What Should The LA Clippers Starting Lineup Be When Kawhi Returns?

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1. Thanks for the shout out Dime. And yes, the food is top notch! Chargrilled oysters are a must.🍻

2. In general i am afraid kawhi could affect the chemistry, pace and make our offense more stagnant. Also i have doubts on kahwi defensive efforts and knee stress with teams (okc, memphis) that runs a lot, so I probably would keep harden-dunn-norm-djj-zu in that matchups and move kawhi to the second unit to preserve him and increase 2nd unit firepower. Against slower or taller teams i would go with harden-norm-djj-kawhi-zu as starting unit. I think we definitely need to test kai or get a solid backup center (e.g. trading bones, mann or amir and pj).

3. I feel like you did this episode for me ! 😂 I feel like both lineups with norm starting over Dunn or flipped will work! It just depends on how you wanna play !!!! But I and you always say DEFENSE WINS GAMES !!!! And our bench will benefit from Powell on it !!!
   It’s almost too late to give Kai jones a chance . He needs time to learn.

4. Good S***. Bro. Love the content

5. Using Norm as a microwave off the bench would hurt the starters more than it would help the bench. Harden with both Kawhi and Norm occupying the corners would give him a lot of easy paint points that are not there when Norm is the only reliable 3pt threat on the court as long as Miller and Bones are not playing meaningful minutes with Harden.

6. Never put kawhi to play as 4 or 5 again, his body ain’t afford, making him more likely to get injured

7. The major difference is Norm's shot selection is so much better than PG's..

8. Easy. Harden, Powell, Leonard, Jones Jr., and Zubac. Off the bench will be Porter Jr., Dunn, Batum, Coffey, and Bamba. Of course Mann will return and one of the rotation piece will get traded.

9. Harden is like Westbrook? Harden is one of the highest Intelligent players of all time. Westbrook is the complete opposite

10. DJJ crazy athletic. See that put back dunk off front of rim the other pm against GS 🫡 awesome ad 🤣

11. I agree 👍 💯

12. Nobody can move Norm, he deserved it. And now we have a real duo if not trio. Kawhi can slowly pace up, we have to watch his knee. And I hope there will be no set backs, pls. bb gods, because THIS IS OUR YEAR!!!

13. Harden, Zu, Jones jr, Powell and Kawhi starting 5. Dunn, Coffey, Porter jr, Mann, Batum and Bamba off the bench is 🔥🔥

14. I have no issue bringing powell off the bench, stagger his minutes with Kawi so he gets more shots. Late in game I'd put both of them in of course.

15. I think the starting 4 is Harden Norm Kawhi and Zu. That 5th spot should be matchup dependant. For example vs the Hawks I want Dunn on Trae Young

16. No point in benching Norman. He’s vocally expressed wanting to start and he is overperforming. And even when he’s on the bench, he finishes games. So let’s cut the BS and stop playing games with him. Dunn will still get a lot of minutes off the bench and he’s not the type to mope around because of it

17. Doesn’t make a lick of sense to start Powell lets me know your iq is low bro. You want to get your full potential out of every player. Powell needs his own team which he will get on the second string.

18. We wasn’t as high on him just like James harden but everybody has a change of heart

19. James Harden, Kawhi Leonard, Dunn, Jones, and Zubac should be your starting 5. Powell should definitely be the 6th man even though he deserves to start, we need fire power off the bench

20. Kawhi is done he will be injured by playoff time if they make the playoffs. Dude has lost his fire power reminds me of a scotty pippin late in his career.

21. Harden, Powell, Kawhi, DJJ and Big Zu