Amir Coffey was supposed to be a 3-and-D player. He’s 6’8 and competes defensively, and he shot 40 percent from three-point range as a rookie in the G League. As a two-way player trying to find his niche on the Clippers NBA roster, that seemed like the obvious fit.
The Agua Caliente staff prepped Coffey with that goal in mind. When he was in the G League bubble last year, Coffey put up 14 three-pointers in a game the day before he was called up for NBA action. He took the court against the Miami Heat and shot six threes that night, making five as the shorthanded Clippers improbably beat the Heat.