{"id":830144,"date":"2026-09-07T17:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/830144\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T17:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:39:17","slug":"16m-clippers-player-admits-how-hes-having-a-successful-nba-career-despite-not-having-a-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/830144\/","title":{"rendered":"$16m Clippers player admits how he&#8217;s having a successful NBA career despite &#8216;not having a bag&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles Clippers forward Max Strus has admitted to not having \u2018a bag\u2019 in an interview about his NBA career.<\/p>\n<p>Players are often judged on their ability to entertain fans with their skills, but the reality of professional basketball can be very different.<\/p>\n<p>Strus soon realised after entering the league in 2019 that he would need to specialise in one or two specific areas.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2213812759-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Max Strus #1 of the Cleveland Cavaliers reacts after scoring during the fourth quarter of game two of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Indiana Pacers\" \/>Photo by Jason Miller\/Getty ImagesMax Strus reveals how he\u2019s built a successful NBA career without \u2018a bag\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Max Strus is an above-average role player in the NBA, averaging 11.2 points and 5.4 rebounds with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98765\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> last season.<\/p>\n<p>Strus also shot more than 40 percent from three-point range and played solid perimeter defence against opposition stars.<\/p>\n<p>That is why Strus has carved out a successful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/nba\/\" data-type=\"category\" data-id=\"98388\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a> career despite not being as skilful as many of the league\u2019s more talented players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have a bag. Honestly, you just find a way. I can\u2019t explain it to you. I don\u2019t have a bag,\u201d\u00a0Max Strus\u00a0said on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wfyvsws1F44&amp;t=2018s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Link With JB<\/a> YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was one clip that they showed where I crossed somebody up last year in the playoffs, and you could see the bench\u2019s reaction. They\u2019re like, \u2018What? Where did that come from? Because you don\u2019t dribble the basketball much.\u2019 Even I was surprised that worked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to have a bag back in college, but I don\u2019t anymore because you find what your niche is and you just go at it. I knew shooting the basketball was going to get me on the floor, and then I knew playing defense was going to keep me on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strus, who is on a one-year, $16 million contract, was recently traded to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/los-angeles-clippers\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98522\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LA Clippers<\/a> in a five-team deal that involved Peyton Watson joining the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n<p>Strus will now bring his experience and leadership to the Clippers as they begin their rebuild following the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/cap-former-la-lakers-star-says-kawhi-leonard-had-to-know-about-salary-cap-circumvention\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2614851\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kawhi Leonard salary-cap scandal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Los Angeles Clippers forward Max Strus has admitted to not having \u2018a bag\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":830145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3772],"tags":[7,306,305,193,3846,135,872,6],"class_list":["post-830144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-basketball","tag-cavaliers","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-clevelandcavaliers","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-max-strus","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117230984835187832","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=830144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/830145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=830144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=830144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=830144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}