[D.C. Council: setting the scene, rating the starters, assessing the subs, providing the analysis, and catching anything that you may have missed. Unlike the real DC Council, everything here is on the table. Game No. 47, Washington Wizards vs Los Angeles Clippers; contributors: Kyle Weidie and Adam McGinnis from the Verizon Center, Conor Dirks from the road.]

Why not start with… Chris Paul vs. the Wizards Girls? Read more »

Here to provide the DC Council Opening Statements for Washington’s 47th game of the season at home against the Los Angeles Clippers are TAI’s Rashad Mobley (@rashad20) and guest Fred Katz (@fredkatz), who writes about the Clippers for the ESPN TrueHoop blog Clipperblog.

Wizards Starters (11-35):

John Wall, Garrett Temple, Martell Webster, Nene, Emeka Okafor
(still no Bradley Beal, but Trevor Booker slated to play)

Clippers Starters (34-15):

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{Eric Bledsoe streaks past the giving up JaVale McGee}

{ ...for a dunk.}

Eric Bledsoe, Los Angeles Clippers rookie guard and college teammate of John Wall, went through his normal pre-game routine before facing Wall’s Wizards on Saturday night. He went through shooting and dribbling drills with assistant coaches Howard Eisley and Robert Pack, he did a bit of on-court stretching, and he took time to joke around with teammate Ryan Gomes.  And when I stopped and chatted with him about John Wall as he walked from the court to the locker room, Bledsoe gave me the normal clichés that players love to give — for the most part.

“I know John and I are boys from Kentucky and all that, but we are still on struggling teams, and we both need to go out and play hard and focus on winning,” he said.

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[Back for more sneaker heads ... the first time we checked out what some of the Wiz kids were wearing for summer league, then what some of the others were wearing. Now here's the second part of what players from other teams wore in Las Vegas.]

Brian Chase, Golden State Warriors

[via Dunbar H.S., Washington, D.C.; Virginia Tech, undrafted in 2003; Maryland Nighthawks (ABA); Gary Steelheads (CBA), Roanoke Dazzle (D-League); Nebraska Cranes (USBL); Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League); Turkish Basketball League; French Basketball League; Russia A-Superleague; Spanish Basketball League -- Chase played for the Utah Jazz in the '06 summer league, was signed by the team for the '06-07 season but was waived before playing a game, played with the Washington Wizards in the '07 summer league, played with the Miami Heat in the '07-08 preseason, but was released before the regular season, played with the Orlando Magic in the '09 summer league and finally with the Warriors this summer. Chase has yet to appear in an NBA game.]

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Here are my favorites of the photos I took during Monday’s summer league game against the Clippers, check photos from game one against the Warriors here. Wizards vs. Mavericks tonight at 8 pm est.

It starts with a John Wall pre-game dunk.

And then a jumper against former Kentucky teammate Eric Bledsoe.

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