Hoops

Milos Teodosic Signs With Clippers

Doc will start Austin for sure till he gets fired before all star break, Griffin will get injured, Jordan will be traded to Celtics and they'll go back to being the clippers we all love, the Nets out west. Lakers will make playoffs and Clips will be there little brother and Taylor Swift will be the only banner they have flying at Staples.

The problem I find for Euro guards entering the NBA is that the teams don't know how to use them, and then place them in an offence that doesn't utilise their talents. You see guys like Brandon jennings go to Europe and do not a lot but then make lots of noise in the NBA the following year. How long did it take for an NBA team to actually use Drazen properly? It happens all the time. Not that all these Euro players are going to come in and be an all star off the bat, but they never seem to get the respect they deserve from coaches to players to media and so on.

I think we will see a repeat of Juan Carlos Navarro in the nba. Great player in europe no-one is debating it and reasonably good in his rookie and only nba season but just didn't want to stick around.

I love watching him play but a number of European guards have failed to crack it in the NBA such as Spanoulis and Huertas .

He will be a liability on defense and may not be quick enough to take a lock down defender off the dribble.

I hope he makes it, but I won't be surprised if he's back in Europe in a year or two.

So Patty is signing with the Clips as well?

Yeah, my concerns are the same as paul's.
I'll wait to see how badly he gets abused on defence before going out on a limb about what he'll do for the Clippers.
Great to see him get a shot though.

I doubt he will be a backup.

Keep in mind they lost Paul and Redick. With the West improving I can't see them faring better than they did last season. Still a good move by the Clippers though in isolation.

I imagine they could run with Teodosic and Beverley together for stretches: Beverley doesn't need the ball on offense and is a great defender, and Teodosic is great with the ball but could be a defensive liability. It's probably a better guard combo than substituting Austin Rivers or Felton for one of those two.

Teodosic likely will be the back up PG to Beverley.

I wouldn't call them a legitimate threat either, but Teodosic certainly covers the loss of Paul and they have added some other nice pieces as well.

Whether they can ever get their full team healthy and on the court at the same time will be the real issue. Blake won't be back for half the season either.

Teodosic killed the Boomers in that Olympic semi, made us look stupid several times.

Legitimate threat!? No. Competitive enough to keep the fan $ rolling? Yes. This is a player ill be watching closely, can play.

OMG WOW. CP3 not really that much of a loss now with Teodosic coming in. Wow Clippers what a signing. Maaaaaaan the West is even more stacked now.

Yeah add in Danilo too. This team looks like they've possibly turned the corner and may be a legitimate threat this season

Wow, a future Hall of Famer in CP3 walks out on you, but after some savvy moves and some injury luck the Clips could being significantly better next year.

Commitment or team needs - what's your preference?