Clippers Franchise History

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1984/85: As the Clippers arrived in Los Angeles they would make a major trade sending up and coming players Terry Cummings, Rickey Pierce, and Craig Hodges to the Milwaukee Bucks for Marques Johnson, Junior Bridgeman, Harvey Catchings, and cash, who were all past their prime. After splitting the first 2 games on the road the Clippers played their first game at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, which had been discarded by the Lakers as outdated in 1967, and since been used by USC on November 1st beating the New York Knicks by 2 points.

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Through the first 6 weeks the Clippers played .500 basketball. However, their season began to sink with a 6-game losing streak in December. By early March the Clippers were out of the playoff race with a record of 22-39 when Coach Jim Lyman was fired and replaced by Don Chaney. Under Chaney the Clippers would not do much better finishing in 5th place with a dreadful 31-51 record.

1985/86: The Clippers would get off to a fast start winning their first 5 games. However, just as quickly they returned to their losing ways losing their next 8. Along the way the Clippers lost Derek Smith to a knee injury. The Clippers would go on to lose 50 games for the 5th year in a row with a record of 32-50. Following the season the Clippers would hire former Lakers star and Hall of Famer Elgin Baylor as head of basketball operations.

The Los Angeles Clippers first came into existence as the Buffalo Braves in 1970. The Braves were one of three expansion franchises to join the NBA that year (the Portland Trail Blazers and the Cleveland Cavaliers were the other two), as the league dueled with the upstart American Basketball Association for prominence. After struggling through their first few campaigns, the Braves soon found playoff success under the coaching of the legendary Dr. Jack Ramsay and high scoring Bob McAdoo. Unfortunately, drastic changes in the organization's ownership during the 1976-77 season threw the team into a tailspin, resulting in back-to-back losing seasons.

Following a proposal by then-NBA attorney David Stern, the Braves were allowed to leave Buffalo after the 1977-78 season for San Diego. The deal was a complicated one, as Buffalo Braves owner John Y. Brown traded places with Boston Celtics owner Irv Levin. Levin, a California businessman, was unhappy in Boston and relished the opportunity to own a team in his home state. Levin immediately renamed the club the Clippers due to San Diego's bustling harbor and seaside locale.

Under Levin, the Clippers posted respectable records, but could not seem to reach the playoffs due to a loaded Western Conference. In the Clippers' first San Diego season, their 43 victories were impressive, but just shy of playoff caliber. That year, six Western Conference playoff teams tallied at least 45 victories.

After missing the playoffs for the third straight year, Clippers ownership again changed hands as Beverly Hills attorney and real estate mogul Donald T. Sterling purchased the team in June of 1981. Despite the play of new additions Tom Chambers and Terry Cummings, the Clippers continued to struggle in San Diego over the next few seasons. Injuries plagued the team and box office numbers plummeted. Finally, with attendance averaging fewer than 4,500 fans per game for the third consecutive season, Sterling moved the team north to Los Angeles in 1984.

On November 1, 1984, the Los Angeles Clippers debuted at the Los Angeles Sports Arena with a 107-105 win over the New York Knicks. The arena became the team's home for the next fifteen seasons, during which the franchise snapped a playoff draught, hired NBA legend Elgin Baylor as Vice President of Basketball Operations, and landed 2 #1 overall draft picks in a 10 year span.

The 1998-99 campaign marked the Clippers' final season at the L.A. Sports Arena as the team again changed addresses. In 1999-00, the franchise moved just up the street into the new state-of-the-art STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles. Since making the transition to STAPLES, the team has broken attendance records in each year of its residence and has added a crop of talented young players that have dazzled Los Angeles crowds.Clipper Tickets, Clipper Tickets Los Angeles, Clipper Tickets, Buy Clippers Tickets,NBA All-Star Game, Basketball, Basket Ball, We are not alliated with the NBA. All images and names are for discription purposes only.

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1986/87: In his first draft Elgin Baylor was without a first rounder as the 2 players selected in later rounds played a total of 6 minutes on the season. The Clippers would split their first 6 games but it was all down hill from heir as the Clippers sank to new depths in a season full of prolonged losing streaks the Clippers would finish dead last with a hideous 12-70 record.

1987/88: Under new Coach Gene Shue the Clippers would not much better finishing in last place again with a league worst record of 17-65. Despite the continued losing Michael Cage gave Clippers fans reason to be proud as he pulled down 30 rebounds in the final gave of the season to capture the rebounding title. However, following the season the Clippers would trade Cage to the Seattle Supersonics for Gary Grant and a 1989 draft pick.

1988/89: After winning the draft lottery the Clippers select NCAA Tournament hero Danny Manning who single handily led the University of Kansas to a National Title. However, Manning would go down 26 games into the season with a knee injury as the Clippers continued to struggle losing 50 games for the 8 straight year and 60 for the 3rd as they again sank into last in the Pacific with an awful 21-61 record, which was only slightly better then the 2 expansion teams.

1989/90: With the 2nd overall pick in the draft the Clippers select Danny Ferry out of Duke. However, Ferry would never join the Clippers signing with a team in Italy. This would force General Manager Elgin Baylor into trading his draft rights to the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ron Harper, a pair of first-round draft choices, and a second-round pick. The Clippers were approaching .500 at 16-19 when the injury bug bit them again as Ron Harper who averaged 23.0 ppg went down to a knee injury. The Clippers would go on to lose 50 again while finishing in 6th place at 30-52.

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