2002 Los Angeles Clippers
What is there to say about the 2001-'02 Clippers? For all the hype surrounding this team in the preseason no one realized that this team was heading nowhere fast. Aside from Elton Brand, this group of clowns including Quentin Richardson, finished a disappointing 39-43 and missed the playoffs. Brand actually had a great season averaging around 18 and 12, but Lamar Odom only averaged 13 and 6 and Darius Miles didn't even eclipse the 10 point a game mark. Actually I'm pretty sure Miles was more interested in his acting career. Remember the Perfect Score? I certainly don't. But I do remember his cameo in National Lampoon's Van Wilder. Classic.
This squad is probably the epitome of the Clippers organization. All hype, no success. Even though Miles had a penitence for abusing the rim and happened to be my favorite player as a youngin', he was never that good. The Clippers wisely traded him to the Cavs for Andre Miller, but then tanked the next year only winning 27 games. I'd say that this time period was the dark ages for NBA basketball, but this cover speaks for itself.
Each player is wearing each other's jerseys, backwards, which was a fad that started and died probably within in the same month. The NBA was truly trying to clean up its image at the time of AI running around getting arrested and Kobe's rape case, so this cover wasn't David Stern's favorite. Darius Miles' look is phenomenal though with the unwrapped doo-rag underneath the headband. I just wish he had been throwing up the "head bump" that he did with Q-Rich, then we'd be talking about a hall of fame caliber cover here. However, Odom takes the cake in this picture looking like "Lurch" from the Adams Family. I get that these guys were doing it "together," but they were hardly doing anything. Anyways, I thought this was a great way to start off Fallback Fridays.
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