Darius Garland ☆

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This season

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• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Report · Oct 16

  Darius Garland vs Denver: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 4 turnovers, 5-12 FG, 1-4 3PT, +3 in 23 minutes. He had 4 points and 4 assists in the third quarter.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Report · Oct 16

  The host saw Garland front the post and battle to box out on defense, which he says he does not normally see from Garland consistently.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Report · Oct 16

  The host thinks the first four or five possessions of the third quarter were all Clippers fast breaks, started by Garland's outlet passes or his own pushes up the floor.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Prediction · Oct 16

  The host says Garland looks very healthy and predicts an All-Star season for him.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Analysis · Oct 16

  The host describes Brandon Ingram as currently absent and expected to come back. No reason or timeline is given. He says that if Garland got hurt the team would be in trouble, especially without Ingram.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Analysis · Oct 16

  Host's list of standard contracts: Darius Garland, Brandon Ingram, Max Strus (heard as "Max Struess"), Rui Hachimura, Derrick Jones Jr. (heard as "Derek Jones Jr."), Keaton Wagler, Brook Lopez (heard as "Brooke Lopez"), Gradey Dick (heard as "Grady Dick"), Ajax (possibly Isaiah Jackson), Beal (likely Bradley Beal), Kris Dunn (heard as "Chris Dunn"), Jordan Miller, Yannick (likely Yanic Konan Niederhauser), Kobe Sanders, Baba Miller and Blake Wesley. That makes 16, and the host says the team will

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Report · Oct 16

  Darius Garland: 14 points, 2 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 4 turnovers in 23 minutes, +3, shooting 5-of-12 (1-of-4 from three). He had 4 points and 4 assists in the third quarter.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Analysis · Oct 16

  Host observation: Garland's effort on both ends was high. He fronted the post and battled to box out, which the host says he doesn't normally see from him consistently.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Opinion · Oct 16

  Host's opinion: Garland looks very healthy. He predicts an All-Star season for him.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Report · Oct 16

  The host says the first four or five possessions of the third quarter were fast breaks, started by Garland's outlet passes or his own pushes.

• Podcast Keaton Wagler (reported), via Locked On Clippers · Relayed report · Oct 14

  Wagler said he and Darius Garland have already done things together, such as going to football games, mostly at Garland's initiative.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Prediction · Oct 14

  The host calls Garland the face of the franchise now. He says Garland, a two-time All-Star, looks poised for an All-Star season, and notes Garland and Wagler were both No. 5 picks.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Report · Oct 13

  Brook Lopez, Derrick Jones Jr. (heard as "Derek Jones Jr."), Darius Garland and Kris Dunn (heard as "Chris Dunn") did not play in the second half. Everyone else got minutes. No reason is stated.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Report · Oct 13

  Darius Garland was in street clothes by the second half. Toronto's first unit started the second half, but the Clippers' first unit did not.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Report · Oct 13

  Darius Garland landed a little awkwardly on his hip on a floater in the second quarter, and the host hopes it is nothing serious. The transcript does not link this to his second-half absence.

• Podcast Locked On Clippers host · Report · Oct 13

  Darius Garland had 11 points, 4 assists and 1 turnover on 4-of-11 shooting (1-of-4 from three). He went 0-for-4 in the first quarter, then was aggressive in the second quarter with 9 points on 4-of-7.

• Podcast Locked On top 100 list (reported), via Locked On Clippers · Relayed report · Oct 12

  On Locked On's top 100 list, Darius Garland is No. 62 and Brandon Ingram is No. 90, so the Clippers have no top-60 player on that list.

• Podcast Darian Vaziri, Locked On Clippers · Opinion · Oct 12

  The host's own re-ranking puts Garland about 43rd in the NBA ('give or take'). Later in the episode he says 42nd or 41st.

• Podcast Darian Vaziri, Locked On Clippers · Opinion · Oct 12

  The host values Garland for his pick-and-roll playmaking and says a healthy Garland can do more damage than people give him credit for.

• Podcast Darian Vaziri, Locked On Clippers · Prediction · Oct 12

  The Clippers open the season against the Sacramento Kings, whose top player on the list is Domantas Sabonis (heard as 'DeMontis Sabonis') at No. 52. The host says the big story will be 'Acuff versus Wogler' (Wogler likely Keaton Wagler; Acuff unidentified), and hopes Garland looks like the best player on the floor on opening night.

• Podcast Darian Vaziri, Locked On Clippers · Analysis · Oct 8

  The host expects Garland-Rui pick-and-pop to force switches, which would let Rui post up the smaller defender. If teams blitz Garland, the host says Rui ends up in short-roll situations, and he has not seen Rui consistently make plays off the drive.

• Podcast Darian Vaziri, Locked On Clippers · Analysis · Oct 8

  The host says that without Brandon Ingram, Rui has to be the go-to guy next to Garland and the second-leading scorer. Earlier in the episode he had projected Rui third, behind Garland and Ingram.

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• Waiting Darian Vaziri: Darius Garland will be an All-Star this season.
  2026-10-16 · Podcast · by 2027-04-12

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