While the NBA playoffs are still going, the 2019 offseason is rapidly approaching for many teams with significant decisions to make for their present and future. CBA expert Danny Leroux breaks down the major options, opportunities and risks for the Clippers in The Athletic’s 2019 Offseason Preview series.



It has been an eventful, remarkable year for the Clippers franchise that created a tantalizing series of possibilities for this summer. President of basketball operations Lawrence Frank started out the 2018 offseason by giving up two eventual second-round picks to move up one spot in the lottery for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander then chose guard Jerome Robinson two picks later. He also traded Austin Rivers to Washington for center Marcin Gortat before free agency started, paving the way for DeAndre Jordan’s departure shortly thereafter. In July, Frank zealously preserved 2019 cap space, only giving two players any guaranteed money for more than one season:...