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Los Angeles Clippers
(9-41, Last in Pacific, 26 games back)
DRAFT PICKS: (#4, #31)
| T E A M S T R E N G T H S |
Young team
Improving Maurice Taylor
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| W E A K N E S S E S |
Defense
Reputation
Experience
Front office
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| C H A N G E S |
New arena - STAPLES Center
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| N E E D S |
New backcourt
A plan
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| N O T E S: |
Finished in the bottom-five in the league in defensive PPG (27), FG% (29) and 3-pt FG percentage (25)
A telling sign about the Clippers' franchise is that Tyrone Nesby, an undrafted rookie, had a better season than the number one pick, Michael Olowokandi
Maurice Taylor had a breakthrough season, averaging 16.8 ppg ... surprisingly, Taylor did not score more than 29 points in any one game this season
Had more wins against teams with winning records (5) than against teams with losing records (4)
Tied an NBA record by dropping its first 17 games to start the season
Olowokandi had a rough year ... after being chosen number one in last June's Draft, the Kandi-man averaged under 10 points a game (8.9), had arthroscopic surgery on his knee in early May and was accused of rape in late May
Sold out only one game ... 2-25 vs. the Lakers
Have had only two seasons in the last 20 in which they have finished .500+
Darrick Martin (25), Sherman Douglas (19) and Lou Hudson (6) were the Clips' starting PGs
Chris Ford's career coaching record has now fallen below .500 (300-324)
No playoffs in five seasons and only one playoff series win in 30 seasons ('74-'75 vs. Philly, 2-1)
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| F I R S T R O U N D P I C K S I N T H E 9 0 ' S |
1990 - Bo Kimble, G (8), Loy Vaught, F (13)
1991 - LeRon Ellis, C (22)
1992 - Randy Woods, G (16), Elmore Spencer, C (25)
1993 - Terry Dehere, G (13)
1994 - Lamond Murray, F (7), Greg Minor, G (25)
1995 - Antonio McDyess, F (2)
1996 - Lorenzen Wright, F (7)
1997 - Maurice Taylor, F (14)
1998 - Michael Olowokandi, C (1), Brian Skinner, F (22)
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| P L A Y E R S B Y P O S I T I O N |
Small Forwards
Lamond Murray
Tyrone Nesby |
Power Forwards
Maurice Taylor
Rodney Rogers
Lorenzen Wright
Brian Skinner |
Centers
Michael Olowokandi
Keith Closs
Stojko Vrankovic |
Point Guards
Sherman Douglas
Darrick Martin
Lou Hudson
Pooh Richardson |
Shooting Guards
Eric Piatkowski
Charles Smith |
| F R E E A G E N T S |
1999
Douglas
Martin
Vrankovic
Murray
Nesby
Wright
Piatkowski
Rogers |
2000
Richardson
C.Smith
Taylor |
2001
Hudson (TO) |
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Information courtesy of Turner Sports
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