Los Angeles Clippers Tickets : The Team Were Awarded The First Overall Pick In The 2009 Nba Draft
The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles
, California, United States. They play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and are a member of the NBA Western Conference's Pacific Division.
The club's home games are played at the Staples Center, an arena that it shares with the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Sparks, and the Los Angeles Kings. The team has only seven winning seasons in its entire history, and only two since moving to Los Angeles.
On May 19, 2009 the Los Angeles Clippers were awarded the first overall pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. The Clippers had a 17.7% chance of being awarded the first pick. With the 1st selection in the draft, they selected forward Blake Griffin from Oklahoma. To open up a spot in the starting lineup for Griffin, Los Angeles traded Zach Randolph to Memphis for Quentin Richardson on July 1. Richardson was then traded on July 20 to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Sebastian Telfair, Craig Smith, and Mark Madsen.
Although Griffin immediately impressed in training camp and the preseason, his rookie season was short-lived. On October 23, he broke his kneecap during the Clippers' final exhibition game against New Orleans, most likely after a dunk that left him wincing in pain. Initially, the Clippers' stated that Griffin only had a sore left knee which would make him questionable for the season opener the following Tuesday night before revealing the break. The injury ultimately sidelined Griffin for the entire season.
On February 4, 2010, head coach Mike Dunleavy resigned his position as head coach, and Kim Hughes was named interim coach.[22] Dunleavy retained his front-office title and duties for just over a month, but on March 10, 2010 he was fired as General Manager of the Clippers, being replaced by Neil Oshley. Dunleavy received the news of his dismissal from the internet, as well as friends and reporters calling his cell phone.
The Los Angeles Times reported on April 20, 2010 that Dunleavy has filed for arbitration and that the Clippers have cut off his salary, even though his guaranteed contract does not end until after the 2010-2011 season.[24] Although the Clippers did see some minor improvement, finishing with ten more wins at 29-53, Hughes was fired as head coach at the end of the season.
On March 1, 2006 the Clippers held the New Orleans Hornets to an NBA record low 16 points in the second half of play. Since the introduction of the shot clock, no point total for a half had been lower than 19. Coincidentally, one of three teams to have such a low point total in a half was the Clippers.
On March 23, 2007 the Utah Jazz (44/23 at the time) lost to the Clippers (32/36 coming into the match) 104/72 in Los Angeles. That was the largest margin of defeat by an NBA team at least 20 games over .500 to a team under .500 since the Houston Rockets lost to the Orlando Magic 114/82 on March 30, 1991.
The Clippers are currently the oldest NBA team to never appear in the NBA Finals.
The Clippers are one of three teams (along with the Memphis Grizzlies and the Charlotte Bobcats) to have never won an NBA Championship, Conference Championship, or a Division Championship in their franchise's history.
On July 6, 2010, multiple sources close to the team confirmed that Vinny Del Negro will become the Clippers' next head coach.
On August 16th, the team introduced new uniform designs at a photo shoot, at the team's practice facility. Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan modeled the new uniforms, which were re-designed for the first time since the 2000/01 season.
The Clippers' primary and secondary logos, which are modifications of the previous ones, were introduced to the public weeks earlier, on the night of the 2010 NBA Draft.
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