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Thursday, July 29, 2004Basketball: The Donald strikes again...The Clippers, having lost out on the Kobe Bryant sweepstakes, have decided not to match an offer-sheet for rising star Quentin Richardson, allowing the guard to sign with the Phoenix Suns. But fret not Clippers fans (I know I can't be the only one...), the team has acquired Kerry Kittles from the Nets to replace Q. Yes, Kerry fucking Kittles. Let's examine the deal (last year's stats):
Really not much of a comparison when you consider that Q is a full six years younger than is Kittles. So what's the rational behind the deal? According to the ESPN article: The Clippers have been maintaining for a week that they would likely match the offer for Richardson. However, a number of trade scenarios have popped up over the past few days that convinced the Clippers not to match in an effort to preserve their cap space for a deal down the road.Yeah, right. I'm not holding my breath for these "trade scenarios" to come to fruition. Let's call a spade a spade here ESPN- this is just the latest salary-dump from our wonderful owner, Mr. Donald T. Sterling. We were real close. I could almost feel the playoffs. Silly me, I should have known better than to get my hopes up. This team will never win a damn thing as long as Sterling is in the picture. |
