![]() This is where it should be mentioned that 1317 of Mann’s 1734 minutes this season, a figure that stands at 76% of his total time on the floor, have come with neither Kawhi Leonard nor Paul George alongside him. Considering he’s being asked to do more than he did last season, Mann has kept a very respectable 56.7 True Shooting Percentage (TS%) and 54.1 Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%). When perusing the advanced numbers, there’s a lot to like. In that vein, it could be argued that Mann has been a better option on catch-and-shoots this season just because of the increased volume and steady percentage despite the bump in attempts. He’s already taken 160 3s this season with 101 coming in that regard. For instance, Mann took just 90 long-range attempts last season, of which 69 were catch-and-shoot. Last season, Mann made 40.6% of his catch-and-shoot 3s, albeit on far lower volume than he’s done this season. This season, Mann is connecting on 39.6% of his chances in that realm, as of Feb. Mann’s game, at least when it comes to 3-pointers, has been almost entirely predicated on his ability to make catch-and-shoot 3s. If you refine that search to players who have also attempted at least 50 corner 3s this season, only Dallas’ Jalen Brunson, Boston’s Al Horford and Phoenix’s Mikal Bridges are shooting better than Mann in both locations. Of the 113 players who have taken at least that many this season, Mann ranks 24th in field goal percentage, knocking home 49.4% of them. Mann has taken 85 shots inside the paint that did not come in the restricted area. ![]() Instead, we must assess Mann as a player and what his overall game says about both him and the team’s fortunes.īlessed with a wiry frame and tenacious hustle, Mann is able to get into the teeth of the defense and contort his body in various ways to get a shot off against eager defenders. But talking about players as “assets” isn’t the purpose of this piece, especially as it pertains to a player who, due to the nature of him signing a rookie extension prior to this season, makes him ineligible to be dealt until this upcoming offseason. This, inevitably, brings us to Mann, who remains probably the Clippers’ best long-term trade asset. In essence, barring something cataclysmic, the Clippers are not going to have salary cap space by the time the Intuit Dome opens for its inaugural season. He joins Paul George ($48.8 million player option), Kawhi Leonard ($48.8 million player option), Norman Powell ($19.2 million) and Luke Kennard ($15.4 million team option).Ĭounting cap holds and such, the Clippers are already slated to be roughly $20 million over the salary cap in the 2024-25 season, and that’s just with those five players under contract, the cap holds on rookies Jason Preston and Brandon Boston Jr., and several other roster holds that are required by the league. After all, Mann, 25, signed a two-year, $22 million contract extension that runs through the 2024-25 season, making him, if you account for player and team options, one of the five Clippers currently under contract that far in advance. It seems like the Clippers are in the camp of believing that he will indeed figure it out. ![]() ![]() “He’s just a guy you got to get on the floor,” coach Tyronn Lue said last Tuesday. It’s a nasty phrase that has doomed NBA teams and prospects for decades, and a rather large question looms over the LA Clippers, both this season and in the seasons to come: just how good could Terance Mann actually become?
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