Whereas it was reported that the Los Angeles Clippers simply prolonged a suggestion to Moses Brown, they might fill their backup middle gap, left by Isaiah Hartenstein’s offseason departure, one other means. Specifically, Chinanu Onuaku, the reigning Israeli League MVP and former member of the Houston Rockets.
It was reported by Aris Barkas of Eurohoops.web that Onuaku will work out for NBA groups on Wednesday on the Las Vegas Summer time League. The Clippers shall be amongst these in attendance, as will the Toronto Raptors, Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Los Angeles Lakers. Greece’s Panathinaikos can be anticipated to pursue the large man, with a two-year contract reportedly forthcoming.
Onuaku tasks as a cell rim protector on protection and a stable lob menace on offense. He has additionally proven spectacular courtroom imaginative and prescient and passing talents, particularly for somebody of his stature. In six video games with the Rockets, from 2016 to 2018, he averaged simply 3.0 factors and a couple of.3 rebounds per sport. Maybe his most putting impression on the NBA neighborhood is the underhand free throw approach that he experimented with. Final 12 months, with Bnei Herzliya of the Israeli Tremendous League, nevertheless, he averaged 15.3 factors, 9.7 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.7 steals, and 1.5 blocks, whereas main his workforce to a 14-8 report. Whereas this league is probably not essentially the most excessive profile, it has put out some NBA caliber gamers, together with Omri Casspi, Deni Avdija, Will Bynum, Joe Ingles, P.J. Tucker, and Nate Robinson. Amar’e Stoudemire additionally had a short stint within the Israeli League, after retiring from the NBA.
The Clippers solely possess one remaining assured roster spot and one open two-way roster spot. Every opening additionally already possesses a stable backlog of men vying for them. Nonetheless, the Clippers entrance workplace has constructed the workforce that they’d by not skipping out on any due diligence, and Onuaku might simply be the ultimate piece of the puzzle for Los Angeles’ offseason.