NBA Free Agency 2017: 5 offseason targets for the Los Angeles Clippers

2. Kyle Lowry, PG, Toronto Raptors

Now that Chris Paul has left La-La land for H-Town, the Clippers will need to find a starting point guard. There are a lot of options for pass-first point guards, like George Hill or Rajon Rondo, but Los Angeles could use a scorer at the point guard position to pair with DeAndre Jordan and potentially Blake Griffin.

Kyle Lowry exercised his player option and became a free agent, stating that he only wants to go a championship contender. Yes, the Clippers won’t be contending for an NBA Title for the next few years, but who else outside of Cleveland or Golden State will?

Lowry can choose to leave cold, cold Toronto and head west to Los Angeles, where he could be the star point guard for the Clippers. Again, Lowry’s getting up there in age at 31, but he had a fantastic season in Toronto. This past season, he averaged 22.4 points — a career-high — and 7.0 assists per game — also a career high. He shot 46 percent from the field and 41 percent from 3-point range, again the best of his professional life. 

In the playoffs, Lowry came up short for the Raptors and that might cost him some chances or dollars, but the Clippers shouldn’t worry about that. They should make Lowry the star in Los Angeles and pair him with their current set of players.

He would continue to be effective and give Clippers’ fans something to cheer for as they move past the CP3 era.