January 23, 2008
A Throwdown in LA. Clippers Style.
Clips owner Donald Sterling on Tuesday courtesy of TJ Simers:
"I'm not happy," Sterling said. "The fans aren't happy, and can't be happy when they don't see a motivated performance. I want to make L.A. fans proud of this team, but if [ElginBaylor and Mike Dunleavy] can't make it happen, then I have no choice but to make changes."
Wow. Who woke Donald Sterling up? After 30 years of not caring, now we are supposed to believe he cares?
At any rate, Mike Dunleavy is not pleased about the rare event (also courtesy of Simers):
"It's his team and he can do whatever he likes . . . but look, you can find any coach you want, bring him in here and run the situation. But I don't think they are going to do as good a job as I do. And that's period. "You give me the budget," Dunleavy said, "and I'm going to be OK with it. I'm not asking anyone to go to the luxury tax. But if we gather information and put deals in place that I think benefit the team and somebody who is not in basketball operations disagrees with it, sorry, you've just taken it out of my hands."
Wow. Game on? Maybe if the Clips played with that kind of passion, the team wouldn't be at this juncture...
