Analysis of the Clippers lineup next season: A bunch of veterans, the only way to win the championship is to lose. It is not illegal but immoral

Chris Paul joins the Clippers for 3.6 million in one year. This caused a lot of sensation in the league. It was not how strong the Cannon Brother, who is 40 years old next season, is, but that the Clippers are crazy about pulling out veterans this summer. All the layoffs and buyouts were brought over by him. After Paul joined, the average age of Clippers players was 33 years and 158 days, making him the first in the league. Big Mouth Perkins even called the Clippers a "nutrition home" (no, this is called It seems like I heard it once when I was a Rockets fan twenty years ago...)

In fact, with the current Clippers' lineup, it is a fantasy to win the championship. However, there is a non-law but immoral trick that can be used. The Clippers used this trick once last season, but it was not successful. You might as well try it next season. What trick is it? Let's first analyze the current lineup composition of the Clippers. You will understand after reading it.

First No. 1: James Harden, date of birth in August 1989, played 79 games last season, averaging 23 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists per game, shooting percentage of 41.0% + 35.2%, contract status for 2 years and 81.5 million, salary for next season is 40 million.

First, let me explain why Noko can be the number one position, because when the Clippers were competing for Bradley Bill, they had promised to give the latter the starting position, so in theory, they can only let Noko play with Bill. You can't let Noko play the substitute for Bill. As for why it's not Bill playing the number one position, don't ask, Bill doesn't understand this job.

36-year-old Denko's offensive ability has dropped by at least two levels compared to the peak period, which can be seen from the data. However, the main reason for Denko's drift in the past two years is not just the decline in his personal offensive ability, but his unwillingness to change his playing style. Now he can play this game in the Clippers, but ultimately the same game he played with the Rockets back then.

Although every time I transfer, Denzi swears at the press conference that I came here to assist XXX, it has not changed at all who said I am here. I don’t want to run away until now. When I don’t have the ball in my hand, I squatted in the bottom corner, sing hot pot, sing songs, cracking melon seeds and applying facial masks, watching my teammates four to five.

Let's talk about the three-pointer. In fact, the Rockets' accuracy in the league can only be considered medium in the league. Even the average is hesitant. The direct reason why he has such strong lethality outside the three-point line is that he throws too much. Who can bear the eleven or two three-pointers in a game? The main reason why Denko's three-pointers are not very accurate is actually the way of playing. There are too many three-pointers in his personal attack. If he is willing to play a little without the ball, then with Denko's shooting ability, the three-point shooting percentage will definitely be more than 35%.

In terms of Doriko's current age and situation in the Clippers, Doriko doesn't have to consider changing his style in the next two years. No one knows when Leonard will play and when he won't play. Doriko has to pick up and pick-and-roll, and a bunch of Doriko is white, hard-working and crying and shouting to hold our Doriko's thighs.

But the problem is that even in his peak period, he did not win the championship in the ball-holding nuclear system. He is now 36 years old, and his competitive state is completely incomparable to the past. Is it possible for the Clippers to win the championship?

Start No. 2: Bradley Beal, date of birth in June 1993, averaged 32 minutes per game in the last season, scored 17 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, with a double shooting percentage of 50%+39%, contract status: 11 million in 2 years, salary of 5.3 million next season.

The 50 million Bill is a big deal, and the 5 million Bill is even more delicious than the very fresh pork head meat. Bill’s problem is that his psychological quality is not good and he can’t fight a tough battle. In the critical round, Bill either hits the ball or makes a mistake, but now he is earning you five million. What responsibilities do you have to bear?

Putting aside the above factors, Bill's offense is still very efficient. His shooting ability is still at the top level of the league. Although he is not outstanding on the defensive end, he will definitely not be given in vain. He is relatively young, only 33 years old next season. As long as there is no major injury, he will have no problem playing a beautiful report card next to the player Denko in the new season. Therefore, after Bill was bought out by the Suns, he became a hot commodity in the free market.

According to unreliable news, the Clippers' arch-rivals, the Lakers, also salivated Bill and offered almost the same salary as the Clippers, but because Bill's wife and Denko's girlfriend were best friends, the wind blew around the pillow, Bill was blown to the Clippers.

The issue on the court is not mentioned. Bill's shooting ability alone is worth 5 million. The main problem is the Clippers' starting promise to Bill. You must know that the Suns were tortured by the Wizards' trade veto given to Bill by the Wizards. This time he gave another starting promise. Will this become the shackles of the Clippers in the middle of the season?

After all, Bill's defense is relatively average, while Denko has no defense...

The starting position: Kawhi Leonard, date of birth, June 1991, last season's data: played 37 games, averaged 21 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists per game, double shooting percentage 50%+41%, contract status: 101 million in 2 years, salary of 50 million next season.

Since Derek Jones's childhood, we have seen what fate is sometimes necessary, and don't force it if you don't have it. Jones debuted with violent dunks in 2016, with a height of 198 cm and extremely explosive physical fitness. However, because he can't do anything but dunks, he was defeated in the 2016 draft. However, although no team chose him at that time, he wanted to scratch the lottery on Jones.

Since entering the league, Jones has been very clear about his future role, which is the 3D forward guard swinger. Not to mention the defensive end, just talking about three-pointers, Jones has been practicing three-pointers every summer. For ten years, Jones has been practicing for a full ten years. The 35.6% three-point shooting percentage of last season is the highest in his career. Although this number has not even reached the average of the NBA...

But the good news is that in the past ten years, Jones' three-point shooting percentage has increased slightly every year. Although Jones is already a veteran, he is not really old. He is only 29 years old this year (only 19 years and 4 months when he ran). In theory, the accuracy of this three-point shooting is still possible to jump up.

If Jones' three-pointer can remain stable, if Collins is injured next season, Jones will be the best candidate to top the fourth position. This is definitely the best news in his career for Jones. Whether he can grasp it depends on Jones' luck.

8: Bogdan Bogdanovic, born in August 1992, played 30 games last season, including 4 starts (previously played 24 games on the Hawks substitute), averaged 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game in 25 minutes, contract status: 34 million in 2 years, and salary of 17 million next season.

As the saying goes, no one has many difficult sutras. Yes, Bogdan is the most difficult sutra for the Clippers. Zhou Huajian is so hard to read...

At the beginning of this year, Mann, who wanted to claim a big contract in order to handle the contract that was about to expire, got Bogdan over from the Hawks and replaced three second round picks. From this, you can see that the value of Bogdan's trading at that time was not very high. After all, he did not know anything except three-pointers. After seven playoff baptisms, Bogdan's trading value was completely zero, averaging 6 points per game, with only 6 three-pointers in total, with only 6 shots in total, with less than 30% of the shooting percentage...

In fact, when the Clippers were discussing Collins' trading proposal with the Jazz, the Clippers first took out Bogdan + draft pick + young players. As a result, when the Jazz heard the three words Bogdan, one with two big head and two round eyes, they directly overturned the table. The Clippers could not take out Powell.

Bogdan has a big contract of 34 million in the past two years. What should I do? What else can I do? Let's wait. If Borg performs slightly better next season and the team's record is still OK, hurry up and get it away. Otherwise, I can only accompany Denzi, Leonard, Zubac and other core players to 27 years to wait for reconstruction.

9: Nicholas Batum, date of birth: December 1988, last season's data: played 78 games, 8 of which started, averaged 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist per game in 17 minutes, with a double shooting percentage of 44% + 43%, contract status: 4.8 million in 1 year.

Last season, 37-year-old Lao Ba looked not good, he almost didn't have any independent attack, he couldn't play at the basket, and his defensive end was no longer as good as when he was young. The organization and support were just average. The seemingly three-point shooting percentage of 43% actually covered up a lot of problems. He only threw three-pointers every 6.7 minutes. He didn't shoot in an absolute open space, but he didn't shoot. The quality was not said but the quantity was small.

But after all, you can get less than five million a year. Even if you can maintain a three-point shooting rate of more than 40% of the open space, what kind of bicycle do you need?

10: Brooke Lopez, born in April 1988, last season's data, represented the Bucks in 80 games, all of which started, averaged 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists per game, with a double shooting percentage of 51% + 37%, and a contract status of 2 years and 18 million.

11: Chris Paul, born in May 1985, last season's data, represented the Spurs in 82 games, averaged 9 points and 7 assists per game, hitting 43% + 37% from the double event, contract status: 3.6 million in 1 year.

The two veterans, the Clippers, are definitely not losing money. Although they are a little older, their strength is still online and they can play a positive role in their respective positions. Maybe they will occasionally have a small explosion and can barely play as the starting point, but it is not a big problem to play for 15-20 minutes on the bench.

12: Cam Christie, born in July 2005, the 46th overall pick in the second round of 2024.

is here, and the person who looks like that man has finally come. As we all know, Chris, I, the brother Pao, was selected at the 2005 Election Conference. A month later, Christie was born. Just tell me how long our brother's career is...

Cam Christie actually has another brother, that is, Max Christie, who was once selected by the Lakers and traded to the Mavericks in February this year. The latter was born in October 2003. Both of these brothers are both 3D type forward guards.

Kam played five summer league games for the Clippers this summer. He performed averagely, averaged 16 points per game, but his shooting percentage was only 39% and his three-point shooting percentage was 32%. He didn't see any highlights in the defense. He still had to practice in the Development League for another two years before he had a chance.

After talking about the 12 players, let’s talk about the Clippers’ gains in the draft this year. The 30th pick in the first round selected the traditional center with a height of 211 cm, 22 and a half years old, Yannick Needhausen averaged 4 points and 5 rebounds per game in three summer games, and shot 43% from the field. Judging from age and performance, there is basically no future..

The 51st pick in the second round, the forward Mohamed Diavala from France, was the same as the South Sudanese player in the Vampan Yama Wholesale Market. He was tall and long, had amazing physical talent, had a wide defense coverage, could switch to multiple positions, and was young enough. He was born in April 2004.

But there are many problems, such as nothing can be found on the offensive end. In the French local league, it is only 5.8 points per game, which is an uncarved piece of uncensored jade. In the past two years, it is obviously much wiser to stock it in other leagues than to occupy valuable team places.

Okay, after reading the summary of Clippers' players, I believe you will find a problem, that is, the contracts of almost all players will expire in the summer of 2027. Yes, this is the deadline given by the Clippers to Leonard. In two years, if the championship is still not completed, the Clippers will be completely rebuilt, and all players will be put on the trading shelves.

Two years? Win the championship?

There are basically no chances. The basis for the Clippers to win the championship is that important players such as Leonard and Collins must stay healthy. However, based on the previous history of these two people, it is basically impossible. If one is injured, the blow to the Clippers' overall strength will be fatal. However, for the Clippers, they actually have a small loss move. This move was actually used once last season, but it was not successful in the end. That is -

spent the entire regular season time to let Leonard and Collins recover. With the ability of my Dengeon and the support of outstanding role players such as Daluo, Paul, Zubac, Dunn, Bill, etc., it is not a problem for the team to enter the playoffs. When it comes to the playoffs, Leonard and Collins will return strongly and lead the team to win the championship.

It is not illegal to do this, but it seems not very moral...

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