Clippers consider bringing Paul Pierce off bench

Wes Johnson, who the Clippers signed in free agency from the Lakers, is still being considered as an option to start, sending Paul Pierce to the bench, a place where he’s been only 10 of his 1,400-plus career games.

Bringing Pierce off the bench could be a way to limit minutes and preserve his legs for the postseason.

It would also allow Rivers to use Pierce at multiple positions, perhaps at power forward in all-bench lineup with Josh Smith, Lance Stephenson, Jamal Crawford and Austin Rivers.