5 trades to revitalize the Los Angeles Clippers

3. J.J. Redick, Mo Speights and Wesley Johnson to the Toronto Raptors for Terrence Ross, Jared Sullinger and Fred Van Fleet

Wesley Johnson could perhaps by now be seen as expendable for the Clippers. Johnson, a rotation player, only averages 3.2 points per game while playing in 13.2 minutes. So that, coupled with his age (29), the Clippers won’t be missing much. Besides, blunders like this aren’t needed in L.A.

Redick and Mo Speights would gift a team such as the Toronto Raptors, a scorer who is also a 3-point specialist and a worthy, veteran big man. But what the Raptors would give up in this situation would benefit the Clippers more. In this scenario, for Johnson, Redick and Speights, the Raptors would send Terrence Ross, Jared Sullinger and  Fred Van Fleet.

Sullinger is a big man who won’t be expected to contribute much, and Van Vleet has long term potential as a back-up point guard. But in this case, Ross will contribut. Ross with his skillset provides great perimeter shooting while also being a key player on fastbreak finishes. He could theoretically provide some of Redick’s offense but do it from the Clippers’ hole at small forward, with Redick and Austin Rivers picking up the rest of Redick’s scoring.