With one of the best starting frontcourts in the league, one of the best guards in the game and one of the best benches in the league. The Los Angeles Clippers are making a championship calibre team.
But wait. They’re still not ready.
According to Brett Pollakoff of ProBasketballTalk the Clippers are going to work out Andrew Bynum, Greg Oden, Emeka Okafor and Andray Blatche.
Blatche is the most talented, and could provide immediate rotation help in the right situation. Attitude issues are the reason the Nets won’t be bringing him back, and the team quietly suspended Blatche back in December.
Bynum has been well-traveled lately, with stops in Philadelphia, Cleveland and Indiana not working out — primarily due to health concerns, but there were some attitude problems with Bynum as well, at least before his departure from the Cavaliers.
Oden doesn’t have any reported issues like the previous two candidates, but he had been unable to contribute meaningful minutes for Miami last year, despite working out with the team all season long in hopes he’d be ready by the time the playoffs began.
Finally, Okafor missed all of last season due to a neck injury, and was traded to the Suns in the deal that sent Marcin Gortat to the Wizards. If healthy, he would pretty clearly be the best option out of the bunch.
Did you know Blatche is only 27? Weird right? I thought he was 30. Clearly Blatche is the best option, I see no reason to work out Bynum or Oden. Okafor is a different story. Obviously the neck is am issue but if he comes out of that workout well I would give him a go.
The Clippers don’t have to rush this. They already have Spencer Hawes don’t forget. So they can take their time with this.
