Los Angeles Clippers
American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles.
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Buffalo Braves
American professional basketball franchise based in Buffalo, New York.
American professional basketball franchise based in Buffalo, New York.
The franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1984, and is now known as the Los Angeles Clippers.
Blake Griffin
American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Griffin was selected first overall by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 2009 NBA draft, and has since been a six-time NBA All-Star and a five-time All-NBA selection.
Chris Paul
American professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
American professional basketball player who plays for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He was instead dealt to the Los Angeles Clippers later that year.
Donald Sterling
Donald T. Sterling (né Tokowitz; April 26, 1934) is an American attorney and businessman who was the owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Clippers professional basketball franchise of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 2014.
DeAndre Jordan
American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Jordan was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round of the 2008 NBA draft with the 35th overall pick.
NBA Conference Finals
The National Basketball Association Conference Finals are the Eastern and Western championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA), a major professional basketball league in North America.
The National Basketball Association Conference Finals are the Eastern and Western championship series of the National Basketball Association (NBA), a major professional basketball league in North America.
The Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks, Sacramento Kings, Memphis Grizzlies and Los Angeles Clippers have each played in at least one Conference Finals (Denver has played in four, Atlanta and Sacramento in two), but they have each failed to win their respective conference title.
Portland Trail Blazers
American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon.
American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon.
Along with the Cleveland Cavaliers and Buffalo Braves (now Los Angeles Clippers), the Trail Blazers entered the NBA in 1970 as an expansion team, under coach Rolland Todd.
Bill Walton
American television sportscaster and former professional basketball player.
American television sportscaster and former professional basketball player.
Walton sat out the 1978–79 season and was then signed by the San Diego Clippers (now Los Angeles Clippers), for whom he played four injury-plagued seasons.
Bob McAdoo
American former professional basketball player and coach.
American former professional basketball player and coach.
Buffalo acted anyway, and McAdoo was selected with the No. 2 overall pick by the Buffalo Braves (now the Los Angeles Clippers), after rumors that contract talks between the Portland Trail Blazers and McAdoo didn't come to fruition with the first pick.
Expansion team
New team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area.
New team in a sports league, usually from a city that has not hosted a team in that league before, formed with the intention of satisfying the demand for a local team from a population in a new area.
1970: Cleveland Cavaliers; Buffalo Braves (later San Diego Clippers, now Los Angeles Clippers); Portland Trail Blazers