As the Los Angeles Clippers left for China on Wednesday, they set off for a perfect chance to develop their team chemistry. For a group with so many new players and so many diverse characters, it’s more than just two preseason games against the Charlotte Hornets that will help the Clippers moving forward this year. Their two preseason games have been enough to prove that already, and it’s going to take time and effort to even be able to utilize the new bench together correctly.
Lance Stephenson is shooting 14 percent over his first two games, Jamal Crawford still seems like an odd-man out, Josh Smith needs to find the perfect balance between three positions, and the Clippers’ entire bench needs to figure out the idea of “not trying to do too much”.