How bad will it affect the Clippers if Billups is done?

[Bcatswin]

Seems like JR Smith will be a must now. Mo is a substantial back up though, but not like Big Shot.

Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chauncey Billups' season may be in jeopardy after he suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon.

Was looking forward to watching this team even more with the addition of Kmart!

[jeffdane]

clipps will be better now, more mo williams.

[Bcatswin]

Dont you think Smith would be a big help as well?

[jeffdane]

mo was pissed when he had to lose minutes to billups.

i think jr smith will help any team. hes in shape and instant offense.

billups is shooting under 40% this year.

more shots for griffin, paul, and williams will be a good thing.

obviously the minutes billups played will need to be replaced but his game will not be missed that much.

[Bluehorseshoe]

It's not the end of the world. Bledsoe comes back soon so that will help.

[Smoke]

losing billups is not good. They are done

[William Walters]

So many blowhards these days.................just read what Chris Paul had to say and you'll understand the significance:


Chris Paul, clearly upset after the game, said Billups means "everything" to the Clippers and didn't want to speak too much before receiving solid news about Billups' injury.

"He's the best guard I've ever started with in the backcourt since I've been in the NBA," Paul said. "I trust him with anything, and that's not just on the court. We need him, no question."

When asked if a Billups' injury would affect the Clippers' strategy, Paul answered, "What you think? Yeah, it ain't no secret. We're going to play and hopefully it's not that bad."

[Bcatswin]

So many blowhards these days.................just read what Chris Paul had to say and you'll understand the significance:


Chris Paul, clearly upset after the game, said Billups means "everything" to the Clippers and didn't want to speak too much before receiving solid news about Billups' injury.

"He's the best guard I've ever started with in the backcourt since I've been in the NBA," Paul said. "I trust him with anything, and that's not just on the court. We need him, no question."

When asked if a Billups' injury would affect the Clippers' strategy, Paul answered, "What you think? Yeah, it ain't no secret. We're going to play and hopefully it's not that bad."

[Bbobbi]

It's huge possible a career ending injury for billup and at least 6-8 months out. He wont be back for the playoffs or the olympics. Very sad to see him go down like this. Especially with this clippers team waiting patiently for a "championship" caliber team and to go down with an injury as always.

[jjgold]

Tough loss but that injury is an age injury
I think they will be fine though

[riffraff24]

You guys are right about Mo being butt hurt about losing minutes. However I think that was a HUGE motivating factor for him. It will be interesting to see if he has the same kind of drive knowing he is guaranteed the minutes...

[512Rockstar]

Clippers curse!

[zsr]

The clippers don't have any money to sign jr smith. All they can offer is the vets minimum

[Ghenghis Kahn]

clipps will be better now, more mo williams.

you kidding me? clippers win by half a dozen without overtime in last night's game without chauncey's injury.

[Pauulzcappin]

No Billups, no chance.

[alamo]

Chawkey is critical to the Clippers chance. I think the Clips go downhill without him

[MoneyOnBball]

They should definitely go after JR Smith now.

[wantitall4moi]

Billups was the best free throw shooter they had, that cant be discounted. he also knows how to play defense a little bit. But at his age that was a little less than what it used to be. I think Paul went a little overboard with his statement but he is a team guy and understands how to make team statements.

I think the change is nominal but I think it is significant enough to say what little chance they had to steal the championship ended when he went down. They can still win the west but I dont think they have enough to beat Chicago or Miami without Billups. With him they had a punchers chance.

[jackdean33]

billups was playing great ball making vital shots this year. big loss. jr is a must now.

[Bcatswin]

Yes, JR Smith is a need no doubt. Either way you cut it, huge loss losing Billups. BOL to Billups in the future, this could be the end of his career.

[Ghenghis Kahn]

yeah man, kinda feel bad for the dude. he left ny because he wasn't getting any respect over there and clippers was the perfect fit for his game this year. damn, might be career ending...

[frostno98]

Sucks for Kenyon Martin, who went to the Clippers just to play with Billups. More likely that JR Smith might end up with the Knicks now, or back in Denver.

[pacocn]

Not at all, till playoff time, i would have
him be an assistant coach, he is getting paid anyhow.

[HoulihansTX]

You guys are calling for JR Smith as if he won the Nuggets a million games.

JR Smith keeps both teams in the game. He is a more talented version of Mo Williams. Makes no one better on the court, and is a streak shooter.

[gryfyn1]

Mo Williams wont see alot more playing time. He's already averaging 28 mins per game I dount that moves much past 32-33/game. Foye will see a bigger jump going from about 20 to 28 mins.

And really its a lot bigger deal is how soon Bledsoe is ready to see playing time.

[bleek88]

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[oldscho0led]

JR Smith will sign w/ the Lakers

[migz]

JR Smith show

[allstarsteven123]

blake griffin needs to step up...big time...

[DerekMadden]

more Courtney Fortson?

[H1Cypher]

Having Williams not come off the bench is gonna hurt. If he starts they won't have instant offense off the bench. Randy Foye also has the microwave factor but not nearly as good as Williams. This hurts the starting lineup and the bench scoring, but they are deep and players will step up.

[Bones33]

billups=overrated...was holding CP3 back...took retarded pull up threes...held the ball and stalled the offense.