<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Perennial losers on the court, the Clippers are "probably one of the most successful teams in the world financially," with "resources to do whatever we want in the L.A. market," owner Donald T. Sterling said Sunday. Sterling told radio station XTRA in a rare interview that the Clippers' failures over more than two decades under his stewardship were because of poor decisions in the draft but stopped short of blaming General Manager Elgin Baylor.</div> http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-clipre...eadlines-sports
Wow that is the biggest bunch of bs I've ever heard from this guy. The Clippers have ALWAYS had very good players, and their drafts haven't been bad either. Even if they don't draft the best player they could they end up turning it into a good trade, for example Chandler for Brand. It has never been about if they could draft enough talent for the Clippers, it's always been about if they can keep their young players around long enough to develop into the superstars they are capable of becoming... which is something they've never done. There's no one else to blame for the Clippers' failures over the years but Donald Sterling himself.
// agree....I wish I can assassinate that fool donald....he's a punk a**. We should all chip in and buy the team ourselves and can do better.
Bad drafts? Chandler turned into Elton Brand, the guy that Sterling broke his piggy bank to re-sign. Wilcox is now a very valuable starter and Livingston has shown promise. Sterling needs to actually look around and realize that the Clippers' drafts have actually been very fruitful in hindsight.
