<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">For years, the Clippers were mostly dreadful, the laughingstocks of the NBA. Not anymore. A team once synonymous with losing, mismanagement and ineptitude on every level is now simply one of the league?s best. ?I don?t want to go back to what it was. I?m just enjoying the moment,? said Elgin Baylor, the team?s vice president of basketball operations since 1986 who was recently voted Sporting News NBA Executive of the Year. ?That?s kind of a blur, to think about the tough days,? star forward Elton Brand said. ?Everyone is talking about the Clippers. This is great to see.? The Clippers are one win ? dare the words be spoken ? from their first berth in the Western Conference finals. They?re tied 3-3 with the Suns entering Game 7 Monday night in Phoenix. This is the same franchise that entered the season with one winning record since moving to Los Angeles in 1984 ? three years after Donald T. Sterling took over ownership. The Clippers were 572-1,118 in the past 21 seasons and made the playoffs only three times without winning a postseason series. That?s before they went 47-35 this year ? the second-best record in the 36-year history of the franchise ? resulting in their first playoff berth since 1997. </div> link: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12888127/ congrats to the clippers and to all of their LOYAL fans
As great as Sam Cassell's career is/was, this Clipper turnaround is the defining moment of his career. Sam Cassell is a winner and extudes that to his teammates.
I also like that the Clippers seem like a fun team to be a fan of this year. At least as far as I've seen there's little drama or thug stuff going on like with some other teams. Congrats to LA having a cool team to get behind now.
