<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Amid speculation that they are close to reaching an agreement with Cuttino Mobley on terms of a five-year contract, the Clippers also are believed to have made an offer to free-agent forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim. The Clippers, stung by Bobby Simmons' soon-to-be-official departure to the Milwaukee Bucks, have made landing Mobley their top priority. The veteran shooting guard, who will turn 30 on Sept. 1, would fill their most pressing need after ranking third in the NBA in three-point shooting accuracy last season while playing for the Orlando Magic and Sacramento Kings. The Clippers last season ranked last in the NBA in three-point shots tried and made. Mobley's agent, however, denied that a deal was imminent. Of scuttlebutt that the two sides were close to an agreement ? contracts cannot be signed until a moratorium ends July 22 ? Andy Miller said, "I'm glad the scuttlebutt thinks so. I can't answer for the scuttlebutt." Added the agent, whose client opted out of a contract that would have paid him $6.4 million next season: "We're still having discussions right now. I don't really have any answers; nothing substantive I can tell you at this point." The Kings, though, say they believe Mobley will soon be a Clipper. "I haven't heard it officially," club President Geoff Petrie told the Sacramento Bee, "but after my last conversation with Andy [Miller], it definitely sounded like the way he was headed.</div> Source
The Clippers are desperate, don't they already got Elton Brand. They know he won't go to them, he wants to start.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting J_Ray:</div><div class="quote_post">The Clippers are desperate, don't they already got Elton Brand. They know he won't go to them, he wants to start.</div> He also wants to go somewhere hes never been. The playoffs.
I think the plan is to move CMaggs to off-guard again, put Reef at SF, and keep brand at PF. Again, this signing doesn't make much sense, because it forces two players to play out of position and the Clippers still won't have anyone on the court who can spot up and shoot from the perimeter. If Mobley or Reef is signed, I have to imagine CMaggs is going to be traded.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting The Big Ticket:</div><div class="quote_post">He also wants to go somewhere hes never been. The playoffs.</div> So the Clippers are better than the newly reamped Bucks? The east is weaker than the west, so the Bucks would be a better fit. I don't think the Clippers have what it takes to make the playoffs, with a very strong west full of very good big man, Kaman won't hold up for them.
