YAYsports! NBA

Everything which was new but old is now old and no longer new, yet the same, once again.

For the first time!

The Clippers lost to the Kings last night, and the most unstoried franchise in Los Angeles is on a journey back to its true destiny. Step one is complete, as they’re now below .500.

How did this all come to pass? Were the Clips of last year just a fluke? Some say Elton Brand is playing on tired, Olympic Teamish legs. Others blame the lack of players named Shaun Livingston who aren’t busts. Still others will tell you center Chris Kaman is relaxing on his $50M extention.

Newly extended (4 mo’ years!) Head Coach Mike Dunleavy…weighs in.

“They’ve been tough on us,” said Dunleavy, 0-13 against the Kings as Clippers coach, before the game.

“Last year they weren’t in the playoffs and I made the comment, ‘If I could drop two teams out, one in the East and one in the West, I would drop out this team and Miami.’

“As far as anybody else was concerned, I felt pretty good about us having a chance to beat those teams. I mean, we’ll give all those teams a real good series.”

Well, there you have it - the Clips’ problems are all because the Heat and the Kings are still in the NBA.

We’d say their problem is as follows:

1) Elton Brand is tired.
2) They don’t have any players named Shaun Livingston who aren’t busts.
3) Chris Kaman loves money and girls.

Ah. It seems all the other people we mentioned above were correct, leaving us sitting here, completely irrelevant, once again.

NOTE: The LA Times has a new Clippers blog, if you’re into Clippers blogs that are associated with the LA Times.

NOTE 2: Ron Artest!