2015–16 Los Angeles Clippers season explained

Team:	Los Angeles Clippers
End Year:	2016
Wins:	53
Losses:	29
Division:	Pacific
Division Place:	2
Conf Place:	4
Coach:	Doc Rivers
Owners:	Steve Ballmer
Arena:	Staples Center
Playoffs:	First Round (lost to Trail Blazers 2–4)
Bbr Team:	LAC
Television:	Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket
Radio:	KFWB

The 2015–16 Los Angeles Clippers season was the 46th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), their 38th season in Southern California, and their 32nd season in Los Angeles.

On July 8, despite offers from the Dallas Mavericks, DeAndre Jordan returned to the Clippers with a 4-year, $87.7 million deal.

During the offseason the Clippers signed veteran and Boston Celtics legend Paul Pierce and he played the rest of his career as a Clipper. The signing reunited Pierce with his former coach Doc Rivers, who coached the Celtics from 2004-2013 and won them a championship in 2008.

The Clippers played most of the season without Blake Griffin, who broke his hand in a fight and was subsequently suspended for 4 games. He returned on April 3 after sitting out 45 games.

The Clippers entered the playoffs against the 5th-seeded 44–38 Portland Trail Blazers who were 9 games behind them. However, injuries robbed the team and that was their undoing as they were eliminated in the first round in six games by the Trail Blazers for the first time since 2013, when the team was eliminated by the Memphis Grizzlies.

Draft

See main article: 2015 NBA draft.

The Clippers did not have a pick in the 2015 NBA Draft.

Roster

Roster notes

Forward Wesley Johnson becomes the 25th former Laker to play for the crosstown rival Clippers.

Preseason

Standing

By Conference

Regular season game log

Playoffs

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
	80	9	20.8	.404	.333	.652	3.1	.6	1.1	.7	6.9
	79	5	26.9	.404	.340	.904	1.8	2.3	.7	.2	14.2
	77	77	33.7	.703	.000	.430	13.8	1.2	.7	2.3	12.7
	75	75	28.0	.480	.475	.888	1.9	1.4	.6	.1	16.3
	75	61	17.0	.454	.325	.526	2.3	.4	.6	.3	3.1
	74	74	32.7	.462	.371	.896	4.2	10.0	2.1	.2	19.5
	68	38	18.1	.363	.310	.818	2.7	1.0	.5	.3	6.1
	67	7	21.9	.438	.335	.681	1.9	1.5	.7	.1	8.9
	60	5	13.3	.596		.714	4.8	.8	.8	1.1	5.5
	59	3	13.9	.374	.295	.875	1.9	2.2	.9	.0	2.5
^†	43	10	15.8	.494	.404	.700	2.5	1.4	.6	.1	4.7
	35	35	33.4	.499	.333	.727	8.4	4.9	.8	.5	21.4
^†	32	1	14.3	.383	.310	.595	3.9	1.3	.6	1.1	5.7
^†	27	10	26.3	.427	.325	.615	3.4	1.5	.7	.8	10.9
	23	0	7.3	.394	.391	.750	.5	.4	.4	.1	3.0
	17	0	6.3	.522	.000	1.000	1.3	.3	.0	.2	1.8
	6	0	4.8	.400		1.000	.7	.0	.0	.2	.8
^†	4	0	3.0	1.000		.000	.5	.0	.0	.5	.5

Playoffs

GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
6	6	33.0	.632		.373	16.3	1.8	1.2	2.7	11.7
6	6	27.7	.430	.355	.667	2.0	.8	.2	.2	13.5
6	2	24.0	.426	.235	.667	2.7	2.7	.5	.0	10.3
6	1	33.2	.379	.190	.880	2.2	2.2	1.7	.0	17.3
6	1	26.5	.457	.400	.600	3.2	.7	1.0	.3	10.2
6	0	12.8	.667		.500	5.0	.5	1.0	.5	3.8
6	0	12.8	.357	.333	1.000	3.0	.3	.2	.7	2.7
5	5	15.6	.667		1.000	2.0	.2	.6	.0	1.8
5	1	10.8	.167	.200	.250	1.2	.2	.4	.0	1.2
5	0	5.2	.000	.000		.6	1.4	.0	.0	.0
4	4	31.8	.377	.500	.760	8.8	4.0	.8	.5	15.0
4	4	31.3	.487	.300	1.000	4.0	7.3	2.3	.0	23.8
2	0	3.5	.000			.5	.5	.0	.0	.0
2	0	1.0	1.000		1.000	.0	.0	.0	.0	1.5

Transactions

Trades

June 15, 2015	To Los Angeles Clippers Lance Stephenson	To Charlotte Hornets Matt Barnes Spencer Hawes
June 25, 2015	To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Branden Dawson	To New Orleans Pelicans Cash considerations
January 22, 2016	To Los Angeles Clippers Draft rights to Maarty Leunen	To Houston Rockets Josh Smith Draft rights to Sergei Lishouk Cash considerations
February 18, 2016	To Los Angeles Clippers Jeff Green	To Memphis Grizzlies Lance Stephenson A future protected first-round draft pick

Free agents

Re-signed

Player	Signed	Contract
DeAndre Jordan^[1]	July 8, 2015	4-year contract worth $87 million
Austin Rivers^[2]	July 13, 2015	2-year contract worth $6.4 million

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Wesley Johnson^[3]	July 9, 2015	Los Angeles Lakers
Paul Pierce^[4]	July 10, 2015	Washington Wizards
Cole Aldrich^[5]	July 13, 2015	New York Knicks
Josh Smith	July 16, 2015	Houston Rockets
Pablo Prigioni^[6]	August 3, 2015	Houston Rockets
Luc Mbah a Moute	September 25, 2015	Philadelphia 76ers
Jeff Ayres	January 13, 2016 contract expired February 12 re-signed March 16	Idaho Stampede (NBDL) Los Angeles D-Fenders (NBDL)
Alex Stepheson	February 20, 2016	Iowa Energy (NBDL)

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Lester Hudson^[7]	Waived, July 15, 2015	Liaoning Flying Leopards (CBA)
Ekpe Udoh^[8]	Free Agency, July 28, 2015	Fenerbahçe Ülker (TBL)
Jordan Hamilton^[9]	Waived, August 1, 2015	BC Krasny Oktyabr (VTB United League)
Glen Davis	Free Agency, September 1, 2015	Power (BIG3)
Dahntay Jones	Free Agency, September 10, 2015	Brooklyn Nets
Hedo Türkoğlu	Retired, November 12, 2015	CEO (Turkish Basketball Federation)
Alex Stepheson	Contract Expired, March 12, 2016	Memphis Grizzlies

Notes and References

Web site: CLIPPERS RE-SIGN JORDAN AND SIGN JOHNSON. nba.com/clippers. July 9, 2015. July 9, 2015.
Web site: CLIPPERS SIGN AUSTIN RIVERS AND COLE ALDRICH. nba.com/clippers. July 13, 2015. July 13, 2015.
Web site: CLIPPERS RE-SIGN JORDAN AND SIGN JOHNSON. nba.com/clippers. July 9, 2015. July 9, 2015.
Web site: CLIPPERS SIGN PAUL PIERCE. nba.com/clippers. July 10, 2015. July 10, 2015.
Web site: CLIPPERS SIGN AUSTIN RIVERS AND COLE ALDRICH. nba.com/clippers. July 13, 2015. July 13, 2015.
Web site: L.A. CLIPPERS SIGN PABLO PRIGIONI. nba.com/clippers. August 3, 2015. August 3, 2015.
Web site: Clippers waive guard Lester Hudson. nba.com. July 16, 2015. July 16, 2015.
Web site: Fenerbahce adds size with Udoh. euroleague.net. July 28, 2015. July 28, 2015.
Web site: Clippers waive forward Jordan Hamilton. nba.com. August 1, 2015. August 1, 2015.