2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season

2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season
Head coach Mike Dunleavy
Kim Hughes
Owner(s) Donald Sterling
Arena Staples Center
Results
Record 29–53 (.354)
Place Division: 3rd (Pacific)
Conference: 12th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Prime Ticket
Radio KFWB

The 2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 40th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The season saw the team draft Blake Griffin, but during a preseason game, he went down with a knee injury and was unable to play in what could have been his rookie season.

Key dates

Summary

NBA Draft 2009

Draft picks

Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Team
1 1 Blake Griffin PF  United States Oklahoma

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 2 United States Blake, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Maryland
G 6 United States Brown, Bobby 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Cal State Fullerton
G/F 45 United States Butler, Rasual 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) La Salle
G 25 United States Collins, Mardy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Temple
G 44 United States Curry, JamesOn 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Oklahoma State
G 1 United States Davis, Baron  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UCLA
F 0 United States Gooden, Drew 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas
G 10 United States Gordon, Eric (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Indiana
F 32 United States Griffin, Blake  (IN) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 251 lb (114 kg) Oklahoma
F/C 9 United States Jordan, DeAndre 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Texas A&M
C 35 Germany Kaman, Chris 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Central Michigan
F 20 United States Novak, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Marquette
F 34 United States Outlaw, Travis  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Starkville HS (MS)
G 21 United States Rush, Kareem  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Missouri
F/C 8 United States Skinner, Brian 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Baylor
F 5 United States Smith, Craig  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Boston College
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster Notes

  • Guard Kareem Rush becomes the 15th former Laker to play with the crosstown rival Clippers.

Pre-season

2009 Pre-season Game Log: 0–0–0 (Home: 0–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#DateVisitorScoreHomeOTDecisionAttendanceRecordRecap
1October 20Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)Los Angeles Clippers

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
c-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–34–723–1813–3
x-Phoenix Suns5428.659332–922–1912–4
Los Angeles Clippers2953.3542821–208–335–11
Golden State Warriors2656.3173118–238–335–11
Sacramento Kings2557.3053218–237–345–11
# Western Conference
Team W L PCT GB
1 c-Los Angeles Lakers5725.695–
2 y-Dallas Mavericks5527.6712
3 x-Phoenix Suns5428.6593
4 y-Denver Nuggets5329.6464
5 x-Utah Jazz5329.6464
6 x-Portland Trail Blazers5032.6107
7 x-San Antonio Spurs5032.6107
8 x-Oklahoma City Thunder5032.6107
9 Houston Rockets4240.51215
10 Memphis Grizzlies4042.48817
11 New Orleans Hornets3745.45120
12 Los Angeles Clippers2953.35428
13 Golden State Warriors2656.31731
14 Sacramento Kings2557.30532
15 Minnesota Timberwolves1567.18342

Record vs. opponents

2009-10 NBA Records
Team ATL BOS CHA CHI CLE DAL DEN DET GSW HOU IND LAC LAL MEM MIA MIL MIN NJN NOH NYK OKC ORL PHI PHO POR SAC SAS TOR UTA WAS
Atlanta —4–02–23–11–31–11–12–21–12–03–02–01–12–01–32–12–03–01–11–30–21–32–11–12–02–01–13–12–04–0
Boston 0–4—3–02–22–21–11–12–11–11–12–11–11–11–13–02–22–03–11–13–11–11–33–10–22–02–01–14–01–13–1
Charlotte 2–20–3—1–33–10–21–12–12–01–11–21–11–12–03–12–22–02–21–12–21–11–33–12–00–22–01–11–20–24–0
Chicago 1–32–23–1—2–20–20–24–01–12–03–10–20–20–21–31–32–01–22–03–11–11–23–11–11–11–12–01–20–22–1
Cleveland 3–12–21–32–2—1–10–24–02–01–13–12–02–01–13–03–12–04–02–03–02–02–23–02–02–02–01–13–11–12–1
Dallas 1–11–12–02–01–1—2–12–03–12–22–03–02–23–12–02–03–12–02–21–12–21–11–12–11–34–03–11–11–21–1
Denver 1–11–11–12–02–01–2—1–14–02–12–02–13–13–11–10–23–12–03–11–13–11–11–11–33–11–22–22–03–11–1
Detroit 2–21–21–20–40–40–21–1–1–11–10–40–20–21–11–22–22–02–11–11–30–21–33–10–20–21–11–10–40–24–0
Golden State 1–11–10–21–10–21–30–41–1–0–31–12–20–42–20–20–23–02–01–32–01–30–20–21–32–22–20–32–00–30–2
Houston 0–21–11–10–21–12–21–21–13–0—0–22–11–34–00–22–03–02–01–32–03–10–21–10–42–22–22–21–12–22–0
Indiana 0–31–22–11–31–30–20–24–01–12–0—1–10–20–20–40–41–14–00–22–21–11–32–11–10–21–10–22–21–13–1
L.A. Clippers 0–21–11–12–00–20–31–22–02–21–21–1—2–22–21–11–13–11–10–40–21–20–22–00–41–31–30–40–21–32–0
L.A. Lakers 1–11–11–12–00–22–21–32–04–03–12–02–2—2–11–12–03–02–02–12–03–11–12–03–11–24–02–21–13–12–0
Memphis 0–21–10–22–01–11–31–31–12–20–42–02–21–2—1–10–23–12–02–22–01–21–11–12–22–22–12–22–01–22–0
Miami 3–10–31–33–10–30–21–12–12–02–04–01–11–11–1—1–31–14–01–13–00–22–24–01–11–12–00–22–21–13–1
Milwaukee 1–22–22–23–11–30–22–02–22–00–24–02–00–22–03–1—2–04–01–13–01–10–32–11–11–11–10–22–11–12–2
Minnesota 0–20–20–20–20–21–31–30–20–30–31–11–30–31–31–10–2—2–00–41–10–40–21–10–40–42–20–30–22–21–1
New Jersey 0–31–32–22–10–40–20–21–20–20–20–41–10–20–20–40–40–2—1–12–20–20–30–40–20–21–11–10–40–20–4
New Orleans 1–11–11–10–20–22–21–31–13–13–12–04–01–22–21–11–14–01–1—0–21–21–10–21–31–22–10–40–21–31–1
New York 3–11–32–21–30–31–11–13–10–20–22–22–00–20–20–30–31–12–22–0—0–20–33–11–11–10–20–20–40–23–1
Oklahoma City 2–01–11–11–10–22–21–32–03–11–31–12–11–32–12–01–14–02–02–12–0–1–12–02–11–33–11–32–03–12–0
Orlando 3–13–13–12–12–21–11–13–12–02–03–12–01–11–12–23–02–03–01–13–01–1–4–01–11–12–01–13–11–12–2
Philadelphia 1–21–31–31–30–31–11–11–32–01–11–20–20–21–10–42–21–14–02–01–30–20–4–0–21–12–01–11–30–20–3
Phoenix 1–12–00–21–10–21–23–12–03–14–01–14–01–32–21–11–14–02–03–11–11–21–12–0–1–24–02–12–02–22–0
Portland 0–20–22–01–10–23–11–32–02–22–22–03–12–12–21–11–14–02–02–11–13–11–11–12–1–4–03–02–00–41–1
Sacramento 0–20–20–21–10–20–42–11–12–22–21–13–10–41–20–21–12–21–11–22–01–30–20–20–40–4–0–41–12–11–1
San Antonio 1–11–11–10–21–11–32–21–13–02–22–04–02–22–22–02–03–01–14–02–03–11–11–11–20–34–0–1–10–42–0
Toronto 1–30–42–12–11–31–10–24–00–21–12–22–01–10–22–21–22–04–02–04–00–21–33–10–20–21–11–1—0–22–1
Utah 0–21–12–02–01–12–11–32–03–02–21–13–11–32–11–11–12–22–03–12–01–31–12–02–24–01–24–02–0—2–0
Washington 0–41–30–41–21–21–11–10–42–00–21–30–20–20–21–32–21–14–01–11–30–22–23–00–21–11–10–21–20–2—

Game log

2009–10 game log
October: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2)
November: 8–6 (Home: 5–3; Road: 3–3)
December: 6–8 (Home: 4–3; Road: 2–5)
January: 6–9 (Home: 5–1; Road: 1–8)
February: 4–8 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–5)
March: 3–13 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–8)
April: 2–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–2)
2009–10 season schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Steve Blake 291026.3.443.437.7502.46.1.7.16.8
Bobby Brown 2308.3.329.281.714.91.8.3.03.0
Rasual Butler 826433.0.409.336.8412.91.4.4.811.9
Marcus Camby 515131.3.446.333.65912.13.01.41.97.7
Mardy Collins 43010.9.367.235.6191.21.0.5.02.6
JamesOn Curry 100.0....0.0.0.0.0
Baron Davis 757333.6.406.277.8213.58.01.7.615.3
Ricky Davis 36213.9.434.381.5811.61.1.3.14.4
Drew Gooden 242230.2.492.000.9219.4.9.6.314.8
Eric Gordon 626036.0.449.371.7422.63.01.1.216.9
DeAndre Jordan 701216.2.605.000.3755.0.3.2.94.8
Chris Kaman 767634.3.490.000.7499.31.6.51.218.5
Steve Novak 5406.7.389.310.778.6.1.1.02.1
Travis Outlaw 23621.7.400.378.8003.61.1.5.48.7
Kareem Rush 708.3.364.333..9.6.3.41.3
Brian Skinner 1617.7.400..7501.7.0.2.31.6
Craig Smith 75216.4.569.200.6353.81.1.4.37.8
Sebastian Telfair 39114.9.404.234.7741.12.9.6.14.3
Al Thornton 513027.5.478.357.7413.81.2.5.410.7

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

  • Chris Kaman selected as a reserve center for the Western Conference All-Stars. Kaman was chosen as a replacement for the injured Brandon Roy on the roster.

Injuries and surgeries

Player Injury Date Injury Type
Blake Griffin October 23, 2009 Stress fracture in left knee (out for the season)
Kareem Rush November 18, 2009 ACL tear in right knee (out for the season)

Transactions

Trades

July 17, 2009
 To Los Angeles Clippers

Quentin Richardson

 To Memphis Grizzlies

Zach Randolph

July 20, 2009
 To Los Angeles Clippers
Mark Madsen
Craig Smith
Sebastian Telfair		 To Minnesota Timberwolves

Quentin Richardson

August 12, 2009
 To Los Angeles Clippers

Rasual Butler

 To New Orleans Hornets

2016 2nd round draft pick

January 26, 2010
 To Los Angeles Clippers

Bobby Brown

 To New Orleans Hornets

2014 2nd round draft pick

February 16, 2010
 To Los Angeles Clippers
Steve Blake
Travis Outlaw		 To Portland Trail Blazers

Marcus Camby

February 17, 2010
 To Los Angeles Clippers

Drew Gooden (from Washington)

 To Cleveland Cavaliers
Sebastian Telfair (from Los Angeles)
Antawn Jamison (from Washington)
To Washington Wizards
Al Thornton (from Los Angeles)
Zydrunas Ilgauskas (from Cleveland)
Draft rights to Emir Preldžič (from Cleveland)
2010 first-round draft pick (from Cleveland)

Free agents

Re-signed

Player Signed Contract
Steve Novak September 12, 2009 One-year deal
Brian Skinner September 17, 2009 One-year deal

Additions

Player Signed Former Team
Kareem Rush September 30, 2009 Philadelphia 76ers
JamesOn Curry January 22, 2010 Springfield Armor (NBDL)

Subtractions

Player Reason Left New Team
Jason Williams Released, July 24 Orlando Magic
Mike Taylor Waived, July 31 Memphis Grizzlies
Alex Acker Free Agency, August 1 Olimpia Milano (Lega Basket Serie A)
Fred Jones Free Agency, August 1 Pallacanestro Biella (Serie A2 Basket)
Mark Madsen Waived, August 21 Utah Flash (NBDL) (assistant coach)
Kareem Rush Waived, January 22 Detroit Pistons
JamesOn Curry Waived, January 26 Springfield Armor (NBDL)
Ricky Davis Waived, February 16 Türk Telekom B.K. (TBL)

References

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