The start of the NBA season is still over a month away, but competitive basketball is returning even sooner than that. The Basketball Tournament, a winner-take-all 5-on-5 tournament featuring the best players in the world not on NBA contracts, is set to tip off on July 4. The seventh-annual TBT will be taking place in Columbus, Ohio as a fanless event.
Although no current NBA players will be suiting up in the tournament, plenty of former players fill the rosters of the 24 teams. As we wait for the 2019-20 Clippers to return to the court, let’s find some rooting interests in this year’s TBT by taking a look back at some previous Clippers who will be taking the floor in Columbus.