The Clippers now have a crowded backcourt again after they acquired Nick Young from the Washington Wizards Thursday in a three-team deal. Young eventually will be the starter at shooting guard besides Chris Paul. That means that Randy Foye, who has been the starter since Chauncey Billups went down because of a season-ending left Achilles’ [...]
Reporting from Cleveland — Clippers guard Chauncey Billups realized his worst fears Tuesday when an MRI exam revealed he has a torn left Achilles’ tendon that will end his first season with the team. But the 35-year-old Billups doesn’t plan on retiring. “No, sir. There is no way I’m going to crawl out of the [...]
Los Angeles Clippers Blake Griffin might have had the dunk of the year over Kendrick Perkins on Monday night. Griffin, known for his dunking prowess, dunked right over the 6-foot-10 Oklahoma City Thunder center. The dunk is one that will likely be replayed for years to come — it reminded many of Griffin’s dunk over [...]
They failed to close out on perimeter shooters, defend in transition or figure out what to do about the Clippers’ new backcourt during a 114-95 loss Monday night at Staples Center. The Lakers say they want to be a defense-first team, which was not exactly a term being used to describe them after their exhibition [...]
Former two-time All Star point guard Baron Davis is expected to sign with the New York Knicks on Monday. Davis, who became a free agent on Friday after being amnestied by the Cleveland Cavaliers, committed to a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the Knicks over the weekend, according to multiple reports. The Cavaliers used their [...]
Rumors are swirling Tuesday that the Clippers’ signing of Chauncey Billups on Monday means they have a better chance of acquiring Chris Paul in a reconfigured deal with the New Orleans Hornets. Ken Berger of CBSsports.com says signing Billups allows the Clippers to include point guard Eric Bledsoe in the deal, which would make the trade [...]
LOS ANGELES — The Clippers have won the waiver bidding for former Piston Chauncey Billups, who was waived by the New York Knicks under the NBA’s one-time amnesty provision, said two people familiar with the process who were not authorized to speak on the matter. Teams were notified Monday in a memo that the Clippers [...]
The first big news the Clippers made Monday was when they pulled out of a proposed deal to acquire All-Star point guard Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets. Then in the afternoon the Clippers won the waiver auction to get veteran point guard Chauncey Billups, and re-signed center DeAndre Jordan by matching the Golden [...]
We know one thing about Chauncey Billups next season: He will not be playing for the New York Knicks. He might not be playing anywhere — he is threatening to retire if a team he doesn’t want to play for claims him on waivers. But what if it is an intriguing team, like the Clippers? [...]
Chauncey Billups isn’t going to take it anymore. The 35-year-old point guard became the first casualty of the new amnesty provision in the collective bargaining agreement when the Knicks waived him to clear salary-cap room for Tyson Chandler. Billups, who has been traded five times in his 14-year career, has always been known as a [...]
