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2009–10 Los Angeles Clippers season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

FieldValue
teamLos Angeles Clippers
end_year2010
wins29
losses53
divisionpacific
division_place3rd
conf_place12th
coachMike Dunleavy
Kim Hughes
ownersDonald Sterling
arenaStaples Center
televisionPrime Ticket
radioKFWB
playoffsDid not qualify
bbr_teamLAC

Kim Hughes

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

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege/Team
11Blake GriffinPFUnited StatesOklahoma

Roster

  • Mike Dunleavy ()
  • Kim Hughes (interim) ()
  • Tony Brown ()
  • Fred Vinson ()
  • John Lucas ()
  • Jasen Powell ()

Roster notes

  • Power forward Blake Griffin missed the entire season due to a left knee injury.
  • 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)
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Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 27 | @ L. A. Lakers | | Eric Gordon (21) | Chris Kaman (16) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center 18,997 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 28 | Phoenix | | Marcus Camby (23) | Marcus Camby (11) | Baron Davis (12) | Staples Center 15,974 | 0–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | October 30 | @ Utah | | Eric Gordon (22) | Marcus Camby (13) | Baron Davis (4) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 | 0–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | October 31 | Dallas | | Chris Kaman (27) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center 13,626 | 0–4

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 5 | November 2 | Minnesota | | Chris Kaman (25) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center 13,614 | 1–4 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 6 | November 6 | @ Golden State | | Eric Gordon, Baron Davis (25) | Marcus Camby (12) | Baron Davis (7) | Oracle Arena 18,788 | 2–4 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 7 | November 7 | Memphis | | Chris Kaman (26) | Chris Kaman (9) | Eric Gordon (6) | Staples Center 15,399 | 3–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 9 | New Orleans | | Chris Kaman, Rasual Butler, Ricky Davis (14) | Marcus Camby (11) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center 14,760 | 3–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 11 | Oklahoma City | | Chris Kaman (20) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center 14,248 | 3–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 | November 13 | Toronto | | Chris Kaman (25) | Chris Kaman, Craig Smith (7) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center 15,615 | 3–7 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 11 | November 15 | @ Oklahoma City | | Chris Kaman (25) | Marcus Camby (9) | Baron Davis (6) | Oklahoma City Arena 17,715 | 4–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 17 | @ New Orleans | | Al Thornton (30) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (9) | New Orleans Arena 13,116 | 4–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 18 | @ Memphis | | Baron Davis (23) | Al Thornton, DeAndre Jordan (7) | Sebastian Telfair, Baron Davis (5) | FedEx Forum 10,012 | 4–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 14 | November 20 | Denver | | Rasual Butler (27) | Chris Kaman (7) | Baron Davis (9) | STAPLES Center 18,155 | 5–9 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 15 | November 23 | Minnesota | | Al Thornton (31) | Marcus Camby (18) | Baron Davis (6) | STAPLES Center 13,815 | 6–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 25 | @ Indiana | | Baron Davis (25) | Marcus Camby (21) | Marcus Camby (3) | Conseco Fieldhouse 12,356 | 6–10 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 17 | November 27 | @ Detroit | | Chris Kaman (26) | Marcus Camby (9) | Baron Davis (10) | The Palace of Auburn Hills 18,954 | 7–10 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 18 | November 29 | Memphis | | Eric Gordon (29) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center 14,854 | 8–10

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 19 | December 2 | Houston | | Baron Davis (20) | Marcus Camby (19) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center 13,836 | 8–11 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 20 | December 5 | Indiana | | Al Thornton (19) | Marcus Camby (17) | Marcus Camby (6) | Staples Center 15,305 | 9–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 21 | December 8 | Orlando | | Eric Gordon (21) | Marcus Camby (13) | Baron Davis (11) | Staples Center 16,750 | 9–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 13 | San Antonio | | Baron Davis (20) | Chris Kaman (10) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center 16,464 | 9–13 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 23 | December 14 | Washington | | Eric Gordon (29) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (12) | Staples Center 14,511 | 10–13 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 24 | December 16 | @ Minnesota | | Eric Gordon (25) | Marcus Camby (18) | Baron Davis (13) | Target Center 12,526 | 11–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 18 | @ New York | | Chris Kaman (20) | Marcus Camby (13) | Baron Davis (4) | Madison Square Garden 19,763 | 11–14 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 26 | December 19 | @ Philadelphia | | Chris Kaman (24) | Marcus Camby (22) | Baron Davis (13) | Wachovia Center 13,752 | 12–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 | December 21 | @ San Antonio | | Chris Kaman (23) | Chris Kaman (15) | Baron Davis, Sebastian Telfair (6) | AT&T Center 17,451 | 12–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 22 | @ Houston | | Chris Kaman (29) | Marcus Camby (19) | Baron Davis (9) | Toyota Center 17,128 | 12–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 25 | @ Phoenix | | Rasual Butler (22) | Chris Kaman (10) | Baron Davis (8) | US Airways Center 16,709 | 12–17 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 30 | December 27 | Boston | | Chris Kaman (27) | Chris Kaman (12) | Baron Davis (13) | Staples Center 19,060 | 13–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 30 | @ Portland | | Chris Kaman (25) | Marcus Camby (11) | Baron Davis (11) | Rose Garden Arena 20,505 | 13–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 32 | December 31 | Philadelphia | | Chris Kaman (26) | Chris Kaman, Marcus Camby (10) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center 15,257 | 14–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 33 | January 4 | Portland | | Chris Kaman (20) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center 15,104 | 15–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 34 | January 6 | L. A. Lakers | | Baron Davis (25) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (10) | Staples Center 19,388 | 16–18 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 35 | January 10 | Miami | | Chris Kaman (22) | Marcus Camby (17) | Baron Davis (14) | Staples Center 19,060 | 17–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 12 | @ Memphis | | Baron Davis (27) | Baron Davis (12) | Baron Davis (12) | FedEx Forum 11,004 | 17–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 13 | @ New Orleans | | Baron Davis (19) | Marcus Camby (20) | Baron Davis (6) | New Orleans Arena 14,348 | 17–20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 15 | @ Lakers | | Craig Smith, Eric Gordon (17) | Marcus Camby (11) | Sebastian Telfair (11) | Staples Center 18,997 | 17–21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 16 | Cleveland | | Rasual Butler (33) | Marcus Camby (9) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center 19,277 | 17–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 40 | January 18 | New Jersey | | Chris Kaman (22) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis, Sebastian Telfair (9) | Staples Center 14,533 | 18–22 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 41 | January 20 | Chicago | | Baron Davis (23) | Marcus Camby (25) | Baron Davis, Ricky Davis (6) | Staples Center 16,794 | 19–22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 21 | @ Denver | | Craig Smith (21) | Craig Smith, Marcus Camby (6) | Baron Davis (9) | Pepsi Center 15,343 | 19–23 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 43 | January 24 | @ Washington | | Chris Kaman (20) | Marcus Camby (19) | Baron Davis (11) | Verizon Center 12,356 | 20–23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 44 | January 25 | @ Boston | | Rasual Butler (17) | Marcus Camby (14) | Baron Davis (7) | TD Garden 18,624 | 20–24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 27 | New Jersey | | Chris Kaman (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Bobby Brown (5) | Izod Center 9,220 | 20–25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | January 29 | @ Minnesota | | Baron Davis (28) | Marcus Camby (20) | Marcus Camby, Baron Davis (5) | Target Center 13,398 | 20–26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 47 | January 31 | @ Cleveland | | Baron Davis (30) | DeAndre Jordan (13) | Baron Davis (7) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 20–27

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 48 | February 2 | @ Chicago | | Eric Gordon (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (7) | United Center 19,335 | 21–27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 3 | @ Atlanta | | Chris Kaman, Eric Gordon (17) | Marcus Camby (20) | Marcus Camby, Baron Davis (6) | Philips Arena 13,303 | 21–28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 6 | San Antonio | | Chris Kaman (21) | Marcus Camby (12) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center 18,258 | 21–29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 9 | Utah | | Chris Kaman (19) | Marcus Camby (15) | Baron Davis (9) | Staples Center 15,467 | 21–30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 10 | @ Golden State | | Al Thornton (18) | DeAndre Jordan, Marcus Camby (8) | Baron Davis (7) | Oracle Arena 17,230 | 21–31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 53 | February 16 | @ Portland | | Eric Gordon (20) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Bobby Brown (5) | Rose Garden Arena 20,265 | 21–32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 17 | Atlanta | | Chris Kaman (21) | Chris Kaman (10) | Steve Blake (9) | Staples Center 15,485 | 21–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 55 | February 20 | Sacramento | | Eric Gordon (30) | Chris Kaman (16) | Steve Blake (12) | Staples Center 17,903 | 22–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 56 | February 22 | Charlotte | | Rasual Butler (20) | Chris Kaman (13) | Baron Davis (10) | Staples Center 15,892 | 23–33 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 57 | February 24 | Detroit | | Chris Kaman (21) | Chris Kaman (15) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center 16,095 | 24–33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 58 | February 26 | @ Phoenix | | Eric Gordon (25) | Drew Gooden (9) | Steve Blake (9) | US Airways Center 18,043 | 24–34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | February 28 | @ Sacramento | | Chris Kaman (18) | Chris Kaman (11) | Baron Davis (8) | Power Balance Pavilion 13,071 | 24–35

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 60 | March 1 | Utah | | Eric Gordon (24) | Chris Kaman (14) | Baron Davis (12) | Staples Center 15,422 | 25–35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 3 | Phoenix | | Chris Kaman (24) | Chris Kaman (9) | Baron Davis (11) | Staples Center 17,455 | 25–36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 62 | March 5 | Oklahoma City | | Chris Kaman, Craig Smith (19) | Chris Kaman (15) | Baron Davis (6) | Staples Center 18,497 | 25–37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 6 | @ Utah | | Drew Gooden (20) | Chris Kaman (13) | Baron Davis (8) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 | 25–38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 9 | @ Orlando | | Baron Davis (16) | Drew Gooden (14) | Baron Davis (9) | Amway Arena 17,461 | 25–39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 10 | @ Miami | | Rasual Butler (31) | Drew Gooden (9) | Baron Davis (9) | AmericanAirlines Arena 14,785 | 25–40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 12 | @ Charlotte | | Baron Davis (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Steve Blake (9) | Time Warner Cable Arena 15,835 | 25–41 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 13 | @ San Antonio | | Baron Davis (24) | Chris Kaman (11) | Steve Blake (9) | AT&T Center 18,581 | 25–42 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 15 | New Orleans | | Rasual Butler (19) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Baron Davis (17) | Staples Center 15,617 | 25–43 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 69 | March 17 | Milwaukee | | Chris Kaman (20) | Drew Gooden (11) | Steve Blake (8) | Staples Center 15,241 | 26–43 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 21 | Sacramento | | Eric Gordon (23) | Chris Kaman (9) | Steve Blake (6) | Staples Center 17,233 | 26–44 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 71 | March 23 | @ Dallas | | Drew Gooden (26) | Drew Gooden (20) | Baron Davis (13) | American Airlines Center 19,705 | 26–45 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 72 | March 25 | @ Houston | | Craig Smith (25) | Drew Gooden (14) | Baron Davis (8) | Toyota Center 15,201 | 27–45 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 28 | Golden State | | Rasual Butler (21) | Chris Kaman (13) | Baron Davis (7) | Staples Center 17,868 | 27–46 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 74 | March 30 | @ Milwaukee | | Drew Gooden (20) | DeAndre Jordan (13) | Eric Gordon, Steve Blake (6) | Bradley Center 14,321 | 27–47 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 31 | @ Toronto | | Chris Kaman (22) | Chris Kaman (13) | Steve Blake (12) | Air Canada Centre 16,106 | 27–48

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 76 | April 3 | @ Denver | | Eric Gordon (23) | Chris Kaman (11) | Steve Blake (8) | Pepsi Center 19,155 | 27–49 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | April 4 | New York | | Baron Davis (23) | Chris Kaman (16) | Baron Davis (11) | Staples Center 16,083 | 27–50 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | April 7 | Portland | | Rasual Butler, Chris Kaman, Steve Blake (14) | DeAndre Jordan (11) | Baron Davis (8) | Staples Center 16,790 | 27–51 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 79 | April 8 | @ Sacramento | | Chris Kaman (23) | DeAndre Jordan (10) | Baron Davis (10) | Power Balance Pavilion 11,418 | 27–52 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 80 | April 10 | Golden State | | Chris Kaman (27) | DeAndre Jordan (15) | Steve Blake (9) | Staples Center 17,476 | 28–52 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 81 | April 12 | Dallas | | Chris Kaman (17) | DeAndre Jordan (13) | Steve Blake (13) | Staples Center 17,838 | 28–53 |- bgcolor="#ccffcc" | 82 | April 14 | Lakers | | Steve Blake (23) | Steve Blake, Travis Outlaw (10) | Steve Blake (11) | Staples Center 20,044 | 29–53

Player statistics

Regular season

PlayerGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
291026.3.443.437.7502.46.1.7.16.8
2308.3.329.281.714.91.8.3.03.0
826433.0.409.336.8412.91.4.4.811.9
515131.3.446.333.65912.13.01.41.97.7
43010.9.367.235.6191.21.0.5.02.6
100.0....0.0.0.0.0
757333.6.406.277.8213.58.01.7.615.3
36213.9.434.381.5811.61.1.3.14.4
242230.2.492.000.9219.4.9.6.314.8
626036.0.449.371.7422.63.01.1.216.9
701216.2.605.000.3755.0.3.2.94.8
767634.3.490.000.7499.31.6.51.218.5
5406.7.389.310.778.6.1.1.02.1
23621.7.400.378.8003.61.1.5.48.7
708.3.364.333..9.6.3.41.3
1617.7.400..7501.7.0.2.31.6
75216.4.569.200.6353.81.1.4.37.8
39114.9.404.234.7741.12.9.6.14.3
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

PlayerInjury DateInjury Type
Blake GriffinOctober 23, 2009Stress fracture in left knee (out for the season)
Kareem RushNovember 18, 2009ACL tear in right knee (out for the season)

Transactions

Trades

Free agents

Re-signed

PlayerSignedContract
Steve NovakSeptember 12, 2009One-year deal
Brian SkinnerSeptember 17, 2009One-year deal

Additions

PlayerSignedFormer Team
Kareem RushSeptember 30, 2009Philadelphia 76ers
JamesOn CurryJanuary 22, 2010Springfield Armor (NBDL)

Subtractions

PlayerReason LeftNew Team
Jason WilliamsReleased, July 24Orlando Magic
Mike TaylorWaived, July 31Memphis Grizzlies
Alex AckerFree Agency, August 1Olimpia Milano (Lega Basket Serie A)
Fred JonesFree Agency, August 1Pallacanestro Biella (Serie A2 Basket)
Mark MadsenWaived, August 21Utah Flash (NBDL) (assistant coach)
Kareem RushWaived, January 22Detroit Pistons
JamesOn CurryWaived, January 26Springfield Armor (NBDL)
Ricky DavisWaived, February 16Türk Telekom B.K. (TBL)

References

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