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A look at Clippers’ 2016-17 roster

Doc Rivers leads the Clippers into the 2016-2017 season.
(Jayne Kamin-Oncea / Los Angeles Times)
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CLIPPERS ROSTER

(statistics from 2015-16 season)

STARTERS

Position; Name; Number; Age; Years in league; PPG; RPG; APG;

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PG; Chris Paul; 3; 31; 12; 19.5; 4.2; 10.0;

Still considered the best pure point guard in the NBA.

SG; J.J. Redick; 4; 32; 11; 16.3; 1.9; 1.4;

Shot an NBA-best 47.5% from the three-point line last season.

SF; Luc Mbah A Moute; 12; 31; 9; 3.1; 2.3; 0.4;

If his offense was equal to his solid defense, he’d be a really good two-way player.

PF; Blake Griffin; 32; 27; 7; 21.4; 8.4; 4.9;

Broken right hand, torn quad in ’15-16, right elbow surgery in ’14-15. Health is a concern.

C; DeAndre Jordan; 6; 28; 9; 12.7; 13.8; 1.2;

Horrible free-throw shooter [43%], but a great defender and rebounder.

RESERVES

Guards

Jamal Crawford; 11; 36; 17; 14.2; 1.8; 2.3;

The three-time sixth man of the year extraordinaire hasn’t slowed down.

Austin Rivers; 25; 24; 5; 8.9; 1.9; 1.5;

His defensive role has expanded to guarding small forwards.

Raymond Felton; 2; 32; 12; 9.5; 3.2; 3.6;

A top-notch backup point guard.

Forwards

Alan Anderson; 9; 34; 8; 5.0; 2.1; 1.1;

Known as a tough defender who can knock down the three-pointer.

Paul Pierce; 34; 39; 19; 6.1; 2.7; 1.0;

“The Truth” probably won’t play much in his final season.

Wesley Johnson; 33; 29; 7; 6.9; 3.1; 0.6;

The Clippers and the league are still waiting for him to be a consistent player.

Brandon Bass; 30; 31; 12; 7.2; 4.3; 1.1;

Another solid veteran to come off the bench.

Brice Johnson*; 10; 22; R ; 17.0; 10.4; 1.5;

Recovering from a herniated disc in his back.

Centers

Marreese Speights; 5; 29; 9; 7.1; 3.3; 0.8;

Mo Buckets can get buckets for the Clippers.

Diamond Stone**; 0; 19; R; 12.5; 5.4; 0.4;

Won’t play much, but has shown promise during training camp.

*Statistics from North Carolina

**Statistics from Maryland

broderick.turner@latimes.com

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