LA Clippers: How prior experience will play a vital role this season
The LA Clippers have had (possibly) the best off-season out of all 30 teams with their summer splashes in Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Today, I will show you how experienced this roster truly is.
The roster that the LA Clippers have managed to assemble in the last couple of weeks is looking very intriguing in terms of size and play.
The team is versatile at every position and is still seeking to fill out two more roster spots (ex. Shaun Livingston, Andre Iguodala, Dwight Howard) for the 15-man roster.
The talk of the town as of late is how the Clippers depth will play a major factor heading into this season as we will dive deeper into that shortly.
Not only will depth play a huge role but mostly all of the players on the roster have previously learned from and played with some of the league’s best players.
Here is the list of current Clippers that have played with former/current NBA stars:
Kawhi Leonard
- w/Spurs (2011-2018): Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili
- w/Raptors (2018-2019): Kyle Lowry, Marc Gasol
Paul George
- w/ Pacers (2010-2017): Danny Granger, David West
- w/ Thunder (2017-2019): Russell Westbrook
Lou Williams
- w/76ers (2005-2012): Allen Iverson, Jrue Holiday
- w/Hawks (2012-2014): Al Horford
- w/Raptors (2014-2015): DeMar DeRozan, Kyle Lowry
- w/Lakers (2015-2017): Kobe Bryant
- w/Rockets (2017): James Harden
- w/Clippers (2017-current): Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, Tobias Harris
Patrick Beverley
- w/Heat (2010): LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh
- w/Rockets (2013-2017): James Harden, Dwight Howard
- w/Clippers (2017-current): Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, Tobias Harris
Montrezl Harrell
- w/Rockets (2015-2017): James Harden, Dwight Howard
- w/Clippers (2017-current): Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, Tobias Harris
Landry Shamet
- w/76ers (2018-2019): Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler
- w/Clippers (2019-current): Lou Williams
Ivica Zubac
- w/Lakers (2016-2019): LeBron James
- w/Clippers (2019-current): Lou Williams
JaMychal Green
- w/Spurs (2015): Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili
- w/Grizzlies (2015-2019): Marc Gasol, Mike Conley, Zach Randolph
- w/Clippers (2019-current): Lou Williams
Maurice Harkless
- w/Magic (2012-2015): Victor Oladipo, Nikola Vucevic, Tobias Harris
- w/Blazers (2015-2019): Damian Lillard, C.J. McCollum
Rodney McGruder
- w/Heat (2016-2019): Dwyane Wade, Hassan Whiteside
Jerome Robinson
- w/Clippers (2019-current): Lou Williams, Tobias Harris
*Rookies/Two-Way players not accounted for on the list
- Mfiondu Kambengele
- Terance Mann
- Johnathan Motley
- Amir Coffey
Why experience matters
Come postseason time, should this same team still be the same, every member on the Clippers roster (excluding rookies/two-way players) will have played in the NBA Playoffs before.
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Not only was the team looking for solid vets, but they were looking at tough-minded players who come through during crunch time and the Clippers definitely have that.