LA Clippers: Five Guards To Target In The Draft If Patrick Beverley Leaves

Five Guards Clippers Could Target In NBA Draft in Beverley Leaves

By Ethan Smith | Jun 18, 2019

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - MARCH 29: Jared Harper #1 of the Auburn Tigers dribbles against the North Carolina Tar Heels during the 2019 NCAA Basketball Tournament Midwest Regional at Sprint Center on March 29, 2019 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) /

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Jalen Lecque during the NBA draft combine on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at the Quest Multisport Complex in Chicago, Ill. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images) /

4. Jalen Lecque – USA

Lecque is interesting and the Clippers may just be interested enough to take a gamble on him.

Standing 6-foot-4, Lecque is bypassing playing college ball at NC State and entering the draft, so not much is known about his ability and his development, except that he doesn’t shoot the ball too well.

Not shooting the ball well could work for him in this case though. Lecque would not need to be a scorer off the bench playing with Lou and Trezz and could feed them the ball and get out of the way. Is that necessarily a bad thing?

Lecque is also strong defensively because of his size and can guard almost three positions depending on matchups and could help Lou with his matchups.

Do the Clippers go after him? Probably not. There are too many question marks that will likely push the Clippers away and I don’t really blame them, but he is much more attainable than Edwards.