Despite injury, Kobe Brown showcases his capacity for Clippers in

The Clippers ‘NBA Summer League contest Friday against the Houston Rockets offered a possibility for Kobe Brown to show he’s capable of being a rotational player for the Clippers this season.But bad luck struck in the third quarter when Brown got contended a Firecrackers defender who fell on his best ankle. Brown rested on the Clippers’bench for a few minutes before he hopped to their locker room.Advertisement Brown didn’t return in the Clippers’ 95-92

win at Cox Structure on Friday night after sustaining what the team referred to as a right ankle contusion.Brown is entering his 3rd season with the Clippers and the team is excited for the 2023 30th total draft choice to make an impact. He’ll make $2.65 million this season and will have a qualifying deal for next season at $4.7 million.Read more: Clippers set roster for Summertime League in Las Vegas”He’s simply got to continue to do what he did tonight,” stated Clippers assistant coach Jerry Castleberry, the group’s Summertime League coach.”Play fantastic defense. Make the ideal reads. We

have actually been talking about it all training camp. Get in the paint, draw two, make the ideal checks out and if they put a small on him, he showed his capability to be able to score against a mismatch tonight and doing it the proper way– quickly, getting downhill, not dancing, just getting straight to the point.Advertisement Brown scored 10 points in the very first quarter, going 4 for 5 from the field, making both of his three-point attempts. On one of those threes, he ran the length of the court and took a pass for a lob dunk.Brown completed with 14

points, 4 rebounds and 4 helps in 20 minutes.”Ankle is good, “Castleberry said.”Ankle is great. Just precautionary. He’ll be OK.”The Clippers waived Jordan Miller before summertime league started, but they still had a roster spot so he was added to the

team.He did not dissatisfy Friday, producing 23 points and 11 rebounds.Miller has been provided a chance to show the Clippers– and any other group– how the Summer season League works for him.Advertisement”With this team it takes a lot

of humility. Not believing less of yourself however also thinking less of yourself,”Miller stated.” Just finding a way to optimize whatever function it is. It’s not simply for me, however it’s for all the guys.

We got guys that can score. The only method we’re going to get on the floor is defending and making open threes. That’s just the truth of it.

… However for the most part, just working game reps. Like, you’re not going to get a lot of ball-screens. You’re not going to get a great deal of touches. So you simply got to work on your off-ball shooting, movement shooting and being able to not ruin defensively. “It was on defense where Clippers rookie Yanic Konan Niederhauser was at his best.Niederhauser blocked 4 shots and had 10 rebounds. He used his seven-foot frame as a deterrent and displayed why the Clippers drafted him out of Penn State.”He did everything he was expected to do,”Castleberry said.”He was excellent with rim-protection, changing shots and I simply thought he was great.”Register for our weekly newsletter on all things Lakers.This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Times.