Clippers Listening To Offers For #1 Pick

NBA sources continue to indicate that the Los Angeles Clippers are entertaining offers for the #1 pick. Despite their initial comments made on draft night about having already decided to pick Blake Griffin, they are keeping all their options open for now. “From what I understand, they didn’t want to sound uncertain on draft night, since that’s a typical Clippers reaction. This is a very important time for them in terms of season ticket renewals, which is why they had that kneejerk reaction.”

strikemode14 wrote:Dont blame them. I see bust written all over him.

SOAD wrote:Ahhh so this is how they'll screw it up.

Klewfish wrote:Oklahoma City could make a tempting offer. #3/#25/Jeff Green/Earl Watson (exp K) for #1/Kaman. Clippers can try and get Rubio, and another late first round pick like Terrence Williams, Sam Young, or even BJ Mullens or Gani Lawai, plus Jeff Green. They'd be young and have depth. Ideally they would get Rubio and BJ Mullens IMO, with Gordon/Green/Thorton and expiring contracts of Watson and Camby...they could actually do something good. Then the Thunder have a huge core of Westbrook/Durant/Griffen/Kaman.

laakers wrote:

Klewfish wrote:Oklahoma City could make a tempting offer. #3/#25/Jeff Green/Earl Watson (exp K) for #1/Kaman. Clippers can try and get Rubio, and another late first round pick like Terrence Williams, Sam Young, or even BJ Mullens or Gani Lawai, plus Jeff Green. They'd be young and have depth. Ideally they would get Rubio and BJ Mullens IMO, with Gordon/Green/Thorton and expiring contracts of Watson and Camby...they could actually do something good. Then the Thunder have a huge core of Westbrook/Durant/Griffen/Kaman.

Eh why would the Thunder do that? Jeff Green averaged like 18 points in his 2nd year, so if they just did #3/#25/watson for #1 I think that would be enough.

Klewfish wrote:

laakers wrote:

Klewfish wrote:Oklahoma City could make a tempting offer. #3/#25/Jeff Green/Earl Watson (exp K) for #1/Kaman. Clippers can try and get Rubio, and another late first round pick like Terrence Williams, Sam Young, or even BJ Mullens or Gani Lawai, plus Jeff Green. They'd be young and have depth. Ideally they would get Rubio and BJ Mullens IMO, with Gordon/Green/Thorton and expiring contracts of Watson and Camby...they could actually do something good. Then the Thunder have a huge core of Westbrook/Durant/Griffen/Kaman.

Eh why would the Thunder do that? Jeff Green averaged like 18 points in his 2nd year, so if they just did #3/#25/watson for #1 I think that would be enough.

Either way they should try and get it, and if they got it without Jeff Green, I still think he'd be traded. They could go SG/SF/PF of Durant/Green/Blake but Durant was far more effective as a defender/rebounder at the SF position. If that happened I couldn't see Green coming off the bench and I don't see them going small with SF/PF/C of Durant/Green/Blake. That's why they trade him and get Kaman in return, a legit center that they've been looking for forever. Westbrook/Durant/Blake/Kaman would be a nasty core.