Jamal Crawford/Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Clippers

One of the hot topics of conversation at Friday’s media day in Playa Vista was how the minutes are going to be distributed on a team that now is very deep. There were several player acquisitions in the off-season and most of them will be key reserves. One has to wonder how that is going to affect Jamal Crawford, the two-time Sixth Man of the Year.

Crawford, 35, is entering his 16th season. As usual, his name was mentioned in trade rumors after the team lost in the Western Conference semifinals. He’s still here, but what’s going to happen to his minutes?

Crawford was asked about that, and he gave the answer one would expect from him.

“I think it will be a lot of sacrifice, obviously, to sacrifice minutes, whatever it may be,” he said. “Your common goal has to be winning.”

If it turns out that Wesley Johnson starts at small forward, that means Crawford will be leading a long bench that also includes the likes of Josh Smith, Paul Pierce and Lance Stephenson. Stephenson, in particular, could cut into Crawford’s minutes. Crawford averaged 26.6 minutes this past season after averaging 30.3 in 2013-14.