Welcome to our 2021-22 Clips Nation season preview series, where we’re digging into something that interests us about each player for this coming season. First up, can Nicolas Batum recapture the magic of his first year as a Clipper?
In the 2019-20 season, it was as if the Monstars stole Nicolas Batum’s talents. Whatever play secured him the big five-year, $120 million contract for the Charlotte Hornets disappeared, and his career fell off.
The 31-year-old Frenchman only played in 22 games in that season, averaging less than four points on abysmal 35 percent shooting from the field and an even worse 29 percent from three-point range.