Hooped Up

A little while after Camby was traded he was a bitter dude that wanted no part of the Clippers, now he’s come around and is ready for a new chapter.  I’d feel sorry for him but, oh ya he’s a millionare. Hell, if I had a time machine and had to play for the 1995 Vancouver Grizzlies, I’d be as happy as a girl in Bed & Body Works buying pump soap.  

“Whatever the reason, former Nuggets center Marcus Camby no longer openly harbors the bitterness that came over him when Denver traded him to the Los Angeles Clippers in a cost-cutting move July 13. Sure, Camby still believes the Nuggets could have handled the situation better, but he appears to have moved on from the days when he felt “blindsided, distraught, disrespected.” ”I was upset at the time, how things transpired out there in Denver, but after being out here, that is like a thing of the past right now,” Camby said during a telephone interview from Los Angeles. “I’m enjoying my new situation. I’m enjoying this new chapter of my career. I’m going to try to make the best of the situation, but I think the situation can be a great one and a promising one.” 

Baron Davis and Kate Hudson were spotted leaving new Hollywood hotspot Bardot after a night of partying. However this might not be anything as these two were old high school buddies in Santa Monica.  The real question is, did Baron Davis “stop short” on Kate Hudson.

Moving back home has it’s perks!

Via TMZ

The Clips finally got some good news and learned that the face of the organization and face of Jenny Craig Baron Davis will not need surgery on his injured finger.   However, the Jenny Craig’s might still win more games than the Clippers this year.

“There may have been more from a certain point guard named Baron Davis, but that was the essential information of the day. Davis will not need surgery for his torn finger ligament and could resume basketball activities in about a week, the team said.

“I told him it was great news,” Dunleavy said. “It’s about as good as I could have hoped for.”

LA Times

Why pay two people to make your club mediocre when you only need to pay one.                  

“The Los Angeles Clippers replaced long-time general manager Elgin Baylor on Tuesday, allowing coach Mike Dunleavy to assume the responsibilities.

The team did not specify a reason for Baylor’s departure. According to the Los Angeles Times, Dunleavy said that he was told Baylor was retiring. Comments made by Baylor, however, suggest otherwise.

“There’s a dispute going on,” Baylor told the Orange County Register. “My attorney advised me not to discuss it.”

An 11-time All-Star as a player, Baylor joined the Clippers in 1986 as vice president of basketball operations after a stellar 14-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers and a brief coaching stint with the New Orleans Jazz. ”

National Post

Anybody that goes to the LA Clippers on their own will, has got to be an optimist or does not have a television.  But could playing for the Clippers be worst than it appears? Corey Maggette thinks so.

“New Clippers’ point guard Baron Davis played it cool when asked Tuesday about the comments ex-Clipper Corey Maggette made about his former team at the Golden State Warriors media day. Maggette, who left via free agency over the summer, was quoted in various Bay Area newspapers as saying “Baron will be in for a rude awakening.” Davis, who said he speaks with Maggette frequently and considers him a friend, said he preferred not to speak about Maggette’s feelings”

LA Daily News

It was white chocolate in…white chocolate out for Jason Williams as he called it quits and retired from the NBA today according to the Los Angeles Times.  Williams joined the Clippers this summer as a free-agent on a one year deal and never made it to training camp with his new club.  

In a 10 year career, Williams played for the Sacramento Kings, Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat winning a championship in 2006.  For his career Williams averaged 11.4 points and 6.3 assists and racket up a ton of highlights especially with the Kings. That crossover on Gary Payton, still makes me hold my head! 

Above is a Jason Williams highlight package with the Red Hot Chili Peppers song Californication used for the audio, which I find insanely ironic.

Earlier this week, Baron Davis reviled that he is using the Jenny Craig weight lost program to shed some unwanted off-season weight.  I guess the slim and trim people of Jenny Craig were listening, as today according to The Mercury News Baron Davis was named an official spokesperson for the weight loss brand joining Queen Latifah and Valerie Bertinelli. 

Jenny Craig just turned into free Jenny Craig.

Here are some pictures that surfaced of Jessica Alba and a possibly slimmer Baron Davis on a beach in Cabo via Popsugar.

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The NBA is going global in all aspect these days and Baron Davis is the latest player to test the international market.  He’ll still be a Los Angeles Clippers  but, Davis will join Shaquille O’Neal, Damon Jones and Chuck Hayes on team Li Ning leaving his former sponsor Reebok behind. 

Li Ning is a popular Chinese based shoe company founded by former the national Olympic hero of the same name. Li joined the country’s first-ever Olympic team and came back from the 1984 Games with 6 medals. 

Li Ning also lit the cauldron in the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics.