Comments on: Clippers 2022-2023 Season Preview: Amir Coffey

By: Greek_Clippers_Fan

Greek_Clippers_Fan — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 20:41:22 +0000

There will be nights when Amir will have his chance to shine. He is not a negative on defense and he’s on of our best runners in open court/fast break.

By: Robert Flom

Robert Flom — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 22:25:27 +0000

Well, Fi was not nailed, but Terance and Amir have been awesome

By: Robert Flom

Robert Flom — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 22:24:26 +0000

I don’t foresee a breakout but it would be cool

By: Robert Flom

Robert Flom — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 22:24:08 +0000

Rebounding is a big weakness and another reason why I’d like to have a true second 7 footer on the roster behind Zu

By: Robert Flom

Robert Flom — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 22:23:32 +0000

Can’t imagine Udoka coaching there again

By: mlslaw1

mlslaw1 — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 02:37:10 +0000

In looking at the Amir clips (thanks for that), the thing that jumps out at me is his lack of hesitation on offense. Mann, Luke and Boston take note.

By: Oodypkt

Oodypkt — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 02:29:20 +0000

Nice article.
We really nailed that ’19 draft choices. In 3 years, we get 2 rotational wings and Amir is not even in the top 60!
Just love our player development program we have established.
Give Boston & Preston a couple years more and I believe they will follow these same paths.

By: chogokin

chogokin — Sat, 24 Sep 2022 02:15:09 +0000

I was all in on Lonzo, but w/ hindsight we can see that it probably wouldn’t have worked out because dude just can’t stay healthy. And as for Ben Simmons, we couldn’t really have beaten what the Nets sent to Philly for him, so as far as I’m concerned I’m ok w/ the Wall/Reggie combo.

Agree on the Mann point though – really hoping he gets a chance to showcase the glue guy/sparkplug traits he showed us when the Clips sent the Jazz to the shadow realm.

In terms of better rebounding PFs, the name that constantly pops up in my “realistic” scenarios is Kuzma – he’s no Reggie Evans, but he’s still a much better rebounder than MM . Julius Randle’s probably also available but he’s got way more problems in his game (defense, selfish offense, etc.) and has a huge contract that make him much less appealing.

By: dhpat

dhpat — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 22:13:18 +0000

Agreed about having another break-out year (last year was pretty amazing for an undrafted guy on a 2-way contract), but Amir has to be considered PG’s main understudy. Amir is one of those rare 3-D NBA body-type players, who can do pretty much everything well that you ask for an NBA level player.

By: jbugs

jbugs — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:50:43 +0000

I completely agree. Especially considering Zu is not in any of our key playoff line ups (when we typically go small), we really need guys who can rebound well at their respective positions. When it comes to Wall and Reggie, we primarily focus on their weak D as far as flaws go. Their poor rebounding is almost as big of a problem. It’s one of the reasons I miss patrick beverley and I generally am interested in trading for point guards who rebound well (I really wanted to go hard after Lonzo or Ben Simmons). Rebounding is the one piece this team is missing. If we could find a great rebounding pg, we could put out a small ball lineup that probably beats more teams in rebounding (batum is a pretty good rebounder).

I think Mann the best candidate on our roster for this. As much as we would like him to be an awesome spot up shooter, if we could instead have him focus on becoming a better passer and rebounder, I think it would better suit our team. We’ve already got a ton of great shooters. If Mann can become this guy who could initiate offense and get the ball to the right guy, our best line up (Mann, norm, PG, Leonard, Batum) would be flawless on both ends of the court.