About Los Angeles Clippers:
The Los Angeles Clippers play in the Pacific Division of NBA's Western Conference. Home games are played at the Staples Center , which the Clippers share with the LA Lakers. The team has some fantastic players, but they have had just 6 winning seasons throughout their history and just 2 since they moved to Los Angeles in 1984. Clippers History
The Clippers franchise was established in 1970 by Paul Snyder, and at the time they were called the Buffalo Braves. Dolph Schaves, the Hall of Fame Coach, coached the Braves. The team acquired Bob Kauffman and Don May through the NBA Expansion Draft of 1970. Their first year performance left a lot to be desired, typical of first year expansion teams. Kauffman was the star even as the team performed poorly.
The Braves then made some smart decisions and drafted some talented players including Bob McAdoo, who later went on to win the NBA Most Valuable Player award in 1974-75.
During 1976, Paul Snyder wanted to get them team off his hands and tried to strike many deals. The City of Buffalo blocked the move by filing a $10 million damage suit. Snyder later signed a 15 year lease with the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (the home of the Braves) with a provision that the lease can be voided if the team did not sell 5,000 tickets in any given season.
Snyder later sold 50% of the franchise to John Y. brown Jr., who then acquired the remaining half from Snyder sometime in 1976-77. Brown then sold part of the franchise to Harry T. Mangurain Jr. When the Braves sold the contract of McAdoo to the New York Knicks, the money went to Snyder, as per a clause stipulated during the initial transaction.
The team played poorly in 1976-77 and 1977-78. Rumors abounded that the franchise will be relocated due to low ticket sales. John Y. Brown then met with Irv Levin who owned the Celtics, to negotiate a deal to swap franchises. A win-win situation for both, because Levin wanted to own an NBA team in his native state, California, and knew that there was absolutely no chance he was going to be able to relocate the Celtics. The deal went through and eventually the Braves moved to San Diego , California , and were renamed as the San Diego Clippers.
Irv Levin later sold the team to Los Angeles real estate developer and attorney Donald Sterling for $20 million. The Clippers did not fare well in San Diego , the team averaged only 4,500 fans per game. Sterling subsequently relocated the team to his native Los Angeles in 1984.
The Los Angeles Clippers have had some ups and downs since 1984. They had two winning seasons, but their play still has scope for tremendous improvement.
Rebuilding the Los Angeles Clippers with Blake Griffin
The Clippers selected Blake Griffin as the first overall selection of the 2009 NBA Draft. Griffin immediately impressed, but a kneecap injury left his rookie season short-lived. Griffin was sidelined for the entire season.
On July 6, 2010, Vinny Del Negro, the former coach of Chicago Bulls, was hired as the Clippers' head coach. The team also introduced new uniform designs which were redesigned for the first time after 2000-01. Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan modeled the new uniforms.
The Clippers had a weak start this season, but they showed their strength when they beat the Oklahoma City Thunder, the New Orleans Hornets, and the San Antonio Spurs – all top teams of the Western Conference. CheapClippersTickets.com is the best way to get to see the action upfront. We have a huge inventory of the cheapest priced Clipper Tickets anywhere.
Griffin got off to a strong start, and had plenty of media attention focused on him which boosted local ratings of all Clippers games broadcasts. Griffin was chosen as a Western Conference Reserve in the 2011 NBA All-Star Game, and he also won the NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest.
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