This might sound familiar.

The Clippers are set to enter another offseason and Matt Barnes’ future with the team is unclear. Just like they did last summer, the Clippers could again explore the possibility of dealing their starting small forward.

Following one of the most productive seasons of his NBA career, Barnes could be headed back on the trading block as the team looks to shake up things at his position.

Faced with limited options as to how to improve their team after back-to-back exits in the conference semifinals, trading Barnes likely won’t bring back an impact piece.

While on a very cost-friendly contract with one year and $3.5 million remaining (though not fully guaranteed), Barnes is coming off a career high in minutes and the second-best 3-point shooting season.

But his inconsistency in the playoffs proved to be problematic.

At times, like in Game 7 against San Antonio and Game 1 against Houston, Barnes was masterful. But in the following six games against the Rockets, he was ice cold, shooting 25 percent from the field and 3 for 25 from 3-point range.

The Clippers almost moved Barnes at the trade deadline in 2014, sending him and Darren Collison to New York in a deal that would’ve netted Iman Shumpert and Raymond Felton.

And in the build up to and on the night of the 2014 draft, the team shopped Barnes in an effort to upgrade the position.

Assuming the Clippers wouldn’t get a major piece back in a trade, the team would have limited options to replace Barnes.

The plan, seemingly, would be to address the position through free agency.

The Clippers have already been linked to former Celtic and Los Angeles-native Paul Pierce, who could choose to opt out of his deal with the Washington Wizards. The team’s dream scenario would be to lure Pierce to a reunion with Doc Rivers, using a veteran’s minimum deal.

The team also has a taxpayer’s exception worth northward of $3 million.

The lack of cash and assets will likely keep the Clippers from landing any of the top-tier small forward free agents.

A player like Chicago’s Mike Dunleavy Jr. would be an ideal fit, giving the team another dead-eyed shooter to pair with J.J. Redick on the perimeter.

The Clippers could also try and sign Phoenix small forward Gerald Green, a player they explored acquiring at the trade deadline this past season. Like Pierce, Green also played for Rivers in Boston.

Oklahoma City’s Kyle Singler is another player who the Clippers could try and sign with the taxpayer exception.

The Clippers also will be able to use veteran’s minimum contracts to fill out their roster, and as players like Golden State’s Leandro Barbosa and Cleveland’s James Jones are proving in the NBA Finals, value is available there.

The Clippers could look at a player with untapped upside, say the Lakers’ Wesley Johnson, or a veteran like Dallas’ Richard Jefferson, to fill out the roster at small forward

The team has been down this road before at small forward, though. They’ve wanted to make changes in the past and haven’t been able to find the right deal.

This summer, the Clippers seem set to try again.

Contact the writer: dwoike@ocregister.com