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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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Dec 10, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; LA Clippers forward Marreese Speights (5) celebrates with Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (right) during the third quarter against the New Orleans Pelicans at Staples Center. The Los Angeles Clippers won 133-105. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 10, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; LA Clippers forward Marreese Speights (5) celebrates with Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin (right) during the third quarter against the New Orleans Pelicans at Staples Center. The Los Angeles Clippers won 133-105. Mandatory Credit: Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports /

Mo’ Buckets is the player the Clippers have wanted

Speights is a player that the LA Clippers have never had in the Doc Rivers Era. He gives the team another scorer and he gives them the versatility to have more shooters around the three-point line while a big stays in the paint to battle for rebounds or back tap it to a player in the backcourt.

Speights is not going to give you 20 rebounds like Jordan or be the monster that Blake Griffin is. Speights knows who he is and will continue to shoot the ball, and for a fair amount of the time he’s going to come up with a basket when you need bailing out. He’s not afraid to take the shot and that is the type of player the Clippers need outside Crawford.

When Blake drives and the defense collapses, he can kick it out to Mo for the open three. Even when space isn’t there, Speights isn’t confident to the point that he’ll never keep the ball moving and make extra passes around the wing.

Of course, it all takes time to come together with a new team, but from what we have seen in the first 37 games of the season, we can only expect more of the same.

They’ve had the injury bug go around the team and it’s moved them further down the rankings to 4th in the Western Conference, but when healthy and locked in they have the capability to beat anyone.

Speaking of seedings, what can we expect from Speights going forward as the playoffs slowly approach?

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