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Marreese Speights could be the LA Clippers’ missing piece

By Leonard Saldana

December 22, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers center Marreese Speights (5) reacts after scoring a basket against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
December 22, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Clippers center Marreese Speights (5) reacts after scoring a basket against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /
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Marreese Speights was a vital key to the Golden State Warriors’ 2015 NBA championship. The LA Clippers are hoping for more of the same in their own run this year.

December 22, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; LA Clippers center Marreese Speights (5) reacts after scoring a basket against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
December 22, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; LA Clippers center Marreese Speights (5) reacts after scoring a basket against the San Antonio Spurs during the second half at Staples Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /

The departure of Cole Aldrich in NBA free agency last summer left a big hole for the LA Clippers’ bench, and despite so much money being thrown around because of the salary cap jump ($70 million to $94 million) over one year, the Clippers were able to sign a proven bucket maker in Marreese Speights, known by the world as “Mo’ Buckets”, for the veteran’s minimum and no more.

Speights has fit in quite nicely with the bench and has seen the highest Player Efficiency Rating (PER) of his career while playing with the Clippers, currently at a fairly impressive 20.4. He has been able to play with the bench or even play alongside Blake Griffin.

L.A. partly signed Speights because of his versatility to play with the bench or with a starting big, but if you have not guessed it already, he’s been brought in for buckets and spacing. He has range, and will consistently make shots from 20 feet and beyond the three-point line.

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