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Honestly, this team scares the whole league

To find the balance of the past season, this is where it happens!

Arrives : Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Maurice Harkless, Mfioundu Kabengele, Terance Man, Derrick Walton, Jr

Dparts : Danilo Gallinari, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Sindarius Thornwell, Garrett Temple, Wilson Chandler, Tyrone Wallace

Leaders: Patrick Beverley, Derrick Walton Jr

Arrires: Lou Wiliams, Landry Shamet, Jerome Robinson, Rodney McGruder

Wingers: Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Maurice Harkless

Ailiers-Forts: Jamychal Green, Patrick Patterson

Pivots : Montrezl Harrell, Ivica Zubac, Mfiondu Kabengele

PG : Patrick Beverley, SG : Landry Shamet, SF : Paul George, PF : Kawhi Leonard, C : Montrezl Harrell

One of the scariest 5 major players in the entire NBA. As said Evan Fournier at the microphone of our colleagues from TrashTalk last September “the Clippers will be very boring, they can clearly become unbearable playing …”. With this 5 major, the Angelinos can simply become the best defense in the NBA. Especially when it comes to talking about the playoffs, the army of players capable of raising their defensive intensity at this time is present. On the switchs, almost all can defend all positions with depth and level. On outdoor stations, Patrick Beverley will be the first curtain, and the boss, of the defense for Doc Rivers. In two years with the Clippers, the bulldog has already made people forget Chris Paul by becoming one of the darlings of the Staples Center (when it is in the colors of the Clippers). He is also a good organizer, with a correct vision of the game, although he will not be there to carry the ball first. There is also an underestimated outside trigger, 38% in 3-point career. At the rear station, Landry Shamet should start the games in the continuity of his rookie season. True steal of the Sixers (26th choice), he had landed in Los Angeles in the trade of Tobias Harris. He brings, like his veteran leader, qualities of defense and shooting 3 points essential in modern NBA. In addition, he is only 22 years old and will be a sophomore more than well surrounded. We still remember his playoff streak against the Warriors, and Shamet could still surprise many people this season.

So what about wingers at the Clippers… We are on the best in the NBA. In a few minutes, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George have returned to the league by signing simultaneously with the other Los Angeles team. Now, two players in the Top 10 in last year’s MVP rankings, two of the top 6 NBA scorers in 2019 join forces to create a new empire in the Western Conference. These two superstars have everything to take their team to the top and claim the NBA title. It is simply the best pair of wingers in our eyes. To complete the 5 major, Montrezl Harrell should occupy the post of pivot with a guarantee of engagement always blameless in the racket. The perfect complement. This major 5 has everything to become the best in the league, as his ability to do in excellence on both sides of the field is expected.

If the Clippers may not have the best bench in the league, they still have players capable of doing the greatest good when it will be necessary to provide other solutions Kawhi Leonard and Paul George which should monopolize a large part of the playing time. First, their 6th man will be envied by the 29 other teams of the big league. Lou Williams is the double holder of the title of 6th man of the year (2018, 2019). Leaving the bench, he has turned more than 20 points per game for two years with the Clippers, a real feat. His role will be decisive, he will have to be the third offensive weapon of his team behind his two All-Stars while having to organize the game. He leaves the bench, but he will stay around 30 minutes per match and it is hard to imagine Kawhi Leonard and Paul George draw the entire Los Angeles systems. Lou Williams knows how to create for him perfectly, will he be able to serve his stars in the best conditions?

But Williams will not be alone on this bench. At the pivot post, the contribution of Ivica Zubac will also be important in a player role that should suit this team well. Very discreetly, the Clippers also obtained Maurice Harkless from Portland this t. If the competition on the wings will force him to start on the bench, it must be remembered that it was an essential element of the 5 major of the Blazers finalists conference. Another 3&D, among those who have best assimilated this role in the NBA. Finally, the experience of Patrick Patterson, Jamychal Green or Rodney McGruder will always be useful when the stars have to be blown while keeping the gap created before. A very complete and versatile bench.

– A “Fun Guy” who has never been so scary. Kawhi Leonard is in the form of his life, he has just obtained his second NBA title accompanied by his second title of MVP of the finals, in a second franchise. After her Veni, Vidi, Vici Canadian, he returned to his hometown as he had wished for many years. He is 28, he is in his prime, who will stop this machine winning?

– Dfense, dfense, dfense. We told you in this guide, the Clippers have everything to defend better than anyone this season. All the players know how to defend as they proved last year, and this time they are joined by Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and Maurice Harkless who have nothing more to prove on this side. An impassable wall can very quickly be erected if the collective desire is there.

– Doc Rivers is hungry. More than that, he is hungry. His great communicative joy to find the playoffs with a group devoid of superstars last year in testimony. The era of Lob City and its failures is a thing of the past and for the first time since the departure of Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, Rivers finds a team that can claim the title. His experience can make the cocktail explosive.

– How to reorganize the attack? Lou Williams was the only player able to rock a game offensively with this team last year. The versatility of the squad, and his duet with Montrezl Harrell had followed to make the Clippers a respectable attack. This season, two All-Stars arrive with the adaptation that this will require. New distribution of shots, new systems, new role for Lou Williams. These elements will require a reorganization of the attack not so obvious as it seems.

– Pat Beverley must stay on his two jaremain. Lou Williams has already shown that he can take on this role, but Patrick Beverley remains the only real leader in this squad. It is a slight lack of depth on this post which could expose the whole team in the event of a problem. Beverley is capital on both sides of the field, not sure that Lou Williams defends as well in the hypothesis where it would be necessary to tinker…

– The shadow of the Lakers. It is difficult to find black spots for these new Clippers, but the shadow of the Lakers will continue to limit their development. The arrival of Anthony Davis has almost forgotten the power of the Clippers, and the media continue to follow much more massively the historic team of Los Angeles. The neighbors will have to make noise to attract the lights to the door opposite.

Kawhi Leonard arrives in an armchair that he likes. That of strengthening a solid team in order to become its leader and to aim for the NBA title. In the same way that he succeeded his bet with the Raptors, although he had not chosen the destination of his exploits. As if that were not enough, this time he will have the support of Paul George who was also among the most desired free agents a year ago. He had refused advances from the Lakers…. To request a transfer to the Clippers a year later, a symbol. They join a team that had posed normal concerns to the Warriors in the first round of the last playoffs. These Clippers were missing a superstar last year, they now have two. If the chemistry is created between a very solid workforce and two superstar dreaded separately, it is difficult to see who can compete with the Angelinos this season.

This team is enough to scare the whole NBA. However, they will probably not have the best record in the NBA against the adversity of the West and some favorites to the title who have managed to maintain stability. By the time Kawhi Leonard and Paul George adapt to this new environment, the Clippers should leave a few games on the way and Inside Basket predicts a second place at the Western Conference and 55 wins for 27 defeats of the Doc Rivers strip. The expectations are real!

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