The Clippers have acquired 25-year old PG/SG Bobby Brown from the Hornets for a conditional 2nd round pick. I really like this move for the Clippers as Brown will back up Baron Davis at the point until Sebastian Telfair is ready to return to action. Brown played in 22 games (0 starts) for the Hornets last season and he was averaging 14.9 minutes, 6.6 points, 0.8 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. Brown has now played in 90 games (2 starts) in his NBA career and he is averaging 14.0 minutes, 5.6 points, 0.8 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game.

Veteran point guard Baron Davis is one of the reasons the Clippers are better than usual this season. He has played in 42 games (41 starts) this season and he is averaging 34.2 minutes, 16.2 points, 3.5 rebounds, 8.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game. The Clippers need Davis to stay healthy as he has been outstanding in keeping everyone involved in the offense.

The Clippers have lost back-up point guard Sebastian Telfair for the next 4-6 weeks due to a strained right groin. Telfair has played in 39 games (1 start) for the Clippers this season and he is averaging 14.9 minutes, 4.3 points, 1.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Mardy Collins will likely pick up Telfair’s minutes at the point. He has played in 22 games (0 starts) for the Clippers this season and he is averaging 8.1 minutes, 1.8 points, 1.0 rebound and 0.5 assists per game. The Clippers have signed 24-year old point guard JamesOn Curry to provide depth at the point but he has never played in a NBA game.

21-year old center DeAndre Jordan has stepped up lately with Chris Kaman missing a few games. In his last 5 games, Jordan is averaging 23.8 minutes, 9.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.2 blocked shots per game. Overall this season, Jordan has played in 30 games (5 starts) in which he is averaging 12.3 minutes, 3.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.1 assists per game. He is shooting 65.3% from the floor but only 36.7% from the free throw line so Jordan has something to work on. But, he is showing signs of being a pretty good basketball player and that make the Clippers happy.

I would never consider SG/SF Eric Piatkowski as anything more than a decent bench player with a nice long range shot. He played in 616 games in his career with the Clippers averaging 20.5 minutes, 8.6 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. Piatkowski is #2 all-time in games played in team history (616), #9 in minutes played (12,655), #1 in three pointers made (738) and he is #10 all-time in franchise history in scoring with 5,269 points scored. That fact that Piatkowski is so high on some all-time lists speaks volumes about how the Clippers change direction so often by trading players or letting them go.

Starting power forward Marcus Camby seemed like a player the Clippers didn’t want anymore before the season started. As soon as the Clippers drafted Blake Griffin the rumors swirled that Camby was on his way out of town. Boy were the Clippers smart not to trade Camby with Griffin now down for the year without even scoring a point or playing a minute. Camby has played in 36 games (all starts) for the Clippers this season and he is averaging 31.6 minutes, 8.1 points, 11.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.1 blocked shots per game. Camby has been kind of injury prone in his NBA career to date so the Clippers will be keeping their fingers crossed hoping for his continued health.

Los Angeles Clippers fans had a lot to be excited about coming into the 2009-’10 NBA season, mainly because they took the very talented and explosive Blake Griffin with the number one pick in the NBA Draft.  Their excitement was worthy and he was living up to the hype in the seven preseason games he played in for the Clippers, averaging 13.7 points, 8.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.4 steals, while shooting 57% from the field and playing just 28.1 minutes per game.  Granted preseason is a lot different than a regular season game, both in intensity and execution, but those are some pretty damn good numbers for a rookie.  Unfortunately Griffin injured his knee on a big dunk during the final preseason game.  What seemed like a minor injury at the time, turned into a long stint on the injured list and some devastating news hit the Clippers today as the 6’10″, 255 lbs Griffin will undergo season-ending knee surgery.  Even though Griffin is a rookie, he was obviously ready to make an immediate impact and the 17-19 Clippers would be a different team with him.  Hopefully for Griffin and Clippers fans’ sake this is not a sign of things to come for his career and he can bounce back 100% next season.

The 21-year-old Eric Gordon made an immediate impact for the Los Angeles Clippers last season as a rookie, averaging 16.1 points, 2.8 assists, 2.6 rebounds, and 1.0 steals while shooting 46% from the field and 39% from three.  Gordon has always been a hard-worker, dating back to his high school days as a phenom at North Central High School in Indianapolis and his one-and-done year at Indiana University.  He has a professional approach to his game and it is paying off.  Gordon has missed 9 games this season, but he is a strong player and I am not worried about Gordon having an injury plagued career.  Despite missing some games this season due to injury, Gordon has improved in almost every statistical category.  He is averaging 17.3 points, 3.0 assists, 2.8 rebounds, 1.6 steals while shooting 47% from the field and 40% from three point land.  Gordon has a great approach for such a young player, and there are a lot of older NBA players that could learn from the youngster.  The Clippers should hold on to this guy, as he will be a top guard in this league for a while.

Center Chris Kaman has turned into a outstanding player for the Clippers. All he needed was health to prove how good he really is and he is the reason the Clippers are playing well this year. He has played in 32 games (all starts) for the Clippers this season and he is averaging 36.8 minutes, 20.3 points, 9.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.4 blocked shots per game. With Kaman playing as well as he is and rookie Blake Griffin almost ready to make his debut look for the Clippers to make a run at the playoffs this season.