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Isaiah Jackson will start at center for the Clippers on opening night, per a reporter citing Tyronn Lue. Derrick Jones Jr. backed it: "He can switch 1 through 5, he can run the floor. Honestly, I think he's one of the best big men in the league, so he's up there with me."
Kris Dunn and Derrick Jones Jr. playing together? "A lot," Tyronn Lue said at Clippers practice, even if one starts and one comes off the bench. Lue wants Dunn to run the team, get in the paint and take open shots: "He's really improved his 3-point shooting."
Kris Dunn and Derrick Jones Jr. will take the opponent's best players as the Clippers get more aggressive on defense, blitzing more to force turnovers, Tyronn Lue said: "they definitely got to take on the challenge every night of guarding the best players."
From Clippers practice: Tyronn Lue said camp's first five has been Darius Garland, Max Strus, Rui Hachimura, Derrick Jones Jr. and Isaiah Jackson, citing shooting and Jackson's rolling to the rim. Brook Lopez is in the second group: "that's all going to change. So we'll see."