2025/2026 NBA Season October 22nd Opening Tip off! Pg 185

markymark550

tempo_n_groove said:

markymark550 said:

As a franchise, I'd say the best player drafted by the Clippers was Bob McAdoo. That was when they were the Buffalo Braves.

McAdoo made his name w the Lakers though right?

He made his name right away with the Braves. He won the scoring title his 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year in the league and also was league MVP at Buffalo. He did get 2 championships with the Lakers, but that was towards the end of his career coming off the bench.

markymark550

tempo_n_groove said:

markymark550 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

'kin Clippers lost Kawhi to a knee injury for tonight's game 3 vs Phoenix.  

So frustrating to be a Clipper's fan come play-off time!

That team will never win anything. They are seemingly cursed.

Do they even have one HOFer in their history?

There's a bunch of guys that played for the Clippers at some point that are in the HoF. But no one that when you say their name you think Clippers.

I thought Odom was going to have a chance...  MAybe Blake Griffin?

They don't seem to hold on to their draft picks too long.

Wasn't Danny Manning on their team?

Clippers drafted Manning #1 overall in 1988. He played for them for about 5 or 6 years before bouncing around the league. He's one of those guys you wonder what he could have accomplished if he didn't have those knee injuries.

Quentin Richardson was one I thought for sure was going to be great.  He killed in college.  Never did become much. Darius Miles that same draft.  Both never did much.

Anybody remember Chris Jackson?  Changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul Rauf.  He had severe OCD and practiced like a madman.  I liked him.

I thought Richardson was going to better too. I remember watching some of his games at DePaul thinking he was primed to be a star.

I thought Abdul-Rauf played for the Nuggets?

eeriepadave

Blake Griffin or Elton Brand were the first ones that popped in my head

Poncier

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

'kin Clippers lost Kawhi to a knee injury for tonight's game 3 vs Phoenix.  

So frustrating to be a Clipper's fan come play-off time!

That team will never win anything. They are seemingly cursed.

Do they even have one HOFer in their history?

There's a bunch of guys that played for the Clippers at some point that are in the HoF. But no one that when you say their name you think Clippers.

I thought Odom was going to have a chance...  MAybe Blake Griffin?

Griffin might have a chance, outside shot I'd guess based on his career. Adding 2023 NBA champion will help the resume even if it's mostly riding the pine.

These are the player in the HoF who have played for the Clippers:

Adrian Dantley 1 season with Clips
Grant Hill 1 season with Clips (29 games)
Moses Malone 2 games with Clips
Bob McAdoo 5 seasons with Buffalo who became the Clips
Paul Pierce 2 seasons with Clips
Bill Walton 4 seasons with Clips (plus 2 full missed seasons with injury while there)
Jamaal Wilkes 13 games with Clips
Dominique Wilkins 25 games with Clips

So, McAdoo is the only one who was in his prime and put up HoF numbers with the franchise and that was before they were the Clippers.
Basically the Clippers are bereft of hall of famers

tempo_n_groove

markymark550 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

markymark550 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

'kin Clippers lost Kawhi to a knee injury for tonight's game 3 vs Phoenix.  

So frustrating to be a Clipper's fan come play-off time!

That team will never win anything. They are seemingly cursed.

Do they even have one HOFer in their history?

There's a bunch of guys that played for the Clippers at some point that are in the HoF. But no one that when you say their name you think Clippers.

I thought Odom was going to have a chance...  MAybe Blake Griffin?

They don't seem to hold on to their draft picks too long.

Wasn't Danny Manning on their team?

Clippers drafted Manning #1 overall in 1988. He played for them for about 5 or 6 years before bouncing around the league. He's one of those guys you wonder what he could have accomplished if he didn't have those knee injuries.

Quentin Richardson was one I thought for sure was going to be great.  He killed in college.  Never did become much. Darius Miles that same draft.  Both never did much.

Anybody remember Chris Jackson?  Changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul Rauf.  He had severe OCD and practiced like a madman.  I liked him.

I thought Richardson was going to better too. I remember watching some of his games at DePaul thinking he was primed to be a star.

I thought Abdul-Rauf played for the Nuggets?

Correct on both accounts.  I remember seeing Richardson on the cover of SI and saying, yep, he's gone after 1 year.  Dude was a beast at DuPaul.

Abdul Rauf was a Nugget but his name popped into my head.  I always liked him as a player.

tempo_n_groove

eeriepadave said:

Blake Griffin or Elton Brand were the first ones that popped in my head

Brand and Odom Both!

Griffin still has a chance to make the HOF though.  He did ball out for a while and dude did jump over a car for a dunk.

tempo_n_groove

Poncier said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

'kin Clippers lost Kawhi to a knee injury for tonight's game 3 vs Phoenix.  

So frustrating to be a Clipper's fan come play-off time!

That team will never win anything. They are seemingly cursed.

Do they even have one HOFer in their history?

There's a bunch of guys that played for the Clippers at some point that are in the HoF. But no one that when you say their name you think Clippers.

I thought Odom was going to have a chance...  MAybe Blake Griffin?

Griffin might have a chance, outside shot I'd guess based on his career. Adding 2023 NBA champion will help the resume even if it's mostly riding the pine.

These are the player in the HoF who have played for the Clippers:

Adrian Dantley 1 season with Clips
Grant Hill 1 season with Clips (29 games)
Moses Malone 2 games with Clips
Bob McAdoo 5 seasons with Buffalo who became the Clips
Paul Pierce 2 seasons with Clips
Bill Walton 4 seasons with Clips (plus 2 full missed seasons with injury while there)
Jamaal Wilkes 13 games with Clips
Dominique Wilkins 25 games with Clips

So, McAdoo is the only one who was in his prime and put up HoF numbers with the franchise and that was before they were the Clippers.
Basically the Clippers are bereft of hall of famers

Nice research.  There is Chris Paul in the future but not sure he was even there long enough.  Has he played for like 6 teams now?

Poncier

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

'kin Clippers lost Kawhi to a knee injury for tonight's game 3 vs Phoenix.  

So frustrating to be a Clipper's fan come play-off time!

That team will never win anything. They are seemingly cursed.

Do they even have one HOFer in their history?

There's a bunch of guys that played for the Clippers at some point that are in the HoF. But no one that when you say their name you think Clippers.

I thought Odom was going to have a chance...  MAybe Blake Griffin?

Griffin might have a chance, outside shot I'd guess based on his career. Adding 2023 NBA champion will help the resume even if it's mostly riding the pine.

These are the player in the HoF who have played for the Clippers:

Adrian Dantley 1 season with Clips
Grant Hill 1 season with Clips (29 games)
Moses Malone 2 games with Clips
Bob McAdoo 5 seasons with Buffalo who became the Clips
Paul Pierce 2 seasons with Clips
Bill Walton 4 seasons with Clips (plus 2 full missed seasons with injury while there)
Jamaal Wilkes 13 games with Clips
Dominique Wilkins 25 games with Clips

So, McAdoo is the only one who was in his prime and put up HoF numbers with the franchise and that was before they were the Clippers.
Basically the Clippers are bereft of hall of famers

Nice research.  There is Chris Paul in the future but not sure he was even there long enough.  Has he played for like 6 teams now?

They have a few sure fire HoFers currently in the league.
Paul, Kawhi and likely Playoff Missing PG13.
Of those Paul has played the most with the Clips, but still far less than half his career (a third actually, 6 of 18 seasons to date).
Leonard and George if they stay in LA until retirement maybe can be thought of as Clippers when all is said and done, but right now to me Kawhi wears a Spurs baseball cap into Cooperstown and George a Pacers cap.

tempo_n_groove

Poncier said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

'kin Clippers lost Kawhi to a knee injury for tonight's game 3 vs Phoenix.  

So frustrating to be a Clipper's fan come play-off time!

That team will never win anything. They are seemingly cursed.

Do they even have one HOFer in their history?

There's a bunch of guys that played for the Clippers at some point that are in the HoF. But no one that when you say their name you think Clippers.

I thought Odom was going to have a chance...  MAybe Blake Griffin?

Griffin might have a chance, outside shot I'd guess based on his career. Adding 2023 NBA champion will help the resume even if it's mostly riding the pine.

These are the player in the HoF who have played for the Clippers:

Adrian Dantley 1 season with Clips
Grant Hill 1 season with Clips (29 games)
Moses Malone 2 games with Clips
Bob McAdoo 5 seasons with Buffalo who became the Clips
Paul Pierce 2 seasons with Clips
Bill Walton 4 seasons with Clips (plus 2 full missed seasons with injury while there)
Jamaal Wilkes 13 games with Clips
Dominique Wilkins 25 games with Clips

So, McAdoo is the only one who was in his prime and put up HoF numbers with the franchise and that was before they were the Clippers.
Basically the Clippers are bereft of hall of famers

Nice research.  There is Chris Paul in the future but not sure he was even there long enough.  Has he played for like 6 teams now?

They have a few sure fire HoFers currently in the league.
Paul, Kawhi and likely Playoff Missing PG13.
Of those Paul has played the most with the Clips, but still far less than half his career (a third actually, 6 of 18 seasons to date).
Leonard and George if they stay in LA until retirement maybe can be thought of as Clippers when all is said and done, but right now to me Kawhi wears a Spurs baseball cap into Cooperstown and George a Pacers cap.

Yeah and I see CP3 as a NOLA guy still.

markymark550

tempo_n_groove said:

markymark550 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

markymark550 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

'kin Clippers lost Kawhi to a knee injury for tonight's game 3 vs Phoenix.  

So frustrating to be a Clipper's fan come play-off time!

That team will never win anything. They are seemingly cursed.

Do they even have one HOFer in their history?

There's a bunch of guys that played for the Clippers at some point that are in the HoF. But no one that when you say their name you think Clippers.

I thought Odom was going to have a chance...  MAybe Blake Griffin?

They don't seem to hold on to their draft picks too long.

Wasn't Danny Manning on their team?

Clippers drafted Manning #1 overall in 1988. He played for them for about 5 or 6 years before bouncing around the league. He's one of those guys you wonder what he could have accomplished if he didn't have those knee injuries.

Quentin Richardson was one I thought for sure was going to be great.  He killed in college.  Never did become much. Darius Miles that same draft.  Both never did much.

Anybody remember Chris Jackson?  Changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul Rauf.  He had severe OCD and practiced like a madman.  I liked him.

I thought Richardson was going to better too. I remember watching some of his games at DePaul thinking he was primed to be a star.

I thought Abdul-Rauf played for the Nuggets?

Correct on both accounts.  I remember seeing Richardson on the cover of SI and saying, yep, he's gone after 1 year.  Dude was a beast at DuPaul.

Abdul Rauf was a Nugget but his name popped into my head.  I always liked him as a player.

Ok. I was like wait...Abdul-Rauf wasn't a Clipper. I thought I was losing my memory there for a minute lol.

Jumb0

There's no way Blake Griffin makes the HoF 

markymark550

Poncier said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

'kin Clippers lost Kawhi to a knee injury for tonight's game 3 vs Phoenix.  

So frustrating to be a Clipper's fan come play-off time!

That team will never win anything. They are seemingly cursed.

Do they even have one HOFer in their history?

There's a bunch of guys that played for the Clippers at some point that are in the HoF. But no one that when you say their name you think Clippers.

I thought Odom was going to have a chance...  MAybe Blake Griffin?

Griffin might have a chance, outside shot I'd guess based on his career. Adding 2023 NBA champion will help the resume even if it's mostly riding the pine.

These are the player in the HoF who have played for the Clippers:

Adrian Dantley 1 season with Clips
Grant Hill 1 season with Clips (29 games)
Moses Malone 2 games with Clips
Bob McAdoo 5 seasons with Buffalo who became the Clips
Paul Pierce 2 seasons with Clips
Bill Walton 4 seasons with Clips (plus 2 full missed seasons with injury while there)
Jamaal Wilkes 13 games with Clips
Dominique Wilkins 25 games with Clips

So, McAdoo is the only one who was in his prime and put up HoF numbers with the franchise and that was before they were the Clippers.
Basically the Clippers are bereft of hall of famers

Nice research.  There is Chris Paul in the future but not sure he was even there long enough.  Has he played for like 6 teams now?

They have a few sure fire HoFers currently in the league.
Paul, Kawhi and likely Playoff Missing PG13.
Of those Paul has played the most with the Clips, but still far less than half his career (a third actually, 6 of 18 seasons to date).
Leonard and George if they stay in LA until retirement maybe can be thought of as Clippers when all is said and done, but right now to me Kawhi wears a Spurs baseball cap into Cooperstown and George a Pacers cap.

Agree with you on Leonard and George. I would go as far as saying Leonard would also need to win at least one championship as a Clipper as well.

Poncier

Jumb0 said:

There's no way Blake Griffin makes the HoF 

Basketball Reference rates his chances at 54.8%, so it's possible.
Like I said above, borderline.
Averaged over 20 PPG 9 times (and 19.8 one other season), jumped over a Kia and is a soon to be NBA champion, so it's a definite maybe.

Wobbie

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Jumb0 said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Poncier said:

JOEJOEJOE said:

'kin Clippers lost Kawhi to a knee injury for tonight's game 3 vs Phoenix.  

So frustrating to be a Clipper's fan come play-off time!

That team will never win anything. They are seemingly cursed.

Do they even have one HOFer in their history?

There's a bunch of guys that played for the Clippers at some point that are in the HoF. But no one that when you say their name you think Clippers.

I thought Odom was going to have a chance...  MAybe Blake Griffin?

Griffin might have a chance, outside shot I'd guess based on his career. Adding 2023 NBA champion will help the resume even if it's mostly riding the pine.

These are the player in the HoF who have played for the Clippers:

Adrian Dantley 1 season with Clips
Grant Hill 1 season with Clips (29 games)
Moses Malone 2 games with Clips
Bob McAdoo 5 seasons with Buffalo who became the Clips
Paul Pierce 2 seasons with Clips
Bill Walton 4 seasons with Clips (plus 2 full missed seasons with injury while there)
Jamaal Wilkes 13 games with Clips
Dominique Wilkins 25 games with Clips

So, McAdoo is the only one who was in his prime and put up HoF numbers with the franchise and that was before they were the Clippers.
Basically the Clippers are bereft of hall of famers

Nice research.  There is Chris Paul in the future but not sure he was even there long enough.  Has he played for like 6 teams now?

fuck chris paul.

Jumb0

Poncier said:

Jumb0 said:

There's no way Blake Griffin makes the HoF 

Basketball Reference rates his chances at 54.8%, so it's possible.
Like I said above, borderline.
Averaged over 20 PPG 9 times (and 19.8 one other season), jumped over a Kia and is a soon to be NBA champion, so it's a definite maybe.

Jumping over the hood of a car in a slam dunk contest should not be anywhere near the criteria for the HoF

23scidoo

markymark550 said:

As a franchise, I'd say the best player drafted by the Clippers was Bob McAdoo. That was when they were the Buffalo Braves.

I saw McAdoo when he was play in Italy, 1988 i think..

Poncier

Jumb0 said:

Poncier said:

Jumb0 said:

There's no way Blake Griffin makes the HoF 

Basketball Reference rates his chances at 54.8%, so it's possible.
Like I said above, borderline.
Averaged over 20 PPG 9 times (and 19.8 one other season), jumped over a Kia and is a soon to be NBA champion, so it's a definite maybe.

Jumping over the hood of a car in a slam dunk contest should not be anywhere near the criteria for the HoF

Gee maybe I put that in there facetiously, who knows?

eeriepadave

I ain't a LeBron James fan but what Brooks did you him was uncalled for and he got what he deserved.

Poncier

eeriepadave said:

I ain't a LeBron James fan but what Brooks did you him was uncalled for and he got what he deserved.

Right. Brooks acting like a Sixer and going after the family jewels is uncool.

tempo_n_groove

Knicks look good.  
That GS game was great too.  I give Deaaron Fox crap but man that guy can play.  I changed my mind about him.