2023–24 Los Angeles Clippers season

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2023–24 Los Angeles Clippers season
Division Champions
Head coach Tyronn Lue
General manager Trent Redden
Arena Crypto.com Arena
Results
Record 51–31 (.622)
Place Division: 1st (Pacific)
Conference: 4th (Western)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Bally Sports West
Bally Sports SoCal
KTLA
Radio KLAC
< 2022–23 2024–25 >

The 2023–24 Los Angeles Clippers season is the 54th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 46th season in Southern California and their 40th season in Los Angeles. This is also the Clippers' final season at the Crypto.com Arena, as the team will move to the new Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California, once this season concludes.[1]

Into the start of the 2023–24 season, the Clippers acquired 10-time NBA All-Star and 2018 League MVP James Harden in a blockbuster trade on November 1, 2023.[2] The acquisition reunited him with former Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets teammate Russell Westbrook in addition to Harden being added along to perennial All-Stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to form a new superteam in the West.[3] The trade also set a new aggregate All-Star milestone spanning 32 All-Star appearances totaled between that of George, Harden, Leonard and Westbrook. In the ensuing aftermath of the transaction, the Clippers were heavily criticized for refusing to deal Terance Mann as part of the agreement in a do-or-die season where they were at risk of losing all their All-Stars to free agency prior to the move to the new arena next season.[4][5][6] What was initially expected to commence of as a highly promising start into the 2023-24 season in October that saw Clippers attain a 3–1 record, the team suffered a regrettable succession of six consecutive losses. As the series of unfortunate streak of defeats between November 1st to November 14th unfolded following a favorable beginning to the season in October, the Clippers finally managed to break their misfortunate string of ill-fated losses by securing a triumphant win over the Houston Rockets on November 17, 2023.

From December onwards, the Clippers became one of the more dominant teams in the league, starting with a 9-game winning streak that featured multiple uncompetitive blowouts. They eventually rose to become one of the top teams in the Western Conference. The Clippers would clinch their 2nd consecutive playoff berth and also clinched the division title for the first time since 2014. They would reach 50 wins for the first time since 2016 as well.

Draft

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Main article: 2023 NBA draft
2023–24 Los Angeles Clippers season draft picks
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College / Club
1 30 Kobe Brown SG/SF  United States Missouri (Sr.)
2 48 Jordan Miller SF  United States Miami (FL)

The Clippers entered this draft with a first round pick and a second round pick.[7]

Roster

Los Angeles Clippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G/F 33 Batum, Nicolas 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1988-12-14 France
G 4 Boston, Brandon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 2001-11-28 Kentucky
C 34 Brown, Moses 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1999-10-13 UCLA
G/F 7 Coffey, Amir 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1997-06-17 Minnesota
F 23 Covington, Robert 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1990-12-14 Tennessee State
F 25 Diabaté, Moussa 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 2002-01-21 Michigan
G/F 13 George, Paul 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1990-05-02 Fresno State
G 1 Jackson, Reggie 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 1990-04-16 Boston College
G 5 Kennard, Luke 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1996-06-24 Duke
F 2 Leonard, Kawhi 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1991-06-29 San Diego State
G/F 14 Mann, Terance 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-10-18 Florida State
G 15 Moon, Xavier (TW) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1995-01-02 Morehead State
F 8 Morris, Marcus 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) 1989-09-02 Kansas
G/F 24 Powell, Norman 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1993-05-25 UCLA
G 17 Preston, Jason 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 1999-08-10 Ohio
G 0 Scrubb, Jay (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 2000-09-01 John A. Logan
G 11 Wall, John 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1990-09-06 Kentucky
C 40 Zubac, Ivica 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1997-03-18 Croatia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Injured Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: July 8, 2022

Standings

Division

Pacific Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
y – Los Angeles Clippers 51 31 .622 6.0 25–16 26–15 9‍–‍7 82
x – Phoenix Suns 49 33 .598 8.0 25–16 24–17 9‍–‍9 82
x – Los Angeles Lakers 47 35 .573 10.0 28–14 19–21 7‍–‍10 82
pi – Sacramento Kings 46 36 .561 11.0 24–17 22–19 10‍–‍7 82
pi – Golden State Warriors 46 36 .561 11.0 21–20 25–16 7‍–‍9 82

Conference

Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 c – Oklahoma City Thunder * 57 25 .695 – 82
2 x – Denver Nuggets 57 25 .695 0.0 82
3 x – Minnesota Timberwolves 56 26 .683 1.0 82
4 y – Los Angeles Clippers * 51 31 .622 6.0 82
5 y – Dallas Mavericks * 50 32 .610 7.0 82
6 x – Phoenix Suns 49 33 .598 8.0 82
7 x – New Orleans Pelicans 49 33 .598 8.0 82
8 x – Los Angeles Lakers 47 35 .573 10.0 82
9 pi – Sacramento Kings 46 36 .561 11.0 82
10 pi – Golden State Warriors 46 36 .561 11.0 82
11 Houston Rockets 41 41 .500 16.0 82
12 Utah Jazz 31 51 .378 26.0 82
13 Memphis Grizzlies 27 55 .329 30.0 82
14 San Antonio Spurs 22 60 .268 35.0 82
15 Portland Trail Blazers 21 61 .256 36.0 82

Game log

Preseason

2023–24 game log
2023–24 season schedule

Regular season

2023–24 game log
2023–24 season schedule

Postseason

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See also: 2024 NBA playoffs
2024 playoff game log
First round: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–0)
Game Date
Time		 Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Series
1 April 21 Dallas W 109–97 James Harden (28) Ivica Zubac (15) James Harden (8) Crypto.com Arena
19,370		 1–0
2 April 23 Dallas L 93–96 George, Harden (22) Ivica Zubac (12) James Harden (8) Crypto.com Arena
19,370		 1–1
3 April 26 @ Dallas American Airlines Center
4 April 28 @ Dallas American Airlines Center
5 May 1 Dallas Crypto.com Arena
6* May 3 @ Dallas American Airlines Center
7* May 5 Dallas Crypto.com Arena
2024 playoff schedule

In-Season Tournament

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Main article: 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament

This will be the first regular season where all the NBA teams will compete in a mid-season tournament setting due to the implementation of the 2023 NBA In-Season Tournament.[8][9] During the in-season tournament period, the Clippers will compete in Group B of the Western Conference, which will include the defending champion Denver Nuggets, the New Orleans Pelicans, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Houston Rockets.

West group B

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Transactions

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Main article: List of 2023–24 NBA season transactions

Trades

2023–24 Los Angeles Clippers season trades
July 8[10] To Los Angeles Clippers

Kenyon Martin Jr. (from Houston)
2026 right to swap second-round picks (from Houston)

 To Houston Rockets

2026 LAC second-round pick
2027 MEM second-round pick
Dillon Brooks (sign-and-trade) (from Memphis)
Draft rights to Alpha Kaba (2017 No. 60) (from Atlanta)
To Memphis Grizzlies

Josh Christopher (from Houston)
Draft rights to Vanja Marinković (2019 No. 60) (from Los Angeles)

 To Atlanta Hawks

Usman Garuba (from Houston)
TyTy Washington Jr. (from Houston)
2025 MIN second-round pick (from Houston)
2028 HOU second-round pick (from Houston)
Cash considerations (from Oklahoma City)
To Oklahoma City Thunder

Patty Mills (from Houston)
2024 HOU second-round pick (from Houston)
2029 HOU second-round pick (from Houston)
2030 HOU second-round pick (from Houston)
November 1[11] To Los Angeles Clippers

James Harden (from Philadelphia)
P.J. Tucker (from Philadelphia)
Filip Petrušev (from Philadelphia)

 To Philadelphia 76ers

Nicolas Batum (from L.A. Clippers)
Robert Covington (from L.A. Clippers)
Marcus Morris (from L.A. Clippers)
Kenyon Martin Jr. (from L.A. Clippers)
2024 second-round pick[lower-alpha 1](from L.A. Clippers)
2026 first-round pick[lower-alpha 2] (from Oklahoma City)
2028 LAC first-round pick (from L.A. Clippers)
2029 protected right to swap first-round picks[lower-alpha 3] (from L.A. Clippers)
2029 LAC second-round pick (from L.A. Clippers)
Cash considerations (from L.A. Clippers)
To Oklahoma City Thunder
2027 first-round pick swap[lower-alpha 4] (from L.A. Clippers)
Cash considerations (from L.A. Clippers)
November 1[12] To Los Angeles Clippers
Draft rights to Luka Mitrović		 To Sacramento Kings
Filip Petrušev
Cash considerations

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Free agency

Re-signed

Free agents resigned in the 2023–24 Los Angeles Clippers season
Date Player Ref.
July 7 Russell Westbrook [13]
Mason Plumlee [14]
October 2
October 21 (waived)
November 7		 Xavier Moon

Additions

Free agents added in the 2023–24 Los Angeles Clippers season
Date Player Former team Ref.
September 29 Joshua Primo San Antonio Spurs
November 17 Daniel Theis Indiana Pacers
April 13 Kai Jones Delaware Blue Coats

Subtractions

Free agent subtractions in the 2023–24 Los Angeles Clippers season
Date Player Reason left New team(s) Ref.
July 6 Eric Gordon Free agency Phoenix Suns [15]
October 1 Jason Preston Waived Memphis Grizzlies
April 13 Joshua Primo Waived TBD

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