In the 2021 playoffs, the Clippers used Kawhi Leonard to stop Luka Donu010diu0107. In the Olympics, that job fell to Nicolas Batum. With both of those two sitting out Friday, who takes the mantle?
In all seriousness, though the Clippers aren’t going into this game with the mindset of letting Donu010diu0107 get his, the idea of stopping the superstar is a bit beyond their preseason capabilities. It took a herculean effort from the greatest perimeter defender of this generation to do it in the playoffs, and that’s simply not going to happen 13 days before the start of the regular season, though it will be fun to see what Justise Winslow is capable of in that role.