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Clippers offseason teaming preview
8:09pm, 23 May 2025【Basketball】
Let's first look at the previous summary of team formation:
Offense and defense balance is balanced with defense to lead the offense, the team is younger, determine the young core, and more ball holders launch offenses, use more breakthrough passes to break through the defense line, reduce three-point shots, and increase inside scoring. The inside plays an increasingly obvious role in the game. Compared with the five-point shooting style of the game in previous years, the five-point shooting style of pursuing the ultimate three-point shooting.
The Clippers' lineup problems last season were mainly concentrated in two points:
1. The lack of ball holders, except for Harden, Bogdan, and Xiaoka, the rest of the team lacked the ability to hold the ball. Bogdan is not reused, and Xiaoka is more responsible for the ending. The problems of developing offense are all completed by Harden, and the burden is heavy
2. The team is not strong enough, the size weakness brought by the three guards and the lack of height at the No. 4 position make the Clippers overly rely on Zubac in rebounding and interior defense.
The Clippers should focus on solving the above two problems in the new season. At the same time, you should also try to arrange the rotation lineup based on the summary mentioned above. Due to the luxury tax reasons in the previous few seasons, the Clippers will continue to control the team's overall salary this season below the first tycoon line (estimated 195 million yuan)
Based on the above points, let's find several suitable trading candidates for the Clippers:
1. Holiday
There is still a three-year contract of $104 million (32.4 million next season). The Celtics are very likely to trade him because of their salary explosion, and they also have to be given a draft pick. In the regular season, he averaged 11.1 points, 4 assists and 1 steal, with three-pointers of 35%. Although he has declined compared to the previous season of winning the championship, he is still an excellent championship puzzle. He does not have the ball, has excellent defense, can dominate the ball well, and has a good three-point history, which is equivalent to the enhanced version of Dunn of the offensive organization.
2. Xiao Jia
Xiao Jia will be the last year of the rookie contract next year (12.35 million). Due to the fact that there are too many players required to book a reservation, the Rockets cannot provide the contract renewal that Xiao Jia wants. At the end of last season, Xiao Jia also lost the team's main position. No matter how many possible Rockets' future transactions are involved, the Rockets will most likely seek to trade him in advance. As the No. 3 pick in 222, the standard No. 4 player, he shot 12 points, 7 rebounds and 35% three-pointers from the regular season last season.
Young, size, rebounds and shooting, Xiao Jia perfectly fits the development of the Clippers in the next 27 years. As the team's No. 2 future figure, he is the best puzzle.
3.Brogden
As a 32-year-old veteran, Brogden was troubled by injuries last season and played only 24 games. His contract expired in the new season and he is a free agent. His 4.7 assists in his career are his greatest value. The Clippers urgently need a substitute ball holder, and his joining can make up for the Clippers' ball holding problem. At the same time, his career 38.8% three-point shooting percentage is also impressive enough.
4. Capela
Last season, Capela was troubled by injuries with the Hawks, and his number of appearances was the lowest in the Hawks' career. He is also a free agent in the new season. Last season, he can still contribute 8.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game. Rebounds are his greatest value, and his defense is still above the level. Zubac lacked a suitable substitute for No. 5 last season, resulting in high playing time in the regular season. If Capela can make up for it, it will greatly alleviate the problem of insufficient depth in the inside line. Moreover, he and Harden have a very good time with the Rockets, so it is not impossible to renew their relationship.
Special operation plan:
FW plan: Eubanks (475) ➕ Dunn (573) ➕ Thunder 25 first round ➕ Clippers 31 first round
Bogdan (1602) ➕ Powell (2048) seeking a third-party team to replace Holiday ➕ second-round draft pick
Split the full amount of middle class 2 years 20 million signing Brogden
2 years 10 million signing Capela
In this way, the team's salary is next season:
Ka (5000), Zuba (1810), Holiday (3240), Jia (1235), Brogdon (1000), Capela (500) Jones (1048), Batum (490), Brown (265), Christie (196), Miller (219), No. 51 pick (120), a total of 15123
In this way, Harden signed 110 million (3,600) and the team's total salary was 18,723, 777 space to sign two players (2 two-way). The overall salary was excellent.
Starting:
Harden, Holiday, Kat, Jay, Zubac, Substitutes:
Brogdon, Jones, Batum, Capela
Water dispenser:
Brown, Miller, Christie, No. 51 pick
This lineup has excellent starting defense, double-held ball points, height and size, and the worst shooting is Holiday.
Harden went down Brogdon in 7 minutes in the first quarter, and Xiaoka scored 1.3 quarters. Holiday has Jones substitute. Batum is substitute under the little card. Capela can reach 16 minutes per game.
The first and third quarters were concluded. Brogden, Jones, Katum, Batum, Capela
The connection section of the second and fourth quarters Harden, Brogden, Jones, Batum, Capela
Five small players: Harden, Holiday, Katum, Batum, and Jia
The rest of the game, Brown entered the rotation, Harden took a turn, Miller entered the rotation, In this way, the team's overall passing and control ability was greatly improved, and each time period could ensure the core of the double-held ball, and the starting five-man team was more balanced, without obvious offensive and defensive weaknesses. This is particularly important in the playoffs against defense. At the same time, there are enough substitutes in each position, which can also ensure that the main players will not consume too much in the regular season. Leave more energy in the more important playoffs.
The Clippers have huge operating space during the offseason this season, and there is no obvious garbage contract. If the operation is good, and a suitable lineup is used to create an excellent offensive and defensive system, the lineup with the three Hakazu as the core will still be very competitive next season. If we can welcome the core of a young team in 27 years, the team will be able to become competitive immediately.
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