The Pre-Funk: Blazers at Clippers 10/9

The all day coverage you need to go into tonight's contest. We're just making sure you're prepared to drop that extra knowledge on the brosephs to get you another smidgen of respect.

Party attendees...

As always, the Los Angeles Clippers are loaded with talent which now includes one of the NBA's young superstars, Blake Griffin. The Clipshow's newest draftee will gladly be welcomed in by the Portland's bigs, especially this "new" and improved Greg Oden. Baron Davis and Al Thornton will also join Griffin and likely force the Blazers into some interesting matchups for McMillan to combat. Fortunately for Portland, a certain free agent signing can now match the lowpost-guard-grind that Davis has enjoyed against the Blazers in previous years. Expect a ton of lineup shuffling, but also expect a pretty entertaining game. Now only if we could watch it.

On Tap...

Shoot around coverage including starting lineup changes. [Behind the Beat]
Portland gets to welcome Blake Griffin to the NBA. [LA Times]
The pre-game conversation if interested. [ESPN.com]
Enemy coverage from Clips Nation and ClipperBlog.
Roy cracks the top 15 in Chinese jersey sales. [SLAM]
B-Roy also getting mentioned in MVP chit chat. [HoopsWorld]
Only a fool would question McMillan and Pritchard right now. [Blazer Banter]

Cheap Shots...

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