Two seats to the season opener could be yours.
We deliberately left things vague in the first part of the FanRates ticket giveaway, giving no clues about where we’d pin the proverbial tail on the Western Conference map. If you guessed L.A., you were right. But this isn’t for the fans who don a ’09 Champions hat every day. This is for the fans who deal with being the No. 2 team in their own town (and, usually, much lower in the NBA rankings).
A pair of lower-level seats to see the Clippers home opener against the Suns on October 28 will go only to the truest Clipper fan.
The rules for this contest haven’t changed. Complete the following steps in order to win:
1) Sign up for a FanRates account.
2) Tell us your favorite Clippers moment in the comments section.
Good luck, and may the best fan (other than Clipper Darrell) win!
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The 05-06 season was great, but Dumbleavy putting in Ewing who hadn’t played a minute all game to guard Raja Bell and watch him drain that trey to basically win the game kinda ruined it for me
but apart from that?
Elton Brand was sitting out injured. Lamar Odom limped around in an ankle boot. Quentin Richardson was chilling on the sidelines head to toe in Jordan gear. Darius Miles was somewhere in Cleveland being the best former high school prospect they had at the time. And Michael Olowokandi was nowhere to be found (probably for the best). Aside from the athletic exploits of Corey Maggette, I figured the night hinged solely on the chance of catching a glimpse of newly-acquired-former-league-leading-assist-man Andre Miller anchoring the promising, young squad (most of whom were in contract years, no less).
As the scrimmage began and progressed, my brothers and I couldn’t help but notice just how close we were to the game at play. Probably closer than we thought.
Caught up in the excitement of it all, we watched as 3rd-string reserve point guard Keyon Dooling brought the ball up court and my older brother yelled “CROSS HIM!” Him being Andre Miller, you know, the guy we thought our whole season rested upon. Anyway, much to our surprise and delight, at that moment Dooling seemingly became possessed with the rock in his hand, putting it behind his back, between his legs, left to right, right to left– never mind who’s the starter; he was going to try his damndest to cross him! It didn’t happen, but we appreciated the effort nonetheless.
Eventually the scrimmage came to an end. Highlighted by Corey Maggette not passing the ball, asking Q-Rich for his white and red patent leather Jordan IX’s (and him just smiling about it), taking a picture with L-O looking in the wrong camera, and hearing a small group of Chinese men cheer every time Wang Zhizhi touched the ball, the evening capped off with what I would consider my favorite moment as a Clipper fan. Seemingly signing everything put in front of him, Andre Miller took exception as my brother and I followed him from one spot to the next. Apparently not fond of people gunning for his ankles to be broken, he simply would not sign for us.
Fast forward…the season ended with a losing record, Miller became a free agent, and my autographed Keyon Dooling rookie card continues to mean more to me than such an item should be worth. Therein lies the fate of the Clipper-faithful: trying to make the most of what it is you got.
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