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The 23-year-old point guard watched a recent game on an iPad with Clippers assistant coach Robert Pack. As they went over clips, Pack demonstrated where Bledsoe should have hedged when the Trailblazers’ LaMarcus Aldridge had the ball in the post.


“Bled is a student of the game,” Pack said. “His first two seasons, I’d usually be the one grabbing him to watch film. But this season, he’s beating me to the punch. He’s bringing the clips to me. He’s studying the opposition and looking for any breaks and advantages he can get.”

Pack visited him in late August and the two ran drills at nearby Samford University, focusing on Bledsoe’s pull-up shooting off pick-and-rolls, spotting up for corner 3-pointers and learning how to pick his spots offensively, or, as Pack said, “the cerebral part of his game.”


Bledsoe participated in the Clippers’ summer pick-up games at their training facility and impressed his teammates.


“To see how much Bled has grown is just amazing to me,” Paul said earlier this season. “I’ve known him since high school. He was actually a camper of mine at my point guard camp. To see how his confidence has grown from last to this year is impressive.”

“Whatever happens happens. For right now I’m playing backup point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers,” he said. “Who knows what the future holds. I’m going to continue doing what I’m doing and try to get a win at the end of the day.”

Jovan Buha, ESPN Los Angeles