The Clippers don’t have any future first-round picks to offer up in trades and their roster is somewhat lacking in young talent, but second-year wing Terance Mann has emerged as an intriguing potential trade chip for the club, writes Sean Deveney of Heavy.com. Mann has established new career highs in points in each of his last two games, scoring 16 on Saturday and 21 on Monday.
If the Clippers make a deal, their preference would be to use veterans and second-round picks, but it’s a safe bet that potential trade partners will want Mann. The Kings inquired on the 24-year-old before agreeing to trade for Mfiondu Kabengele, according to Deveney.
“I don’t think they’re looking to trade (Mann),” a source told Deveney. “But I think they know when they get into some of the talks on higher-end guys, teams are going to ask for Mann. Everyone wants a first-round pick, but this kid is better than a lot of first-round picks from his class.”
Here’s more from around the Pacific:
- Chris Mannix of SI.com makes the case for why the Clippers need to make a deadline deal to cement themselves as true title contenders.
- The Clippers sent $2.7MM in cash to the Kings as part of Monday’s Kabengele trade, tweets ESPN’s Bobby Marks.
- The Kings still haven’t found any trades to their liking involving Nemanja Bjelica or Marvin Bagley III, according to Jason Jones of The Athletic, who says the team passed on an earlier opportunity to move Bjelica.
- Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said on Monday night that there’s a chance Eric Paschall and James Wiseman will be cleared for Tuesday’s game vs. Philadelphia, per Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter link). A report last Wednesday indicated Paschall and Wiseman would be in the NBA’s health and safety protocols for at least a week.
- Although the Suns will have some options at the trade deadline, they don’t need to make any big moves, argues Greg Moore of The Arizona Republic.
Lou Williams and Mann for Dinwiddie. Doesn’t do much for them this season, but Dinwiddie could help with the P.George situaion greatly next year.
Move Terrance Mann into the starting 5 and then use Lou Williams to find a decent back up PG. I love Lou but he doesn’t look settled into the rotation with Ty Lue. Mann could be a plus starter in the future, which is something you never could have predicted.
Nobody knows if the warriors are a good team or a bad team since they have been injured or out on covid all season long. If they can stay healthy they can do a push up the playoff standings.
The Warriors can make the playoffs, but I doubt they can go very far. They are a rebuilding team. They need a veteran backup center, and veteran pg. Wiseman and Mannion are young. The kid in Australia looks he could be a nice scoring player off the bench. Maybe they can ship Oubre for a 1st.
They can’t beat the bigger tough teams. They could make it out of the bubble but not further than that with this lineup.
Vlade should be scrubbed from the league Stalin style for picking bagley
Funny..Servants refused to wake Stalin because he would have them killed for waking him. Scrubbing Vlade might be too nice given Stalin’s history.