My mom never said it to me personally but I still remember growing up aware of the old adage that "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." Maybe that will help explain my week or so Clipper silent treatment.
It's not for lack of wanting to write about the Clips, but another Blake Griffin and/or LeBron James article seems odd now. Sort of like writing about a possible Beatles reunion in 1975. Sure, it could happen, but chances were slim.
Instead, I'm forced to focus on the team. The team that was once so close to reaching .500, so close to getting their top draft pick on the floor, so close to reaching the Western Conference Finals. The "so-close-Clippers" have returned to form sadly and are now, well, pathetic again.
Like Marlon Brando's character in "On the Waterfront" who could have been a contender the Clippers were close. No, really, they were. Now they are hoping that four steps backwards equals one giant leap forward.
They still have several attributes that should have free agents at least kicking the tires on the club. A solid core of players, state of the art p ...
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