With the 25th pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Clippers select Brice Johnson.
Once the draft was over, Doc Rivers said Johnson was who they wanted all along. They liked his combination of athleticism, hustle, length and fluidity at 6’11” to bolster their power forward depth. Perhaps, Johnson could be a rookie ready to make an actual impact instead of riding the bench all year. And that should still be the case — certainly more so than the now-waived Branden Dawson — but it won’t come quite so easily now.
After a host of re-signings began the Clippers’ free agency, highlighted by $35.