Brian Shaw, Wesley Johnson, Jay Larranga among Clippers’ coaching hires

Tyronn Lue’s coaching unit present is fully, officially staffed, reuniting past teammates and bringing backmost a erstwhile Clipper.

In spot are Brian Shaw and Jay Larranga, who volition beryllium joining the Clippers arsenic adjunct coaches adjacent season, arsenic Wesley Johnson and Cookie Belcher volition instrumentality connected subordinate improvement roles. Shaun Fein besides was promoted to adjunct manager from his anterior presumption arsenic a subordinate improvement coach, according to a quality merchandise from the team.

Shaw is simply a three-time NBA champion arsenic a subordinate of the Lakers, a erstwhile teammate of Lue’s and has adjacent to 30 years of acquisition arsenic an NBA subordinate and coach, including arsenic a caput coaching stint with the Denver Nuggets from 2013 to 2015.

Last season, Shaw besides was the caput manager of the G League’s Ignite team, a substance of elite precocious schoolhouse graduates and veterans connected a roster unaffiliated with immoderate existing G League franchise oregon NBA team. He’s besides been an subordinate caput manager with the Lakers from 2016 to 2019 and the Indiana Pacers from 2011-2013, erstwhile Paul George was an up-and-coming prima there.

Larranaga spent 9 seasons arsenic an adjunct manager with the Boston Celtics, helping the squad to 3 Eastern Conference Finals successful 2017, 2018 and 2020, successful summation to having served arsenic the caput manager of the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Development League, and earlier that, arsenic an adjunct manager astatine Cornell University and arsenic the caput manager of the Irish nationalist squad for 2 years.

Johnson returns to the Clippers enactment for whom helium played from 2015 done 2018. His NBA vocation besides included stops with the Lakers arsenic good arsenic Minnesota, Phoenix, New Orleans, Washington. In 2019-20, helium played successful the Greek Basket League with Panathinaikos, winning the Greek League title earlier joining the Toronto Raptors’ coaching unit NBA Summer League this year.

Belcher – who, similar Lue, grew up successful Mexico, Missouri – worked the past 8 seasons arsenic a manager astatine IMG Academy. He besides spent a decennary overseas playing professionally successful Italy, Israel and Greece, and earlier that, Belcher followed Lue to Nebraska, wherever they played unneurotic for a mates seasons and Belcher acceptable a Cornhuskers and Big 12 Conference records with 353 steals successful a assemblage vocation that spanned from 1996-2001.

The Clippers had immoderate holes to fill: Chauncey Billups, Kenny Atkinson and Roy Rogers person each near for different jobs aft spending past play arsenic assistants for the squad that reached the Western Conference finals for the archetypal clip successful franchise history.

Billups took implicit arsenic caput manager of the Portland Trail Blazers, wherever he’ll beryllium joined by Rogers. Atkinson –complimented often by Lue past play for his contributions to subordinate development– near for an adjunct presumption with the Golden State Warriors.

Dan Craig, Larry Drew, Jeremy Castleberry and Brendan O’Connor remain successful place for Lue’s 2nd play starring the Clippers.

Ty Lue needs to prosecute Cookie Belcher… that dude played near handed for 5 games origin his close was broke. Tough hombre, Mexico Missouri duo… enactment him connected unit @HuskerHoops

— Doug Gottlieb (@GottliebShow) October 15, 2020

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— Mirjam Swanson (@MirjamSwanson) September 24, 2021

Coming soon, #ClipperNation.

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