Los Angeles Clippers forecast
Why the Los Angeles Clippers are where they are, and a rotation you can play with: move minutes, sit a player, see what changes. Updated every night.
Why LA Clippers is at 18% to make the playoffs
- 2-7 so far, heading for about 36 wins (29 to 44 in most of the seasons we played out).
- Plays like a team 1.0 points a game better than average, the 19th best rating in the league.
- 73 games left, against a schedule about as tough as anyone's.
- The rating leans most on Derrick Jones Jr., Kris Dunn and Brook Lopez. Sit one of them in the rotation below to see how much he matters.
Our forecast
- Projected wins
- 36
- Playoffs
- 18%
- Title
- <1%
With Ingram, Miller, Jackson, Beal and Niederhäuser back
Replaying the season…
Play with the rotation
Every player starts at the minutes he's been playing and the rating we give him. Change either one, or sit someone, and we replay the rest of the season 2,000 times.
| Player | Overall | Min/game | Out? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Darius Garland Star creator | Overall−0.5 | 34 min | |
| Rui Hachimura Spot-up shooter | Overall−0.2 | 31 min | |
| Kris Dunn Playmaking guard | Overall+1.6 | 30 min | |
| Derrick Jones Jr. Low-usage role player | Overall+2.3 | 30 min | |
| Kobe Sanders Spot-up shooter | Overall−0.3 | 24 min | |
| Keaton Wagler New this season | Overall+0.0 | 24 min | |
| Brook Lopez Spot-up shooter | Overall+1.5 | 23 min | |
| Isaiah Jackson Rim-running big | Overall−1.3 | 21 min | |
| Gradey Dick Spot-up shooter | Overall−0.1 | 15 min | |
| Baba Miller New this season | Overall−0.1 | 8 min | |
| End of the bench | 0 min |
Hurt right now
The forecast at the top of the page counts these players out for the rest of the season. Here they come back on the date shown, at the minutes they were playing before. Change a date to see what it does.
- Brandon Ingram foot surgery · 9 games missed · usually back between Nov 27 and Mar 10
- Jordan Miller shoulder surgery · 9 games missed · usually back between Nov 27 and Mar 10
- Isaiah Jackson hip/groin/thigh soreness · 1 game missed · usually back between Nov 10 and Nov 17
- Bradley Beal knee management · 9 games missed ·
- Yanic Konan Niederhäuser other surgery · 9 games missed · usually back between Nov 27 and Mar 10
Around them in the standings
The teams just above and below them in the West, by projected wins.
- Memphis39 projected wins · 29%
- Dallas37 projected wins · 20%
- LA Clippers36 projected wins · 18%
- New Orleans33 projected wins · 6%
- Sacramento22 projected wins · <1%
The roster by type of player
Share of the team's minutes, by the player type each played like last season, next to the league average.
- Star creator
- Playmaking guard
- Scoring wing
- Spot-up shooter
- Low-usage role player
- Rim-running big
- Interior big
- New this season
Pick the rest of the games yourself in the playoff predictor
How the forecast works, and how often it's right
Sitting a player hands his minutes to the rest of the rotation; moving minutes yourself takes them from, or gives them to, the end of the bench. The team's rating follows who plays the minutes. Ratings and player types are ours, built from play-by-play data. Not affiliated with the NBA.