Chapter 17 Clippers Roster

There is no doubt that Blake Griffin, who was born in 1990 and is only 21 years old this year, is the core and leader of the Clippers in the future, Blake is from the University of Oklahoma, and he was already a talented player in high school and college, his bounce is excellent, explosive, and his height and body proportions are perfect No. 4 players, but it is commendable that Griffin also has a very good dribble and can make dribbling moves like a guard, has a certain passing ability, a tough style of play, likes to impact the basket and dunk, but the mid-range shooting is unstable and has no confidence, the shot is relatively slow, it is easy to be blocked or lose the opportunity to shoot, and there is no three-point shooting ability. Griffin has played in 49 games this season, averaging 19.8 points, 8.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while shooting 48.9 percent from the field.

Partnering with Griffin on the inside line is Chris Carman, the Clippers' No. 6 pick in 2003, and has been playing for the Clippers since then, Carman's thick brown and yellow beard and long hair like Marx make him look very different on the court, Carman is a center with very solid basic skills in the inside line, the style of play is simple but very practical, and he often unconsciously scores 20|+10 data in the game, and his back play is very steady. And the left and right hands can hook shots, the ultra-high shooting rate makes people unguardable, will shoot, rebound card awareness is very good, the passing is average, the defensive end is slow, in 2006 from the miserly Sterling can take away a five-year contract worth $52.5 million, which proves that Carman's ability is indeed good, Carman averaged 18.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 blocks per game last season, and was named an All-Star for the first time in his career, and this season Carman is averaging 16.9 points and 10.9 rebounds per game.

Baron Davis is currently the absolute leader of the Clippers, nicknamed "Bearded", when Bearded was still in high school, his outstanding ball skills have caused a sensation in the American basketball world, more than 20 colleges are scrambling to send Davis scholarships to their schools, including Duke, Kansas, Cannes, Georgetown and other famous universities, but the University of California is obviously more thoughtful, he not only provided Davis with a three-year college scholarship, but also arranged a job for Davis's sister, He even gave her a car (the NBA later investigated the matter, but it was found that it was a car bought at a normal price, but with the financial conditions of Davis's family at the time, it was impossible for him to afford a car.) This delicate enough mind impressed Davis, and he eventually chose to join the University of California. After entering the varsity team, Davis quickly showed his leadership temperament, pinched together a plate of scattered varsity team, and reached the sweet round of 16, but unfortunately because of his lap, Davis University has never won the NCAA championship trophy for three years.

In the 1999 draft, Davis's favorite team was the Los Angeles Clippers, because he was a Los Angeles native, he didn't want to leave the city where he was born, and he preferred to be a leader in the Los Angeles Clippers than a leader in the Los Angeles Lakers, but it backfired, he failed to fulfill either wish, and the Charlotte Hornets selected Davis with the third pick in the first round, when the team already had Eddie Jones, David Wesley and Anthony Mason Jr. on the outside, and Davis got few opportunities, playing just 18.6 minutes per game, scoring 5.9 points, 3.8 assists and 1.2 steals.

Baron Davis's three-point shot is not consistent enough, the offensive means are usually to the basket, with his thick body, there is no problem at all to crush the vast majority of the league's No. 1 positions, and what is even more commendable is that although he is superhuman, he is not slow, his dribbling is dazzling, and it is almost impossible to break the ball from his hands.

After that, Davis seemed to have been killing monsters and upgrading, and his strength rose to a new level every year, and he sat firmly in the team's starting No. 1 position in the second year of the rookie, with an average of 13.8 points and 7.8 assists per game, as well as 2.03 steals ranked fifth in the league. The following season, Davis's stats skyrocketed to 18.1 points and 8.5 assists per game, and he was named an All-Star this year, and led the Hornets to the playoffs, becoming only the fifth player in NBA history to record consecutive triple-doubles in the playoffs against the Orlando Magic.

In the 2003-2004 season, Davis' stats rose to 22.9 points and 7.5 assists per game, and he won the All-Star Skills Challenge, won the steals of the season, and was named to the league's third team.

After Davis was traded to the Warriors, he stayed here for four years, Davis played the league's first-line star data with an average of more than 20 points per game and more than 7 assists, in 2008, Davis finally got his wish to join the Los Angeles Clippers, the contract is 5 years and 65 million US dollars, which also makes him the leader of the team, but Davis, who came to the Clippers, although his personal data is good, has not improved much in the team's record. With an average of 15.3 points and 8.1 assists per game this season, assists are still among the top in the league, but scoring efficiency has declined.

The starting No. 2 position of the Clippers is the No. 7 rookie in 2008, Eric Gordon, this outside player with a slightly weird shooting posture, Gordon has shown the potential of a super scorer when he first entered the league, he averaged 16 points per game in the first two years, shooting 38% from three-point range, and this season he averaged 22.3 points per game, becoming the team's scoring champion, and what is more expected is that Gordon, who was born in 1988, is 22 years old this year, and there is still a huge room for improvement, he and Griffin will be the future of the Clippers.

Randy Foye, Foye was an orphan since he was a child, grew up with the help of many relatives, and Foye is a mirror person, (all organs in the body, including the heart, stomach, spleen, and kidneys are all opposite to the position of normal people), so Foye has a very strong heart, and his style of play is very aggressive, and in 2006, he was recruited by the Celtics with the seventh pick in the first round and was then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the rookie Foye was selected to the All-Rookie First Team, In the 2008-2009 season, Foye averaged 16.3 points per game, and this offseason, the Clippers signed Foye for two years and $8 million, becoming the first bench behind Barang Davis, averaging 10 points and 2.3 assists per game this season.

El Aminu is a popular new generation of forward swing man in the league in recent years, the 203 cm tall Aminu can appear in the two positions of big forward and small forward, he has no back play ability, but the face frame attack means are diverse, the long shooting ability is not enough, but a skilled small throw makes him invincible on the offensive end. On the defensive end, although the height and weight can't withstand the opponent's tall No. 4 player, he has an outstanding sense of supplemental defense, often gives wonderful blocks, has a keen sense of smell for rebounds, and will have rebounds 15+ performance for a long time, in 2010, the eighth pick in the first round Aminu was recruited by the Clippers, his template is Josh Smith, who averaged 8.3 points and 8.8 rebounds per game this season.

Craig Smith was the No. 36 rookie in this round in 2006, no one knows how Smith, who has the strength of the lottery area, fell to this round, and as a result, this big bargain was picked up by the Timberwolves, and after the end of the 2008-2009 season, Smith became a bargaining chip in exchange for Quentin Richardson and was sent to the Clippers. Before that, he was able to average 10.1 points and 3.8 rebounds per game, please note that this data was obtained in less than 20 minutes of playing time, on the offensive end, his small throw arc is large, difficult to block but unusually weirdly accurate, strong body, not afraid of physical confrontation, full of fighting power under the basket, and the basic skills are very solid, basically will not throw improved balls, the mid-range shot is not stable enough but can not be completely let go, on the defensive end is limited to his height of 201 cm to play the No. 4 position, basically no ability to block, can rely on a strong body to jam the opponent under the plate, but in the face of technical interior line there is a high chance of being blown upHe averaged 12 points and 5.3 rebounds in 25 minutes per game this season.

Brian Cook, this summer the Clippers signed Cook to the team for two years and $2.5 million, before that, Cook played for the Lakers, Magic and Rockets, averaging only 5.8 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, the most famous game of his career was on January 22, 2006, the Lakers played against the Raptors, Kobe Bryant scored 81 points in the game, after the game, Cook, who only scored two points in the game, excitedly said to the media, "I and Kobe Bryant teamed up to score 83 points!" ”

And then......

And then Cook became famous......

Overall, Cook is a very alternative player, taking the idea of "one move to eat all over the world" to the extreme, on the court, except for shooting three-pointers, Cook does nothing, what is defense? What is a rebound? I do not know! Playing tactics only plays blocking and dismantling, don't call me other tactics! Usually the team's interior defensive colander will use fouls to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm when he can't prevent the opponent, but this Cook won't foul! Career average of fewer than two fouls per game! As an interior player, he spends more time outside the three-point line than he does inside, doesn't like to play against people, and although he looks fat, he's fat! Defense is almost non-existent, and Cook's favorite thing to do on the inside is to watch his opponent score! Introverted, shy, and more fond of jokes, "I scored 83 points with Kobe" is proof!

DeAndre Jordan, selected by the Clippers with the fifth pick in the second round of the NBA Draft in 2008, is almost the opposite of Brian Cook, Jordan has non-explosive physical fitness, the offensive end is inseparable from the three-second zone, likes to fight against people, has excellent defensive awareness, often sends wonderful blocks, poor basic skills, and will not make free throws.