2019-20 LAC Depth Chart

[TheNewEra]

What is your ideal depth chart right now?

PG - Pat Beverley - Lou Williams (8th) - Landry Shamet
SG - Paul George - Landry Shamet (7th) - Lou Williams - Terance Mann (11th)
SF - Kawhi Leonard - Paul George - Mo Harkless (9th) - Terance Mann
PF - JaMychal Green - Kawhi Leonard - Montrezl Harrell/Mo Harkless/Mfiondu Kabengele (10th)
C - Ivica Zubac - Montrezl Harrell (6th) - Mfiondu Kabengele


New Fan-Favorite: Mfiondu Kabengele (leaps and bounds-improvement this season and next few years)

Most Increased Usage: Landry Shamet (will start at SG if/while George is out, and play some PG)

Most Decreased Usage: Lou Will (15th season, 33 yrs old, career-high Usage last yr, won't be asked to carry them as much with Kawhi and George)

Is it fair to say that the Clippers Bench is be even better than last year?!?

I would say McGruder will get some playing time. Don't see him signing a 3 year, 15M deal just to have a bunch of DNP's.

Could be his contract is going to be used if a trade is needed

[QRich3]

Nah I think he's gonna be a staple off the bench, he should be the back up SG all year long. I have a feeling he's gonna surprise a lot of people that haven't been following him in Miami.

[TrueLAfan]

C—Zubac (s) 1650, Trezz 1600, Green 400, Kabengele 300
PF—Green 1350, Harkless 800, Trezz 500, PG (s)/Kawhi 750, Other SF/PF/C we will get 600
SF—Kawhi (s) 1750, PG 1500, Harkless 700
SG—Shamet 1600 (s), McGruder 900, PG 450, Lou 400, Rome/Mann 650
PG—Bev (s) 1850, Lou 1400, Sham/Mann 350, Other PG we will get 350

which breaks down to

PG: 2350
Kawhi: 2100
Trezz: 2100
Bev: 1850
Lou: 1800
Green: 1750
Shamet: 1700
Zubac: 1650
Harkless: 1500
McGruder: 900
Other SF/PF/C we will get: 600
Mann: 500
Rome: 400
Other PG we will get: 350
Kabengele: 300


I’d be betting that it will be fairly close to evenly split between when Sham starts (PG at PF, depending on matchup), or Green starts (PG at SG, depending on matchup).

I agree with QRich3 about McGruder: I posted this earlier. He was decent—maybe a little below average—as a 22-25 mpg starter on .500 teams. I think he’ll be a very good player as a 12-15 mpg 10th man mainly going up against second and third team players.

[QRich3]

Yeah he's also the right kind of personality for this team, kind of guy that takes it personal when he gets scored on. He will for sure mesh well with guys like Bev, Green, Trez and them.

You bring him, Trez, Green and Harkless off the bench, with Lou making things happen on the other end, team's benches are gonna have a lot of trouble scoring.

[50CalClips]

C—Zubac (s) 1650, Trezz 1600, Green 400, Kabengele 300
PF—Green 1350, Harkless 800, Trezz 500, PG (s)/Kawhi 750, Other SF/PF/C we will get 600
SF—Kawhi (s) 1750, PG 1500, Harkless 700
SG—Shamet 1600 (s), McGruder 900, PG 450, Lou 400, Rome/Mann 650
PG—Bev (s) 1850, Lou 1400, Sham/Mann 350, Other PG we will get 350

which breaks down to
PG: 2350
Kawhi: 2100
Trezz: 2100
Bev: 1850
...

Wait, George is the backup SF and 3rd at SG after McGruder?
I'm not with that.

Start George...

[50CalClips]

For Reference: Minutes per game for 2019...

Minutes/Game AFTER Tobias trade:
Pat Bev = 29.2 -- before = 26.8
Gallinari = 28.8 -- before = 31.1
Lou Will = 27.8 -- before = 26.1
Shamet = 27.8
Shai Gils = 27.6 -- before = 26.0
Montrezl = 26.5 -- before = 26.2
Zubac = 20.1
JaMychal = 19.6
Temple = 19.6
Chandler = 15.0 (15 games)
Robinson = 10.5 (14 games) -- before = 9.1 (19 games)
Wallace = 10.4
Motley = 7.5 (9 games) -- before = 6.8 (13 games)
(averages exclude @IND game, Feb 7)

Minutes/Game 2019 Season
George = 36.9
Kawhi = 34.0
Harkless = 23.6 (53 starts of 60)
McGruder = 23.5 (45 starts of 66)

[50CalClips]

Here's my latest Depth Chart:

PG - Pat Bev - Lou Will (8th) - Shamet - Terance (11th)
SG - George - Shamet (6th) - Lou Will - McGruder (12th)
SF - Kawhi - George - Harkless (9th) - Shamet/Terance
PF - JaMychal - Kawhi - Montrezl - Harkless - George/Kabengele
C - Zubac - Montrezl (7th) - Kabengele (10th)

Theses are the Minutes/Game I want to see:
George = 33
Kawhi = 32
Shamet = 30 ("Landry Luxury" wins Sixth Man of the Year)
Montrezl = 28
Pat Bev = 25
Lou Will = 24
Zubac = 22
JaMychal = 22
Harkless = 21
Kabengele = 12
Terance Mann = 10
McGruder = *?*
Robinson = *?*
Motley = *?*

Please note that with players missing games, the players average minutes, in total, add up to more than the actual the total number of minutes available.

[TrueLAfan]

C—Zubac (s) 1650, Trezz 1600, Green 400, Kabengele 300
PF—Green 1350, Harkless 800, Trezz 500, PG (s)/Kawhi 750, Other SF/PF/C we will get 600
SF—Kawhi (s) 1750, PG 1500, Harkless 700
SG—Shamet 1600 (s), McGruder 900, PG 450, Lou 400, Rome/Mann 650
PG—Bev (s) 1850, Lou 1400, Sham/Mann 350, Other PG we will get 350

which breaks down to
PG: 2350
Kawhi: 2100
Trezz: 2100
Bev: 1850
...

Wait, George is the backup SF and 3rd at SG after McGruder?
I'm not with that.

Start George...

No, man. That's why the (s) is there. We'll start George with Kawhi, and slide him to the SF/SG when we start subbing starters out. I've got PG leading the team in minutes played with 2350; that's 33.5 minutes a game for 70 games. The load management will help him and us. (And in the 15-20 or so games Kawhi is rested, PG will start at SF.)

[50CalClips]

No, man. That's why the (s) is there. We'll start George with Kawhi, and slide him to the SF/SG when we start subbing starters out. I've got PG leading the team in minutes played with 2350; that's 33.5 minutes a game for 70 games. The load management will help him and us. (And in the 15-20 or so games Kawhi is rested, PG will start at SF.)

Yeah, I missed that "(s)".

I prefer George more at SG/SF than at PF. Between JaMychal, Kawhi, Harkless, Montrezl, Kabengele, hopefully we won't need George at the PF spot. He's 220 lbs.

I think we agree, though, that JaMychal and Shamet split the role of Sharp-Shooter. One or the other should definitely be out there at all times. George and Kawhi shift accordingly (SG<->SF<->PF).

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[TheNewEra]

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Going to be fun

[esqtvd]

VERY cool, from Justin Russo

[zimpy27]

Healthy playoff rotation:

14 mins: Lou, Shamet, PG-13/Kawhi, Harkless, Harrell
14 mins: Beverley, Shamet, PG-13, Kawhi, Zubac
10 mins: Beverley/Lou, PG-13, Kawhi, Green, Harrell
10 mins: Beverley, Lou, Kawhi, PG-13, Green/Harrell

41 mins: Kawhi (67% SF, 33% PF), PG-13 (25% SG, 50% SF, 25% PF)
29 mins: Beverley (100% PG), Lou (67% PG, 33% SG), Shamet (100% SG), Harrell (100% C)
14 mins: Zubac (100% C), Green (67% PF, 33% C), Harkless (100% PF)

Kawhi and PG13 will have to play out of position more than they probably want to.

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This was a good read.

[esqtvd]

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I remember year after year of our losing teams complaining that nobody wanted to step up and take the last shot.

Frankly, on the near-great CP3-Blake teams, nobody wanted to either. Blake did not call for the ball and CP knew he wasn't Kobe (although he did hit the biggest shot in Clipper history).


To his credit, Jamal was unafraid, which is why Doc was sometimes desperate enough to try Jamal in the closing five, but being unafraid to take the big shot is not the same thing as hitting the big shot.

See the Kobe discussion on the other thread



Anyway, we're gonna have 3 guys unafraid to take and make that last shot, and maybe 4 if Shamet's out there.

Or 3 guys who can completely shut down your playmakers and scorers down the other end if Pat's in there.


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[esqtvd]

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This was a good read.

An ok read. The PF minutes question is known even to Captain Obvious. I would have put in that Trezz has been working on his jumper and might actually be able to play some at the 4. His success has come as an undersized center against second-teamers.

I liked the observation that Pat (defense) Lou (scoring and ballhandling) and Sham (deep threat) each bring a top level skill--put them together and you have your 3rd star



IOW, Chris Paul. At less than half the price. Works for me.

[TheNewEra]

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This was a good read.

All of them useful we need Robinson to pull his weight

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I remember year after year of our losing teams complaining that nobody wanted to step up and take the last shot.

Frankly, on the near-great CP3-Blake teams, nobody wanted to either. Blake did not call for the ball and CP knew he wasn't Kobe (although he did hit the biggest shot in Clipper history).


To his credit, Jamal was unafraid, which is why Doc was sometimes desperate enough to try Jamal in the closing five, but being unafraid to take the big shot is not the same thing as hitting the big shot.

See the Kobe discussion on the other thread



Anyway, we're gonna have 3 guys unafraid to take and make that last shot, and maybe 4 if Shamet's out there.

Or 3 guys who can completely shut down your playmakers and scorers down the other end if Pat's in there.


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This was a good read.

All of them useful we need Robinson to pull his weight

Not expecting much from Jerome. So far I haven't seen a quality rotation player in him. You saw it with Shai immediately. He had the skillset to be great. I need to see more from Robinson to be convinced and I'm afraid he won't make the rotation again because of the team's depth.