2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season

2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season
Blake Griffin's rookie 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

• June 25 – The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 – The free agency period started.

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
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G 2 Blake, Steve 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Maryland G 6 Brown, Bobby 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Cal State Fullerton G/F 45 Butler, Rasual 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) La Salle G 25 Collins, Mardy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Temple G 1 Davis, Baron  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) UCLA F 0 Gooden, Drew 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Kansas G 10 Gordon, Eric (IN) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 222 lb (101 kg) Indiana F 32 Griffin, Blake  (IN) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 251 lb (114 kg) Oklahoma F/C 9 Jordan, DeAndre 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Texas A&M C 35 Kaman, Chris 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Central Michigan F 20 Novak, Steve 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Marquette F 34 Outlaw, Travis  6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 207 lb (94 kg) Starkville HS (MS) G 21 Rush, Kareem  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Missouri F/C 8 Skinner, Brian 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Baylor F 5 Smith, Craig  6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Boston C	Head coach Mike Dunleavy (South Carolina) Kim Hughes (interim) (Wisconsin) Assistant coach(es) Tony Brown (Arkansas) Fred Vinson (Georgia Tech) John Lucas (Maryland) 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)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	October 20	Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel)		Los Angeles Clippers

Regular season

Standings

Pacific Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–	34–7	23–18	13–3
x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	3	32–9	22–19	12–4
Los Angeles Clippers	29	53	.354	28	21–20	8–33	5–11
Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	31	18–23	8–33	5–11
Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	32	18–23	7–34	5–11

#	Western Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Los Angeles Lakers	57	25	.695	–
2	y-Dallas Mavericks	55	27	.671	2
3	x-Phoenix Suns	54	28	.659	3
4	y-Denver Nuggets	53	29	.646	4
5	x-Utah Jazz	53	29	.646	4
6	x-Portland Trail Blazers	50	32	.610	7
7	x-San Antonio Spurs	50	32	.610	7
8	x-Oklahoma City Thunder	50	32	.610	7
9	Houston Rockets	42	40	.512	15
10	Memphis Grizzlies	40	42	.488	17
11	New Orleans Hornets	37	45	.451	20
12	Los Angeles Clippers	29	53	.354	28
13	Golden State Warriors	26	56	.317	31
14	Sacramento Kings	25	57	.305	32
15	Minnesota Timberwolves	15	67	.183	42

Game log

2009–10 game log
October: 0–4 (Home: 0–2; Road: 0–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 27 @ Lakers L 92–99 Eric Gordon (21) Chris Kaman (16) Baron Davis (8) Staples Center 18,997 0–1 2 October 28 Phoenix L 107–109 Marcus Camby (23) Marcus Camby (11) Baron Davis (12) Staples Center 15,974 0–2 3 October 30 @ Utah L 98–111 Eric Gordon (22) Marcus Camby (13) Baron Davis (4) EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 0–3 4 October 31 Dallas L 84–93 Chris Kaman (27) Chris Kaman (11) Baron Davis (6) Staples Center 13,626 0–4
November: 8–6 (Home: 5–3; Road: 3–3) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 5 November 2 Minnesota 6 November 6 @ Golden State 7 November 7 Memphis 8 November 9 New Orleans 9 November 11 Oklahoma City 10 November 13 Toronto 11 November 15 @ Oklahoma City 12 November 17 @ New Orleans 13 November 18 @ Memphis 14 November 20 Denver 15 November 23 Minnesota 16 November 25 @ Indiana 17 November 27 @ Detroit 18 November 29 Memphis
December: 6–8 (Home: 4–3; Road: 2–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 19 December 2 Houston 20 December 5 Indiana 21 December 8 Orlando 22 December 13 San Antonio 23 December 14 Washington 24 December 16 @ Minnesota 25 December 18 @ New York 26 December 19 @ Philadelphia 27 December 21 @ San Antonio 28 December 22 @ Houston 29 December 25 @ Phoenix 30 December 27 Boston 31 December 30 @ Portland 32 December 31 Philadelphia
January: 6–9 (Home: 5–1; Road: 1–8) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 33 January 4 Portland 34 January 6 Lakers 35 January 10 Miami 36 January 12 @ Memphis 37 January 13 @ New Orleans 38 January 15 @ Lakers 39 January 16 Cleveland 40 January 18 New Jersey 41 January 20 Chicago 42 January 21 @ Denver 43 January 24 @ Washington 44 January 25 @ Boston 45 January 27 New Jersey 46 January 29 @ Minnesota 47 January 31 @ Cleveland
February: 4–8 (Home: 3–3; Road: 1–5) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 48 February 2 @ Chicago 49 February 3 @ Atlanta 50 February 6 San Antonio 51 February 9 Utah 52 February 10 @ Golden State 53 February 16 @ Portland 54 February 17 Atlanta 55 February 20 Sacramento 56 February 22 Charlotte 57 February 24 Detroit 58 February 26 @ Phoenix 59 February 28 @ Sacramento
March: 3–13 (Home: 2–5; Road: 1–8) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 60 March 1 Utah 61 March 3 Phoenix 62 March 5 Oklahoma City 63 March 6 @ Utah 64 March 9 @ Orlando 65 March 10 @ Miami 66 March 12 @ Charlotte 67 March 13 @ San Antonio 68 March 15 New Orleans 69 March 17 Milwaukee 70 March 21 Sacramento 71 March 23 @ Dallas 72 March 25 @ Houston 73 March 28 Golden State 74 March 30 @ Milwaukee 75 March 31 @ Toronto
April: 2–5 (Home: 2–3; Road: 0–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 3 @ Denver 77 April 4 New York 78 April 7 Portland 79 April 8 @ Sacramento 80 April 10 Golden State 81 April 12 Dallas 82 April 14 Lakers
2009–10 season schedule

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 and 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	To Washington Wizards Al Thornton
February 17, 2010	As part of a three-team trade with the Washington Wizards	To Cleveland Cavaliers Sebastian Telfair

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

External links

• 2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season at ESPN
• 2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season at Basketball Reference