Rookie Wright Doing It All

Coach Bill Fitch said rookie swingman Lorenzen Wright, the Clippers’ first-round draft pick, is a quick learner.

“Right now we’re throwing everything at him and hoping something sticks,” Fitch said. “If there’s a guy missing at a position, he plays it. He’s learning the trade.

“The one thing I like about him is that he has a great personality. There’s no quit in him. Right now he’s like a guy swimming in the deep water and he’s not sure that he can swim, but he’s thrashing like hell.”

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Guard Brent Barry has invited his teammates and the coaches to dinner tonight at his family’s home in Danville, an East Bay suburb.

“Pam [Connelly, Barry’s mother] is going to find out the hard way how much food they can consume,” Fitch said.

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Center Stanley Roberts missed practice because of a cold. . . . Fitch still hasn’t decided whether Dwayne Schintzius, Kevin Duckworth or Roberts will be put on the injured list. . . . Fitch maintains that he’ll get forward Lamond Murray, who has vowed not to talk to the media this season, to break his silence.