<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:rawvoice="http://www.rawvoice.com/rawvoiceRssModule/" > <channel><title>Comments on: Jamal Crawford &amp; Chauncey Billups Sign with the Clippers. Who Has the Best Team in Los Angeles?</title> <atom:link href="http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/</link> <description>Sports, Media, Entertainment</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 20:56:49 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator> <item><title>By: Sean Jean</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706707</link> <dc:creator>Sean Jean</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 16:52:14 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706707</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;On the heels of the Clippers landing Lamar Odom earlier this week, one could argue (easily, in fact) that Chris Paul’s Los Angeles team is better than Kobe’s Los Angeles team.&lt;/blockquote&gt;lol.  Stop.  Just stop.Since when are Jamal Crawford and Lamar Odom big signings?  Stop.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>On the heels of the Clippers landing Lamar Odom earlier this week, one could argue (easily, in fact) that Chris Paul’s Los Angeles team is better than Kobe’s Los Angeles team.</p></blockquote><p>lol.  Stop.  Just stop.</p><p>Since when are Jamal Crawford and Lamar Odom big signings?  Stop.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: HtownHacker</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706442</link> <dc:creator>HtownHacker</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:18:09 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706442</guid> <description><![CDATA[Didn&#039;t you predict the Clippers would be better than the Lakers last year, too? Did you have them in the finals? Can&#039;t remember...]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Didn&#8217;t you predict the Clippers would be better than the Lakers last year, too? Did you have them in the finals? Can&#8217;t remember&#8230;</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Vincent Vega</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706386</link> <dc:creator>Vincent Vega</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 13:56:20 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706386</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Seriously, it’s like no one who writes basketball here ever even watches a single game.&lt;/blockquote&gt; I believe this is the same crap he spewed last season when the Clips looked half decent. Nothing like good ol&#039; knee-jerk (and idiotic) proclamations. I thought that was the hook for sportstalk radio? Ugh./wanking motion]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Seriously, it’s like no one who writes basketball here ever even watches a single game.</p></blockquote><p> I believe this is the same crap he spewed last season when the Clips looked half decent. Nothing like good ol&#8217; knee-jerk (and idiotic) proclamations. I thought that was the hook for sportstalk radio? Ugh.</p><p>/wanking motion</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ballz is The Stig</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706284</link> <dc:creator>Ballz is The Stig</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:23:25 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706284</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Jesus, now I remember why I don’t read basketball posts here.&lt;/blockquote&gt;You should. They&#039;re fucking hilarious.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Jesus, now I remember why I don’t read basketball posts here.</p></blockquote><p>You should. They&#8217;re fucking hilarious.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ballz is The Stig</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706283</link> <dc:creator>Ballz is The Stig</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:20:36 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706283</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;First, let’s dismiss what Odom did last year&lt;/blockquote&gt;Holy Shit. Yea, that&#039;s right. I capitalized the word &#039;shit&#039;. If this post was a joke, than it would be hilarious. But, instead, it&#039;s kinda sad. I&#039;m not usually one of the people who pile on you for writing shitty basketball posts, but, holy shit. This is one shitty basketball post.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>First, let’s dismiss what Odom did last year</p></blockquote><p>Holy Shit. Yea, that&#8217;s right. I capitalized the word &#8216;shit&#8217;. If this post was a joke, than it would be hilarious. But, instead, it&#8217;s kinda sad. I&#8217;m not usually one of the people who pile on you for writing shitty basketball posts, but, holy shit. This is one shitty basketball post.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: golfercraig</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706282</link> <dc:creator>golfercraig</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:18:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706282</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#039;ll bet you 1000 cash the Mavs don&#039;t finish 13th in the West. The rest of the prediction was so laughable I almost missed this, the most laughable part.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ll bet you 1000 cash the Mavs don&#8217;t finish 13th in the West. The rest of the prediction was so laughable I almost missed this, the most laughable part.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: golfercraig</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706281</link> <dc:creator>golfercraig</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:16:42 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706281</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clips #2 in the West? Dangerous 1-8 rotation? 3 of the 8 can&#039;t score, 5 of the 8 can&#039;t play D, and 6 of the 8 can&#039;t rebound ( and the 2 who do rebound mostly just rebound their own bricks.) But adding 2 shitty players, and expecting a 36 year old with a ruptured achilles to come back is a good sign? (after he was single-handedly killing them LAST YEAR BEFORE HE MERCIFULLY GOT HURT?)Jesus, now I remember why I don&#039;t read basketball posts here.Did the EIC ever pay his bet off when he called someone &quot;crazy&quot; for predicting the Clippers getting ass-pounded in 4 by the Spurs? Seriously, it&#039;s like no one who writes basketball here ever even watches a single game.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clips #2 in the West? Dangerous 1-8 rotation? 3 of the 8 can&#8217;t score, 5 of the 8 can&#8217;t play D, and 6 of the 8 can&#8217;t rebound ( and the 2 who do rebound mostly just rebound their own bricks.) But adding 2 shitty players, and expecting a 36 year old with a ruptured achilles to come back is a good sign? (after he was single-handedly killing them LAST YEAR BEFORE HE MERCIFULLY GOT HURT?)Jesus, now I remember why I don&#8217;t read basketball posts here.</p><p>Did the EIC ever pay his bet off when he called someone &#8220;crazy&#8221; for predicting the Clippers getting ass-pounded in 4 by the Spurs? Seriously, it&#8217;s like no one who writes basketball here ever even watches a single game.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Ballz is The Stig</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706280</link> <dc:creator>Ballz is The Stig</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:13:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706280</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;Who Has the Best Team in Los Angeles?&lt;/blockquote&gt;The Lakers.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Who Has the Best Team in Los Angeles?</p></blockquote><p>The Lakers.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: oskie</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706238</link> <dc:creator>oskie</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:39:55 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706238</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;11. Houston (where’s the point guard?)Remember when Lin was a MVP contender? Yeah, me neither.&lt;/blockquote&gt;/takes off dunce cap //hands it to jason]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>11. Houston (where’s the point guard?)</p><p>Remember when Lin was a MVP contender? Yeah, me neither.</p></blockquote><p>/takes off dunce cap<br /> //hands it to jason</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: YYSA</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706235</link> <dc:creator>YYSA</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:32:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706235</guid> <description><![CDATA[Swap no chance th Suns will be worse than Houston. This list is about two weeks premature though]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Swap no chance th Suns will be worse than Houston. This list is about two weeks premature though</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: The Fan's Attic</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706229</link> <dc:creator>The Fan's Attic</dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2012 00:25:57 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706229</guid> <description><![CDATA[The reasoning in this post is impeccable.Let&#039;s look at Odom first.&lt;em&gt;First, let’s dismiss what Odom did last year. &lt;/em&gt;How old is Odom? 33 in the fall.  Coming of his worst season ever.  So let&#039;s assume he will be back to his 29 year old self now.Sure, makes sense.Now, let&#039;s look at Crawford.&lt;em&gt;Crawford returned to the Northwest last year with Portland and had the worst season of his career – 38 percent shooting from the field, 30 percent on 3-pointers. He’s 32 and his best years are behind him, but should still be able to provide punch off the bench.&lt;/em&gt;So, we should expect divergent results from two 32 year-old players coming off their worst seasons ever?  Ok.  That makes even more sense.Now let&#039;s look at Billups.&lt;em&gt;Billups? Veteran&lt;/em&gt;Great. That&#039;s all I need to know.  Except he&#039;s 36 in the fall and coming off a serious achilles injury. No reason to suspect he might have a fall off too now is there?Incredible and consistent reasoning on Big Mac&#039;s part.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The reasoning in this post is impeccable.</p><p>Let&#8217;s look at Odom first.</p><p><em>First, let’s dismiss what Odom did last year. </em></p><p>How old is Odom? 33 in the fall.  Coming of his worst season ever.  So let&#8217;s assume he will be back to his 29 year old self now.</p><p>Sure, makes sense.</p><p>Now, let&#8217;s look at Crawford.</p><p><em>Crawford returned to the Northwest last year with Portland and had the worst season of his career – 38 percent shooting from the field, 30 percent on 3-pointers. He’s 32 and his best years are behind him, but should still be able to provide punch off the bench.</em></p><p>So, we should expect divergent results from two 32 year-old players coming off their worst seasons ever?  Ok.  That makes even more sense.</p><p>Now let&#8217;s look at Billups.</p><p><em>Billups? Veteran</em></p><p>Great. That&#8217;s all I need to know.  Except he&#8217;s 36 in the fall and coming off a serious achilles injury. No reason to suspect he might have a fall off too now is there?</p><p>Incredible and consistent reasoning on Big Mac&#8217;s part.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: scripty</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706221</link> <dc:creator>scripty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:35:28 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706221</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just read that the 2013 Suns pick in the Lakers/Nash trade will be the worse of where the Lakers/Heat finish, due to myriad swaps finish.  So the Suns get the higher #&#039;d pick.  (i.e. they&#039;d pick 30th if the Heat had that pick and the Lakers had the 25th pick).]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just read that the 2013 Suns pick in the Lakers/Nash trade will be the worse of where the Lakers/Heat finish, due to myriad swaps finish.  So the Suns get the higher #&#8217;d pick.  (i.e. they&#8217;d pick 30th if the Heat had that pick and the Lakers had the 25th pick).</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Eric T0upal aka BrawnyTom</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706218</link> <dc:creator>Eric T0upal aka BrawnyTom</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:27:39 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706218</guid> <description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;4. San Antonio&lt;/blockquote&gt;Keep doubting the Spurs and they&#039;ll just keep winning.&lt;blockquote&gt;11. Houston (&lt;strong&gt;where’s the point guard&lt;/strong&gt;?)&lt;/blockquote&gt;Remember when Lin was a &lt;a href=&quot;http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/20/jeremy-lin-mvp-debate-in-this-shortened-season-does-he-have-a-shot/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;MVP contender&lt;/a&gt;? Yeah, me neither.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>4. San Antonio</p></blockquote><p>Keep doubting the Spurs and they&#8217;ll just keep winning.</p><blockquote><p>11. Houston (<strong>where’s the point guard</strong>?)</p></blockquote><p>Remember when Lin was a <a href="http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/02/20/jeremy-lin-mvp-debate-in-this-shortened-season-does-he-have-a-shot/" rel="nofollow">MVP contender</a>? Yeah, me neither.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: scripty</title><link>http://www.thebiglead.com/index.php/2012/07/05/jamal-crawford-chauncey-billups-sign-with-the-clippers-who-has-the-best-team-in-los-angeles/comment-page-1/#comment-1706217</link> <dc:creator>scripty</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 23:22:11 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://thebiglead.com/?p=193794#comment-1706217</guid> <description><![CDATA[that could be the rotation for lac but it is not the best;  this is where the spurs could use a tested coach that could mandate an alternate rotation and the players would accept it;not that it ever would happen...  Bird would be perfect for them....]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>that could be the rotation for lac but it is not the best;  this is where the spurs could use a tested coach that could mandate an alternate rotation and the players would accept it;</p><p>not that it ever would happen&#8230;  Bird would be perfect for them&#8230;.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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