There were times when Clippers Coach Doc Rivers peered at his bench last season and probably wished he was seeing things. A few productive players besides Jamal Crawford would have been nice.
The Clippers reserves ranked 22nd in the NBA in scoring (30.4 points per game) and were 29th in efficiency, an advanced metric that encompasses nearly every meaningful statistic. Of the 16 playoff teams, the Clippers had a bench that was last in efficiency, forcing their starters to log as many minutes as their legs could withstand without buckling.