The news fell yesterday just before the (Samuel) Gigot, we suspected a little but it is now almost official: Reggie Jackson will be the starting point guard for the Clippers at the start of the season. The hierarchy is therefore not shaken up, and Tyronn Lue has a fairly incredible range of rotations on his backcourt anyway, enough to, we imagine, sleep very well at night at the moment.
A year and a half now that Reggie Jackson took the role of leader of the Clippers with a smile, and that should not change this season, at least not as soon as the recovery. John Wall’s arrival in Los Angeles was bound to give coach Tyronn Lue some thinking, especially following a pre-season that saw the former Wizards star show his best side, but so the decision was made. to leave with the usual starters to make the Californian bench a rather insoluble mess for the opposing defenses. Last year Reggie validated his rebirth by shooting at 16.8 points and 4.8 assists per game, following a monstrous 2021 Playoffs, and this season the combined presence of Paul George and Kawhi Leonard should relieve him of a lot of responsibilities.enough to make him an even more interesting threat without the ball, when he was one of the (the?) main ball handlers of the team last season.
The Los Angeles Clippers are expected to name Reggie Jackson the starting point guard to open up the 2022-23 season, league sources tell @YahooSports: https://t.co/oxwdfOLNt4
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) October 16, 2022
A starting five that might therefore look like this: Reggie Jackson, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Ivica Zubac, Marcus Morris, it’s big but it’s above all devilishly experienced, while we will suddenly find leaders like John Wall, Robert Covington or Nicolas Batum on the bench, as well as offensive stacks like Luke Kennard, Terance Mann or, above all, a Norman Powell who has – already – a good face of future 6MOY. John Wall and Norman Powell attacking the second units looks promising, and whatever happens the Clippers position themselves even before the start of the season as a scarecrow in the West, capable of offering a dominant lineup at any time during the match. .
Bonus to experience and alchemy already existing therefore, but the bench of Sailboats will therefore offer a perhaps unparalleled madness throughout the season. A Reggie Jackson all alone at 3-point in the first quarters and a John Wall in hands-free kit mode to relay him? Watch your eyes, watch your tusks.