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  • How Not To Meet A Free Agent - Los Angeles Clippers Style

    I found this article on Hoopsworld. You wonder why the Los Angeles Clippers are the way they are. Here is what not to do when you are meeting a free agent, especially when it is Lebron James.


    Jason Fleming - 07/02/2010 4:17pm EST
    If you need a translation of the press release, it says we really tried hard, but he didn't seem that impressed since we didn't bring an owner, coach, or player to talk about the team. LeBron won't be coming to L.A.

    Eric Pincus - 07/02/2010 4:13pm EST
    After meeting with LeBron James, the Los Angeles Clipper released the following statement from General Manager Neil Olshey:

    "We can only surmise how the meeting went from our standpoint, and from our standpoint, it went very well. We approached it in a very honest and direct way, and we felt that their reaction was considerate and receptive."

    "We're not going to go into any details about the meeting's specifics. But it was our goal to present tangible and very obvious reasons as to why we think LeBron choosing our organization is his best option: we clearly have the best team already in place for him to join, we have the best city, the best arena, the best practice facility – overall the best situation."

    "By communicating all of that in a sincere way, we accomplished our preliminary goal."

    "Now what we can do is wait and see how it all resonates, plus continue to be comprehensive in our efforts to improve our team for the upcoming season."

    "No matter what, we're getting at least one great new player this summer: his name is Blake Griffin."

    Steve Kyler - 07/02/2010 3:30pm EST
    The LA Clippers were the least spectacular of the teams to meet with LeBron James so far.

    Owner Donald Sterling did not make the trip. It was Team President Andy Rosser and GM Neil Olshey . The Clips meeting lasted almost an hour, by contrast the HEAT's meeting lasted almost 3 hours, the Knicks and Nets ran just over 2 hours.

    Not sure if the Clippers brought a VHS tape, but word was their presentation lacked punch.

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    Originally posted by key2win View Post

    Jason Fleming - 07/02/2010 4:17pm EST
    If you need a translation of the press release, it says we really tried hard, but he didn't seem that impressed since we didn't bring an owner, coach, or player to talk about the team. LeBron won't be coming to L.A.

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    • #3
      Leave it to the Clippers to mess this up. Lebron actually agreed to meet with them and the owner cant even show up.

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      • #4
        Clippers should be embarrassed. The Cleveland media has basically been blasting them all day on how pathetic their 'performance' was during the meeting.

        Collecting: Browns/Cavaliers/Indians GU/Autos,
        Ohio State Autos, Jamaal Charles GU/Autos,
        Johnson/Mears/
        Reutimann/Nadeau

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        • #5
          Ok logically I dont see how this makes sense. The Clippers only had a one hour meeting with Lebron James. Then this gets reported from Hoopsworld.

          Clippers Have Three-Hour Meeting With Mike Miller

          The Clippers had a three-hour meeting with free-agent forward Mike Miller on Saturday.

          Los Angeles general manager Neil Olshey says no offer was made to Miller, but a "conceptual framework" was discussed during the meeting.

          The Clippers held their meeting with Miller one day after sitting down with LeBron James.

          "The meeting with LeBron went really well, but this is like the recruiting period in college," Olshey said. "You don't just recruit one guy. The players are doing the same thing. They understand what's going on. Mike wants to be patient right now too.

          "There's going to be a very competitive market for Mike and we're in that market."

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