know how to handle expectations. “I can’t keep missing shots”.
“Look, this is not thermonuclear war”, Cuban said.
Alas, Cuban proved he can be nice. “I was concerned of the early [7 p.m.] start because we’re a [7:30 p.m. tipoff] late-start town”. This completely screwed up Mark Cuban and the Mavericks’ offseason because nearly all of the other top free agents had committed to other teams by the time Jordan reneged. “I thought the crowd was as polite as they could be”. “DJ did what DJ does. But clearly, when any of that happens, you want to win the game and your team wants to win the game for you”.
One of the most cogent arguments about this situation goes to ESPN broadcaster Jeff Van Gundy, who questioned the logic behind Dallas fans booing Jordan.
As for the players, there was more animosity toward Griffin than anything directed at Jordan.
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“I’m exhausted of hearing about it”, Griffin said. Excuse my French, but if you f– with me, I like to f– with you back.
