Excluding Bradley Beal, who is on a minutes restriction, head coach Tyronn Lue is playing Derrick Jones Jr. the least out of all of his starters at 23 minutes per game. However, the veteran wing has not let playing time subtract anything from his mentality, as he has not missed a shot inside the three-point line through five games.
Along with Kawhi Leonard’s sensational start, James Harden’s elite scoring-playmaking consistencies, and Kris Dunn’s soon-to-be headlined campaign for Sixth Man of the Year, Jones Jr. is prospering yet again for the Clippers.
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