ALEX DAVID (EX-CLIPPER)
Hi Jimmy,
So here's the thing, and it could be an interesting angle for your piece or it could make you wanna cross me off yer list: I ain't doing a Clippers blog anymore. I was hired by FanSided to start up FullyClips, and they liked my work a ton, but there's a limited audience for Clipper fans. Thus when FanSided's Knicks blog (BucketsOverBroadway.com) opened up, they wanted me to take over that spot since it's a much more productive market. And I couldn't say no. 'Cuz I write to be heard. Er... read. So I dunno if that makes me useless to you, or if it makes me an intriguing case-study on the frustrating life of being a Clipper blogger (which is clearly worlds different than the excitement of being a Laker blogger). Honestly, when I'd tell people I was a Clipper blogger, often people either weren't sure if the Clippers were a real NBA team or if they did know the Clips, they'd go, "Really? I didn't know anyone actually liked the Clippers."
Lemme know if you're still interested in filming me, and if so, I live in Silverlake & could do the interview on Thursday,
Whoa, this turned into a long-ass response, so I hope your
butt is positioned on a nice cushy pillow. I also
included an arty b&w photo of me so you can fool people
into thinkin' I'm all sophisticated-like.
Okay, here we go:
1 & 2) I got started in this via craigslist. I'm a screenwriter, and probably once
a year or so I glance at the awful writing jobs listed on craigslist ("I have a sure-fire brilliant idea for a film. All you have to do is structure it, write it, turn it into a film and spend a million hours on it & I'll give you 20% of all the money we'll definitely
make from it!"). There happened to be a postingfor FanSided.com saying they were looking for bloggers for all the LA teams. I'm not into other sports, but
I'm insanely obsessed about NBA basketball. Ioccasionally would email long bball rants to friends which they always found funny & informative, so they'd say I should do a bball blog. So when I saw this ad, I contacted FanSided and told 'em about my bball
love. They responded that unfortunately the Laker blog had already been claimed, would I by some wild, extremelyunlikely chance care even the slightest about the
Clippers. I told 'em I was actually a huuuuge Clipper fan. I'm from New York, and thus alwaysfirst & foremost a Knicks' fan, but I've now been out in LA for 12 years. Meaning I could onlycatch Knick games if they were on ESPN or TNT, and since they've sucked this past year, those were rareoccurrences. But every single Laker & Clipper game
was on the boob tube. So I started watching them botha ton and got into them. However, when it came tseeing games live, it was much harder and more expensive to
see the Lakers, so whenever I went to a game I'd see theClips. Eventually, I fell for the trap that allClipper fans fall for: "This year will be
different." Anyway, back to getting the job -- Isent a sample writing to FanSided & they loved it. After brainstorming many ideas, it was either me or a friend
of mine who came up with the name
"FullyClips.com."