Eight games into the season and the Los Angeles Clippers can already forget about the playoffs and begin preparing for a high draft pick. All the hope and hype surrounding rookie sensation Blake Griffin and the “new” mentality the Clips were bringing into the season have been completely obliterated and all that’s left is a smoking crater with hobbling Clippers all around. There are so many variables that have led to this abomination of a season but some stand out more than others. The chronic third-quarter collapse Injuries to key players Baron Davis’s strange demeanor Vinny Del Negro’s inability to [...]