One immediate thought stayed with me after the Clippers’ moves at the trade deadline: “wow, we have a lot of wings”.
Ty Lue now gets to tinker with a roster stocked with talented wings such as Marcus Morris Sr., Nicolas Batum, Terance Mann, Norman Powell, Robert Covington, Amir Coffey, Luke Kennard, Brandon Boston Jr., and, once they return, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George. Maybe that’s just the direction the NBA is moving towards, and a having a legion of two-way wings is just the Clippers’ commitment towards a switchable, position-less, small-ball-centric future.
On Monday, to start a formidable back-to-back against the two best teams in the league, these Clippers will be tasked with another team highlighted by wing depth.