Through the likely outcome that Bradley Beal and Chris Paul join the LA Clippers, possibly as soon as next week, the roster will be overflowing with scoring and playmaking from the primary starters to the last player on the bench. This eliminates Bogdan Bogdanović’s role, who is a Sixth Man of the Year-worthy talent with a keen eye for punishing teams with heat checks and flashy dimes.
This season, on the Clippers and Atlanta Hawks, Bogdanović averaged 10.8 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 2.7 assists, with shooting splits of 42.7% from the field and 36.3% from three. His efficiency on just LA for the second half of the year, at 47.4% from the field and 42.7% from distance, showcased a notable difference, but it is essential to consider the entire sample size.
If the Clippers generate a listing for Bogdanović, they will receive calls from both conferences. Not only is he an excellent veteran who commits minimal errors, but his contract is one that any team would love to have.
Bogdanović is only owed $32 million over his final two seasons, which he signed with the Hawks, and there is a team option that becomes valuable if he underperforms in 2025-26.
Thus, the Clippers should trade him this summer, specifically to a team that needs an elite, veteran three-point shooter, like the Orlando Magic, for a defensive-minded power forward to bring energy off the bench.
The LA Clippers would be overpowered next season if they traded Bogdan Bogdanović to the Orlando Magic for Jonathan Isaac
Kobe Brown is great on defense and could be a good asset for the future if the LA Clippers extend his contract. However, his inexperience currently makes him ineffective behind John Collins. A stronger option, Jonathan Isaac from the Orlando Magic, would be better suited for the role Brown may take over later on.
Health has been an issue for Isaac in his eight years of employment in the NBA, as he has only logged six, but this season, he put on his sneakers for 71 games, averaging 5.4 points and 4.4 rebounds in 15.4 minutes.
These stats do not compare well to Bogdanović, nor do his sub-par efficiencies, but context matters, and Isaac was surrounded by poor shooting. He has performed better in the years past and would likely thrive with the Clippers, especially if he is asked to focus solely on defense as a power forward.
That said, although a crucial offensive talent like Bogdanović would be sent away, trading for Isaac would be a jackpot-level win for the Clippers to round out their bench.