What the Los Angeles Clippers can do this offseason
- ›Can add an outside free agent up to $1.4M via the Non-Tax MLE.
- ›Hard-capped at the first apron — triggered by Rui Hachimura’s non-taxpayer mid-level, so it can't cross that line the rest of the season.
- ›Below the first apron: full expanded salary-matching is available.
- ›Draft capital: 7 extra incoming picks, owes 7, 5 picks forfeited to the league.
CapTax1A2A
Non-Tax MLE$1.4MBi-Annual$5.5MTaxpayer MLE$6.1MMinimum$3.9M
Projected record
27-55
Projected net rating
-7.0
Current baseline
27 wins · -7.0 net
Full standings · models the position-aware rotation, a real-age aging curve, perimeter defense, and a bounded penalty for a structural hole; a talent-on-hand projection, not a full-season forecast (no coaching or playoff translation).
Team profile · on-court identity + fit
Offense
C+
49
Defense
C+
49
Spacing
B+
67
Playmaking
D
28
Rim protection
B-
52
Perimeter D
B-
54
Rebounding
C
42
Spacing +1.8Defensive core +1.4Connectors +0.6Thin playmaking -1.4
Grades are minutes-weighted from the projected rotation; the chips are the fit read — how much each strength or gap is worth in net rating, on top of raw talent. Dimensions come from each player’s real 2025-26 box profile. Injuries are real reported facts, factored into projected minutes.
Projected rotation · minutes by position, best players first
PGPoint
53Darius GarlandST27y30m
51Kris Dunn32y18m
SGShooting
51Kris DunnST32y9m
53Brandon Ingram29y3m
49Jordan Miller27y22m
48Keaton Wagler20y13m
SFSmall F
53Brandon IngramST29y27m
51Max Strus30y13m
51Derrick Jones Jr.29y8m
PFPower F
47Rui HachimuraST28y15m
53Brandon Ingram29y4m
51Derrick Jones Jr.29y19m
51Max Strus30y11m
CCenter
50Isaiah JacksonST25y17m
47Rui Hachimura28y14m
47Yanic Konan Niederhäuser23y10m
47Brook Lopez38y7m
Out of rotation · no projected minutes in the 240-a-night budget
47Bradley Beal46Johni Broome46Jalen Pickett44Kobe Sanders43Cam Christie40Baba Miller40Gradey Dick
Projected minutes from the position-aware rotation model: five on-court spots share a fixed 240-minute-a-night budget, best players first, with versatile players (their secondary spot shown on hover) sliding to a second position. ST = projected starter. Not a coach’s actual rotation.
Roster (18)
53PGDarius Garland$42.2M
53SFBrandon Ingram$40.0M
51SFMax Strus$16.7M
47PFRui HachimuraNO-TRADE$13.7M
51SFDerrick Jones Jr.$10.5M
48PGKeaton WaglerNO-TRADE$9.7M
47CBrook Lopez$9.2M
40SGGradey Dick$7.1M
50CIsaiah Jackson$7.0M
47SGBradley BealNO-TRADE$6.4M
51PGKris Dunn$5.7M
49SFJordan MillerNO-TRADE$4.9M
47CYanic Konan Niederhäuser$2.9M
44SGKobe SandersNO-TRADE$2.6M
43SGCam Christie$2.3M
46CJohni Broome$2.2M
40CBaba MillerNO-TRADE$1.4M
46SGJalen PickettNO-TRADE$0.7M
Draft capital
Own first-rounders
’27 swap w/ OKC’28 → PHI’29 swap w/ PHI’30 forfeited’31 forfeited’32 forfeited’33 forfeited
Incoming picks & swap rights
’27 1st · swap more’28 2nd · from DAL’29 1st · from IND · forfeited’30 2nd · from TOR’31 1st · from TOR’33 1st · from TOR’33 2nd · from TOR
Full ledger — 7 in, 12 out
in 2027 — first round draft pick from Oklahoma City, Denver or Toronto (L.A. Clippers outgoing to Oklahoma City or Toronto)
in 2028 — second round draft pick from Dallas
in 2029 — Forfeited: 2029 first round draft pick from Indiana
in 2030 — second round draft pick from Toronto
in 2031 — first round draft pick from Toronto
in 2033 — first round draft pick from Toronto
in 2033 — second round draft pick from Toronto
out 2027 — second round draft pick to Utah
out 2028 — first round draft pick to Boston (overlaps with another outgoing pick from L.A. Clippers)
out 2028 — first round draft pick to Philadelphia (overlaps with another outgoing pick from L.A. Clippers)
out 2028 — second round draft pick to Charlotte or Detroit
out 2029 — first round draft pick to Philadelphia (Philadelphia incoming)
out 2029 — second round draft pick to San Antonio
out 2029 — first round draft pick forfeited to the league (Indiana Pacers' pick)
out 2030 — first round draft pick forfeited
out 2030 — second round draft pick to Charlotte or Utah
out 2031 — first round draft pick forfeited
out 2032 — first round draft pick forfeited
out 2033 — first round draft pick forfeited