LA Clippers Black Friday Breakdown: Best value on L.A.’s roster
By Tom West
To celebrate Thanksgiving and Black Friday from an NBA standpoint, here’s a look at some of the best value players the LA Clippers have on their roster.
It’s now Black Friday, meaning that everyone is either lying back in a bloated turkey coma from Thanksgiving, scrolling through their phones and laptops in search of good deals online, or they shed their meat sweats fast enough to be the committed ones and actually hit the shops in person. It’s a day to spend. A day to spend a lot if you were camping early out to burst through store doors the second they opened. Looking for cheap buys, especially with Christmas just a month away, is always fun after a day of indulgence. So, in the spirit of good deals, let’s turn to the NBA and see where the LA Clippers have found the best value for their money this season.
This is just for some fun. Of course, with Chris Paul playing at an MVP level and Blake Griffin having an emphatic return now that he’s fully healthy and at his best again, I could name both these players as great value. They may cost the max, but when you’re getting so much back and they’ve led the team to an early 14-2 start to the season, they’re worth that price.
However, to check in with some other Clippers and see where Doc River has found the best bang for his buck this season, I’m going to take a look at some cheaper members of the team.
Whether it’s a player on a lower contract or some of his new signings from free agency this summer such as Raymond Felton or Marreese Speights, this is a ranking of a few players performing above their current cheap contracts.
Let’s begin.