Interesting problem to be having! When they get a real PF that can rebound, how will the starting lineup be? I guess: Harden (1), PG13 (2), Kawhi (3), (DFS, Olynik, PJ Wash…)? (4), Zu (5).
Mann, Coffey will be alternating if not traded? I’d prefer to trade Plumlee or keep things as they are, instead of giving one of those 2.
Another option could be to bring a traditional big (Drummond-like) that can rebound the basketball to be the backup 5 and play Theis at 4 when needed, moving Kawhi to 3 and PG13 to 2.
SuchUnluckyThing
Trade incoming?
LLUrDadsFave
If they made a trade he’d still be playing power forward because whoever they get won’t be better than him.
jgroove_LA
Kawhi learning from LeGM I see…trade that 1st rounder Mr. Frank
Key-Ad1311
Kawhi knows what the fuck he’s talking about, he requested a PG, finally got one with Harden & look at the results. He wants a PF, better get him one, NOW.
Chessinmind
He doesn’t like playing it but it makes us a better team when he does.
yawningturtle15
Jerami Grant 🙏
LiveFrmTheGutter
So basically Kelly Olynyk is a clipper
Swingman23
I hear bobby portis has been having a low year for the bucks. Would loooove to take him off their hands to give him some new scenery haha. Don’t think they’d do it though
VentureArch
What happens to Mann if we get a PF? Our rotation only increases with this. Is Mann playable if we do this?
dkdoki
PJ Washington, you are a clipper
KrabS1
Its tough. I think ideally, we trade our fringe young guard types for a fringe young power forward type. Basically restructure our youth so its more useful right now, and maybe change who our 9th player is. I worry that we will end up trading more assets for an aging player, who will be solid now (maybe second guy off the bench, pushing Mann for a starting spot), but make our next few years even more difficult. Feels like that second option puts our chemistry at a risk, and also complicates our future a few years from now.
Cotee
This is a guy who got his NBA start in a pretty traditionally ran offensive system. He was able to see the power of having guys be great at their position as opposed to being a “do it all guy” Tony Parker was very much a point guard, Gino was very much a shooting guard, Tim Duncan was the definition of a power forward and kawhi got to be a true wing. He knows from experience what is possible when a team is locked into a system offensively and defensively and when the roles are heavily defined.
Those spurs teams were incredible to watch. Despite him leaving that organization in the fashion he did, I’m sure he’s well aware of why that team was so successful.
RyujiDrill
All I ask is get someone good and someone who will not age the team and/or fuck up team chemistry. Please value what you currently have in your role players and think carefully.
RippedHookerPuffBar
I really don’t want to change the team up at all
shmelldon
For those saying: DFS is not one of them
InTheMorning_Nightss
People here are having really non-nuanced takes.
The Clippers are almost certainly not looking to shake up the roster or the starting lineup, but the problem is that Kawhi Leonard plays PF at *all* times regardless of the lineup.
Starters? Clear PF. Staggered with Russ? PF. Bench unit? PF. Small ball? PF/C. The point is that we have incredibly limited front court flexibility because all 3 of our Cs can *only* play center, and outside of Kawhi (and 2 guys buried on the bench in Kobe/PJ), nobody else can properly play PF.
Rodriguez030
He needs to shut up and keep playing on the 4
clayfu
Moving Kawhi to the 4 has really opened up his game though. He’s so strong he go against bigger guys and he’s still fast enough to get by em
JimmyKanine
If he really doesn’t want to play PF why not just move TMann to the bench and start Coffey at the 4 instead?
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Interesting problem to be having! When they get a real PF that can rebound, how will the starting lineup be? I guess: Harden (1), PG13 (2), Kawhi (3), (DFS, Olynik, PJ Wash…)? (4), Zu (5).
Mann, Coffey will be alternating if not traded? I’d prefer to trade Plumlee or keep things as they are, instead of giving one of those 2.
Another option could be to bring a traditional big (Drummond-like) that can rebound the basketball to be the backup 5 and play Theis at 4 when needed, moving Kawhi to 3 and PG13 to 2.
Trade incoming?
If they made a trade he’d still be playing power forward because whoever they get won’t be better than him.
Kawhi learning from LeGM I see…trade that 1st rounder Mr. Frank
Kawhi knows what the fuck he’s talking about, he requested a PG, finally got one with Harden & look at the results. He wants a PF, better get him one, NOW.
He doesn’t like playing it but it makes us a better team when he does.
Jerami Grant 🙏
So basically Kelly Olynyk is a clipper
I hear bobby portis has been having a low year for the bucks. Would loooove to take him off their hands to give him some new scenery haha. Don’t think they’d do it though
What happens to Mann if we get a PF? Our rotation only increases with this. Is Mann playable if we do this?
PJ Washington, you are a clipper
Its tough. I think ideally, we trade our fringe young guard types for a fringe young power forward type. Basically restructure our youth so its more useful right now, and maybe change who our 9th player is. I worry that we will end up trading more assets for an aging player, who will be solid now (maybe second guy off the bench, pushing Mann for a starting spot), but make our next few years even more difficult. Feels like that second option puts our chemistry at a risk, and also complicates our future a few years from now.
This is a guy who got his NBA start in a pretty traditionally ran offensive system. He was able to see the power of having guys be great at their position as opposed to being a “do it all guy” Tony Parker was very much a point guard, Gino was very much a shooting guard, Tim Duncan was the definition of a power forward and kawhi got to be a true wing. He knows from experience what is possible when a team is locked into a system offensively and defensively and when the roles are heavily defined.
Those spurs teams were incredible to watch. Despite him leaving that organization in the fashion he did, I’m sure he’s well aware of why that team was so successful.
All I ask is get someone good and someone who will not age the team and/or fuck up team chemistry. Please value what you currently have in your role players and think carefully.
I really don’t want to change the team up at all
For those saying: DFS is not one of them
People here are having really non-nuanced takes.
The Clippers are almost certainly not looking to shake up the roster or the starting lineup, but the problem is that Kawhi Leonard plays PF at *all* times regardless of the lineup.
Starters? Clear PF. Staggered with Russ? PF. Bench unit? PF. Small ball? PF/C. The point is that we have incredibly limited front court flexibility because all 3 of our Cs can *only* play center, and outside of Kawhi (and 2 guys buried on the bench in Kobe/PJ), nobody else can properly play PF.
He needs to shut up and keep playing on the 4
Moving Kawhi to the 4 has really opened up his game though. He’s so strong he go against bigger guys and he’s still fast enough to get by em
If he really doesn’t want to play PF why not just move TMann to the bench and start Coffey at the 4 instead?