Team Overview

Offensive:
100.9, 27th

Defensive:
107.1, 20th

Under contract:
G: Baron Davis
G: Eric Gordon
F: Blake Griffin
C: DeAndre Jordan
C: Chris Kaman

Free agents:
G: Steve Blake (unrestricted)
G: Bobby Brown (restricted)
F: Rasual Butler (unrestricted)
G: Mardy Collins (restricted)
F: Drew Gooden (unrestricted)
F: Steve Novak
F: Travis Outlaw
C: Brian Skinner
F: Craig Smith

Areas of Strength:
The Clippers have a very good balance of youth and experience, with one proven big man, Chris Kaman, and another filled with potential, Blake Griffin.

Needs work:
Same problem as always -- they need to find, build, purchase, imagine or chisel stability. Somehow, some way, a roster and a coach need a few years of growing together.

Two Stats That Matter:
2 -- Lottery-pick rookies who will be in training camp, Griffin as the 2009 selection after missing all this season with a knee injury and the No. 8 pick this time.

76 -- Games played by Chris Kaman, after being limited to 31 and 56 the previous two seasons because of injury.

The Way To Go:
The Clippers will be shopping for a small forward at some stage of the offseason, probably via free agency with the ability to offer a max contract. Otherwise, they will replenish the roster that has only five players under contract, plus a sixth who will come from the draft.