"We haven't changed anything in our approach," Dunleavy said. "We still shoot 100 free throws (after) practice. We put a lot of emphasis on it."

Dunleavy said one of the problems could be that individuals who are missing free throws have been poor free throw shooters throughout their career. That could be the case with point guard Baron Davis, who came into this season shooting 69 percent from the line in his nine-year career. Going into the Clippers' game against the Dallas Mavericks, Davis was shooting 58.3 percent from the line.

Dunleavy said lack of conditioning might be the culprit in the case of forward Tim Thomas, a career 75.8 percent free throw shooter. Through six games, Thomas was shooting 58.6 percent from the line.

--Former Clippers forward James Singleton has resurfaced in the NBA following a year abroad playing in Europe. Singleton did not even get to play an entire season in Spain because he tore his right ACL. But after surgery, Singleton made a miraculously fast recovery of five months. He worked out for the Mavericks in June.

"They liked what they saw," said Singleton, who had workouts tentatively set with several other NBA teams but did not bother to follow through with them after Dallas made a commitment to him.

Singleton had a checkered two-year stint with the Clippers, who initially signed him in 2005, after Singleton -- who went undrafted in 2003 -- spent two years playing in Europe.

Singleton had an impressive debut with the Clippers, achieving a points-rebounds double-double in his NBA debut against Seattle. He had three double-doubles in his first four games and, later in the season, a 23-point game against Memphis. But like many rookies, his season soon morphed into an up-and-down performance over the course of the season. Singleton played less than half the minutes he did as a rookie during his second season but had a few sterling moments, such as his fill-in performance at Milwaukee, which came after he had seen sparse playing time in the previous 10 games.

Singleton was a crowd favorite while he was with the Clippers because of his spectacular dunks and at one point asked the public address announcer to refer to him as Jumping James Singleton. "I had a good run with the Clippers," Singleton said. "There are no regrets at all. They gave me an opportunity to get in the league, and I'm grateful for that."

--Coach Mike Dunleavy's preseason projected starting lineup has not had much of an opportunity to play together so far this season because of injuries. But Dunleavy noticed an alarming offensive statistic involving point guard Baron Davis and power forward Marcus Camby. When Davis and Camby have been on the court together, the opposition has outscored the Clippers by a total of only 10 points. But when Camby and Davis both have been out, the Clippers have been outscored by 144 points. That lopsided statistical figure works twofold. When Davis is on the floor, the Clippers have a dependable scorer who can get his points by driving the lane, shooting from the perimeter or by getting to the free throw line (although as already noted, he has not been particularly proficient in that area). With Camby, the opposition has to contend with a defensive force down low. Camby, who was the NBA's defensive player of the year in 2007, has led the league in blocked shots three times.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "When you haven't won anything, you have a monkey on your back that's grown into a gorilla." -- Clippers coach Mike Dunleavy after the Clippers beat the Dallas Mavericks to get their first victory of the season.