When the LA Clippers released George King and Moses Wright on Thursday, it showed that the team is sticking to their guns.
The Clippers just had their best season in Clipper franchise history, so this team should stick with their original roster as much as they possibly can. Signing Justise Winslow and trading for Eric Bledsoe were the right moves, but other than that it would be best for the squad to stay as similar as possible to what really worked last year.
King and Wright are very talented players. King has played in this league before, and Wright was last year’s ACC Player of the Year for his season at Georgia Tech. It would be nice if they could play for the Agua Caliente Clippers in the G League. Overall, these were the right decisions for the LA Clippers, though.
George King and Moses Wright being released prove how competitive it is to make this LA Clippers roster.
Both George King and Moses Wright brought something to the table for the LA Clippers. Again, Wright proved with how great of a player he was in college that he could have a future in this league. King is a mature basketball player at 27, and has experience playing in this division before.
When new players are trying to come in and play here, however, it’s complicated. King is a wing, and the Clippers are already stacked when it comes to his position. Wright is both a wing and a power forward, but those type of players are also all over our roster as well.
Being able to keep these guys around would have been ideal, but we couldn’t keep everybody.
In that case, it was best to keep a good thing going and keep last year’s roster together as much as possible.
The Clippers had a tough time gaining as much chemistry together as they could have last year. Every member in the starting five missed significant time due to injury.
Keeping as many returning players around as possible was the right decision.