PLAYA VISTA – Jared Dudley. Matt Barnes. Jamal Crawford. Reggie Bullock. Jordan Hamilton. Hedo Turkoglu. Lance Stephenson. Paul Pierce. Wesley Johnson. Luc Mbah a Moute. Jeff Green.
Those 11 men have started at small forward for the Clippers over the last three seasons, and soon, more names could be added to the list.
Alan Anderson, and even Austin Rivers, could find themselves in the team’s starting five this season, with Clippers coach Doc Rivers prepared to use a variety of players to complement Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan and J.J. Redick with the first unit.
This, though, isn’t ideal – and Doc Rivers knows it.