LA Clippers: 3 players primed for a breakout season
By Evan Desai
No. 2 LA Clippers player primed for a breakout season: Terance Mann
Terance Mann looked really strong last year for the LA Clippers. He shot 50.9% from the field, and 41.8% from three. He shot even better in both categories in the postseason.
Many will argue that we already saw a T-Mann breakout last year in the playoffs. I agree with that to an extent for sure. He scored 39 points on 15 of 21 shooting from the field in Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals without Kawhi to close out the Jazz.
He got two steals on the defensive end, and proved that he has what it takes to be a strong two-guard in this league for years to come.
Then, I look at this year and only see him getting better. He’s going to have more opportunity with Leonard likely out for a significant portion of the season, and he gets another year to gel with his tier one head coach.
This is the same guy who forced Stephen A. Smith to claim that we may not even want to re-sign Leonard. That’s not correct, of course, but look for Mann to really lessen the blow of not having Kawhi out there.